2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

WIFE WAS DRIVING ON RD HIT POT HOLE KEY SHUT OFF NO STEERING NO BRAKES CONTACTED GM THEY GIVE FILE NUMBER TO CONTACT DEALER THEY SAID YOU PAY FIRST TO GET IT FIX NOT CHECKING TO SEE IF IT WAS BAD DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR

RIGHT REAR LIGHTS (INDICATOR, BRAKE ) FAILED. TRIED TO REMOVE THE BOLTS AS PER THE VEHICLE INSTRUCTION MANUAL BUT THEY WOULD ONLY SPIN. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY COULD NOT REMOVE THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT LIGHTS. DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE PANEL AND DRILLED OUT THE SIDE TO REPLACE THE CAGE NUT WITH INSERTS. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE BOLTS INSIDE HAD RUSTED AND THAT I HAD TO REMOVE THE BOLTS FROM TIME TO TIME TO PREVENT IT FROM SEIZING UP. SPOKE WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CITING THE FACT THAT DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM WAS FAULTY AND ASKED THEM TO REIMBURSE THE CHARGES. GM DECLINED TO COVER THE CHARGES AND WHEN I STATED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN AND THAT I WOULD TAKE IT TO NHTSA, THEY ADVISED ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR WHEN THERE IS A RECALL.

CAR WILL NOT START WITHOUT REVVING ENGINE, SLIDING DOORS QUIT COMPLETELY BY BOTH CABLES BREAKING WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF GM FAMILY WORKERS AND I WILL NEVER BUY GM AGAIN! *TR

SLIDING DOORS KEPT MESSING UP, DINGING EVEN AFTER BEING CLOSED, WON'T LATCH ALL THE WAY. *TR

THE TENSION RODS OR WHATEVER THEY ARE CALLED THAT KEEP THE HATCH UP, THEY BOTH WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND THE HATCH CAME SLAMMING DOWN. WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED SOMEONE HAD THEY BEEN UNDER IT. VEHICLE ONLY 2 YRS OLD! I'VE HAD 6 VANS IN MY LIFE AND NONE HAVE EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN, THIS VAN HAS BEEN A PIECE OF CRAP FROM DAY ONE! *TR

THE REAR SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DOORS CONTINUE TO OPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 6/7/05. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS RIGHT AWAY AND TOOK IT IN FOR THE FIRST REPAIR ON 7/7/05 WITH 980 MILES. THE DOORS WERE ALSO REPAIRED 7/25/05 WITH 1338 MILES, 10/25/05 WITH 2,768 MILES, AND 11/4/05 WITH 2,865 MILES. THE DOORS CONTINUED TO NOT OPEN OR CLOSE AT TIMES AND/OR THE DOOR CHIMES WOULD DING AND NOT TURN OFF FROM 2005-2012. WE TRIED TO AVOID USING THE CAR WITH THE CHILDREN AND USE OUR OTHER CAR. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012 THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS PROGRESSED AND AT TIMES IT WOULD TAKE HOURS TO GET THE DOORS TO CLOSE OR THE CHIMES WOULD NOT GO OFF AT ALL. THIS IS WHEN THE DOORS STARTED COMING OPEN WHILE THE VAN WAS IN MOTION. THE DEALERSHIP WORKED ON THE VAN AGAIN 9/28/12 WITH 52,782 MILES. FROM SEPTEMBER 2013-JUNE 2013 THE DOORS CONTINUED TO NOT WANT TO OPEN OR CLOSE AT TIMES. WE STILL TRIED TO AVOID USING THE VEHICLE WITH THE CHILDREN. THE ISSUES STARTED AGAIN IN JUNE OF 2013 WITH THE DOORS OPENING WHILE IN MOTION. I TOOK THE VAN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP ON 7/2/13 WITH 60,873 MILES TO SERVICE THE DOORS AND FLICKERING HEADLAMPS. ON 8/2/13 I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE DOORS ARE OPENING AGAIN WHILE IN MOTION AND I REFUSE TO PICK IT UP DUE TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. *TR

A DRIVER PARKED HER VEHICLE SUCH THAT THE REAR OF HER VEHICLE WAS FACING DOWNHILL. SHE THOUGHT SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. SHE LEFT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND BEGAN TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. HER TWO YEAR OLD SON WAS STANDING ON THE DRIVERS SEAT. WHILE SHE WAS CLEANING THE INTERIOR, SHE HEARD A CLICK AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. SHE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ROLLING BACKWARDS. SHE WAS INJURED BY STATIONARY OBJECTS LOCATED OUTSIDE AND ALONG THE PATH OF THE MOVING VEHICLE. A REVIEW OF THE OPERATION OF THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER FOUND THE FOLLOWING: IN THIS VEHICLE, IT WAS POSSIBLE TO POSITION THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER BETWEEN THE PARK AND REVERSE POSITIONS. IN THIS INTERMEDIATE POSITION, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER ENGAGED THE PARKING PAWL IN THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WHICH PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. HOWEVER, THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WAS NOT LOCKED IN POSITION, AND THE LEVER WAS MOVABLE. A FORCE WAS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THE RESISTANCE HOLDING THE LEVER IN THE INTERMEDIATE POSITION. THE FORCE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY LEVER CONTACT OR VEHICLE JOSTLING. THE LEVER MOVED, AND THE PARKING PAWL RELEASED THE WHEELS ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. IN NORMAL PARK MODE, THE OPERATOR MAY PLACE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER IN PARK AND THE LEVER WILL LOCK. IN ORDER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, THE IGNITION KEY NEEDS TO BE IN EITHER THE ACCESSORY OR RUN POSITION AND THE BRAKE PEDAL MUST BE DEPRESSED. A DRIVER MAY THEN MOVE THE UNLOCKED GEAR SHIFT LEVER OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE TAKEN OUT OF PARK WITHOUT FIRST INTENTIONALLY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BYPASS THIS PROCESS IN THIS VEHICLE. THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER COULD BE PLACED IN AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE WHERE THE WHEELS WERE LOCKED, BUT THE LEVER WAS NOT LOCKED. *TR

WHEN THE REAR DOOR WAS BEING OPENED USING THE SWITCH LOCATED ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR FELL OFF OF THE TRACK AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY LIFT THE DOOR AND CLOSE AND LOCK IT SO THAT IT WOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. *TR

REAR AXEL BROKE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN CAUSING THE REAR WHEEL TO BECOME DETACHED. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM FOR 2005 CHEVY UPLANDERS HOWEVER WHEN CALLED, WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL ONLY AFFECTED VEHICLES THAT WERE REMODELED INTO HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE VANS. *TR

DRIVER SEATBELT WILL NOT BUCKLE PROPERLY. IT TAKES ABOUT 4 ATTEMPTS TO SECURE THE SEATBELT. *TR