1998 Chevrolet Venture

LOCKING MECHANISM ON VAN CARGO DOOR (98' CHEVY VENTURE) DEFECTIVE. DOOR CAN NOT BE LOCKED EVEN MANUALLY. THIS WAS DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT AFTER A "REPAIR" AT A DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT ACCORDING TO THE DEALER IS "NOT UNCOMMON". *JB

VAN WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 65 MPH..FORD QUAD CAB TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME..I LOCKED THE BRAKES, SOME SKID MARKS DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND COMPLETELY BROADSIDED THE TRUCK. DAMAGE TO TRUCK WAS ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND FRONT CORNER PANEL. SEVERAL OF TRUCKS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. IMPACT WAS AT A HIGH SPEED. INJURIES TO MYSELF AND PASSENGER, NECK, SHOULDER, KNEE, WRIST, ANKLE, NOT FATAL, THANK GOODNESS. PASSENGER OF TRUCK, INJURIES UNKNOWN. TRUCK WAS AT FAULT IN ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOVLED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR BUMPS AND BRUSIES. *AK

MY 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS A DIRECT HIT TO THE RIGHT HEADLAMP WITH THE POLE AND THE VAN ENDED UP LANDING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SKIDDING ON THE ROAD. NONE OF THE 4 AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THEM OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE?*AK

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND SIDE IMPACT AT 35 MPH, NEITHER FRONT NOR SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. TS

THE CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS THE RESULT OF THE AIR BAGS FAILURE TO DEPLOY. *YH DOORS DO NOT OPEN DRIVER HAS TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DOOR.*TS

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN DRIVER SUSTAINING MAJOR HEAD INJURIES.*AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*YH

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND DRIVERS SHOULDER RESTRAINT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER, RESULTING IN MAJOR HEAD INJURIES.*AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER WHO FAILED TO YIELD WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPLOYMENT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN SEVERAL INJURIES, CONSUMER CONTINUES TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAGS ACTED AS THEY SHOULD BY NOT DEPLOYING. *SLC

WAS REAR-ENDED. I WAS NOT MOVING AT THE TIME, WAS HIT AT APPROX 35-40MPH. MY(DRIVER) SEAT FLEW BACK AND COLLAPSED, TWISTED. I WAS INJURED, RESULTING IN POSSIBLY PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE. NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW THAT CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURY. TV NEWS PROGRAM INDICATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH GM SEATS AND JUST THIS TYPE OF COLLISION. I THOUGHT I SHOULD SPEAK UP! MY VAN WAS TOTALED, AS WAS THE VEHICLE OF THE PERSON WHO HIT ME. VERY LUCKY THAT MY PREGNANT PASSENGER'S SEAT DID NOT SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS MINE, OR HER BEAUTIFUL SON MIGHT NOT BE HERE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING EAST APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WEST, ENTERED EASTBOUND LANE. BOTH VEHICLES COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS INTACT, BUT DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. CHILDREN, IN REAR, SUSTAINED SOME BRUISES FROM SEAT BELTS, BUT NO TREATMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH , UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH AS A RESULT OF AN CCIDENT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINE DINJURIES. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 30MPH TRUCK STOPPED AND VEHICLE WENT UNDER IT, FRONTAL IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER WAS INJURED. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. POLICE REPORT FILED. *AK *ML

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON WET ROAD CONDITION ALL OF A SUDDEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TRIED TO CUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT VEHICLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. CONSUMER VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

2 FUEL PUMPS, NOW MOTOR. *AK

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM BEHIND ON A 45 MPH IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

I OWN A 1998 CHEVY VENTURE VAN. I RECENTLY TOOK IT IN FOR A RECALL FOR A DEFECT ON THE STEERING RACK AND PINION (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 02V286000). THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT BECAUSE THE VAN HAS A SALVAGE TITLE. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT "THE BEARING IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT" AND THE ENTIRE RACK AND PINION WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE DEFECT AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600. I CALLED GM AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THEIR POLICY NOT TO DO RECALLS ON VEHICLES WITH A SALVAGED TITLE. THIS IS A DEFECT AND A SAFETY ISSUE REGARDLESS OF THE SALVAGED TITLE AND I THINK GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING IT. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER SAFETY RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 98V131000) THAT IS A PROBLEM ON MY PARTICULAR VAN. ABOUT A YEAR AGO, A 5 YEAR OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY WAS PLAYING IN THE VAN (WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE). HE WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE SHIFT LEVER ENOUGH TO DISENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION LOCK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL IN PARK, AND THE VAN ROLLED DOWN THE HILL IN OUR BACK YARD. IT WAS STOPPED BY A SMALL TREE. NOBODY WAS HURT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE TWO OTHER CHILDREN IN THE BACK YARD PLAYING AND THE VAN SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. I THOUGHT PERHAPS THIS WAS BECAUSE THE VAN HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT SO I DIDN'T PURSUE LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. THEN I DISCOVERED THE RECALL ON IT AND NOW I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. WHAT CAN I DO TO GET THEM TO FIX MY VAN?. *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED IT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE CAUSING INJURIES AND DAMAGES. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK. ONCE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT, BUT NOT BEFORE THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO THE VIN. *JG

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, UPON IMPACT THE DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB