Rear window wiper motor fails creating a driving safety hazard due to obstructed rear view.
2001 Chevrolet Venture visibility complaints
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Front windshield leaks. Vehicle is experiencing an oil leak from the seal. Warranty expired.
Consumer has noticed rust around the frame of the windshield. Consumer believes the windshield will become loose due to the location of the rust. Consumer has made contact with the dealer, and the windshield is being replaced.
On april 30 2003, about 6:30 pm I was driving my 2001 chevrolet venture minivan through a rainstorm near dalton, ga on I-75 heading north. Suddenly, without warning, the windshield wipers collided. The collision bent the wipers and jammed the driver's side wiper off the windshield to the left. I had no vision to the front and the area was dark due to the storm. Luckily I was able to pull off the road to the left. I was unable to repair the driver's side wiper as it spun freely. I was able to rebend the passenger side wiper blade and that one worked sufficiently to make it back on the road when the storm lessened. This vehicle is less than 2 years old. It is out of warranty because we have over 48,000 miles on it. Still, something as important as windshield wipers should not fail as soon as our venture's did, and fail in such a way as to be acutely dangerous. We narrowly missed adding four deaths to the national highway totals. This part should have been designed and built in a more robust fashion. From now on I will be apprehensive whenever my wife or I drive this car in rain. After repairs at a local dealer, the wiper arm still sweep the driver's side blade past the outer (left) side of the windshield, causing the blade to hesitate before the return stroke. This was the cause of the original damage when the wiper arm became unsyncronized with the passenger side arm. These are very long arms and, unfortunately, this design creates considerable pressure on the point where the blade arm is attached to the driving shaft. The dealership stated that they are unable to adjust the windshield wipers to avoid the overlap without causing damage on the other end of the sweep. Obviously, this is a design fault. When windshield wipers fail by collision there is a probability of that failure to cause an accident, which is likely to be fatal. Chevrolet's dealer service departments are unable to cope with this problem.
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.
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
Chevolet venture 2001 was rented from enterprise for a trip from ct. To pa. The back trunk of the van was closed in a normal way, and within 3 seconds, the front passenger window shattered.
Front windshield glass was blurry, and no object could be seen clearly. Dealer had replaced it with another windshield glass, and same problem was happening with replaced one.
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