Air Bag Problems of Chevrolet Venture

Driving on a driveway (estimated speed 5-10 mph) when I noted that the driver side door didn't seem completely closed. I tugged on the door handle to shut it and instantaneously felt the driver-side side airbag deploy, scraping my left forearm, left ear, and rupturing the left eardrum. There had been no collision or accident involving the car or any other structure. The vehicle has not been in a prior accident, and has not had additional electric work performed to any of its systems since manufacturing. The vehicle is available for inspection, it has not been inspected yet by a manufacturer or dealer, and the airbag affected my safety by causing physical harm due to faulty deployment.

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The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Venture. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, when a police officer ran the red traffic light and crashed into the driver side door and pushed the vehicle into a school bus. The contact the air bags did not deploy. The contact stated she has a broken right foot and did seek medical attention at the hospital and was waiting for a pending surgery. The police report was report. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to towing lot. The contact called the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 59,072.

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Tl the contact owned a 2004 Chevrolet Venture. While the contact's vehicle was at a complete stop, it was rear ended by another vehicle traveling approximately 50 mph. None of the air bags deployed. The contact was pregnant and had to be transported to the hospital via ambulance. A police report was filed. The driver of the other vehicle was intoxicated. There were two passengers who also had to be hospitalized and transported via ambulance. The vehicle was totaled and towed to a junk yard. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure mileage was 270,000.

Van was traveling at approx 65 mph. . Ford quad cab truck pulled out in front of me. . I locked the brakes, some skid marks down the highway, and completely broadsided the truck. Damage to truck was on driver side door, and front corner panel. Several of trucks airbags deployed. Impact was at a high speed. Injuries to myself and passenger, neck, shoulder, knee, wrist, ankle, not fatal, thank goodness. Passenger of truck, injuries unknown. Truck was at fault in accident.

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Was driving approx 45 mph and drivers side seat airbag deployed. There was no impact what so ever.

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The driver was slowing or stopped when she was rear ended. The front driver seat airbag deployed. It is unclear whether the airbag deployed prematurely or whether it deployed after the vehicle was rear ended.

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The contact owns a 2002 Chevrolet Venture. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the driver and passenger side curtain air bags deployed without warning. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and the current mileages were approximately 100,000.

Contact states she was in a side and front end collision and none of the air bags deployed. The van was equipped with front and side impact air bags. The vehicle has not been to the service dealer because the accident occurred out of state.

Air bag lamp goes on /off when manualy moving seats in front. My air bag lamp will go on if I move the seats in my car either fwd or back. Can get lamp to go out if I move seat very little.

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Premature failure of intake manifold gasket//g. M. Has new revised one ??? car has 40,000 mi 2000 chev. Venture 3. 4 motor it is a known fact that g. M. Has a big problem out there. Poss. Damage to internal motor if coolant leaks inside!!!! very costly too consumer. /// the dexcool coolant seems to be the problem also// very corrosive to gaskets. Looked at mitchell. Tech. Bulletin found out about early intake gasket failure. With note on revised gasket. I seem to feel g. M. Should take care of this even if a deductible applies . Thank you for your time. If you can lead me in a direction to take I would appr. It. S. T.

My 1998 Chevrolet Venture was in an accident sustaining major damage. There was a direct hit to the right headlamp with the pole and the van ended up landing on the driver's side skidding on the road. None of the 4 airbags deployed. Has there been a recall on them or has there been any other complaints about this vehicle?.

I was involved in a accident in my 2001 Chevrolet Venture. We where driving at a speed of 45 mph, when a car pulled out in front of us. We hit him broadside at 30-45 mph. Our vehicle then spun around and was hit broadside on the drivers side by another vehicle. The front nor the side passenger airbags deployed. Our vehicle was totaled.

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Traveling 45-50 mph with green light in 2001 chevy Venture Mini-van, car turned abruptly in front of us, we struck them in the passenger side. All 4 in our vehicle wearing seat belts but neither airbag deployed. Both vehicles were totaled.

I noticed a smell of hot antifreeze. Also it would make a lot of noise when starting up. The thermostat never showed anything overheating. Oil didn't show anything on the dipstick. We change the oil every 3000 miles. The dealership that tore into it had said we did not change the oil ever by the looks of the internals. We bought this used 1999 chevy Venture lt , August 2000 having 34,000 miles on it already. The previous owner bought this van in October 1998 brand new. How could a vehicle have to have a motor dropped in with only 57,000 on it and have had done everything possible to keep everything in working order. This is not our first chevy, our whole family buys chevys. Just to brag we have 13, and all of them maintained well. One even having over 200,000 miles on it,1995 chevy astro. Anyway, I watch the gauges very closely and never did I see anything wrong.

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My 1997 Chevrolet Venture was in the driveway no one in it and not running when the passenger air bag suddenly deployed. I was told it was a wiring defect and would cost more than the car was worth to fix it!! apparently water got into the wire harness. How is this my fault? thank god my kids were not in the car!!!.

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The "pretensioner" of the seatbelt system on my 1998 Chevrolet Venture has failed now for the third time. According to the dealer this means the restraint system will not function properly in the event of a crash. The alert light that warns of trouble in the air bag system seems to revert to normal after a couple of weeks, but when the dealer uses the proper test equipment it can be determined the unit has failed. It seems likely that many Ventures are being used with failed pretensioners and their owners are unaware of the issue since all indications from the alert light is that the air bag system is functioning properly. This is the third time this issue has happened on my vehicle in less than five years and Chevrolet customer assistance is refusing to address the issue.

Passenger sliding door window shattered while driving for no reason at all. Nothing hit the window and it just popped loudly and shattered.

This is the fifth safety related major problem with this vehicle -- any could have killed us -- I will try to get dates for the others which include: the van died twice while in use, the recalled power sliding door and the airbag sytem failure.

While driving, consumer crashed into a semi tractor trailer who failed to yield while making a left hand turn, the air bags did not experience deployment, causing consumer to sustain several injuries, consumer continues to have complications because of this accident, consumer was informed that the air bags acted as they should by not deploying.

Consumer was hit by a vehicle that was travelling 65 mph, the vehicle was totalled, however the air bags front impact and side impact experienced no deployment in the accident, causing the consumer to sustain serious injuries.

While traveling east approximately 35-40mph, another vehicle traveling west, entered eastbound lane. Both vehicles collided head-on on driver's side. Upon impact, neither air bag deployed. Driver's seat belt was intact, but driver suffered minor injuries. Children, in rear, sustained some bruises from seat belts, but no treatment. Vehicle was totaled.

Air bag failed during collision (unspecified reasons). Yh.

Intermittent operation of windshield wipers. In addition, all electronics on dashboard goes on and off/headlights go off by themselves every 10 seconds/driver's controls for door locks failed/evaporative emission canister vend solenoid valve assembly failed prior to manufacturer's recall/poor idling and vehicle is sluggish/driver's information center fails to work properly, and air bag wires are still exposed to rear passengers' feet.

Windshield wipers intermittently go off by themselves when hitting a normal bump in the road, and when the front/rear heater or air conditioner controls are used. In addition, driver's information message center in the extended overhead console has never worked properly. Temperature gauge increases at least 1/8 to 1/4 inches and stayes there. Air bag wires are still exposed to rea rpassenger's seat. Drover's/passengers door locks failed. Headlights go off by themselves every 10 seconds. Finally, evaporative emission canister failed prior to recall. 780180 dup of 533715; posted on 09-07-1999.

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While the vehicle starts the air bag readiness light would not turn off. Sometimes it stays on and sometimes it goes off. Consumer stated that this situation indicating a problem.

The front end locked up causing loss of steering ability due to rack and pinion and air bag coil failure.