Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / VENTURE / 1997

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004258976 Incident Date: Feb, 09 2004
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: VENTURE Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 11 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a repair shop, my wifes van just started to over heat. opon me testing the engine i could not find the problem- because of years of working on engines i decided to change the head gaskets only to find cracks in both heads from the plug hole to the valve -this is definitly a design flaw head do not just crack nor do they do it in the same place, i beleive alot of coolant problems with these engine 3.4 v6 will be traced to the heads ,i could not find the problem by doing a presure test but once the heads were out there it was..1997 chevy venture