1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Problems

I HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE AND HEAD GASKETS AT 105,000 MILES ON MY 1999 CHEVY VENTURE. THEY ARE LEAKING AT 180,000 MILES. I AM VERY UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS. *TR

I OWN A 99 CHEVY VENTURE THE PROBLEM IS THE TEMP GAUGE GOES BACK AND FORTH FROM HOT TO COLD I WAS TOLD THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BAD. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS OCCURRING WITH A MAJORITY OF THESE VEHICLES WHY ISN'T GM DOING A RECALL. *TR

1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THE CONSUMER'S MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT HE BELIEVES THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO FAULTY VALVE BODY INSTALLATION AT THE FACTORY. *NM

MY WIFE WITH MY 4 SMALL CHILDREN WERE ENTERING MO HWY 412 WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED STALLING AND QUIT. WHEN THE VEHICLE QUIT IT WAS PARTIALLY ON THE HWY AND PARTIALLY ON THE TURN FROM WHERE SHE WAS EXITING. WHILE SHE ALONE WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE HWY A TRACTOR TRUCK AND TRAILOR ALMOST RUN THEM OVER. TAKE IN MIND THAT WHEN THESE VEHICLES DIE THEY HAVE NO BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT IT SEEMS THAT IT HAD A INTAKE VALVE GASKET BLOWN LEAKING DEXCOOL INTO THE OIL AND BROKE THE CAMSHAFT. AT THIS TIME I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED BECAUSE FROM THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE IT WILL COST $4,000 TO $5000 TO GET THE VEHICLE FIXED.

INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK. *NM

AT MY 60000 MILES THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND OIL AND COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE OF OUR 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE WHICH HAS THE 185 HP V-6 ENGINE. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR THE LEAKS WAS $695.39. ACCORDING TO THE SERVCE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CHEVORLET DEALERSHIP, THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THIS ENGINE.*AK

1999 VENTURE WITH 3.4 L ENGINE AND 42,000 MILES HAS LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. GM SHOULD RECALL MINIVANS AND REINBURSE OWNERS FOR REPAIR COST. DEALER COST ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS WAS $800.00. *AK

EXPERIENCED COOLANT LEAK INTO ENGINE. PERSONAL MECHANIC FOUND THAT DEX-COOL HAD CAUSED EXCESSIVE CORROSION TO INTAKE MANIFOLD AND THAT GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. SPENT IN EXCESS OF $500 TO REPAIR THIS. OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW SAY THAT IF THE CORROSION WAS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE CAM SHAFT MIGHT BREAK. I AM NOT WILLING TO PUT MY FAMILY'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY WITH AN ISSUE THAT GM IS AWARE OF. THE FACT THTA NOBODY HAS DIED FROM THIS IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO RECALL THE GM 3.4L ENGINE VEHICLES TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER. ALSO, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DEX-COOL NEEDS TO BE RE-EVALUATED WITH REGARDS TO PERFORMANCE AND THE AFFECT ON ENGINE PARTS LONG-TERM.

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AFTER HAVING TO STOP AND REFILL THE VEHICLE WITH COOLANT. SHE WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A MANIFOLD INTAKE VALVE CRACK WHICH CAUSED THE COOLANT TO LEAK. *JB *NM

AS THE WEATHER HAS GOTTEN COOLER I TRIED TO USE MY HEATING SYSTEM AND JUST GOT COLD AIR. THE ENGINE TEMP GAUGE WAS GOING UP BUT I ONLY GOT COLD. THEN I NOTICED THAT THE TEMP GAUGE KEPT CLIMBING AND I WAS AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO 'REDLINE' AND IT SUDDENLY DROPPED TO NORMAL AND I STARTED TO GET HEAT IN THE CAR. THE PROBLEM THEN KEPT COMING AND GOING AS I DROVE. THE CAR IS NOW IN THE SHOP AND I AM TOLD THAT IT IS A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND WILL COST ME $650 TO FIX. I ONLY HAVE 59K MILES ON MY CAR. THE SHOP OWNER ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE HAS SEEN 'A LOT' OF THIS PROBLEM IN CHEVY VENTURES (AND OTHER CARS WITH THE SAME ENGINE) AND THAT HE HAD ANOTHER ONE IN HIS GARAGE AS WE SPOKE. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A DESING FAULT THAT...

LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND WATER PUMP CAUSING LOSS OF ANTIFREEZE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. NO SIGN OF LEAK OTHER THAN LOW COOLANT LIGHT FROM VEHICLE.*AK

DEFECTIVE COOLING SYSTEM CAUSED INTERIOR TO BECOME ALL FOGGED UP. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT GOING FAST. USED MY DAUGHTERS SWEATSHIRT TO WIPE FOG OFF WINDOWS. *JB

I HAVE DEX-COOL COOLANT IN MY OIL. IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE A BAD GASKET, AND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHERS WHO ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH LEAKING GASKETS (WHICH HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED). I THINK THAT GM SHOULD FIX MY CAR PRIOR TO TOTAL CATASTROPHY OF ENGINE FAILURE WITH MY LESS THAN 1-YEAR OLD CHILD ON BOARD.

MY 1999 CHEV. VENTURE STARTED LOSING ANTIFREEZE WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 75,000 MILE ON IT. IT WAS NOT LEAKING SO I REPLACED THE COOLENT WHEN IT WAS LOW. THEN AT 100,000 MILES IT BEGAN LEAKING. UPON TAKING IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE REPAIRS TOTALED TO $2,400.00. I KNOW OF ONE OTHER PERSON THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CHEV. VENTURE. I BELIEVE THIS IS DESIGN FAULT AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY GENERAL MOTORS.

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY VENTURE WITH A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD. MY DAUGHTER ALSO DRIVES A CHEVY AND HAD THE SAME REPAIR PERFORMED ON HER VEHICLE TWO MONTHS AGO. BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE LESS THAN 75,000 MILES ON THEM.

FAILURE OF ENGINE GASKETS

IN JANUARY OF 2002, THE HEAT IN OUR 1999 CHEVY VENTURE STOPPED WORKING. THE VAN HAD AROUND 50 OR SO THOUSAND MILES AT THE TIME. THE DEALER IN BATON ROUGE ALL-STAR CHEVROLET COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED A COOLING-SYSTEM FLUSH AS THE COOLANT LEVEL LOOKED LOW IN THE RESERVOIR. THIS FLUSH WAS DONE AT ANOTHER SHOP IN TOWN. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THIS SHOP RECOMMENDED I GO BACK TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS ALSO RUNNING HOT, SO TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER WITH THESE PROBLEMS. THIS DEALER DID AROUND $1,000 IN REPAIRS INCLUDING A WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AS I DROVE THE VAN HOME. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG AND WOULD NOT DO ANY MORE WORK. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER...

VEHICLE LOST COOLANT DUE TO A CRACK IN COOLANT CONTAINER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK