general problems of the 1997 Chevrolet Venture

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

1 Power Train problem

Failure Date: 07/15/2003

The paint has peeled off and yet gm canada claims no problem and refuses to hear our complaint let alone acknowledge it yet we can see for ourselves on this site the u. S. Acknowledgement! the floorboard cracked under the driver's seat and it's been a day and we have yet to hear from our local retailer!.

2 Power Train problem

Failure Date: 11/15/2002

When the car is runing for more that one hr the engine light come on, when I stop and try to leave the car is moved with loss of drive. I change new transmission from the same date, but nothing changed,every time the light come on the reading in the computer scaner, always is a fault in the transmission and the shop can't find anything wrong in the transmission. The shop just reset the light. They don't know what's the problem.

3 Power Train problem

Failure Date: 07/01/2000

Speedometer will cutout from 45 - 65 mph to stay at 25 - 30 mph for up to 1/2 hr at a time, to return to correct reading at anytime.




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