2002 Chevrolet Venture Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“My van was driving in the cold snow on an early morning. After driving about 40 miles very slowly, my transmission ceased. When I pulled to the stop light and applied the brakes, the vehicle did not move after that. Prior to this happening I had had the vehicle into the dealer with intermittent concerns with going into reverse. Eventually the vehicle would go into reverse, but it would hop into gear.”

“The transmission in my wife's 2002 Chevrolet Venture failed with 57,000 miles on it. The transmission was repaired, and we retained the failed parts and inspected them. The cogs in the gear appeared to have snapped off . In my experience it appeared to be a heat treatment problem causing the material to be out of the brinell/rockwell hardness range. There was no advance warning of the failure. My wife just placed the gear shift lever in drive and the vehicle would not move.”

“Abs brake failure with awd disable. Abs light came on with awd disable message, both are connected. With ABS failure, awd is disables. Failure required replacement of part. No consequences because it was summer and no snow, winter would have been different story. Only part that failed was replaced but there is a service bulletin and re-engineered part due to obvious problems. Bulletin is #03-05-25-004a. Concern is that ABS and awd fail at same time, I feel this is a serious safety hazard in winter driving, the type you buy a awd for. I have contacted GM and the refuse to replace other part.”

“While driving at 50 MPH, going on i287 north in nj about 4:00 pm about to exit 2a, the car's engine sounded like a strong revving, and lost all power, furthermore it lost all gear, while parked on the side of the road, tried to reverse and change gears d 3 2 1 and it will not move to either direction, the transmission was blown out.”

“The owner had the automatic sliding door repaired at the dealership on four occasions. The door opened unintentionally, however the dealership stated there was nothing wrong with the door. After the owner pulled out of the dealer, the problem occurred again. No one was willing to assist the consumer with the problem. Also the all wheel drive system has gone bad and the sensors have gone out twice. Also, the ABS light stays on as well. Provide further details.”