Very reliable car.

Cannot find any weakness

I will encourage anyone to buy a Villager. I have had my van over 3 years. I bought it used with 89000 miles and never had to do any repairs and it has over 135000 miles. Everything works never left me on the road. I commute with this vehicle. I travel over 1000 miles per week and I was never left stranded. Nice care like ride, good around corners, and cuts through the wind like a knife. I would recomend this vehicle to anyone wants a good, inexpensive, reliable car. By the way the villager is made by Nissan...It is A Nissan Quest in a Mercury body; the engine says Nissan on it and the Nissan Quest parts fits on it.

Very roomy and comfortable. Removable seats add to the convenience of driving, and the power in this van goes well with my tendency towards speeding. Lots of safety features, and the sliding electric door is great when you have kids

Only problem I have had is the windshield wipers will not go down when turned off. They stay upright on the sides of the windshield. Was told the "chip" to fix would cost approx. $800. I can drive with them where they are!

Bought this in February 2002, had been a demo and had less than 10K on it. I love this van! .

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First minivan, but not the last from this manufacturer.

LOTS OF POWER HAVE NOT REPLACED ANY THING ON MOTOR. I KEEP OIL CHANGED IN IT. RIDES HIGH ENOUGH I CAN SEE.COMFORTABLE SEATS. LOTS OF EXTRA ACC PLUG INS.STILL IN GREAT SHAPE.BEST VECHILE IVE OWNED , LAST CAR I HAD WAS 1995 T-BIRD FULLY LOADED. HAD NO ROOM FOR KIDS , HA HA

GOES THROUGH TIRES.

LOTS OF ROOM REAL COFORTABLE RIDE. GOOD GAS MILAGE. HAS 110,000MILES AND NO SERIUOS PROBS.GOOD STEREO.

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FIRST CHEVY IVE OWNED AND I LOVE IT

good ride view good lots of room

as above. g.m not interested

thought it was good at first until manifold gasket went covered by warrenty went a 2nd time not covered .gas sensor replaced 3times now have paint blisters on the hood dealer i took it to took photo.s told me this has been a problem,called g.m no help will not cover did not look at it i have 112.000 also own 97 venture mani/gasket also went under 80.000

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OVERALL I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THIS MINIVAN. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED DODGE CARAVAN 160K THEN TRADED,FORD WINDSTAR TRADED FOR PLYMOUTH VOYAGER. THE VENTURE HAS ENGINE TICKING WITH COLD WEATHER STARTS TOOK IT TO MY MACHANIC WHEN I FIRST GOT THE VAN AND HE STATED CHEVY ISSUED A STATEMENT TO ALL MACHANICS THIS WAS OK...ONE HEAD LAMP BLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING, THEN AT 120K THE SHAFT IN THE ENGINE HAS BROKE REQUIRING A TOTAL ENGINE REPLACEMENT APROX..5K...CALLED THE RECALL DEPT AND THEY STATE STEERING UNIT IS RECALLED AND IF I TAKE IT 70MILES TO THE CHEVY DEALER THEY WILL REPLACE IT. EXPLAINED WHILE DRIVING 35 THE ENGINE QUIT-BROKEN CRANK SHAFT-REPLY"WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER THE RECALL WILL STILL BE VALID. NOT IMPRESSED ANY LONGER...

Great vehicle until this unreasonable maintenance expense.

Poor headlights (dim). Hatch handle broke. Spring from Passenger front door simply fell out!

I thought this was a good vehicle, and a good value until I had to replace the engine! This van was very well maintained, serviced every 5K miles. At 80,000 with no symptoms, the engine started smoking excessively and running rough. I had it towed within 5 miles of these symptoms, and had to replace the engine at a cost of $5K!!! The leaky intake manifold gaskets combined with crystalized coolant completely ruined the engine. Just my luck, no assistance from GM. Would have been better off having the van stolen, or burned!!

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Fits the whole family.

Have experienced paint chipping on both sides of the front fender. Both headlight covers blew off. Was told this does not commonly occur. However the autobody company in the area, informed me that they could not keep them in stock. The transmission went at 69000km. Also the water pump and the engine had to be fixed due to leaking

I purchased this vehicle in November of 2000. Salesmen were helpful in meeting our needs. GM does not acknwoledge problems with their products

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Previously owned a 1992 Dodge Caravan. Had to replace the transmission in 2000 at 195000km. It was sold when I purchased this van and is still running

nothing to complain about

heater is slow to warm up in winter

This van is awesome i would recomend it to any one

I find the van very easy to drive in all kinds of weather both in the city limits and on the highway.

Paint on the front fenders. The windshield is very hard to clean during the winter especially when there is ice build up around the wipper blades.

I have rust spots on the left and right front fenders in the exact same spot. I have seen similar spots on a number of other 1997 Ventures and in my opinion it is an obvious defect.

Fuel efficient econo box.

A lot of things broke and there is absolutely no concept of customer service in the repair or warranty of vehicle.

This seemed like a fine vehicle.Brought it in for fixes on many safety items, mostly seat belt issues in May 2002 and I asked about why the AC wasn't as cool as I thought it should be. Was told that new coolant was not as cool as old Freon. Accepted answer as I know nothing about cars. In June of 2003, at 2 years and 3 months old, and at 70k when I turned on AC for first time, noticed there was no AC. Took car to dealer who told me it was going to cost $1000.00 to fix and was not covered. GM Canada officials said too bad because the dealer in Calgary never posted that I had a question about the AC. No regard to the fact that I hadn't used AC since September when Van was only at about 45000k and under warranty. GM representative Mary Leocata who rendered this decision to me also stated that the new coolants are not as cool as the old coolants and in spite of this then proceeded to hang up on me saying that GM's final answer on this was that "I was out of warranty". I expected more from GM on this issue as there were too many factors that they did not want to consider and that they seem to not have any concept of moral obligation and prefer to stick with thier interpretation of the letter of the law. I would not trust GM with reliability in thier dealerships or thier customer service. Any vehicle is only as good as the service you get when you have problems!!!!

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