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2000 Chevrolet Venture Air bags Problems

Complaints
31about this part
Share
9%of 350 total for the year
Median mileage
84,000miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 31 complaints about the air bags of the 2000 Chevrolet Venture, 9% of the 350 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 84,000 miles. 14 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I was driving northbound on vandyke (just north of 16 mile road) when I was t-boned on the driver's side (driver's door and rear sliding door) by a driver who failed to yield (he was issued a ticket). He was driving an older full-size van. The side air bag did not deploy. Note: I just picked the vehicle that same evening from the dealer who replaced the master brake cylinder and other components...[ may or may not be related].”

NHTSA complaint #10130567, filed 2005-07, 74,635 miles

“I own a 2000 Chevrolet Venture minivan. Recently, my airbag light would go on and off while driving. I brought the minivan into my mechanic who today diagnosed a malfubction in the driver's side airbag pretentioner. What prompted me to write this complaint is that when the mechanic called to order a new part, the parts distributor told him that this is a very common problem on Chevrolet ventures and that he sells many replacement pretentioner units for chevy ventures. …”

NHTSA complaint #10025189, filed 2003-06, 45,000 miles

“Air bag lamp goes on /off when manualy moving seats in front. My air bag lamp will go on if I move the seats in my car either fwd or back. Can get lamp to go out if I move seat very little.”

NHTSA complaint #10114751, filed 2005-03, 42,100 miles

“Was driving forward coming up to an intersection and approaching a red light when the brakes went out .when trying to stop and push the brake down it started shaking and the brake came up and then when pushed it back down it went to the floor and the brakes were completely out. Them going out caused us to roll through the intersection causing us to get hit by a vehicle coming through the light, spinning us around and got hit more than once. …”

NHTSA complaint #11310811, filed 2020-02, 137,000 miles

“Consumer's vehicle was struck by another vehicle at the front right fender, speed was undetermined). This caused consumer's vehicle to crash into a tree head on. Upon impact, neither frontal air bags deployed. Both the driver and the passenger sustained injuries, and was transported to the local hospital by ambulance. The dealer was notified. ...picture enclosed.”

NHTSA complaint #10111508, filed 2005-02, 90,000 miles

Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2005512%
200454%
2003179%
2002209%
2001157%
2000319%
19994011%
1998277%
1997153%

Other parts of the 2000 Chevrolet Venture

Engine cooling
82 complaints
Body and structure
50 complaints
Electrical system
44 complaints
Fuel system
37 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
27 complaints
Other or unknown
22 complaints
Latches, locks and linkages
20 complaints
Seat belts
20 complaints
Exterior lighting
19 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
18 complaints
Brakes
16 complaints
Tires
13 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2000 Chevrolet Venture

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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