Rear window washer failed.
1998 Chevrolet Venture electrical complaints
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While driving in the rain power steering would lock up. Would have no warning. Not able to control vehicle when this has happened for a few minutes. Also, battery light would come on. Had been to dealer & mechanic could not locate cause of problem.
The horn button is to difficult to depress, causing safety hazard.
Horn button is too hard to operate, much harder to depress than normal, causing safety hazard.
2 major wiring harness melted, replaced with wrong harness.. No cause found and dealer said it was ok for them to put wrong harness in!!! Took original dealer 2+ weeks to fix and it was still not correct. I took it to my dealer and they spliced in new wires to make rear speakers work. They informed me the harness was from another model venture but it was ok. Contacted chevrolet by phone and letter and they were no help. They told me to work it out with the dealer.
Horn isn't working properly due to the location of the air bag and the horn is hard to use.
After going through puddles everything would shut down or not work properly. Power steering is difficult/fan belt slips after getting wet/ alternator would quit working. Also, no protection cover to prevent water splashing. Taking to dealer to check out.*ak ABS light keeps going off.
Design of the horn button is located under the air bag causing difficulty in operation, excessive force required to activate.
Horn takes excessive physical effort to sound, due to design.
Horn not easy to operate, requires pressing very hard. Yh
Alternator failed without warning causing the vehicle to stall.
The horn requires an inordinate amount of force to get it to operate due to its design.
Horn is extremely difficult to operate. Dealer unable to repair. Tested similar new vehicles on dealers lot and found all had same problem.
Rear windshield wiper goes off when shutting the automatic passenger door/all electronics an dashboard goes off when using headlight controls/headlights goes off by themselves every 10 seconds/driver's control for door locks has completely gone out/evaporative emission canister vend solenoid valve assembly failed prior to recall, van is not idling properly.
Horn is impossible to blow in an emergency. Dealer instructed how to operate contrary to manual.
Intermittent operation of windshield wipers. In addition, all electronics on dashboard goes on and off/headlights go off by themselves every 10 seconds/driver's controls for door locks failed/evaporative emission canister vend solenoid valve assembly failed prior to manufacturer's recall/poor idling and vehicle is sluggish/driver's information center fails to work properly, and air bag wires are still exposed to rear passengers' feet.
Horn requires a tremendous amount of force to beep. Which is dangerous in an emergency situation.
When attempting to depress the horn pad it is very difficult to sound the horn off. Consumer needs to apply extreme force to sound the horn off. Has reported problem to manufacturer.
Horn requires a significant amount of pressure to work.
Horn assembly does not work. The dealer has been notified.
Horn can not be activated by consumer without extreme force due to its design.
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