NHTSA Complaint #10369753 — 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE

THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING I GOT IN MY VAN AND DROVE TO PEORIA WHICH IS ABOUT 20 FROM THE CITY I LIVE IN. I WENT SHOPPING FOR A FEW HOURS AND WHEN I CAME BACK OUT I TURNED MY VAN ON AND IT WOULD NOT HEAT UP. I NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS PAST HALFWAY HEADING TOWARDS HOT. I SAT THERE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH EVERYTHING TURNED OFF. I TURNED THE VAN ON AGAIN AND IT SEEMS THAT THE TEMPERATURE UNIT WAS STUCK AND HAD COME UNSTUCK. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. TWO WEEKS LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND NOTICED THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ALMOST TO HOT. I PULLED OVER AND COULD NOT GET IT TO GO DOWN. IN THE END I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AND WORKED ON. I HAD THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR CHANGED, THE WATER FILTER AND THE THERMOMETER. I GOT IN MY VAN LAST NIGHT TO FIND OUT THAT THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR IS STILL READING BEYOND HOT. I DROVE IT NOT EVEN A MILE AND IT WAS SAYING THE VAN WAS EXTREMELY HOT. I HAVE 3 LITTLE CHILDREN AND I'M ALSO A SINGLE MOM. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE? HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS? I'M STILL DRIVING MY VAN SINCE I HAVE TO WORK AND HAVE NO OTHER OPTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF MY VAN IS ACTUALLY OVER HEATING OR NOT. HELP! *TR