Four problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 2000 Chevrolet Venture. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Chevrolet Venture based on all problems reported for the 2000 Venture.
Transmission on 2000 chevy Venture van needed replacement. The van is not even 5 years old and is under 60, 000 miles. We also had to have cracked gaskets repaired about 6 months ago. I have heard of a number of people having difficulties with their similar vehicals.
Transmission experienced some slipping and showed an 1811 code on the computer. Required transmission to be rebuilt at a cost of $2100 at 63000 miles. Fourth gear was stripped.
Whenever vehicle is on an incline/slope, it will roll backwards continuously. If vehicle is shifted into reverse, while on a slope or incline, would go forward first and then reverse. Have taken to dealership, and informed by mechanic it was characteristic of vehicle.
The van will suddenly roll backwards while in gear when stopped on an incline- even a slight incline. Recently, this almost caused me to have an accident as my van almost rolled into the car behind me. This problem has occured many times, but it does not ocur every time I am stopped on a hill (incline). When it occurs, the van rolls back very fast, not gradually. I took it to the dealer today (11/2/00) and he said that this was normal. He aslo said that he has had several people come in and complain about the same problem. I believe it is a design defect. (no other car that I have owned with an automatic transmission has done this. ) it is definitely a safety defect.