2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THE FAILURE OCCURS WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5 AND 45 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE VEHICLE IS REPAIRED AFTER EACH VISIT, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUES TO OCCUR. OCCASIONALLY, THE DOOR OPENS BY ITSELF AND WHEN THE BUTTON IS PRESSED TO CLOSE IT, THE DOOR BEGINS TO CLOSE AND THEN REOPENS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

THE RIGHT POWER SLIDING DOOR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION IN OPENING AND CLOSING. CURRENTLY, THE DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE THE VAN IS IN OPERATION AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE ALARM BELL HAS STARTED TO RING WHILE THE DOOR WAS CLOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION, NOT STOPPING UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. *TR

THE BRAKES, WHEN APPLIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WILL CAUSE THE FRONT-END OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE STEERING WHEEL TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN LESS THAN A YEAR AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER IT IS A RECURRENT PROBLEM - PROBABLY DUE TO A BAD BATCH OF ROTORS. IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IT OCCURS AT HIGH SPEEDS AND AT TIMES WHEN PROPER BRAKING IS CRITICAL. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOORS FAIL TO REMAIN CLOSED. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN. HE STATED THAT TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR WOULD ONLY REMAIN CLOSED WHEN HE WOULD QUICKLY SHUT AND LOCK IT WITH THE AUTOMATIC REMOTE. THE CONTACT RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED THE FAILURE TEMPORARILY. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE HAS RECURRED. THE PURCHASE DATE AND SPEED WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,450 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE DOORS NOT CLOSING AND HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN SEVERAL TIMES. THE SERVICE DEPT. COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. APPARENTLY GM KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE IN THERE THEY TOLD US THERE WAS AN INTERNAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT RE-ROUTING WIRES AND POSSIBLE MODULE REPLACEMENT, ALL OF WHICH WAS DONE TO OUR VEHICLE. IT IS GOING BACK IN AGAIN 7-27-07 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. OUR UPLANDER ALSO HAS A PROBLEM OF THE DOOR LOCKS RAPIDLY LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AT VARIOUS TIMES WHILE DRIVING, AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER AND DIM. ONE INSTANCE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ALL LIGHTS WENT OUT BRIEFLY AND CAME BACK ON, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. WE LIVE IN MICHIGAN, YOU'D THINK THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM IN THE MOTOR CITY. *JB

POWER SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. ERRATIC OPENING AND CLOSING CAUSING VAN TO SAY DOOR IS OPEN WHEN IT IS NOT. DOOR HAS OPENED ON IT'S OWN WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION; BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. VAN CURRENTLY NOT IN USE BECAUSE DOOR CONTINUOUSLY INOPERABLE. *JB

2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM GM NEW. AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS INADVERTENTLY SLIDE OPEN, REPEATEDLY CLOSE AND RE-OPEN, OFTENTIMES WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL, AUTOMATIC SYSTEM FAILS, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WERE TOLD WHEN WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THAT IT WAS MADE WITH A DEVICE THAT WOULD PREVENT IT FROM OPENING WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS FALSE - THIS DOOR OPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION!!!! I HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND THEY CONTINUE TO TELL ME THAT THEY CANNOT SEE WHERE THE FAILURE IS OCCURRING, THEY SAY, "WELL, WE'VE CLEANED THE SENSORS, LUBED THE TRACK AND IT SHOULD BE FINE NOW". HOWEVER IT WILL CONTINUE TO MALFUNCTION THE MINUTE I LEAVE THE SERVICE AREA. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE BY THEMSELVES. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO TAKE AN EMORY BOARD AND FILE THE CONTACTS DOWN. ON OCCASION, THE OPEN DOOR INDICATOR WILL CHIME WHEN SHE SHUTS THE DOORS. THE CONTACT MUST RE-OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOORS NUMEROUS TIMES IN ORDER FOR THE INDICATOR TO DEACTIVATE. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 36,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHEN THE CONTACT CLOSED THE ELECTRONIC DOOR USING THE REMOTE, HE HEARD A BEEPING SOUND AND THE DOOR RE-OPENED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE DEALER SENT THE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP AND THEY ALIGNED THE DOOR. APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER ALIGNED THE DOOR, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS LATER. THE CONTACT OPENED THE DOOR AND A BLACK CABLE POPPED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR TRACK, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PULLEY CABLE AND THE DOOR MOTOR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 35,981 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

I OWN A CHEVROLET, UPLANDER THAT HAS BEEN GIVING ME A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR END. IT DID NOT START UNTIL I HAD 17,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR VIBRATED IN THE REAR AXLE. I TRIED TO GET IT FIXED AT THE DEALER. THEY KEPT SAYING IT WAS DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER 15 TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT, AFRAID THAT IT WILL LOCK , AND I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THE VIBRATION WAS GETTING REAL BAD WHEN TURNING A CORNER. *AK