I have a 2005 chevy venture. there's a bar that attaches my automatic sliding door to the van and makes the door open and close. when the door is closing, it causes a triangular gap between the door, van and bar. the automatic door has a sensor that if someone is in between the door and van, it will stop and open the door up. there is a piece of plastic on the floor where the carpet stops and before the metal side of the van begins. my cousin's daughter was sitting in the seat behind the drivers seat. i buckled in my kids & was standing next to the open driver's side sliding van door talking to my cousin. her daughter was sitting in the seat behind the drivers seat. the button that closes the automatic sliding door was bumped. the door started closing, her foot slipped off that plastic piece on the floor and into the triangular gap. the sensors never picked up that something was in the door since it was not actually in front of the door and never stopped closing. thankfully i was standing close enough that when she screamed, i reached in and grabbed her foot. she had on boots & jeans and still had a mark and bruise on her shin. we stuck a shoe into this gap and closed the door on it to see if the sensor would see it. it tore the shoe and never stopped closing. i told chevy about the problem and that i wanted my van fixed so no one else gets injured.they said there is no fix & to shut off the automatic feature to avoid this. one problem-when you shut off this feature, you have to tug harder to shut the door. if a kid's foot goes into the gap while i'm shutting the door manually, i won't be able to stop the forward motion in time to not cause injury. chevy said there is nothing i can do unless enough people complain & then they will look into a fix. i am very worried about this with my children. i want my van fixed or a van comparable one that does not have this problem. i also feel that my cousin should also be compensated in some way. *nm
dt: the contact owns a 2005 chevy venture with 7 passenger seating. the contact stated that the air conditioning was not working . the fuel gauge worked erratically. . one minute it will show full and the next empty. also havedproblems with the temperature gauge, they corrected that problem. the dash cluster, a/c pumps, and the a/c valve has been replaced and still not corrected the problems. you can be driving down the road the a/c will be cooling and then all of a sudden it will blow out hot air. brakes were making a squealing noise. the van only has less than 10,000 miles. the dealership has been doing everything that the service representative iwas telling him to do. the service managerfrom gm told the service manager at the dealership to replace the throttle body to fix the a/c and that has nothing to do with the air conditioner. also, there was another van with more miles than his that had same problems. the contact has been having problems with his van every since date of purchase which was april 29, 2005.*ak