2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

I HAVE A ABS LIGHT THAT COMES ON FOR THE BRAKING SYSTEM, IT SAYS TO HAVE THE ABS SERVICED, BUT THE BRAKES ARE NEW, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I LET CHEVROLET KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THEY SEEM THEY DON'T CARE, THEY WANT ME TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED TO FIND THE PROBLEM; WHEN THEY SHOULD COVER ALL COSTS. THIS IS A 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER VAN, I'M AFRAID ONE OF THESE TIMES THE BRAKES WONT WORK AND THERE WILL BE DEATHS CAUSE TO THIS. ALSO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER LOCKS, THEY WONT LOCK SOMETIMES; THERE IS ONLY ONE KEY LOCK ON THIS VAN AND I CAN'T LOCK THE HITCH SO ALL THE OTHER DOORS I CAN MANUALLY LOCK BOTH THE HITCH STAYS UNLOCKED. THIS HAS BECOME A HASSLE TO LOCK THE DOORS EACH TIME AND AGAIN CHEVY WONT FIX IT THEY WANT ME TO TAKE IT IN TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AND IT IS PROBABLY JUST A TOGGLE SWITCH THAT IS BROKE, A REPLACING PART THAT ONLY COSTS $60.00. THIS IS A THEFT ISSUE THAT ANYONE CAN ENTER MY VAN BECAUSE I CANT LOCK IT. SOON THERE WILL BE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND THERE WILL BE BOTH A CRASH AND A FIRE TO THE VAN. *TR

I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH MY 2006 UPLANDER THAT OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. IT WOULD HELP IF WHENEVER SOMEONE HAD A SOLUTION FOR THEIR PROBLEMS THEY WOULD POST WHATEVER IT TOOK TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THAT NO FUEL WAS PRESENT WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY FOR THE FAILURE. THEY FURTHER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD RUN OUT OF GASOLINE WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL AND THEN SHUT OFF. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,074.

AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES, HAD THE DRIVERS SAFETY BELT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE NO-SEAT BELT ALARM/LIGHT KEPT COMING ON WHILE DRIVING WITH THE SEAT BELT ON AND PROPERLY PLACED. AT 65,000 MILES, SAME ISSUE IS OCCURRING AGAIN. *TR

MY 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER HAS AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS AND GAS GAUGE, LIGHTS FLICKER OR SHUT OFF, GAS GAUGE WILL READ NEAR EMPTY IF VAN IS PARKED ON A HILL FACING DOWNWARD .. IT WILL READ AGAIN IF I ADD A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS..I WOULD NOT TRUST THE GAUGE..I SEE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME TWO PROBLEM AND GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL..BOTH PROBLEM CAN BE VERY HAZARDOUS IN NIGHT TIME HIGHWAY DRIVING.. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER IN 12/06 WITH 20,543 MILES ON IT. I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING ABOUT 3,000 MILES AFTER PURCHASING IT. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER TO THE LEFT AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AS I TURNED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH THE STEERING, AND IT SHAKES AND MAKES NOISE WHEN I PULL INTO PARKING LOTS. AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, THE REAR SLIDING DOORS BEGAN TO OPEN ON THEIR OWN. WHEN I PUT THE VAN INTO REVERSE AND BEGIN TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE DOORS SOMETIMES WILL OPEN. PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING LOTS WITH NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S REAR DOOR HAS OPENED. AFTER I CLOSE THE DOORS, THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY OPEN, ALTHOUGH NO BUTTONS HAVE BEEN PUSHED. NOW, AT 43,000 MILES, THE DRIVER'S REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. I PUSHED THE BUTTON INSIDE THE DOOR AS I ALWAYS HAVE TO CLOSE IT, AS WELL AS THE OVERHEAD BUTTON, AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. EACH TIME I PUSHED THE BUTTON, THE ALREADY OPEN DOOR PULLED BACK AS IF STILL TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR. WHEN I TRIED TO MANUALLY PULL THE DOOR CLOSED, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. AFTER 5 MINUTES OF WORK, I FINALLY GOT THE DOOR CLOSED. THE NEXT DAY, 9/27/08, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, AND ON THIS DAY AS WELL, A CHIMING SOUND RANG THE ENTIRE TRIP. THERE IS ONE SOUND FOR DRIVING AND A DIFFERENT SOUND FOR WAITING AT RED LIGHTS. THE LOUD RINGING NEVER STOPPED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME I WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. I ALSO DISCOVERED AT 35,000 MILES THAT MY TIRES HAVE WORN UNEVENLY ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF ALL 4 TIRES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE SWAY BAR IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. I HAVE CHILDREN AGES 2 AND 4. I AM CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. *TR

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO CLAIM #10242028 THE MILEAGE WAS CLOSER TO 9500 AND WE WERE REFERRED TO YOU THROUGH THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE IN BELLING HAM WA. I DID RECEIVE A COPY OF THERE INSPECTION REPORT AND THEY TOLD A LIE ON HEARING THE NOISE IT WAS NOT A QUIET NOISE WHEN YOU TURNED THE VEHICLE LEFT OR RIGHT IT WOULD BE VERY LOUD. WE WERE TOLD BY THE CHEVY DEALER THAT IT WOULD BE VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE VERY SAME NOISE WE LEFT WITH OFF THE LOT. THE ISSUE IS THAT I DROVE AN UNSAFE CAR OFF THERE LOT AND IT BECAME MORE UNSAFE THE MORE WE DROVE IT. THE REASON ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS WENT WRONG ON THE CAR WAS A RESULT OF THEM NOT FIXING WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. THEY SAID THE TIRES WERE WEARING OUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED I DON'T BELIEVE THIS AT ALL. I AM VERY ANGRY AT THEM AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY CAN JUST GET AWAY WITH THIS. WHEN I DROVE THE VAN TO SEATTLE THE OTHER DAY THE SERVICE T/C AND SERVICE ABS SYSTEM LIGHTS WERE ON ALL THE WAY THERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VAN AND MY WIFE IS TO. I TRULY HOPE THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS WE PAID $26,000 AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING A FAIRLY NEW RELIABLE VAN THAT IS WHAT WE PAID FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP !!!! *TR

ME AND MY WIFE BOUGHT A 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER FROM KARMART WHEN WE TEST DROVE IT WE NOTICED A NOISE IN THE FRONT END. WE ASKED THE SALESMAN WHAT IT COULD BE HE SAID OUR CARS ARE INSPECTED 100 PERCENT AND IT IS NOT ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THE CAR HAD VERY LOW MILES ON IT ABOUT 3,600 MILES. WE DROVE THE CAR UNTIL IT HAD ABOUT 33,000 THE WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 36,000 WE NOTICED ANOTHER LOUD KNOCK IN THE FRONT END AND IT WOULD START SHAKING REALLY BAD WHEN YOU PUT ON THE BRAKES AND I MEAN SCARY BAD.THE LIGHTS WE ALSO DOING A FLASHING FROM A REALLY LOW DIM TO BACK TO NORMAL THAT WAS ALSO SOMETHING WE NOTICED FROM TIME WE BOUGHT IT. WE CALLED UP SPEEDWAY CHEVROLET IN MONROE AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT. THEY TOOK THE CAR IN AND SAID IT NEEDED A NEW TIE ROD AND A FRONTEND THE ALIGNMENT WAS WAY OUT.THEY ALSO REPLACED THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR. WE WENT BACK TO PICK THE CAR UP AND THEY SAID THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AND THEY WERE WEARING UNEVEN I ASKED HIM IF THIS COULD BE FROM THE FRONT END PROBLEM HE SAID NO. I ALSO NOTICED THE TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVEN AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE WEARING ON THE OUTSIDE MORE. WE NOTICED THE SAME NOISE WAS STILL THERE AS FROM KARMART.SO WE TOOK IT TO LES SCHWAB AND HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED HOPING IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. IT DIDN'T FIX THE NOISE SO WE DROVE THE CAR ANOTHER 1,000 MILES AND STARTED HEARING ANOTHER LOUD KNOCK. THE NOISE FROM THE DEALERSHIP WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE LOUD KNOCKS THAT STARTED UP. WE MADE ANOTHER APPT. WITH SPEEDWAY CHEVERLET AND THIS TIME THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE STEERING BOX AND THE BEARINGS ON THE AXLES WERE BAD. THEY REPLACED THE STEERING BOX AND SAID IT WOULD BE A WHILE BEFORE THEY COULD REPLACE THE BEARINGS. THE BEARING MAKERS WERE ON STRIKE SO WE WAITED FROM JULY 26 TIL AUG 13 OR 14TH TO PICK IT UP. WE WENT THE WHOLE TIME WITH ONE CAR AND REALLY HAD A HARD TIME DOING SO. I FEEL THERE WAS SOME MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES OVERLOOKED AND THEY WERE HOPING THE WARRANTY WOULD RUN OUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHENEVER THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ACTIVATED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND THE HEADLIGHTS WILL EVENTUALLY SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPEN UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED AFTER BEING TURNED OFF. THE DOOR FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY, BUT THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE OCCURS EACH TIME THEY ARE IN USE. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURES ARE STILL OCCURRING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,104 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80.

I HAVE HAD TWO OF THE TIRES THAT CAME WITH MY NEW VEHICLE HAVE THE TREADS SEPARATE. THEY ARE MODEL GOODYEAR, P22560R17. ONE TIRE SEPARATED IN FEBRUARY AND WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SECOND ONE ON AUGUST 20, 2008. *TR