NHTSA Complaint #10045612 — 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE

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.*AK