My husband and I own a 1999 chevrolet venture. We bought it august of 2002. With in the first month my airbag light came on. Called the dealer and we had to have the seat belt tension replaced on the drivers side. About a year later the samething happens again this time on the passengers side. About a month ago our antifreeze light keeps coming on and shutting off. We notice no leaking on the ground however the antifreeze is slowly disappearing. Well this weekend my husband took the van on a trip and comes back the next day and the engine is making a ticking noise. We found out that the antifreeze is leaking into the oil causing the gasket to be replaced and the hydraulic lifts to be replaced. This could of resulted in the engine freezing up. This has obviously been an issue with this vehicle and I want to know why anything has not been done about this. Just because someone was not injured does not allow the company to overlook the fact that they have a defect with this year of ventures.
1999 Chevrolet Venture airbags complaints
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Firestone 2157015 afinity lh30 vw 97h separating on the inside with 21591 miles on it. Dealer tells me the separation was due to a road hazard. I think it was due to manufacturing flaw.
Seat belt front left/right tensioner shorted. Will not activate the front airbags in an accident according to christenson chevrolet in highland, indiana also, ABS brake switch and traction control(tcs) switch were also shorted.
Vehicle was in a severe driver side collision, but none of the air bags, even the side air bag deployed upon impact.
Intermittently, the air bag light illuminated on the dash board. A recall was issued for the problem, however the recall failed.
The vehicle was involved in a frontal collision. The front air bags did not deploy and the driver seat belt failed to restrain the consumer.
Airbag light is always on,vehicle was under warranty at time.took in for repair and was told it was the driver side seat belt actuater.this part was not covered by the warranty!and in the event of a accident my seat belt would not lock.
Coolant level kept dropping and the brakes felt spongy. Took to local dealer and found that mainfold gasket was leaking and needed to be replaced and the rear cylinders were leaking and needed to be replaced. Repair cost $1078.00 for both. This van only has 56,000 miles. Good to see that others are having problems with these components, maybe the manufacturer needs to recall and fix these problems. A vehicle owner shouldn't have to spend this kind of money(for these kind of repairs) and risk their family on the roadside on vehicles with this few of miles and age. I've also had an air bag warning light on for most of the time that I've had the vehicle. It was worked on a couple of times during the warranty period. The dealer said it was an air bag sensor problem. This vehicle has front and side air bags. I hope the air bags deploy in case of an accident.
Air bag light comes on when air bag is not deployed. Once the light is light, it remains light until vehicle is turned off. Three year old vehicles should not experience intermittant reliability problems.
The air bag light illuminates intermittently. The dealer has replaced the air bag switch but the problem has rocurred. *mr
While the vehicle starts the air bag readiness light would not turn off. Sometimes it stays on and sometimes it goes off. Consumer stated that this situation indicating a problem.
While driving at any speed and with no warning, the air bag light stays on. Dealer notified. *ak
I was in a major accident. Car hit me and bounced my van real hard into concrete wall in the middle of highway. I bounced off wall, and got knocked into it again. The inpack was so bad, it knocked my engine out, but yet not neither one of my airbags popped. I would really like to know why?
Numerous intermittent electrical problems. February 2000, the air-bag light indicator on the instrument panel would stay on after starting, but only intermittently. Took it in for service on 2/22/00 and they cleaned connections to driver side impact air-bag. Problem went away until july 2001. Again instrument panel air-bag light would intermittently stay on. May 2000 - doors would lock and unlock continually and locks would not work with remote or key while this is happening. Interior lights would flash on and off. I took the vehicle to a chevy service center on 5/11/00 & 5/16/00 and both times they could not reproduce error / failure and nothing was done. After a few weeks the door and interior lights problem stopped.january 2002 instrument panel ABS & tcs (traction control system) lights will come on and stay on after vehicle has been driven for 5 minutes or so, but not on every trip only intermittently. Also when applying the brakes the emergency flasher / turn signal lights will come on. Vehicle has 43k miles and is no longer under warranty, but problems started 1 year (13,000 miles) after purchase.
While driving, air bag indicator light would stay illuminated. Dealer has been contacted. *ak replaced part under drivers seat, air bag may not engage.
The air bag failure indicator light comes on. This is the second time this has happened. Dealer representative states that it is "ok to drive, you just won't have an air bag in case of a crash. Just be sure to drive carefully."
Driver side airbag - extended out from seat - potential predeployment hazard, chevrolet states no recall so will not cover under warranty.
While driving 40 MPH another vehicle going 50 MPH "t"boned passenger's side. When it hit, air bags failed to deploy. Driver of venture suffered bruises to his heart, shoulder, pelvis & chest and lacerations to knees.
Consumer was hit by a vehicle that was travelling 65 MPH, the vehicle was totalled, however the air bags front impact and side impact experienced no deployment in the accident, causing the consumer to sustain serious injuries.
Airbag light came on. Took to vehicle dealer, and they replaced module. Then in july 2000, consumer was back at dealer for same problem. In august of 2000, consumer was back again. Consumer felt this was unsafe because when airbag light was on, it indicated that airbag will not deploy in an accident.
Item 1, steering column; 55 reports of bolt giving way causing add'l bolt to shear off and steering column to separate. Investigated by insurance, this apparently was not involved in this crash. Item 2, air bags, neither front or side air bags deployed in this 2.25 time rollover. There was a passenger in the front seat. Vehicle came to rest on passenger side. Seems side airbags should have deployed.
Consumer was involved in a 25 MPH frontal collision in which driver's side and passenger's side air bags did not deploy, cause unknown. Please give any further details.
While consumer was stopping was rear ended by another vehicle at 30 MPH. Upon impact, front seat collasped, and front airbags did not deploy. The injuries that driver sustained caused a miscarraige of pregnancy. Consumer felt if airbags would have deployed,njuries would not have been so severe.
While driving 15 MPH had a frontal impact in which driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, and did not protect the occupants in the crash. Front end was totaled. Also, emergency parking brake malfunctioned which not slow vehicle down in the crash. Manufacturer admitted there was a problem with the emergency parking brake. Please provide further information.
Air bag warning light flashes, indicating a malfunction within the system. Cause unknown. Dealer cannot diagnose the problem. Please give any further details.
Consumer was involved in a side crash, impact on driver's side door front fender, speed 45-55 MPH in which the side air bags did not deploy, causing injuries to the driver side occupant. Also, vehicle was totaled. *ak
Just pulled away from stop light when another vehicle ran the light & "t" boned the venture. Upon impact with other vehicle, driver's side air bag failed to deploy. Vehicle's being towed to dealership to have it checked & repaired.
Air bag charge went off while stopped at light, shorted elec. System. My wife and 7 year old had leave car in heavy traffic police would not let her reenter car because the steering wheel air bag could deploy.
Vehicle was involved in an accident. Hit a deer at approximately 65 MPH, all four air bags did not deploy ( both frontal & side ). Dealer/manufacturer notified.
The airbag went off when I slammed the front passenger door while sitting in my driveway. Hurt my arm and my kids' ears.
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