Tail Light Switch Problems of Chevrolet Venture

We own a 2003 chevy Venture and I have replaced the front driver signal bulb three (3) times and the rear brake/tail lights four (4) times already. I just changed both brakelight bulbs 03/19/12 and yesterday another motorist pulled around me to inform me that my brakelights are out. Once again I opened the brakelight housing and noticed the bulb housing is melting. Could someone please advise.

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My brake lights keep going out. It turns out that every light bulb I install melts down within 2 months. I am not the only one with this problem. I found this form on a thread about defective Venture tail light assemblies!.

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Brake light, tail light, signal lights failure.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Venture. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the contact noticed through the reflection of another vehicle which had been driving extremely close, that both of his rear tail lights failed to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where both tail light bulbs were replaced. The failure recurred which required the replacement of the tail light bulb continuously. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. Pmb.

Tail lights stop working, upon removing the bulb the socket and plastic on the bulb is melted. After cleaning up the bulb and replacing it, it will work from anywhere between 1 day to a couple weeks before stopping again. Tail light circuit board has been replaced with an oem part and has the same results. This problem has resulted in many stops by police as you can never tell just when the lights will stop working. Upon searching the internet this seems to be a very common problem with this and similar gm models. It is also a very dangerous problem as no one behind you can see you braking if the lights are not working. This problem has been ongoing since the van was purchased in '07.

The contact owns a 1998 Chevrolet Venture. The contact shifted the gear into park and shut off the vehicle. The vehicle rolled away while she was assisting a child with exiting the vehicle. The contact ran to jump into the vehicle and noticed that the gear shifter was very unstable and had a lot of "play" or wiggle. She depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle came to a stop. Prior to this failure, the tail lights failed in February of 2007. At that time, she was informed that she needed new circuit boards. Within a year, the failures recurred. The circuit boards burned out and the dealer stated that the plug for the boards was burned out as well, which would cause the failures to continue. The failure mileage was 130,000 and current mileage was 168,000.

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Rear directional signals have worked intermittently for years. The right has been more intermittent than the left. Often the right signal would blink very rapidly when the brakes were applied. Now, all of a sudden, neither the brake lights nor the directional work most of the time. The high mount brake light still works and the directional signals on the dash both come on at the same time. The rear tail light circuit boards have been a significant safety problem on the gm minivans for years and it doesn't seem that anything has been done about it.

I purchased the 2003 Chevrolet Venture van new and have had continuous problems with the brake/tail lights burning out. Spoke with gm and if I recall correctly the first time they bulbs were replaced was in June 2004. Since then I have replaced the bulbs 2-4 times per year trying different manufacturers and types. I have searched for solutions on the internet and tried replacing the circuit boards and this still does not mitigate the issue. . Read more...