Was driving forward coming up to an intersection and approaching a red light when the brakes went out .when trying to stop and push the brake down it started shaking and the brake came up and then when pushed it back down it went to the floor and the brakes were completely out. Them going out caused us to roll through the intersection causing us to get hit by a vehicle coming through the light, spinning us around and got hit more than once. Hit us on both sides of vehicle and windows were shattered out but not one air bag went off/deployed at all and the vehicle was totalled.there were 3 babies in the vehicle when the air bags did not deploy.
Chevrolet Venture brake failure problems
26 of the 2,334 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Venture describe brake failure, most of them for the 1999 model year.
- owner complaints
- 26
- worst model year
- 1999
- typical mileage
- 67,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
ABS 7No deployment 2Wipers 1Stalling 1Fuel gauge 1Door locks 1
What owners say
Sudden and complete brake failure. It was discovered that the rear brake lines had rusted to the point of failure. No warning...just complete failure.
1998 chevy venture. Rear brake line failure. Brake line was rusted through-midway from front to back on both rear brake line's. These lines are made of metal and have several 90 degree bends along the frame of the vehicle. There were no events leading up to equipment failure. I was backing the vehicle out of the driveway when the brake pedal went to the floor and lost all resistance. Should this have occurred while traveling at legal speed limit and proper following distance the results could be catastrophic for the vehicle occupants and other motorist involved. Stainless steel materiel should be used for equipment as important as this.
Front brakes failed prematurely--rotors were destroyed at 34,000 miles. Air conditioner condenser failed, gm knew of problem in dec. Of 2002 but kept quiet until warranty ran out. Needed to replace condenser and dryer with new parts, gm would not help. Fuel gauge doesn't work, have to keep paper ecord of fuel consumption. Rear window washer has failed, does not spray.
Dt*: the contact stated the ABS brakes failed to stop the vehicle while traveling 15 MPH. The failure occurred 3 separate times. The service dealer and manufacturer were not notified. Updated 12/05/06.
Except for center brake light, my brake lights do not work and at the same time took out my cruise control. I have done some research and it appears to be a faulty 'brake light switch' and I have seen many complaints about the same thing. *jb no brakes mean definite accident waiting to happen and I current have no brake lights.
Dt: contact stated on 10-15-05 while driving the contact approached a stop sign , pressed down on the brake pedal and the vehicle had no brakes. The vehicle was towed to a dealership, where they replaced the master cylinder and the electrical system. The vehicle had no problems until 11-05-05 while pulling into a driveway she applied the brakes, and the brakes were not working. She had the vehicle towed to a different dealership, where they replaced the brake lines. On 11-12-05 she took the vehicle to another dealership to have it inspected, and the dealership told her the brake lines were hanging and there was no conduit on the brake lines .the dealership made the repairs .the vehicle is still under warranty.
Abs brake failure with awd disable. Abs light came on with awd disable message, both are connected. With ABS failure, awd is disables. Failure required replacement of part. No consequences because it was summer and no snow, winter would have been different story. Only part that failed was replaced but there is a service bulletin and re-engineered part due to obvious problems. Bulletin is #03-05-25-004a. Concern is that ABS and awd fail at same time, I feel this is a serious safety hazard in winter driving, the type you buy a awd for. I have contacted gm and the refuse to replace other part.
My wife was driving through town with our daughter and her parents and as she was coming out of town started to press on the accelerator to get up to speed. All of a sudden the accelerator pedal went to the floor and the throttle was wide open and the pedal was hanging there and was inoperable. Fortunately she wasn't going very fast and was able to put the vehicle in neutral and use the brakes to slow down enough to get off the side of the road and get the vehicle stopped and then her father was able to get under the hood and get the engine to stop revving. The vehicle was towed to the dealership where it was purchased and the accelerator cable was replaced because it had broken. The old part may still be available at the dealership, but I'm not sure.
My wife with my 4 small children were entering mo hwy 412 when the vehicle started stalling and quit. When the vehicle quit it was partially on the hwy and partially on the turn from where she was exiting. While she alone was trying to push the vehicle off the hwy a tractor truck and trailor almost run them over. Take in mind that when these vehicles die they have no brakes or power steering. When I had the vehicle checked out it seems that it had a intake valve gasket blown leaking dexcool into the oil and broke the camshaft. At this time I can't afford to have the vehicle fixed because from the research I've done it will cost $4,000 to $5000 to get the vehicle fixed.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
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The model years with the most reports are 1999 (6 complaints), 1998 (5 complaints) and 1997 (4 complaints).
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