While opening side passenger door it fell off the track and injured a 10 year old child. Dealer notified.
2001 Chevrolet Venture body complaints
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10 year old girl attempted to enter rear passenger sliding (non-automatic) door of 2001 chevy venture, when the bolts and tracking failed causing the door to fall to the ground cutting her bone in her big toe in half, leaving it hanging on by skin. Doctor's at children's hospital had to realign the bone and reattach her toe. General motors has been notified, but at this time, they are not willing to fix or replace the defective vehicle.
Last week driver's side sliding passenger door (non-power) flew open while the vehicle was in motion. Today a child tried to close the driver's side sliding door. The door came off it's rear track and falling inward striking the child on the head (no injury). The sliding door was dangling by its upper and lower lead brackets.
Vehicle's sub-frame bent very easily, without excessive force being used.
Purchased van july 2001. I have discontinued putting my son in installed child seat because he complains it hurts his legs; when he goes to get out he can't hardly walk;I think the position of the seat causes his legs to go to sleep. Since purchase of van I have had it in for service several times. (1) I complained of vibration in the front when I got up to a speed over 50 MPH; the service techs could not find anything wrong. (2) I complained of (while traveling) hearing air ventilation (like a window was down) on the passenger side; nothing was found. (3) when purchased the vehicle we stated our concern that door did not retract immediately. I put my arm in to demonstrate; it pinched my arm and bruised it before it finally retracted (4) I have also had my van in complaining that the cd player did not operate properly. They said it was defective and replaced my entire radio/cd. (5) complained that while driving (noticing at night) my headlights would dim and come back on. After not finding anything they replaced the alternator. It is again happening. (6) recent concern is while on an upward hill at a red light water started coming in through the storage compartment between the visors. Now they are declaring that the windshield was not properly sealed when it was installed. I have had this vehicle now for almost two years. My thought is that it may have been leaking but now just to the point that I am noticing it. How much damage has it caused in my head liner, etc. That they will not be able to detect with the naked eye and is the air ventilation that I was hearing a result of the windshield not being sealed; and is the water leakage causing my shortage in the wiring of the lights and radio, etc. My concern is later down the road will I have more deteriorating problems because of water damage that could not be seen at this point.
Have returned the vehicle 3 times, for water accumulating in the driver floor board soaking rug during rains, causing a hazard, ie. Foot slipping from the break petal due to the water, plus mildew odor. Current rain, today( 3-15-03) problem still exists, will be returning vehicle (3-17-03) to dealer to fix the problem, 4th time. Very upset. Fyi, dealer claims to have replaced 3 seals and state problem fixed. Untrue, please help. What should we do?
I own a 2001 chevrolet venture warner brothers edition minivan. In the past nine months the seatbelt from the first seat in the second row has gotten stuck in the sliding door, causing the door to be jammed shut. My concern is it could be clothing or fingers or toes next time. In order to get the door open it had to be taken to a repair shop and pried out. This sliding door is suppose to stop and reopen when an object is in its path. Please look into this matter as I have five small children and I carpool with more. Thank you.
The top front window seal cracked, which caused water to leak inside the vehicle.
While turning left at a light the electric sliding door opened, all of the lights came on in the van including the light notifing me that the door was opened. The door is suppose to have a safety on it so it can not open unless the door is unlocked and the car is in park. My 1 year old was sitting on that side of the van at the time. The dealer says it is only covered under an extended warranty and I have to pay the deductible to have the repair made. This is a safety issue and my son could have fallen out of the car. This door has been recalled and I had it repaired one time before due to hearing air coming into the door, it was not sealing correctly. Now the door is opening even though there are safety devices to stop this from happening. I should not have to pay for a safety issue with this door. I wonder how many other people are having the same problem. Dt
The passenger side power sliding door kept getting stuck. It would not lock or stay closed, not even manually. The door also opened on its own. The wiper motor crank arm failed. The drivers side mirror had a residue on it. The weather stripping on the sliding door was loose and warped. The rear speakers were noisy. *scc
While closing the sliding door, it broke. *ak when the consumer pulled the door handle to open the door, it had come back to the point that the consumer was unable to release it and the resistance did not make it stop, the consumer was still in her seat belt and due to such force not being able to release the door, the consumer broke her arm above the wrist. *scc *jb pe04064.pco
Power door will not stay open when parked on a down hill position. Dealer and manufacturer were notified. *akwhen parked on the hill the door comes down with enough force to injure a person. Door has to be held open manually in order for an accident not to occur. A gm representative explained to the consumer the specifics and directed consumer to the vehicle manual.
Doors unlock and lock involuntary while driving down the road. Consumer has gotten stuck in vehicle due to doors locking after being unlocked. Vehicle has been into the dealer 4 times for problem.
1. The automatic power door has no sensor. If you are standing in its way when the door is closing, it will close on you before it retracts. If my child would get caught in the door, it could do substantial harm. 2. There are 2 bucket seats in the back of this minivan. They are spaced 4.7 inches apart. My son who is 2 years old (35lbs and 38") was inside the car and reached between the seats to retrieve something in the trunk area. He became wedged between the seats and could not free himself. Thankfully, we were able to lift him out before anything happened. If this incident happened during the summer and we did not notice he was in the car, he could have suffocated. 3. The way the car is designed with all bucket seats, it makes it impossible to attach booster seats and car seats properly. The buckles that clasp the seatbelts do not stand up to face upwards, they face to the front of the car. Therefore, you can not get a good connection for the seats to fit securely. I went to car seat clinics sponsored by chevy and the "professionals" could not get the seats to fit properly and without movement. For a car that was designed with children in mind, they did a sorry job. I feel this car to be unsafe for any child under 40 pounds! Please do not take these problems lightly - my children's lives are at stake.
This accident happened in a rental car through national car rental in ft. Lauderdale, fl. My wrist was broken in this incident which I believe was caused by the automatic motorized door which was slow to kick in and by the large handle/lever on the door which you must pull to engage the motor. I was a passenger in the back seat on rt. Side by automatic motorized sliding door strapped into my seat belt. We were parked and ready to get out. I grabbed lever to open the door. Lever is supposed to engage the motor but the motor did not start so I pulled back some more and it opened about another foot or so and still did not engage the motor. On the third pull the motor suddenly engaged but the position of my hand around this large lever and the fact that my elbow was backed against the back of the seat, it was impossible to extricate my hand. The door, with my hand around the lever, dragged backwards until it snapped my wrist in half. I incurred a right distal radial fracture and being right handed and an artist and art teacher it has been difficult to say the least. I feel that the design of the sliding door handle is a hazard and should be considered for a recall. Other automatic sliding doors on other minivans tend to have a button or a small handle that would not catch the hand and drag it backwards causing injury. I wondered if I was the only person to whom this happened. The rental company had chevy inspectors check the door and said it worked fine but for the entire trip the door never engaged the motor without great stregnth and several pulls. It was very sluggish. Thank you for your time. I know it is just a minor injury but it happened to me and I do not want this to happen to anyone else. Pe04064.pco
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