2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE — Complaint #361098
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NHTSA Complaint about CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP filed July 9, 2002
NHTSA complaint #361098 (ODI reference 763958) concerns a 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE and was filed on July 9, 2002. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as child seat:harness retainer/chest clip, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET VENTURE cohort independently describe similar child seat:harness retainer/chest clip failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WE HAVE A BUILT IN CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT IN THE MIDDLE ROW OF OUR VAN. I NOTICED THAT THE CLIP THAT SITS BY A CHILDS CHEST DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. I COULD PULL IT APART BY GIVING A LITTLE TUG ON IT. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERS ATTENTION AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT. I THEN TESTED IT TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD WORK AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED, I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT APART JUST BY TUGGING ON IT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT UNDER HIGH IMPACT IT WOULD LOCK UP. I TOLD THEM I DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THAT ANSWER AND THEY THEN INFORMED ME THAT GM GAVE THEM THIS INFORMATION. I WAS IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT WHERE MY VEHICLE ROLLED THREE TIMES AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND AFTER THE ACCIDENT I SAW MY 3 YR OLD SONS SEAT BELT WAS UNLATCHED. I BELIEVE IF THIS WAS A HEAD ON ACCIDENT MY SON WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT THE WINDOW. I"M GLAS I KEPT HIS COAT OVE HIS SHOULDERS AND LOCKED IN THE SEAT WITH HIM BECAUSE THIS MAY HAVE BEEN WHAT SAVED HIS LIFE. THIS IS ALL IN A POLICE REPORT WITH 2 PASSENGER WITNESSES. AS SOON
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 361098 |
| ODI Number | 763958 |
| Date Filed | July 9, 2002 |
| VIN | 1GNDX13E1YD |
Similar CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP Complaints for 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE
HARNESS CLIP DOESN'T STAY CLIPPED. SMALLEST TUG OF HARNESS STRAP THE CLIP COMES ON CLIPPED. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH, VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. DURING THE CRASH, THE RETAINER CLIP FOR THE HARNESS ON THE CHILD SEAT CAME LOOSE AND RELEASED. CHILD RECEIVED NO INJURIES
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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