FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Venture

Owners have filed 3,069 complaints about the Chevrolet Venture with NHTSA across model years 1988 to 2005. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

1999 Chevrolet Venture

467 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2005 Chevrolet Venture

59 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Venture year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 C 59 11 1 49,678 Fuel & Propulsion
2004 C 146 8 2 68,000 Electrical System
2003 C 231 22 5 64,688 Lights
2002 C 284 13 4 44,500 Engine & Cooling
2001 C 284 17 3 55,400 Engine & Cooling
2000 D 464 31 12 70,000 Engine & Cooling
1999 D 467 28 5 60,000 Engine & Cooling
1998 C 518 33 4 82,310 Engine & Cooling
1997 C 612 11 13 75,000 Engine & Cooling
1996 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1988 1 0 1 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Chevrolet Venture

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 555 18.1%

Worst in 1999

Body & Structure 271 8.8%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1997

Lights 260 8.5%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 2000

Brakes 206 6.7%

Worst in 1997

Airbags 181 5.9%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 2001

Worst in 1999

Steering 156 5.1%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 2000

Seat Belts 113 3.7%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 2001

Tires 68 2.2%

Worst in 1997

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Venture

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Door 180 19.0%
Headlights 118 12.4%
Engine 99 10.4%
Automatic Transmission 97 10.2%
Latch 94 9.9%
Cooling System 92 9.7%
Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe 86 9.1%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 64 6.8%
Rack AND Pinion 59 6.2%
Frontal 59 6.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Venture, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 1996 peak 132 Mar 2026

Chevrolet Venture problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Venture

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.