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Nine Years and Still Going
jjsouth, 03/09/2007
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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I bought this car new and feel like it's part of the family. There have been small things that go wrong. I had the intake gasket repair ($800) that all GM cars have. My headlight covers have fallen off ($150) and the power sliding door has gone through a few repairs ($400) and is now completely broken. However, given that over the 9 years, I've only paid about $3500-$4000 for non-maintanence repairs. My mechanic says he would buy this van from me if I ever decide to sell it. I love it. At 119,000, it's still going strong. I hope to have it for many more years.
Great family van
tjben, 02/20/2003
1998 Chevrolet Venture 3dr Ext Minivan
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On Consumer Reports, reliability for the Venture was listed as sub-par, but better than the most other American models. Since the legendary reliability of the Sienna and Odyssey comes with a hefty price tag, we opted for the Venture. Because of cross-country trips, we've put 5-6000 miles on this van since we bought it 4 months ago, and it runs and drives great. Our only concern was a check engine light for the tranny, which problem we cured with a few ATF changes to clean the fluid out.
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MURO, 12/28/2002
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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The Venture rules!! I love this MV. I have test driven every van out there, and nothing handles or drives like the Venture. This van is tops for comfort, room, style, and power. As for reliability, my 1998 Venture has just hit the 79k mile mark, and the only repair has been a the replacement of the water pump. The only thing more reliable in life is my loving wife . . . get this van!!!!!
Purchased New
cashe32, 12/08/2005
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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This van has taken the kids to school and made many trips to the grocery store as well as the yearly vacation. It serves it's purpose. It has never had anything major go wrong, HOWEVER it has been filled with small annoying little problems since it was a year old. The brakes squeal, the power door locks has failed, the headlight lens have fallen out, the battery has leaked, the rear power windows failed, the weatherstriping on the sliding door fell off, it has been recalled at least 5 times and the power slide door failed after 6 years (it was $2000 to repair, we opted to pull it shut). I'll go with Honda or Toyota next time, better build quality.
Made it to 137,000. Time to move on.
Major Brock, 03/10/2004
1998 Chevrolet Venture 3dr Ext Minivan
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120,000 Headlight Lens fell off. 137,000 Replace in take and rear wiper does not operate. Wish it would have gone longer. All good things must come to an end.
Wife doesn't want to trade it in.....
wtm, 03/19/2002
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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We liked it so well we are trading it in on a 2002. Very versatile for my scoccer mom wife..... Really liked the versatility of modular seats. On long road trips we would fold the driver side middle seat down (folding the back down makes the back completely flat) and strap on a TV/VCR for the kids and head down the road. Mom & I would plug in the headphones and listen to books on tape. Worked great!! Only problem that we ever had in four years was that the power sliding door got out of sync once. The dealer unplugged the power and pluged it back in to re-set (no charge)..... and we were on our way.
Chevy Venture
TimiCJ, 08/04/2003
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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Up until it was 5 years old, this car has been very reliable. Now, we're having problems with the front end.
Sweet Van
drivetilldie, 11/20/2008
1998 Chevrolet Venture 3dr Ext Minivan
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Not the coolest car for a guy in his early 20's but, I would buy another one. First off, the extended version is huge, able to fit a piece of plywood flat with the seats out. Second, I have put no money into this thing except a new tranny at 170K. I drive around with all the rear seats out and it get 20/26 almost as good as my Saturn. I've got 200K on her now and looking forward to rolling over 300. Because of this vehicle, I would buy another Chevy despite many problems friends have had.
98 Venture
Englebert, 07/25/2009
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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I've read the reviews on this vehicle and many mirrored our own experience! The headlight lens falling off, driver's window failing, electrical problems, gasket repair, etc. I think we've experienced an above- average amount of repairs on our 98 Venture... including a near-fatal water pump failure that almost doomed the car. Its still going at the 85K mark, but having owned a good mixture of foreign- made and domestic cars, this one is low on the quality.
Solid Venture
markusnow, 01/05/2003
1998 Chevrolet Venture LS 3dr Ext Minivan
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Only standard maintenance items ever needed so far. Very reliable in our experience.