2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS WITH EXTENDED WHEELBASE. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE INOPERATIVE FUEL TANK ROLLOVER VALVES AND FUEL LEAKAGE WOULD EXCEED THE PERMISSIBLE AMOUNT IN A ROLLOVER TEST. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL SYSTEM INTEGRITY."

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

ON CERTAIN MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH SECOND-ROW BUCKET SEATS OR CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS AND A POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, A PASSENGER USING THE INTERIOR HANDLE TO OPEN THE POWER SLIDING DOOR COULD BE INJURED.

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: 1997-2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE, PONTIAC MONTANA/TRANSPORT, AND OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOORS THAT WERE SERVICED IN CAMPAIGN 01013 (01V-067) FROM APRIL TO AUGUST 2001. ALSO 2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE, PONTIAC MONTANA, AND OLDSMOBILE SI

STEERING

DORMAN IS RECALLING 979 STEERING KNUCKLES, DORMAN P/NOS. 697-902 AND 697-903, SOLD UNDER DORMAN'S "OE SOLUTIONS<SUP>TM</SUP>" BRAND NAME, AND NAPA P/NOS. 7-8502 AND 7-8503 WHICH WERE SOLD FOR REPLACEMENT USE ON THE VARIOUS VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. A POTENTIAL MATERIAL OR DESIGN DEFECT COULD RESULT IN

FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES

CERTAIN DELPHI FUEL PRESSURE REGULATORS, P/NOS. FP10020-11B1, FP10026-11B1, AND FP10027-11B1, SOLD AFTER JANUARY 9, 2007, AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE UNIVERSAL PRESSURE REGULATORS (UPR) WERE PRODUCED WITHOUT AN O'RING AND RETAINER.

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

K2 MOTOR IS RECALLING 1,921 AFTERMARKET HEADLAMPS OF VARIOUS MODELS SOLD FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS ARE MISSING THE AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTOR WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND A

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINIVANS EQUIPPED WITH PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOORS. THE DOOR CLOSES BUT MAY NOT BE LATCHED. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR CAN OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE VEHICLE ASCENDS A HILL, MAKES A TURN, OR TRAVELS OVER A ROUGH ROAD SURFACE

SEAT BELTS

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES, LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS, SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, AND MINI VANS EQUIPPED WITH TRW SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES. THE BUCKLE BASE OF THESE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES WERE NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED AND THEREFORE DO NOT PASS THE LOAD BEARING REQUIREMENT OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHI

WAS DRIVING FORWARD COMING UP TO AN INTERSECTION AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT .WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND PUSH THE BRAKE DOWN IT STARTED SHAKING AND THE BRAKE CAME UP AND THEN WHEN PUSHED IT BACK DOWN IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY OUT. THEM GOING OUT CAUSED US TO ROLL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION CAUSING US TO GET HIT BY A VEHICLE COMING THROUGH THE LIGHT, SPINNING US AROUND AND GOT HIT MORE THAN ONCE. HIT US ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE AND WINDOWS WERE SHATTE

Mileage: 137,000

WAS DRIVING FORWARD COMING UP TO AN INTERSECTION AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT .WHEN TRYING TO STOP AND PUSH THE BRAKE DOWN IT STARTED SHAKING AND THE BRAKE CAME UP AND THEN WHEN PUSHED IT BACK DOWN IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY OUT. THEM GOING OUT CAUSED US TO ROLL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION CAUSING US TO GET HIT BY A VEHICLE COMING THROUGH THE LIGHT, SPINNING US AROUND AND GOT HIT MORE THAN ONCE. HIT US ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE AND WINDOWS WERE SHATTE

Mileage: 137,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR TWO DAYS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CAUSED A GARAGE LOCATED NEXT TO THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR TWO DAYS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CAUSED A GARAGE LOCATED NEXT TO THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT A DEAD STOP,THEN WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. AS SOON AS I DID THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK,WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO MY GAS GAUGE DIDN'T WORK AND WOULD RANDOMLY MOVE BACK AND FORTH,EVEN IF I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS. THEN,THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUED TO GO OUT DUE TO THE MELTING OF THE PART OF THE BULB,NOT THE BULB ITSELF. MY ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER S

Mileage: 130,287

I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT A DEAD STOP,THEN WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. AS SOON AS I DID THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK,WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO MY GAS GAUGE DIDN'T WORK AND WOULD RANDOMLY MOVE BACK AND FORTH,EVEN IF I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS. THEN,THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUED TO GO OUT DUE TO THE MELTING OF THE PART OF THE BULB,NOT THE BULB ITSELF. MY ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER S

Mileage: 130,287

I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT A DEAD STOP,THEN WHEN THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. AS SOON AS I DID THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK,WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSED ME TO HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO MY GAS GAUGE DIDN'T WORK AND WOULD RANDOMLY MOVE BACK AND FORTH,EVEN IF I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS. THEN,THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUED TO GO OUT DUE TO THE MELTING OF THE PART OF THE BULB,NOT THE BULB ITSELF. MY ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER S

Mileage: 130,287

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT AND THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WERE INJURED AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT ALSO SUSTAINED BRUISING FROM THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINING UPON IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CU

Mileage: 174,699

IN DECEMBER 2007 MY SON PARKED OUR 2000 CHEVY VENTURE VAN AND WENT INSIDE. 10 MINUTES LATER SOMEONE TOLD HIM THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. IT WAS PUT OUT WITH A GARDEN HOSE. FIRE STARTED IN WINDOW CONTROL PANEL DESTROYING THE DOOR AND PART OF THE DASH, SOOT FILLED INTERIOR. SIDE WINDOW AND WINDSHIELD BROKEN DUE TO HEAT. WINDOWS HAD NOT BEEN USED DUE TO COLD WEATHER. VAN WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE. WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND STRUCK THE RAILING. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.

Mileage: 87,000

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A STREET, A 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN WAS STRUCK ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ENTERING THE STREET, CAUSING THE VAN TO ROLL OVER TO THE LEFT ON TO THE ROOF. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED (FRONT AND SIDE). THE DRIVER'S LEFT ARM WAS INJURED WHEN THE DRIVER HIT THE ROAD THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW AS THE VAN ROLLED OVER. THE NECK OF THE DRIVER WAS ALSO INJURED WHEN THE SIDE OF THE HEAD HIT ROOF ABOVE THE DRIVERS D

Mileage: 42,700

TL*- THE CONTACT HAD A NUMBER OF STALLING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN STALLING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MINIVAN STALLED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. ON ONE OCCASION THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF THE VEHICLE LOSING POWER. HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWED EVERYTHING HAD LOST POWER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERS

TL*- THE CONTACT HAD A NUMBER OF STALLING PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN STALLING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MINIVAN STALLED AT ANY GIVEN TIME. ON ONE OCCASION THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF THE VEHICLE LOSING POWER. HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWED EVERYTHING HAD LOST POWER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERS

VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AND KNOCKED APPROXIMATELY 39 FT. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND DRIVER WAS THROWN ABOUT LIKE A RAG DOLL ACCORDING TO WITNESS OF ACCIDENT RESULTING IN HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. DRIVERS SEAT BROKE LOOSE ON ONE SIDE. *NM

Mileage: 45,690

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS BRAKES ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ABS ENGAGED WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH A VEHICLE WHICH WAS STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN. THE POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK UPDATED 12/27/2005. *NM

Mileage: 90,000

2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR THE CONSUMER, HIS NIECE AND SISTER WERE INJURED. *JB

I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON VANDYKE (JUST NORTH OF 16 MILE ROAD) WHEN I WAS T-BONED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE (DRIVER'S DOOR AND REAR SLIDING DOOR) BY A DRIVER WHO FAILED TO YIELD (HE WAS ISSUED A TICKET). HE WAS DRIVING AN OLDER FULL-SIZE VAN. THE SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. NOTE: I JUST PICKED THE VEHICLE THAT SAME EVENING FROM THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND OTHER COMPONENTS...[ MAY OR MAY NOT BE RELATED]. *NM

Mileage: 74,635

DT: CONTACT STATES THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR WILL NOT ALLOW THE DOOR CLOSE IF THERE IS SOMETHING BLOCKING THE DOOR FROM SHUTTING. THE DESIGN IS SUPPOSE TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO RETRACT IF THERE IS SOMETHING BLOCKING THE DOOR FROM SHUTTING. THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER HAND WAS CLOSED IN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR COMPLETELY SHUT. THE CONSUMER HIT THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE DOOR, AND IT DID OPEN THIS WAY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DOOR HAND

DT: CHEVROLET, VENTURE 2000 MINI VAN, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR SHUTS EVEN WHEN CHILDREN OR ANYONE IS IN THE WAY. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE DOOR BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, AND A CHILD HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER GETTING FINGER CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. *AK

Mileage: 8,000

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE DRIVER OPENED THE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND WITHOUT WARNING THE DOOR CLOSED ON ITS OWN. THIS CAUSE THE DRIVER'S ARM TO BECOME CAUGHT INSIDE OF THE DOOR. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON THEIR OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM