2001 Chevrolet Venture problems
NHTSA has received 284 complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Venture, and 12% of them involve engine. After that come transmission (10%) and body & structure (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 284 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 17 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 40 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 55,000 miles 162 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 16 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 31 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 41 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 21 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 10 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 162 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 55,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 51,000 miles (21 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 17 complaints mention a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 40 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Chevrolet Venture with enough data (202 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 9 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
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. *nlm
Vehicle was involved in a collision in which driver's air bag did not deploy. Cause unknown. Consumer states there were 2 injuries and one fatality.
I was in a accident going between 30 to 32 MPH and hit a car with the front of the van. The other car was struck on the driver side of the car. Neither of the air bags in my venture van went off. The front bumper, headlight assembly, grill and hold were all damaged. The fire department and police department wanted to make sure that I make a complaint with you because they stated that both air bags should have went off. As far as I know there is no switch to turn either air bag off.
10 year old girl attempted to enter rear passenger sliding (non-automatic) door of 2001 chevy venture, when the bolts and tracking failed causing the door to fall to the ground cutting her bone in her big toe in half, leaving it hanging on by skin. Doctor's at children's hospital had to realign the bone and reattach her toe. General motors has been notified, but at this time, they are not willing to fix or replace the defective vehicle.
Last week driver's side sliding passenger door (non-power) flew open while the vehicle was in motion. Today a child tried to close the driver's side sliding door. The door came off it's rear track and falling inward striking the child on the head (no injury). The sliding door was dangling by its upper and lower lead brackets.