Transmission Failure Problems of Chevrolet Venture

The contact owns a 1998 Chevrolet Venture. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to shift from the park position. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 98v131000 (power train). The failure mileage was 159,817. Updated 5/18/cn the consumer stated the cable end that connects to the transmission failed. The vehicle was repaired. Updated 7/1/2015.

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The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Venture. When accelerating from a stop at 5 mph, the vehicle would jerk severely. The contact changed the transmission fluid, but that did not work. She took the vehicle to a repair shop and they tested the transmission. She was informed that the seals in the transmission failed and that this was a common failure. The vehicle is currently at the shop for repair. The VIN, engine size, and number of cylinders were unknown. The current mileage was 67,000 and failure mileage was 65,000.

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Transmission fails at 54,000 miles due to defective parts. Rebuilt transmission will cost $2000.

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Valve body cross leak. The falure is caused by an inadaquate valve body insatlled in the automobile causing transmission failure. I have been told by several transmission repair shops as well as the chevy dealer that this is an extremely common failure on all similar GMC chevy models at or near 70-100k. To correct the failure, an updated valve body must replace the current style on the vehicle. They actually created an updated body because of the commonality of the problem.

Began noticing harsh shifts in automatic transmission of 1999 Chevrolet Venture van in summer of 2003 when van had approximately 85,000 miles. In fall of 2003, harshness of shifting became more pronounced and van was inspected by a transmission repair faciilty. I was advised that my transmission was failing because of insufficient fluid pressure, and if left unaddressed, the transmission would soon fail, leaving me stranded at the location of transmission failure. I was further advised by the repair facility that such transmission problems are indicative of Chevrolet Venture vans and that they were surprised I was able to drive my vehicle for as many miles as I did before noticing a problem. While my van did have over 92,000 miles on it when the transmission needed to be replaced, I nevertheless feel that if such transmission failures are indicative of chevy transmissions for my model year, that a recall should have been ordered for the same. I paid almost $3,000. 00 to have my transmission rebuilt and now may have some assurance of mechanical functunality. I will drive this van for as long as I am able, but have lost all confidence in gm products and will not purchase another gm product unless adequate assurances are provided against such mechanical failures in the future.

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Transmission failure. Computer diagnostic at Chevrolet dealer indicates internal failure. Estimated cost of repair is $3000. The van shaked moderately during normal driving and the "check engine light" turned on. When the minivan was restarted (about 8 hours) the "check engine light" was off and the minivan was back to normal. However, the shaking symptom would reappear a week or two later. I have also noticed occasional hard transmission shifts during normal driving.

Venture minivan shaked moderately because of internal transmission failure.

Lurching shift while driving for about three days then suddenly when starting out it jerked and quit moving. I had it towed to a local transmission repair facility. I called the chevy dealership to let them know the transmission had failed at approximately 41,000 miles, even before the first transmission service was due. They asked if I had bought the extended warranty. I replied that I had not. They said there was nothing they could do as the warranty had expired. I emailed the Chevrolet company without any reply.

Had a very loud banging sound in rear of van after turning van off, this has been going on for sometime but we have been unable to pin point the cause. While driving on the expressway may 4, 2003 (at 55 mph), transmission failed, causing a very violent forward jerk. After doing some research, I found that this seems to be a somewhat frequent occurrence in this model. Please investigate this situation before someone gets severely injured. This occurred 2 days after having the recalled repair done to the rack & pinion steering.

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I have a 1997 Chevrolet Venture and I have had a lot of transmission problems since I bought it. I got the vehicle in 2003 used. The day I bought it the transmission failed. I had it taken to the dealer and watched them take a new transmission out of a crate and put it in. After that it was back in the shop 3 more times over the next year for problems. When I would go through a yield requiring me to speed up such as getting on the interstate it would rev up as if it were in neutral , almost causing me to get hit on several occasions. When I would take my foot off the gas and then try again it would grab and take off. All three times they rebuilt the whole transmission. Now the shift sensors are going out and even the local dealer said this should not be happening at only 35,000 miles. Even though the transmission is still under warranty, the dealer that put the transmission in has purged their system and my information was kicked out and I cannot find the original paperwork. What can I do to keep from having to pay for a defective internal transmission part that is expensive to have put in.

While driving the transmission failed. Nlm.

Transmission failure - mechanic stated the transmission failure was due to premature wear of the second drum clutches due to the fourth clutch supports main bearing being out of correct position. Failure was likely due to production error. We have the actual transmission part as proof that it was misaligned when installed from the manufacturer.

Transmission failure required complete replacement. Replacement cost $900. 00.

I was in a turn lane when my transmission failed with no warning. I had to call the police to move my car out of traffic and have my car towed to the dealership. I truly feel that this is a major safety concern. I just had the 30,000 mile maintenace work done on it 5 months ago. The dealership said that there was no way to detect this failure from happening. It just " happened". That is just unacceptable for me. I drive my children everywhere in that car and this could have easily been a fatality. I have no assurance that this will not happen to the new transmission that I had to buy. I have owned a variety of cars and I have never had any kind of transmission problem with any of them. Our previous car was a 94 chevy van and we had no problems with it, just your normal wear and tear. I know that I did not cause my transmission to fail. I have done everything that a car owner should do to maintain proper maintenace of this car and still this kind of failure happened. I strongly feel that there must be some kind of mechanical failure within the transmission system itself for this to happen. I would like answers to why this happened. Hopefully this issue can be resolved before a fatality does occur. Thank you.

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My 2001 Venture lt was purchase 6/21/01 new. Beginning around 25,000 miles I began to experience an intermittent transmission problem where when the car was in drive the engine would accelerate but no power was transfer to the transmission and then the transmission would engage and the car would lurch forward. Despite this complaint and 3 trips to the dealership at 28,000, 41,000, and 52,000 they could not replicate or fix the problem. At 58,000 the transmission experienced a catastrophic failure. Additionally, I personally know of another owner with a catastrophic transmission failure at less than 30,000 miles.

Ref: complaint #761127 we also experienced a transmission failure on a 1997 Chevrolet Venture that required a replacement transmission. There were less than 60,000 miles on the vehicle at that time - now there are 140,000 miles on the vehicle with a rebuilt (gm warranty) transmission. I also had a 1997 Buick (gm car) that had warranty work to replace/repair the transmission (twice) and a complete failure of the transmission that required replacement of the transmission (which was less than 200 miles outside the warranty but was not covered under the warranty). My grandmother also had a 1997 Buick where the transmission failed with less than 40,000 miles (but outside the 3 year warranty period). I would think it unlikely that so many 1997 cars would exhibit transmission failures with low mileage unless there was a specific manufacturing problem with 1997 gm transmissions.

Vehicle was in motion when complete transmission failure occurred, causing vehilcle to come to an unexpected stop.

Transmission cable failed causing vehicle to roll barkward while in park.

Transmission failed. Yh.

When on an incline the transmission fails to hold the car when the brake is released, causing the van to roll backwards. This happens on slight inclines. The dealer claims this is normal, but with the 15 other automatic cars I have owned, this has never been the case. This occurs when the car is warm and does not happen when the car is cold. The rolling occurs in drive or reverse on even the slightest incline. Chevrolet has not responded to my inquires regarding this issue. I am concerned that the rolling will cause an accident.

Transmission failed prematurely on the vehicle.