2001 Chevrolet Venture Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Vacationing 500 miles out of my home state, I suddenly discovered I could not back up my vehicle -- reverse gear would not work. I shut down the engine and restarted and drove immediately to an authorized Chevrolet dealer. Upon initial examination of the transaxle/transmission, it was discovered that there was shreddded metal in the fluid and pan. A subsequent teardown of the assembly revealed that major components were destroyed, requiring a replacement of the entire assembly. …”

“Lurching shift while driving for about three days then suddenly when starting out it jerked and quit moving. I had it towed to a local transmission repair facility. I called the chevy dealership to let them know the transmission had failed at approximately 41,000 miles, even before the first transmission service was due. They asked if I had bought the extended warranty. I replied that I had not. They said there was nothing they could do as the warranty had expired. I emailed the Chevrolet company without any reply.”

“My 2001 Venture lt was purchase 6/21/01 new. Beginning around 25,000 miles I began to experience an intermittent transmission problem where when the car was in drive the engine would accelerate but no power was transfer to the transmission and then the transmission would engage and the car would lurch forward. Despite this complaint and 3 trips to the dealership at 28,000, 41,000, and 52,000 they could not replicate or fix the problem. At 58,000 the transmission experienced a catastrophic failure. …”

“My Chevrolet Venture 2001 transmission has gone out with only 61000 miles. There has been alreadry some recalls on this van. I believe this to be a factory fault.”

“Twice while driving our 2001 Venture my wife and I had noticed the engine revving while traveling down the road. In the second instance the check engine light came on and remained illuminated most of the day finally going out on the drive home. We arranged an appointment at the local Chevrolet service department, which incidentally is where the vehicle was purchased. The dealer inspected the vehicle and reported to us that the transmission fluid was brown and smelt burnt. They also advised that they had pulled 2 transmission codes when scanning the vehicles computer. …”