The left rear (driver's side) brake light (upper most bulb/3057) keeps burning out. This has occurred three times in the last three years. Upon inspection of the bulb, there is physical damage (melting) on the male bulb connection.
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Bought my venture as dealer demo with 1400 mile on 6/18/02. In april 2004 A/C did not work. Tried recharging system found leak. Took to chevy in june/july 2004 was told there was a bad weld on the condenser. They refuse to cover $800 repair because vehicle was over 36,000 miles. Also told me my gaskets need replacing at a cost of $1300. Also, have repeatedly had problems with my driver side power window not going up correctly. It gets stuck midway and sometimes will not go up at all. Have had this problem checked at the dealership from the beginning of ownership. Water is also in taillight lens. This was also fixed at dealership once but continues to occur.
Crancking extensvly, brakes front and rear, uneven wear and tear, hydroplaning noise, vibrations, steering and unalignments problems, emmision repaired and treated, as the created sulphur odors, and stalling. Uneven driving, ABS light coming on at speed exceeding 60 MPH.
Tail lamp bulb base and/or sockets on general motors minivans heating up and melting causing a disconnection of the circuit and loss of stop and turn signals. Same condition as with the SUV's in recall # 04v527000. Replacing bulbs are only a temporary fix.
Our 2002 chevy venture van headlights kept going out at night while we were driving down the road. I took it to the garage where I bought it and they said that they have never heard of this happening before, the schematics don't show how to fix it. They even said they called gm engineers and that they said they didn't know how to fix it. So for the next year the garage kept putting in different pieces and sending the van home with us to drive. Mind you this is not something like the fan motor going off it's the dam headlights going off while at night and going down the road . The same thing happened time and time again headlights go out while you are driving down the road. After a year of this, we took it to the van to the garage and they kept it for 6 weeks. We kept getting different excuses of why it wasn't finished yet, so after the 6 weeks, they still didn't call, I was fed up enough I went and got the van. The serviceman stated gm started a forum web page to were if you have a problem with a vehicle, you can log on there and try to find an answer. That's how they found the next part they changed. Since we have gotten the van back on october 18th the headlights have stayed on. Then we think it took 13 months for this problem to occur the 1st time. What happens if it happens again and it causes an accident or death ??? I think we should be compensated for being the guinea pigs, in this research project. The chevy service rep stated all he could do is maybe get us 1 free year of service, I don't think this is no where near what is owed for putting our lives in danger. Please help.
The left rear brake light/upper tail light keep burning out. The rear tail light/brake light (3057) when removed usually have melting on the bulb connection. Changing the bulb doesnot correct the situation. This is the fith time in two years the dealer has attempted to fix this problem. I keep getting tickets for burned out taillights/stop lights.
The left rear tail light bulb melted inside the socket, causing the tail lights to fail. *ak
The rear brake lights/upper tail lights (not the high 3rd brake light) keep burning out. The service manual references a fuse but upon visual inspection of the fuse box, the box was never wired to hold fuses for the rear tail lamps in the places as indicated. Once the rear tailight/brake lights (3057) are removed there is usually physical damage (melting) on the bulb connection and within the female end of the plug. The problem was corrected by the dealer the first time but has happend several more times. Simply changing the bulb no longer works for the left side tail lamp.
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