Rear Lights May Not Work Due to Rear Light Socket Plate Failure : Chevrolet Venture Common Electrical & Lights Problems

Chevrolet Venture Rear Lights May Not Work Due to Rear Light Socket Plate Failure

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Model Years Affected: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Average Mileage: 109,262 mi (12,500 mi - 198,000 mi)

The rear light socket plate may fail causing a brake light or other rear light to stop working.

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cindy7, 2003 Chevrolet Venture, 125,000 mi

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brake light constantly burning out,always replacing them, now replaced them again with some libricate, that i was told was needed, so they won't be burning out. well drivers side still not turning on at times. am so annoyed having to check the lights every single time i need to go somewhere. already been stopped by cop due to my stop light!!!!!

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Visitor, 2004 Chevrolet Venture, 152,000 mi

I keep replacing the rear brake lights but they never last more than a few months. I am using the right bulbs and bulb grease.

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Visitor, 2001 Chevrolet Venture

we have had excessisve problems with our rear lights burning out they get heated and melt the wire and bulbs.. we replaced everything on it 2x costing over $300 each time, including wiring harness and light brackets to have the same problem arise over and over again. My feelings is this should be a recall for safety reasons..

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Visitor, 1998 Chevrolet Venture, 153,000 mi

Tail lights work intermittently and coincident with dash and courtesy lights

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Visitor, 2003 Chevrolet Venture, 66,000 mi

Rear stop light bulb is constantly burning out. I change it every 3+months. The housing surrounding the specific socket appears to be slightly burned.

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Visitor, 2002 Chevrolet Venture, 112,805 mi

Right rear brake light overheats and causes the wires to embed into the plastic resulting in no contact (no light). Had to replace the plastic housing. Tried using the all glass bulb, did NOT work. Decided to check the web and found that this is a common problem. At Autozone they suggested using a moisture inhibiting grease on the lamp and socket contacts to see if that would work (after thorough cleaning of contacts). Suspect the heat is building up due to corrosion, and the grease will reduce or delay the corrosion. I have found nothing to indicate GM is offering any advice or a more permanent solution. Very dissapointing.

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Kasja, 2004 Chevrolet Venture, 137,000 mi

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Two of the lights on the back lights don't work. I have no tail lights. The brake lights,and blinkers to work in the back. Has anyone come up with a solution?

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bmrobben, 2000 Chevrolet Venture, 153,000 mi

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Rear Tail light bar was bad along with the wiring harness, had to replace .. I was told this is common on Chevrolet Venture's

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Visitor, 2004 Chevrolet Venture, 60,195 mi

same problem, rear brake light bulbs buring out, replaced 2x already....now what!

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jen_nay6, 2003 Chevrolet Venture

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Haven't done anything to fix it, yet.

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Visitor, 2004 Chevrolet Venture, 120,000 mi

Driver side brake light started burning out about a year ago. Plastic base and thin wire was melted. A few months later it was burned out again. Autozone employee said I needed to use bulb grease. bulb was lasting a month or two before burning (and melting bulb wire and plastic), but has been burning out every two to three weeks lately. I bought a replacement drive side light assembly (for all 4 bulbs) two or three weeks ago- bulb burned out sometime in the last few days. Today I wiggled the bulb in the socket and when I had my wife step on the brake pedal, the bulb/socket starting smoking after a second or two. Sure enough, the plastic was burned on the bulb and the wire was burned off from the bottom of the bulb about half-way up. Black substance on metal contacts in socket - same as on original light assembly. When purchasing more bulbs at O'Reilly's today, there was another guy asking about brake light bulbs - I asked him "a Chevy" , he replied "Venture". He has the same problem - Driver side brake light burns out and is melted plastic and wire. Bulbs are only about 3 dollars each and it doesn't take long to replace, but I am beginning to think if it gets hot enough to smoke, can it start a fire. The guy at O'Reilly's said it sounded like the circuit board. Thanks

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Visitor, 2005 Chevrolet Venture, 134,000 mi

Having the dealer fix the recalled problem with the Rear Light Socket Plate Failure, but I had to tell them it had been recalled to get them to do the work!

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Visitor, 2002 Chevrolet Venture, 198,000 mi

water shorting out driver side turn signal constantly

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Visitor, 2003 Chevrolet Venture, 80,000 mi

Brake lights continue to go out, burning the base of the bulb. Sometimes the new ones will last a few days at a maximum a few weeks. I have replaced the plate and it continues. When will GM address this obviously defect?

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Visitor, 2001 Chevrolet Venture, 129,000 mi

brake lights don't light up

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Visitor, 1997 Chevrolet Venture

My 1997 Chevy Cavalier burns, melts the top breat lights also.

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Visitor, 2003 Chevrolet Venture, 90,000 mi

Exactly same problem. Fisst I have replaced the bulbs every 2-3 months. After I sealed the cables, it was ok for a year. Now I need to replace the socket plate.

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Visitor, 2004 Chevrolet Venture, 75,000 mi

Paid to have it replaced -and it will go out again without notice in about another 30 thousand miles or less

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Visitor, 2003 Chevrolet Venture, 110,000 mi

same problem, went through bulbs like candy on one side, had board replaced, lasted about a month, now both sides out AGAIN. This is baloney. I too have a wife with 3 children driving around in this thing.

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Visitor, 2002 Chevrolet Venture, 100,000 mi

rear light socket melted at plug.

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