2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE Visibility Problems

OUR 2001 CHEVY VENTURE MINIVAN'S WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO GO BACK DOWN; REMAINING UP, ON THE SIDES OF THE WINDSHIELD AT ABOUT 150,000 MILES. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I SEE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR ISSUE. WE HAVE NOT REPLACED THE MOTOR AS YET. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT IN SYNC. THEY ARE IN THE UP POSITION WHEN TURNED OFF. I HAVE REPLACED THE MODULE ONCE AND THAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IT DID IT AGAIN. NOW I'M TOLD IT IS A COMPONENT THAT WILL COST $368 TO FIX. I SEE MANY VENTURES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN. THE DEFROST DOES NOT DEFROST THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR WINDOWS ARE NOT EXPERIENCING THIS INCIDENT. THE CONTACT HAS TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND MANUALLY CLEAN THE WINDOWS TO ENSURE VISIBILITY. PER THE MECHANIC THE INCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO A WEAK COMPRESSOR. THE MECHANIC INSTALLED A NEW COMPRESSOR AND THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR PER THE CONTACT. THE CONTACT FEELS THE INCIDENT IS A SAFETY RISK DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE'S CURRENT MILEAGE IS 99600. *NM

Mileage: 99,600

VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE OUT OF "SYNC" AND JAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. I HAVE SCHEDULED REPAIRS FOR 12/8/2005, AT THE CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *JB

Mileage: 59,850

DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN PUSHING THE BUTTON ON THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR TO SHUT IT DOOR DID NOT SHUT. IT REOPENED. HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME. CALLER HAS NOT TALKED TO A DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE BUTTON FOR THE POWER WINDOWS DID NOT WORK ALL OF THE TIME. .SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR A 1999 MODEL REGARDING THE SLIDING DOORS. THERE WAS NO RECALL NUMBER AVAILABLE. SHE NO LONGER HAS THE 1999 VEHICLE. WAS CALLING TO COMPLAIN THAT SHE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HER 2001 MODEL AND SHE HAS NOT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. *AK *TT

IT WAS RAINING IN LOUISIANA AND I WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP MY HUSBAND FROM WORK. UPON LEAVING HIS WORK. WE WERE TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY 10 TO CHURCH ON A WENDESDAY EVENING. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HIT EACH OTHER AND THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS LAYING LIMP ON THE SIDE. THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS STILL ATTEMPTING TO WORK. WE HAD TO TURN THEM OFF AND DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY TO CHURCH WITH NO WIPERS. THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD BEEN BENT AND WE REMOVED THE ARM SO THAT WE COULD DRIVE THE VAN WITH JUST THE DRIVER SIDE WIPER. IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME (11000 MILES). WE BROUGHT IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP IN BAKER, LOUISIANA. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX IT SO THEY ORDERED THE PARTS. WE WAITED THREE WEEKS FOR PARTS. WHEN WE FINALLY CALLED BACK TO SEE IF THE PARTS HAD COME IN, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD AND THEY JUST FORGOT TO CALL US. WE BROUGHT THE VAN IN AND THEY REPLACED THE WIPER ARM AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE TIMING RIGHT ON THE WIPERS. THEY FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR THE WIPERS AND SET THE TIMING. THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING FINE UNTIL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. THE JUST STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER THIS TIME. YOU CAN HEAR THE MOTOR TRYING TO TURN TO MOVE THE WIPERS BUT THEY ARE NOT MOVING. THIS REPAIR IS AT 51000 MILES. FIRST TIME EVER THAT I HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON ANY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED GO OUT, MUCH LESS GO OUT TWICE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE 240 DOLLARS PLUS TAX FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. *JB

Mileage: 49,880

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE HITTING AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE OPERATING. THIS REPAIR WAS DONE BY THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS RECURRING. *JB

Mileage: 65,000

DRIVER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN. DEALER REPAIRED WITH NEW MOTOR. WINDOWS (BOTH) HAVE SINCE GONE OUT TWICE. SINCE THE WARRENTY HAS NOW EXPIRED, MY HUSBAND REPLACED THE WHOLE WINDOW MECHANIZEM AND IT STILL GETS "STUCK" IN BOTH POSITIONS ON BOTH FRONT WINDOWS. THE MOTOR AND SWITCHES GO OUT LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THEY ARE REPLACED.*AK

2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE. PURCHASED SEPT 2001. THE WINSHIELD WIPERS STOP IN THE UP POSITION. I CHECKED WITH THE DEALER AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT IS RECALLED BUT NOT FOR MY VEHICLE. THE PULSE BOARD IS DEFECTIVE AND UNLESS RECALLED, THEY WILL NOT FIX IT.*AK

REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR FAILS CREATING A DRIVING SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW.

Mileage: 40,000

FRONT WINDSHIELD LEAKS. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING AN OIL LEAK FROM THE SEAL. WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

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. *AK

Mileage: 46,000

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. *TT

Mileage: 48,000

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. *NLM

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 *NLM

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 *NLM

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.*AK

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. *AK