NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Venture Recalls
The 2003 Chevrolet Venture has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 8, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Chevrolet Venture. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 185
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Chevrolet Venture, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2003 Chevrolet Venture
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 07V349000
- Reported
- August 8, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002, 2004 Venture, 3 other models
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 04V597000
- Reported
- December 22, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 717,302
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Venture, 1 other model
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Venture, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Venture, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Venture, 13 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Venture, 12 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Venture, 10 other models
2003 Chevrolet Venture complaints by year
NHTSA has received 185 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Venture, the newest on April 6, 2023. Of these, 19 describe a crash (10%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 34 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Venture, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (16%), followed by the structure (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
1 of the 2003 Chevrolet Venture's 8 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Venture owners gave the mileage (133 complaints), the median was 64,688 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting30
- Structure27
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Air Bags17
- Electrical System17
- Power Train16
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 25 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 | |
| 2005 | 26 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Venture peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 26. 46% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Venture drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Venture year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Venture years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 185 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Venture are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Venture by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 6, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted