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1998 Chevrolet Venture exhaust system problems

20 complaints about exhaust system have been filed for the 1998 Chevrolet Venture, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When exhaust system problems show up

Exhaust system complaints by mileage, 1998 Chevrolet Venture Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 45% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 11 exhaust system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 45% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the exhaust system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

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.

Driving down the highway my van over heated and stalled with no prior warning. I had to replace my head gaskets, lower intake, all my spark plugs and spark plug wires. I had no leaks that I was aware of. Nothing on the gorund to even suspect a leak. Apparently I was leaking so bad internally that 2 of my spark plugs crapped out and my van refused to run. From what I read this is a fairly common complaint among venture owners.

Reported at 45 miles, February 2004

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