2003 Chevrolet Venture problems
NHTSA has received 231 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Venture, and 14% of them involve lighting. After that come body & structure (12%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 231 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 14% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 37 and 2
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 157 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 | 29 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 21 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 24 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 20 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 12 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 5 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 157 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 65,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 72,000 miles (24 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 37 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 82% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2003 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Chevrolet Venture with enough data (157 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
This complaint is being filed on behalf of the vehicle owner and driver. This chevy venture was involved in a two vehicle, head-on crash vs. A chevy silverado. Both front seat occupants in the venture were killed in the crash. Both front airbags in the venture failed to deploy even though the impact was substantial enough to cause fatal injuries. The airbags in the silverado did deploy.
While driving at 35 MPH another vehicle collided with consumer's vehicle on the front passenger's side. The consumer's child was seated in a child seat that was built into the vehicle. The five point harness that was restraining the child became undone. Four persons were in the vehicle at the time of the collision, and three sustained minor injuries. 2003 chevrolet venture was involved in a collision with another vehicle. During the collision the built in child seat five point harness became unbuckled.
Dt: contact states she was in a side and front end collision and none of the air bags deployed. The van was equipped with front and side impact air bags. The vehicle has not been to the service dealer because the accident occurred out of state.
Driver was turning at traffic light at low speed, 200 ft from her home. When turn was complete, driver was unable to return steering wheel to forward position, nor was she able to stop the vehicle using brake pedal, until the vehicle crashed into another one parked along the street. Driver was unable to explain how it could happen, and the accident was considered her fault. However, the latest GM recall regarding weakness of ignition key mechanism provides logical explanation of this accident.
September 2006 was told my fuel tank was leaking and it needed to be replaced. I ask them where the leak was and they told me that it was leaking at the factor seal where the gas hose connects to the fuel tank itself. Due to the fact that my warranty had expired I was told I was to pay $1500.00 to replace it. I ended up taking it to an independent repair shop where they charged me $1100.00 to replace it on december 23 2006 the shop that did the repair told me that where this leak is a factory defect and, I was…