2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. A FEW DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT BEGAN EXPERIENCING FAILURES WITH HER VEHICLE. SHE HAD TO HAVE ALL THE FRONT END COMPONENTS REPLACED, INCLUDING THE BRAKES, ALTERNATOR, AXLE, SWAYBAR LINK, WHEEL BEARINGS, TIE ROD, AND TIRES. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE FAILURES, BUT THEY ARE RECURRING. THE FAILURES WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD TO PAY A $50 DEDUCTIBLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,666 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,376.

PURCHASED IN JAN 06. BY SEPT 11, 2006 STEERING WHEEL BECAME TIGHT AND HEARD NOISE UNDER CAR WHEN DRIVING. STEERING SHAFT WAS BINDING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED; COULD NOT LOCATE NOISE. SAID MAY BE RELATED TO STEERING SHAFT. SEPT 20, 2006, TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR NOISE UNDER VAN AGAIN; WAS TOLD E-BRAKE CABLE WAS HITTING REAR SUSPENSION. FEBRUARY 11, 2007, HAD TO REPLACE FRONT WORN TIRES WITH ONLY 23, 275 MILES ON CAR AND HAVE AN ALIGNMENT. MARCH 9, 2007, TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS COMING ON AS WELL AS VEHICLE SHAKING. WAS TOLD FRONT BRAKES WERE 100% WORN AND BACK BRAKES WERE 80% WORN AND WOULD NOT BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.(ONLY HAD 23,989 MILES ON VAN). APRIL 19, 2007, HEARD NOISED WHILE DRIVING, HEARD SOMETHING LIKE A SPRING POP, SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON, AND IT WAS STALLING WHEN TRYING TO START. BOTH SWAY BARS HAD TO BE REPLACED, SPRING POP WAS RELATED TO SWAY BARS, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM RELATED TO THE LAST TWO. NOW A YEAR LATER WITH ONLY 39,000, I HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR IN FOR NEW BRAKES AGAIN. AND MY FRONT TIRES ARE WORN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN!!!!! I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY DOORS NOT CLOSING; AFTER THEY WIPED OFF THE LITTLE MAGNETS AT THE BOTTOM SOMETIMES THEY STILL DON'T WANT TO CLOSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE BOLT TOGETHER ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME LOOSE AFTER IT SNOWED. THE BOLT WAS REPLACED AND A CARTER PIN WAS NOT USED TO KEEP THE BOLT IN PLACE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE CONTACT REFUSED, THEREFORE, THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 3/11/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED WOULD NOT TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR FURTHER TESTING AT HIS EXPENSE. UPDATED 03/11/08 *TR

I HAVE HAD AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MY VAN SLIDING DOORS NOT OPENING, OPENING WHEN YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO (DRIVING, PARKED). IT HAS BECOME MORE COMMON AND I WAS DRIVING UP A STEEP INCLINE AND THE DOOR WENT FLYING OPEN. MOST OF THE TIME THE DOORS OPEN WHEN I AM DRIVING UPHILL. *TR

CENTER BRAKE LIGHT IS CRACKED COST OVER 70.00 TO REPLACE. WHEN I CHECKED OTHER VANS OF THIS TYPE I FOUND THEY ARE ALL CRACKED TO SOME DEGREE I WANT TO SEE THIS ITEM RECALLED AS IT IS A SAFETY ITEM. *TR

CHEVY UPLANDER BROKE DOWN IN DRIVEWAY. DEALER TOWED SAID IT STARTED FINE FOR THEM BUT THAT THE BATTERY CELLS WERE LOW SO THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY. THEY SAID IT WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP. ON MY WAY HOME FROM DEALERSHIP THE VAN COMPLETELY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. I MANAGED TO TURN SLIGHTLY BUT WAS STUCK IN THE ROAD FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. DEALER NOW THINKS IT IS FUEL PUMP HOWEVER SOMETHING IS STILL DRAINING BATTERY. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE I GOT IT BRAND NEW AND ALREADY REPLACED STEERING ROD FIRST 14,000 MILES. THE VAN CURRENTLY HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT NOW. SINCE I GOT IT I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING ON LONG TRIPS. INTERIOR LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD ALSO FLICKERS. ALSO ONCE WHEN I TURNED ON TO HIGHWAY VEHICLE REVVED UP AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

2006 CHEVY UPLANDER,PROBLEMS OCCURRING SINCE WE PURCHASED- INTERMITTENT STARTING, STARTING THEN STALLING, SMELLS LIKE SULFUR AND THERE'S A CLUNKING IN THE FRONT. RECENT PROBLEMS- VOLTAGE IS VARYING CAUSING LIGHTS TO DIM AND BRIGHTEN. *TR

EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS AS WELL AS THE BLOWER FAN LOSE POWER WHICH MAKES THE LIGHTS DIM AND THE BLOWER SLOW DOWN. DEALER INSTALLED A CAPACITOR AND POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE SHIELDING AS PER THEIR BULLETIN, BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I AM AFRAID THAT ONE DAY IT WILL TOTALLY LOSE POWER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN PARK, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START; HOWEVER, THERE WAS FIVE GALLONS OF GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE. AFTER ADDING MORE GASOLINE, THE VEHICLE STARTED. THAT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL WHEN IT IS PARKED ON AN INCLINE. THE DEALER STATED THAT IS DUE TO WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED AND ADVISED HER NOT TO PARK ON AN INCLINE. A COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000. UPDATED 3/5/08 *CN UPDATED 03/05/08 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS ARE MALFUNCTIONING AND THE LATCHES ARE NOT CONNECTING WHEN THE BUTTON TO LOCK THE VEHICLE IS ENGAGED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S LATCHES ARE FAULTY AND THAT IT'S UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE DOORS COULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING 25MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WHILE HER CHILDREN ARE SEATED IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,000. UPDTAED 09/18/07. *JB