Eight problems related to manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe have been reported for the 2003 Chevrolet Venture. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Chevrolet Venture based on all problems reported for the 2003 Venture.
The lower intake manifold head gasket cracked or ruptured resulting in the anti- freeze coolant to leak into the motor oil. Required removal of entire intake manifold assembly and replacement of defective ruptured head gasket. Cost 9 hours mechanic labor and $ 975. 00 for professional repair.
2003 chevy Venture 3. 4l. Multiple problems with this van. Head gasket failure at 70,000 miles. Intake manifold gasket failure around 100,000 miles. Now at 132,000 the van is currently in the shop being torn down to find what is a suspected cracked cylinder head or cracked block. At what point with gm decide that they manufactured a worthless engine that is costing its customers thousands to repair. Help!!.
In our 2003 chevy Venture with only 53,000 miles. We are having trouble with the intake manifold leaking. The van has overheated and needs to be replaced at a high cost to us. It upsets me to find that Chevrolet knows of the problem but has done nothing to correct it. Why recall the vans in canada with the same problem but not here in the united states.
Why hasn't there been a recall on ** intake manifold gasket ** for the Chevrolet Venture 2003 ? I replaced it 2 years ago and now I must replace it again . There are like 35 models with the same problem. GMC knows about the problem. No one does anything about it. I hope you guys do something about it because every repair is around $ 700 to $1100 . It depends where you go. I can't believe you guys can't force GMC to make this a recall.
On 3 mile in town trip, heat gauge suddenly climbed into the red. I turned of car and let it cool. Drove back home with many stops to prevent overheating. Towed it to a dealer. Lower manifold intake gasket, a well documented problem--but no us recall, needed to be replaced. Labor costs brought the defective and badly engineered replacement to over $900. There was no engine damage, because I caught the problem early, as no coolant had yet leaked into the engine.
: the contact stated the dealership noticed the intake gasket was leaking while an oil change was being performed. The intake gasket needed to be replaced.
The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Venture. The contact began to smell gas both inside and outside the vehicle. Approximately one year after initially detecting gas the dealer inspected the vehicle. The dealer stated that the failure was the head gasket. The contact brought the vehicle to a local mechanic for repairs, but the scent of gas remained. The vehicle was inspected again approximately four months later. The dealer stated that the entire fuel system should be replaced. Once more, the contact brought the vehicle to a local mechanic for repair. The mechanic stated that the filler hose deteriorated due to poor design or a material defect. The current and failure mileage were 113,000. The consumer stated that the vehicle leaks from the manifold as well as the fuel tank system. Updated 07/30/07.
I have just been notified by a local gm dealership that our 2003 chevy Venture, with 40000 miles on a 3. 4l v6 engine, needs the lower intake manifold gasket replaced. Upon further research, it appears this is a widespread problem with this particular engine, in fact gm issued a recall in canada to have this problem rectified for no charge to their loyal owners. However, here in the us we are being asked to pay $1100 or more because of an intial design flaw. Not only am I disappointed to have this kind of trouble with my relatively new vehicle (we have owned it since it was brand new and taken excellent care of it), the quote of $1100 from the dealer to replace this gasket is, I think, ridiculous. Gm has admitted their part in the problem by issuing the recall in canada, and I feel they need to do the same here in the states.