2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

MAY 1, SERVICE STABILITRAK SYSTEM MESSAGE CAME ON, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON, VEHICLE STOPPED ON OWN. ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 20 FEET BEFORE IT STOPPED AGAIN. THIS REPEATED ABOUT 20 TIMES. THE BRAKES ENGAGED ALL 4 WHEELS WITHOUT PRESSING THE PEDAL EACH TIME. AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE IT WORKS FINE. MAY 2 GOING 65 MPH ON I-275, THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND THE BRAKES ENGAGED WITHOUT NOTICE. MY WIFE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD (LUCKY). IT WAS LIKE SHE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES ON A SLICK ROAD (WITHOUT USING THE PEDAL). DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE REASON, CALLED GM TECH ASSIT AND THEY FOUND A BAD CONNECTION WITH THE WIRING HARNESS. GOT VAN BACK MAY 3. MAY 11 LIGHTS BACK ON AND KEPT ENGAGING BRAKES IN DRIVEWAY. DEALER FOUND ANOTHER SUSPECT CONNECTION WITH GM TECH ASSIST AND GAVE US THE VAN BACK. JUNE 5 LIGHTS BACK ON UNTIL GETTING GAS. JUNE 8 LIGHTS BACK ON, ONSTAR RAN DIAGS AND REPORTED ANTI-LOCK BRAKE ISSUE. LIGHTS STAYED OFF AFTER RESTARTING VAN. EACH TIME WE TURN OFF THE VAN AND THEN RESTART IT, IT SEEMS FINE. JUNE 9 LIGHTS BACK ON, ONSTAR FOUND SAME ERROR REPORTED. JUNE 10 LIGHTS BACK ON. ON WAY TO DEALER THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGANGE JUST YARDS FROM DEALER AND WIFE WENT THROUGH STOP SIGN. SERVICE ADVISOR TRIED 4 TIMES TO STOP VAN DRIVING IT TO THE STALL. DEALER FOUND TIRE GOING FLAT WHILE IN STALL. DEALER FOUND 17 CODES STORED SHOWING LOW VOLTAGE. WITH GM TECH ASSIST DEALER CLAIMS TO HAVE FOUND YET ANOTHER BAD CONNECTION. GAVE VAN BACK AFTER ONLY 4 HOURS. JUNE 12 LIGHTS BACK ON. JUNE 13 TOOK IT TO SELLING DEALER (45 MILES AWAY). DEALER STILL HAS VAN (2 WEEKS LATER-JUNE 27) CLAIMS ENGINEER CAME DOWN, COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM BUT SUGGESTED REPLACING BCM (17 CODES AGAIN). THEY ARE REPLACING THE COMPUTER HOPING IT IS THE CAUSE. WE DONT WANT THE VAN BACK AND ASKING FOR A REPLACEMENT UNDER THE LEMON LAW AND THE FACT THAT IT FAILS TO STOP IF A TIRE IS LOW ON AIR. REPLACED RADIO AND MOULDINGS. HAD BRAKE FAILURE, SLIDING DOOR FAILURE, AND MORE. I WOULD NOT BUY ANOTHER UPLANDER.

ACTUATING BAR FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS CUTTING INTO WIRING HARNESS CAUSING FAILURES TO WIRES CUT, PRIMARILY HEADLIGHTS. A TOTAL OF SEVEN WIRES WERE CUT. DEALERSHIP FIXED WIRES AND HAD TO FASTEN WIRING HARNESS TO WINSHIELD WIPER FLUID TANK NECK WITH ELECTRICAL TIES.

WE WERE TAKING VACATION LAST DECEMBER GOING THRU THE MOUNTAINS AND IT WAS VERY FOGGY. YOU COULD BARELY SEE THE ROAD AND WE NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING. THE FOLLOWING WEEK I TOOK IT TO MY DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM FIX THE PROBLEM THEY DID LET ME KNOW THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF A PROBLEM. THEY SHOWED ME A PAPER STATING THAT GMAC WAS TRYING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS WAS LAST DECEMBER AND IT IS NOW JUNE AND STILL NO SOLUTION. THIS COULD CAUSE A ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IN FOGGY WEATHER. I REALLY HOPE SOMEONE CAN FIND A THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OR I MIGHT JUST TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER PARKING LOT AND PARK IT UNTIL THE SOLUTION IS FIXED.

I AM ENTERING THIS CONCERN ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE INJURED WITH ONE FATALITY IN A SINGLE VEHICLE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE INCIDENT OCURRED ON I65 SOUTHBOUND BETWEEN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AND MOBILE, ALABAMA ON MAY 17, 2005. MY AUNT [XXX] DIED AS A RESULT OF INJURIES. MY MOTHER [XXX] REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE UNIV. OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER IN MOBILE, AL. MY COUSIN [XXX] HAS NECK INJURIES AND HAS BEEN RELEASED. MY FATHER [XXX] AND NEPHEWS ([XXX] AND [XXX]) SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. MY FATHER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. [XXX] AND [XXX] WERE RIDING IN THE 2ND ROW SEATS IN AN AVIS RENTAL 2005MY CHEVY UPLANDER. ACCORDING TO MY SISTER [XXX] AND HER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ICU SURGEONS, BOTH [XXX] AND [XXX] SUFFERED INTESTINAL DAMAGE AND INJURIES WERE SIMILAR. ACCORDING TO MY FATHER'S RECOLLECTION, MY MOTHER WAS SITTING ON THE 2ND ROW -DRIVER'S SIDE AND MY AUNT WAS SEATED ON THE 2ND ROW - PASSENGER SIDE. BASED ON PHOTOS OF THE VEHICLE , THE PASSENGER- SIDE RESEMBLES A SIDE-IMPACT DAMAGE. MY FATHER RECALLS A ROLL-OVER EVENT. HE DID NOT RECALL MAKING A MAJOR TURN IN THE STEERING WHEEL. PER RECALL NHTSA ID#05V061000 AND GM RECALL#05015, IT STATES THAT THE 2ND ROW SEAT CAN BECOME DETACHED AS A RESULT OF SIDE - IMPACT. THE RECALL BEGAN IN 04/05/2005. ACCORDING TO GM RECORDS, THE VEHICLE [XXX] WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. MY CONVERSATION WITH THE TOW COMPANY LEADS ME TO SUSPECT 2ND ROW SEAT PERFORMANCE IN THE INCIDENT. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND SUSPICIONS: (1) 2ND ROW SEATS TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DETACHED (2) THE BODY FRAME SUPPORT ALLOWED FOR THE 2ND ROW SEATS TO DETACH (3) THE 2ND ROW SEAT BACK SUPPORT MAY HAVE FAILED (4) THE 2ND ROW SEAT BELTS MAY HAVE FALTERED. (5) VEHICLE CHASSIS DESIGN ALLOWED A GREATER CHANCE FOR TIP OVER. AVIS DENIED MY REQUEST TO VIEW THE VEHICLE. NOW, I AM MORE CONCERNED. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. PRESSED THE POWER BUTTON AND THE DOOR CLOSED 30% AND JAMMED. I CHECKED FOR ANY BLOCKAGES AND DID NOT SEE ANY. I PUSHED THE POWER BUTTON AGAIN AND THE MOTOR SOUNDED ABNORMAL. I REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION TOOK THE DOOR HANDLE AND TRIED TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE DOOR. AT THAT POINT THE BRACKET ,BEARINGS AND CABLE CAME OFF WITH THE BACK OF THE DOOR. THE BACK OF THE VAN IS NOW DAMAGED ALONG THE BRACKET.*AK