2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REPORT ABOUT MY CHEVY UPLANDER. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE AT LEAST 5 TIMES TO THE GM DEALER ABOUT MY AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS BEING FIXED. I CAN LOCK THE DOORS AND GO INTO A STORE AND COME OUT AND THE DOOR WILL BE WIDE OPEN. I WILL CLOSE THE DOORS AND IT WILL CLOSE AND THEN IT WILL DING AND OPEN BACK UP. RECENTLY WE WENT ON A TRIP TO ORLANDO, FL. AND WE STOPPED TO USE THE RESTROOM WHEN WE CAME BACK OUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. MY HUSBAND PHYSICALLY HAD TO SHUT IT AND IT WOULDN'T STOP DINGING. MY HUSBAND CALLED OUR DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND THEY SENT US TO A PLACE IN GAINESVILLE, FL. THEY TOLD US IT WAS A RELAY SWITCH GONE BAD THEY UNPLUGGED IT , OUR DEALERSHIP ASKED IF WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO THEM AND THEY WOULD FIX IT. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT BACK THEY STATED THAT ALL IT WAS THE KEYLESS ENTRY PAD WAS NOT WORKING. I DON'T WANT TO BE RIDING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD AND 7 YEAR AND HAVE MY DOORS OPEN AND SOMETHING HAPPEN TO THEM. PLEASE HELP! *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WOULD NOT STAY LATCHED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING THE DOOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX TIMES NOW FOR THE LATCH FAILURE AND THE DOOR OPENING ON ITS OWN. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT IT WAS REPAIRED WHEN IT WAS NOT. WHEN THE BUTTON WAS PRESSED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT WOULD BEGIN TO SHUT AND AN ALARM WOULD SOUND; HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT SHUT AND FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE DOOR IS AJAR. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS BEGINNING TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME FAILURE. NEITHER THE WEATHER NOR THE SPEED WERE FACTORS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,800 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,043. THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, CHECK BRAKE CONDITION, AND HUMMING NOISE LEFT FRONT HUB AREA. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

THE RIGHT REAR POWER SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER WILL NOT SHUT PROPERLY. IT WILL START TO LATCH, THEN POP BACK OPEN. IT HAS ALSO POPPED OPEN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PULL OVER AND ATTEMPT TO CLOSE IT. *TR

BOTH PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED ON NUMEROUS TIMES. PROBLEMS INCLUDE FAILURE TO CLOSE PROPERLY. ON ONE OCCASION THE LEFT PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN. OTHER TIMES THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN, MAY OPEN BUT WILL NOT SHUT AT ALL. THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM INVOLVES THE SLIDING DOORS STARTING TO CLOSE THEN STOPPING AND OPENING BACK. OFTEN SEVERAL TRIES ARE NEEDED TO GET THE DOOR CLOSED. ON OTHER OCCASIONS THE "BEEPING" ALARM ASSOCIATED WITH THE DOORS WILL GO OFF AND NOT STOP FOR MORE THAN 10 MINUTES - EVEN AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. THE VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT 9 OR 10 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR. EACH TIME A DIFFERENT REMEDY IS OFFERED (REPLACING DOOR LATCHES, WEATHER STRIPPING, ETC) TO NO AVAIL. NOW CHEVROLET WILL NOT WORK ON IT UNLESS THE PROBLEM IS PRESENTING ITSELF AT THE TIME WE TAKE IT. *JB

THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY TRIES TO START THE CRANK KEEPS TURNING BUT DOES NOT START. AS WELL AS I WAS TRAVELING ON FREEWAY WITH A BIG RIG ON THE SIDE OF ME AND THE CAR STALLED AND STEERING LOCKED. THANK GOD I MANAGED TO GLIDE OVER TO THE EXIT LANE. I WAS TERRIFIED AS WAS MY PASSENGER. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE GAUGES I NOTICED I WAS OUT OF GAS, BUT I HAD JUST PUT IN $20 . CHEVY SENT OUT TOW TRUCK TO GIVE ME GAS, BUT CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. FINALLY HOURS LATER CAR WAS TAKEN TO CHEVY. WHEN UPLANDER WAS FINISHED THEY SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL SHORT DUE TO WATER IN LINES. WEATHER WAS GREAT NO RAIN OR PUDDLES ANYWHERE. UPLANDER ALMOST STALLED ON ANOTHER NIGHT LIGHTS DIMMED AND TIRES STOPPED ,BUT THEN IT WORKED FINE. STRANGE VERY!!! DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENS OR SHUTS WHEN IT WANTS. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN HER CAR SEAT AND I PUSHED BUTTON TO CLOSE DOOR SHE PUT HER FOOT UP TOWARDS DOOR AND IT SHUT AND LOCKED. LUCKILY HER TENNIS SHOES WERE A LITTLE BIG SO ONLY MINOR BRUISING OCCURRED. HOWEVER MY DAUGHTER IS TERRIFIED OF CAR. ALSO I HAVE ALREADY PUT 6 NEW TIRES ON CAR BECAUSE THEY WERE BALD AT 13,000 MILES FIRST TIME. TIRES IN FRONT ARE BALD AGAIN. UPLANDER IS NOT STABLE TO DRIVE ON HIGHWAY. *TR

I WILL BE DRIVING ON A HALF A TANK OF GAS, JUST UP TO TOWN, 1MI, ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT GOES TO LOW FUEL AND I WILL STALL. I WAS STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH 6 KIDS FOR 2 HOURS BEFORE I COULD FIND HELP. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. I CAN HAVE ALMOST A FULL TANK AND PARK ON A HILL AND IT WILL GO RED AND LOW FUEL. CANNOT GET ANY HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED, BUT OPENED WITHOUT FORCE OR PRIOR WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS WERE DIFFICULT TO CLOSE ONCE THEY WERE OPENED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS UNIDENTIFIABLE. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, POWERTRAIN, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

OUR 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER HAS SERIOUS ON GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 35 MPH. THE PASSENGER DOOR OFTEN OPENS BY ITSELF AND WHEN THE BUTTON IS PRESSED TO CLOSE IT, THE DOOR BEGINS TO CLOSE AND THEN REOPENS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUES TO OCCUR. GM KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE LAST TIME OUR UPLANDER WAS IN WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE IS INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETINS ON RECORD: SERVICE BULLETIN:3278 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER:10011754 SERVICE BULLETIN:3532 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER:10016718 SERVICE BULLETIN:050864013 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER:10017349 SERVICE BULLETIN:3798 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER:10021078 SERVICE BULLETIN:070864007 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER:10021456 THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 42,000 AND DOOR PROBLEMS STARTED AT 700 MILE WITH A COMPLETE REAR DRIVER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILURE RESULTING IN THE DEALER COMPLETELY REBUILDING THE ASSEMBLE CABLES, DRIVE MOTOR AND SENSORS. *TR

BOTH, LEFT AND RIGHT, POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT SHUT PROPERLY. YOU HAVE TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOORS SEVERAL TIME TO MAKE THEM SHUT PROPERLY. THE LEFT POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL SHUT THEN THE ALARM BELL WILL SOUND UNTIL YOU STOP THE VEHICLE THEN OPEN AND SHUT THE DOOR. THE RIGHT POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING, AT SLOW SPEEDS. THE RIGHT POWER SLIDING DOOR REAR LATCH WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY 95% OF THE TIME. THE VAN HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE ON THE DOORS TWICE SO FAR AND WILL BE RETURNING AUG 20TH FOR MORE SERVICE ON THE DOORS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A VEHICLE MERGED INTO TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO HIS VEHICLE'S PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE MIDDLE ROW SEATS RECLINED BACKWARDS. THE DRIVER AND SIX PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, THE DASHBOARD, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. HINESVILLE POLICE REPORT NUMBER 07064548 WAS FILED. THE POWERTRAIN AND DEALER INFORMATION WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 30,079. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED GEORGIA ACCIDENT REPORT, COURT DOCUMENTATION, MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PERTAINING TO THE ACCIDENT, PICTURES OF THE ACCIDENT AND INJURIES. THE DEALER STATED REPROGRAM INSTRUMENT PANEL. UPDATED 09/11/07 *TR