1999 Chevrolet CHEVY VAN problems and owner complaints

PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPLODED AS I PUT MY TRUCK IN REVERSE , SITTING STILL

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ON THE BELOW DATE, EMPLOYEE PLACED KEY IN IGNITION AND WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED ON THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE AND THRUSTING HIM INTO THE SEAT BACK, CAUSING HEAD, NECK AND BACK INJURIES. THE FAILURE APPARENTLY WAS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE AIR BAG DRIVER, WHICH IS LOCATED UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT, UNDER A RUBBER MAT WITH A FABRIC INSULATION. DRIVER AND AIR BAG WERE BOTH REPLACED. CORROSION WAS MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY ROCK SALT AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE INFUSION, AS THESE ARE VERY HEAVILY USED AS DE-ICING AGENTS IN THE AREA.*AK

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DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 45 MPH.

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TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT AIR BAG DEPLOYED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR WHILE JUMP STARTING THE CAR. THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE CAR USED. WHEN THIS HAPPENED HE TOOK CAR BACK AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.

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THE CONSUMER HAD TO PURCHASE SEAT BELT EXTENDERS BECAUSE THE BELTS DO NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH. NLM

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CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH ON A HEAVY DOWN POUR ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL FOR UNKNOWN REASON. CONSUNER BELIEVED THE LEFT BACK WHEEL MAY HAVE LOCKED UP. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. CONSUMER WILL TAKE IT IN FOR INSPECTION. *AK

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DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE SERVICE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE COMPUTER IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE REAR WHEELS AND WAS PRODUCING FALSE FAILURES CAUSING THE ILLUMINATION OF THOSE WARNING LIGHTS. ADDITIONALLY, IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES COULD FAIL. THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE REPLACED, BUT NO CORRECTIONS WERE MADE TO THE COMPUTER.

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DT: 1998 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. FAULTY ABS SYSTEM. WHEN DRIVING THE SPEED DROPPED TO 10 MPH AND THE BRAKES STOPPED WORKING. CURRENTLY, THERE IS A RECALL ON GM CHEVROLET FOR YEAR 1999 TO 2003. THE CONTACT'S CAR IS A 1998 AND IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN RECALL. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED THE CONTACT BUMPED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT. *AK

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UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION AND INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING LOW-SPEED BRAKE APLLICATION IN THE 2000 CHEVY ASTRO VAN

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I HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES INVOLVING FAILURE OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. OUR MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANY FAULT WITH ABS SENSORS WHEN TESTING THEM. THE BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY IN WET/SLIPPERY CONDITIONS , BUT AT VERY LOW SPEED ON DRY PAVEMENT THE ABS WOULD PREVENT THE VAN FROM STOPPING . THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOISILY GO DOWN WHILE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED MOVING. I ALMOST RAMMED THE BACK OF A NEW CADILLAC AT A DRIVE-THROUGH FAST-FOOD PLACE. FINALLY, AFTER REPLACING THE WHEEL BEARING, (AND ASSOCIATED ABS SENSOR, …

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WHILE DRIVING REAR DOOR WITH HANDLE OPENS WITHOUT TYPE OF WARNING OR REASON. TT

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DRIVING ALONG AT APPROXIMATELY 25MPH , HIT A BUMP IN THE HIGHWAY AND THE BACK DOOR CAME OPEN. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS AND THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO . IT' S A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK

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HOOK STICKING OUT OF RIGHT DOOR, CAUSING INJURIES.

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I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED (2001) CHEVROLET EXPRESS HIGH-TOP CONVERSION VAN (C1500). I HAVE NOTICED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT THE CARGO DOORS OPEN FURTHER THAN THEY SHOULD AND ACTUALLY ALLOW ONE OF THE DOORS TO COLLIDE WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR IF IT TOO IS OPENED SIMUTANEOUSLY. I HAVE FOUND NO RECALLS FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I WILL NOTE THAT BEFORE I BOUGHT THE VAN, IT ALREADY HAD A DENT IN THE FORWARD CARGO DOOR DUE TO BEING HIT BY THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. ROBERT LEVIS CHEVROLET REPAIRED THE DOOR (DENT) BUT …

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CHEVY VENTURE MINIVAN REAR SLIDING POWER DOORS DO NOT REVERSE AND ARE VERY DANGEROUS CAUSING AN INJURY TO MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHILE ENTERING THE VAN WHEN THE DOOR SUDDENLY CLOSED ON HER AND POTENTIAL DEATH TO A YOUNG CHILD. *NM

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I HAD TO REPLACE THE MOTOR IN MY CHEVY VENTURE 97 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I CAN RECOVER MY COST. I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT FILED A YEAR AGO REGARDING THIS. *TR

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VEHICLE SKIPS TIME OR MISFIRES FIRST TOLD WAS DUE TO SPARK PLUGS WIRES , THEN DISTRIBUTOR GEARS BROKE AND EMBEDDED IN CAM SHAFT 4000 MILES LATER SAME PROBLEM NOW SAYING CAM SHAFT BENT 2800.00 TO REPLACE ALREADY SPENT CLOSE TO 2000.00 ALSO TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1 & 2ND WAS TOLD TO HAVE REBUILT. *JB

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THERE WERE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN JUNE OF 2004 AT CLAY CHEVORLET IN NEWTON, MA. THE FIRST DAY I DROVE MY CAR THE TEMPERATURE THERMOMETER CONTINUED TO FLUCUATE BETWEEN C AND H. A FEW MONTHS LATER I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY DEMISTER AND THAT WAS FIXED. A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FAN AND THAT WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED. RECENTLY THE THERMOMETER WENT ALL THE WAY TO H AND DID NOT COOL DOWN. MY CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO THE COMPANY AND I WAS TOLD THAT SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE EXPL…

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MY 1997 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN DEVELOPED A SHIFTING PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, AND ONLY PRODUCES THE RAGGED SHIFTS AFTER THE VAN HAS THOROUGHLY WARMED UP, AS WHEN ON A 2 HOUR TRIP. IT ALSO TURNS ON THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT, WITH A P1870 ERROR CODE STORED. MY CHEVROLET DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS NEEDING A NEW "VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY" IN THE TRANSMISSION. COSTS 1,000 WITH LABOR. AROUND TOWN AND SHORT TRIPS, ALL SHIFTS ARE NORMAL AND GOOD. …

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I HAVE CHEVY VENTURE, NOW STARTED KNOCKING ENGINE WHEN IS COLD, THIS ONE OF SYMPTOMS OF COOLING LEAKING TO ENGINE, THE DEXCOOL COOLING IS EATING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. GM SHOULD BY THE REPAIR AND RECALL. I AM STILL NOT HAS TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE BUT IT MAY HAPPEN SOON OR LATER, I WHICH NEVER HAPPEN. THANK YOU

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I TOOK MY 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE TO DOAN CHEVROLET IN ROCHESTER NY BECAUSE I WASN'T GETTING THE PROPPER AMOUNT OF HEAT. THEY CALLED AND TOLD US THEY FOUND ANTIFREEZE IN THE ENGINE OIL. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR LOWER INTAKE GASKET THAT WAS LEAKING. THEY SAID OUR ENGINE WOULD SEIZE UP SOON IF WE DIDN'T GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE HAD THE WORK DONE FOR A BILL OF $640. WE HAVE SINCE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH GM PRODUCTS THAT HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM RELATED TO ENGINE GASKETS. WAS THERE A RECALL I MISSED OR DOES GM JUST NOT THINK TH…

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WE HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN V6 3.4L, ODOMETER-49698. VEHICLE MADE AN ODD SOUND WHEN STARTING. THIS SOUND HAPPENED SUDDENLY. WE TOOK IT TO THE CLOSEST AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP THEIR COMPUTER INDICATED A MISFIRE CODE AND THEY SUGGESTED CHANGING THE PLUGS. WE OPTED TO TAKE THE VAN TO OUR MECHANIC. THEY CHECKED THE PLUGS AND THEY LOOKED BRAND NEW AND WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION IS STRAIGHT FROM THE SERVICE ADVISOR OF THE AUTOMOTIVE SHOP : ONE CYLINDER ONLY HAS 35 PSI AND THERE IS A TAPPING NOISE IN THE TOP HALF OF THE E…

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SEAT BELT ON REAR PASSENGER-SIDE SEAT CAME UNLOCKED DURING TRAVEL (THIRD OCCURENCE IDENTIFIED). THIS SEAT IS USED BY MY 3-YEAR-OLD SON WITH A CAR SEAT. TODAY THE CAR SEAT AND MY SON WERE THROWN FORWARD OUT OF THE SEAT WHEN I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION THAT IS ON A DECLINE GRADE. MY SON DID NOT APPEAR TO BE INJURED AS HE WAS STILL SECURED IN THE CAR SEAT, HE WAS, HOWEVER, VERY SHAKEN UP AND SAID THAT HE BUMPED HIS HEAD. TWO PREVIOUS OCCURENCES OF SEAT BELT COMING UNDONE DURING TRAVEL HAVE BEEN NOTED BUT WITHOUT INCIDENT. SPECIAL…

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DT: THE SEAT BELT IN THE FIRST ROW MIDDLE SEAT WILL NOT STAY LATCHED, AND THE REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT AT ALL. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MAY 2004. ALSO, THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE HATCHBACK DOOR. THE DOOR ISSUE HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN A RECALL, AND THE WORK HAD BEEN DONE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS. THE RECALL WORK FOR THE DOOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DONE. THE SEAT BELT ISSUE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE IS A 1998, CHEVORLET, ADVENTURE. *AK

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I WAS GETTING INTO THE REAR SEAT OF A BRAND-NEW CHEVROLET FULLSIZE VAN AT THE LA QUINTA INN AT THE APEX IN RALEIGH-DURHAM NC. THERE IS A CIRCULAR DISK OF HARD PLASTIC WHICH HOLDS ON A SMALL BUNGEE WHICH IN TURN HOLDS A CHILD SEAT BELT ADJUSTER. AS I WAS GETTING IN, MY ARM CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE PLASTIC DISK AND VERY NEATLY SLICED SEVERAL LAYERS OF MY SKIN OFF. IT WASN'T AN ATYPICAL ENTRANCE TO A VEHICLE, IN OTHER WORDS, I WASN'T FOOLING AROUND OR BEING INCAUTIOUS IN ANY WAY. I'VE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT I D…

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DEALER HAD TO REPLACE TWICE THE FRONT AND PASSENGER SEAT BOLTS. WHICH BROKE. LAST WEEK THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BOLTS BROKE OFF AGAIN. THIS IS VEHICLE WAS NOT ANY LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

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I HAVE A 2000 FULL SIZE CHEVROLET 1500 CONVERSION VAN. THE CONVERSION WAS APPARENTLY DONE BY GLADIATOR. THE DRIVERS CAPTAIN SEAT BRACKET BROKE, AND REPAIRED IN APRIL 2000. IT IS BROKEN AGAIN. WHEN I TURNED LEFT THE SEAT AND I FELL TO THE RIGHT. THIS CREATED ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THE REMAINING BRACKET. THE REPEATED FAILURE OF THIS BRACKET IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO ME AS I AM NOT SECURE IN A SEAT WITH A BROKEN BRACKET AND IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT MY PASSENGERS WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH A POTENTIAL MISSLE AS MY SEAT WITH ME STRAPPED IN WOULD UNDOUBTE…

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THERE IS A PIN THAT HOLDS SEATS TO THE FRAME OF 12-PASSENGER VAN. THIS PIN COMES LOOSE DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE AND FALLS OUT OF POSITION, ALLOWING SEATS TO MOVE FROM A SECURED POSITION. THUS, PREVENTING PROPER PROTECTION OF PASSENGERS. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE TWO TIMES, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET 1500 CONVERSION VAN.(N/A) THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE DRIVER SEAT INDEPENDENTLY BECAME EXTREMELY HOT AND SCORCHED THE SEAT. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

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MY HUSBAND WROTE A LENGTHY LETTER DETAILING THE PROBLEM AND EVENTS AROUND THE TIME WE WERE FORCED TO TRADE OUR VAN FOR A TAHOE IN JULY/AUGUST 2001. I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 40 NEAR CROSSVILLE, TN, WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT LEAVING ME WITH LITTLE CONTROL AND BARELY ABLE TO MOVE IT SAFELY TO THE ROADSIDE. IT WAS TOWED TO THE CHEVY DEALER IN CROSSVILLE, WHO COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. AFTER MULTIPLE EVENTS LATER THE SAME TYPE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON A CROWDED TALLAHASSEE, FL, ROAD WHILE WE WERE ON VACATION. THEIR C…

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PERSONALLY I THINK THE WHOLE VAN IS GARBAGE AND UNSAFE TO BE EVEN ALOUD ON THE ROADS. I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS STARTING WITH HEAD GASKET~ THE ELECTRICAL IS A NIGHTMARE, VAN DIES EVERY FEW MONTHS FOR A REASON THAT 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS CANT FIGURE OUT & I HAVE BOUGHT 6 BATTERIES IN THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. MY POWER LOCKS STOPPED WORKING, MY POWER WINDOWS MOVE VERY SLOW & I HAVE TO HELP PULL AND PUSH THEM DOWN AND NOW MY PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW DON'T EVEN MOVE. MY FUEL WAS LEAKING BY INTAKE. MY CHECK ENGINE, AIR BAGS, BRAKES, BATTERY LIGHTS COM…

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