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Chevrolet Venture Transmission Problems

77 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 6 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2001. Best year: 2004.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Transmission · 2003 4

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION IN POSITION C WHEN A PASSENGER STRUCK THE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN ROLLING INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A ...

Transmission · 2003 4

THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING AND A CHILD REACHED TO THE FRONT SEAT AND PULLED THE GEAR SHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING APPLIED, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. A SM...

Transmission · 2003 4

ON APRIL 27, 2007 CHEVROLET VENTURE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING ANOTHER CAR WHEN OUR FOUR YEAR OLD SON WAS SOMEHOW ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL WHEN THE CAR WAS OFF. IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HE DID IT WE HAVE DISCOVERED ...

Transmission · 2005 4

I WAS TURNING THROUGH A LEFT BEND ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. POSTED SPEED 40 MPH, WHEN THE REAR AXLE SPLIT AT THE DRIVERS SIDE HUB. THIS CAUSED ME TO SPIN AROUND AND CRASH BETWEEN A POWER POLE AND A TREE. MY AIR BAGS ...

Transmission · 2003 4

THE GEAR IS SUPPOSE TO LOCK FOR SAFETY, AND ONLY BE APPLIED WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED AS CHILD SAFETY PROTECTION. CONSUMER'S CHILD GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, PLACED IT INTO GEAR, AND CRASHED THE VEHICLE, NEARLY INJURING SEVERAL CHILDREN ON...

Transmission · 2001 4

THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SAME PROBLEM, 1ST TIME VAN WAS NOT RUNNING POPPED OUT OF GEAR WENT DOWN THE ROAD BACKWARDS AND HIT A HOME NOT MUCH DAMAGE TO EITHER THE HOUSE OR THE VAN. NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH, THE SECOND TIME MOVED ABOUT A FOO...

Transmission · 2002 4

PUT SHIFT TO PARK. EXITED VEHICLE. VEHICLE STARTED MOVING IN REVERSE. DRIVER'S DOOR WAS OPEN - RIPPED OF BY GARAGE. FINALLY JUMPED BACK INTO VEHICLE AFTER IT WENT DOWN DRIVEWAY, ACROSS STREET, & INTO NEIGHBOR'S YARD, STOPPED VEHICLE....

Transmission · 2000 4

MY CAR WAS IN PARK, NOT RUNNING, KEYS IN THE IGNITION. 5YR OLD SON WAS IN VEHICLE, TRYING TO TURN RADIO ON CAR SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITH OUT THE BRAKE FULLY DEPRESSED. OWNERS MANUAL STATES TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK BRAKE MUST BE FULLY DEPRE...

Transmission · 2001 3

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE RUNNING, DRIVER REPORTEDLY PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, CHILD IN CHILD SEAT IN REAR SEAT, DRIVER CARRIED PACKAGE IN HOUSE, VEHICLE WENT DOWN DRIVEWAY FORWARD ACROSS HIGHWAY AND INTO DITCH. DRIVER FOUND...

Transmission · 2003 2

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO REMAIN IN DRIVE AND PARK. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHT...

Transmission · 2001 2

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO CHANGE GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS ...

Transmission · 2004 2

TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING HARD IN MARCH 2012 (69998 MILES ON VEHICLE). PROGRESSED TO, SLIPPING WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FROM STOP, AND WOULD CATCH ABRUPTLY CAUSING A LURCH FORWARD. I HAD THE TROUBLE CODES READ, FOUND PO-1811 STORED IN ...

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