Fuel Injection problems of the 1997 Chevrolet Venture

Three problems related to fuel injection have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Venture. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Fuel Injection problem

Failure Date: 07/28/2000

O-ring cracked on fuel filter under the vehicle, fuel leaked all over garage, and consumer woke up, coughing and had burning eyes. Consumer felt house could have exploded.

2 Fuel Injection problem

Failure Date: 10/15/1997

Service advisor indicated that gm is having a problem with the Venture vans where the fuel injectors clog up with fuel for no apparent reason.

3 Fuel Injection problem

Failure Date: 04/01/1997

After owning vehichle a few months, van was left running while parked, waiting on a passenger. It ran out of gas during this time and we filled a total of four five gallon gas cans, in an attempt to get it started. Finally Chevrolet was contacted and I was informed that the vehicle had some self-destruct mechanism which caused a diaphram (?) in the tank to disable should it ever run out of gas or have gas put in in any method other than with a standard nozzle. This, I was told was a safty feature so that owner's would take it into the shop should they run out of gas, so that the vehicle could be checked. However, had I ran out of gas in an unsafe area, this could prove detrimental to my safety and that of my passengers.


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