general problems of the 1998 Chevrolet Venture

Three problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 1998 Chevrolet Venture. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 02/06/1999

Vehicle started to accelerate when parked in driveway, ignition turned on, backed out, and hit another vehicle. Dealer / manufacturer contacted and cannot remedy the problem. Problem still exists. . Et.

2 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/07/1998

Van has random intermiitent runaway engine. Engine will go to full throttle, near resulted in crashes.

3 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Engine randomly goes to full throttle when braking. This occurs only after the van has been driven long enough for the engine to get to run temp. The van is then parked (engineoff) for about 30 to 45 min. Then engine is restarted . When the brakes are next applied the engine goes to full throttle. This is a random event and will not always occur when the previous conditions are present. (like the tragedy in minneapolis Dec 4 1998).


Other Vehicle Speed Control related problems of the 1998 Chevrolet Venture



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