Overview & Reviews

The Venture becomes the first minivan to offer a factory-installed DVD video player; it comes standard on the popular Warner Bros. Edition. The WB and LT models get an all-new AWD option package. Two new colors and LATCH child safety-seat anchors sum up the changes for 2002.

• Car-like ride and handling, power sliding doors, eight-passenger seating option, available DVD entertainment system.

• Uninspired styling, flimsy modular seats, interior fit and finish, coarse engine character.

User Reviews:

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  Sunk Costs - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By Henderson Family - February 10 - 3:22 pm

  We bought this car for our twins birth. They are now turning six. We have had an issue with every system of the car. We bought it with Onstar as a major selling feature. We were notified that due to a change in the analog, Onstar was no longer being offered. The electrical system is especially terrible. It is a gas guzzler.

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  Seen better - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By Gerald Tremblay - August 2 - 9:27 pm

  Bought that car in 2006 (4 years old) with 35000 km. First year had to replace front wheel bearings (500$, second year the front breaks (350$) amd this year had to rebuilt the transmission and replace the manifold casket as all the ventures sold in north america. Thought about changing but no value anymore so I decided to keep it for 2 or 3 more years.

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  Nice Van - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By Brian - July 10 - 10:28 pm

  Bought used w/ 116K miles, now at 143K. Intake manifold started leaking repair mostly covered under extended warranty. One power sliding door doesnt work left wiper runs off the windshield Rear end fluid had to be replaced (common problem with Versatrak AWD) occasional wheel sensor problem which disables ABS and AWD already rusting Despite these problems the van has never left me stranded.

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  Rust Bucket - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By slim - November 22 - 11:10 am

  We really liked this van until the quarters started to rust through. The area where it all comes together under the doors(looks like 3 layers spot welded) started to rust 2 years into it. Very hard area to touch up and dealer would not attemp to repair it. Only option was to drill a few small holes and spray oil into it. This retards the rust put looks like crap. Hearing horror stories from others about the head gasket. With 80k on it now I kinda cringe every time I drive it. Tried to sell it, nobody wants it so I guess I will beat it into the ground.

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  Too many problems, going to Honda - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By Brad - April 10 - 10:06 am

  We have had to replace the A/C condensor at 60,000 miles. The rocker panels are both rusted due to open seams at the welds. My local dealer says that nothing can be done because it is past the warranty although it is a defect. It is currently losing oil at about 2 quarts per 4000 miles. Probably a bad head gasket. I am trying to trade it, but the trade in offers are only around $4300. Terrible for a vehicle that stickered for $26000 4.5 years ago. We had a Montana previously that had to be towed three times. The last time was for a shot transmission at 37000 miles while I was 600 miles from home. I must say that after a nasty discussion, GM did replace the transmission at no cost.

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  Dissapointing - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By Mark - April 26 - 5:49 pm

  Nice van, but a royal piece of garbage, GM made a serious design flaw in its intake manifold gasket, admitting fault but refusing to look after its customers. I now have engine damage on an otherwise good vehicle.GM made a serious mistake here, this is my first and last GM product. Based strictly on GM NOT standing behind their product. I have had a much better experience with Chrysler, and should have stuck with them. Lesson here GM is in huge financial trouble, why because people are purchasing vehicules from manufacturers that stand behind them.

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  Not sure what to think - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By str8stack71 - November 11 - 12:06 am

  This van is very family friendly. Roomy interior, good gas mileage, lots of storage spaces. However, this is my first Chevy I have owned. In four years the engine continually loses coolant, the fan motor and switch on heat/ac controls has broken. The glovebox hinge has broken. Instead of having the typical plastic hinges, this van has one solid piece of plastic that runs the length of the bottom of the glovebox and after opening the glove box from time to time the plastic hinge has broken. It reminds me of taking a credit card and bending it in half until it breaks.

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  Dont buy Chevys - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By B.D. Dalton - October 12 - 3:19 pm

  We bought a new Venture van in July 2002. Immediately following the expiration of our 3 year warranty the air conditioning went and all of the brake components failed without warning and needed to be replaced. It looks shiny when its new, but if you want a vehicle that will last look elsewhere. This long time GM customer will never buy a GM vehicle again.

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  Problems from the word go - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By hatemyventure - July 3 - 12:52 am

  Our van has had problems from the word go. Within two months our driver side window had problems going up and the interior roof liner began sagging. The window, we were always told was due to sand in the track. This is not the case.The liner we were told was a known problem but the engineers dont know how to fix it. Two years and two seasons of owning our van, our condenser for the air conditioning went. We were told it was due to a bad weld but chevy refused to fix it because we were past the warranty in miles. They did offer to fix a head gasket that we were not aware was problematic. In the end before our two year ownership anniversary the van needed $2300 worth of uncovered work.

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  Great when it works...but rarely works - 2002 Chevrolet Venture
  By cschroed - April 12 - 5:31 pm

  Overall we were satisfied with the Venture. Unfortunately, were on our third hub/bearing assembly at 60,000 miles. The rear heat controls fail intermittently and blast the back seats with straight hot air. The brake fluid low light comes on for no reason. Our intake manifold gasket leaks coolant, and the air conditioner stopped working this week. Its a great van when it works, but theres always something wrong with it. Unfortunately most of these issues are well known to Venture owners and dont seem to be addressed by Chevy. Most of these problems happened shortly after the warranty expired.