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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2005 Chevrolet Venture Recalls

The 2005 Chevrolet Venture has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 22, 2004.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Venture. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
3

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
42

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
7

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2005 Chevrolet Venture, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

3 recalls on the 2005 Chevrolet Venture

Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch

Campaign
04V597000
Reported
December 22, 2004
Vehicles affected
up to 717,302
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Same campaign
also 2000–2004 Venture, 1 other model

04V597000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices

Campaign
07E021000
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2000–2004 Venture, 13 other models

07E021000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Steering

Campaign
09E005000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2000–2004 Venture, 10 other models

09E005000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2005 Chevrolet Venture complaints by year

NHTSA has received 42 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Venture, the newest on March 6, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (17%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 2 deaths.

In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Venture, the component group named most often is the structure (21%), followed by the latches/locks/linkages (19%) and the fuel system, gasoline (17%).

1 of the 2005 Chevrolet Venture's 3 recalls also concerns the latches/locks/linkages.

Where 2005 Chevrolet Venture owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Structure9
  • Latches/Locks/Linkages8
  • Fuel System, Gasoline7
  • Air Bags5
  • Electrical System5
  • Engine And Engine Cooling3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Venture received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20043
20058
20063
20074
20082
20095
20102
20121
20133
20146
20152
20171
20221
20261

Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Venture peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 8. 48% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Venture drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Venture year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.

That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Venture years.

Chevrolet Venture years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5

The 42 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Venture are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Chevrolet Venture by model year

Other 2005 Chevrolet models

Newest record on this page: March 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted