NHTSA Complaint #757986 — 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE

I WAS IN A TURN LANE WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH NO WARNING. I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE TO MOVE MY CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I TRULY FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I JUST HAD THE 30,000 MILE MAINTENACE WORK DONE ON IT 5 MONTHS AGO. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO DETECT THIS FAILURE FROM HAPPENING. IT JUST " HAPPENED". THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE FOR ME. I DRIVE MY CHILDREN EVERYWHERE IN THAT CAR AND THIS COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A FATALITY. I HAVE NO ASSURANCE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN TO THE NEW TRANSMISSION THAT I HAD TO BUY. I HAVE OWNED A VARIETY OF CARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THEM. OUR PREVIOUS CAR WAS A 94 CHEVY VAN AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT, JUST YOUR NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I KNOW THAT I DID NOT CAUSE MY TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT A CAR OWNER SHOULD DO TO MAINTAIN PROPER MAINTENACE OF THIS CAR AND STILL THIS KIND OF FAILURE HAPPENED. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF MECHANICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ITSELF FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. HOPEFULLY THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED BEFORE A FATALITY DOES OCCUR. THANK YOU. *AK