2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

SAFETY ISSUE: THE FIRST OCCURRENCE DATE IS AN ESTIMATE, AS I DO NOT REMEMBER, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN THIS NIGHT: FOR NO REASON AT ALL THE ALARM BEGAN GOING OFF (OF COURSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT). I WAS AWAKE. I LIVE IN A PRETTY SAFE PARK. AT APPROXIMATELY 1230A THE ALARM WENT OFF. I RAN OUT TO CHECK AND THERE WAS NO ONE AND NOTHING AROUND THAT COULD HAVE TRIPPED IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE I DIDN'T SET IT. THE VAN WAS UNLOCKED, THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND HANGING BY THE LANYARD. I GRABBED THE FOB AND SHUT IF OFF. 20 MINUTES LATER, IT DID IT AGAIN, THEN AGAIN, THEN AGAIN,T HEN AGAIN, EACH TIME ABOUT 20 MINUTES APART. I WAS STARTING TO PANIC BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO ANGER THE NEIGHBORS AND END UP EVICTED. MY SPOUSE AND I HAD TO PULL THE HORN FUSE TO SILENCE THE CAR. THE LIGHTS WENT OFF ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, THEN THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY...I THOUGHT. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS AND AN ISSUE WITH THE LOCKING SYSTEM (DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH EITHER THE FOB OR THE INSIDE SWITCH). THEY APOLOGIZED AND OFFERED TO AUTHORIZE REPAIRS, BUT INFORMED ME THAT THE COST OF THE REPAIRS WAS MY PROBLEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE TWO ISSUES ARE LINKED. THE LOCK PROBLEM CAME FIRST. BUT BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIRS (I AM LOW INCOME), I HAVE TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE USE OF MY HORN, WHICH IS A NO-NO AND A SAFETY PROBLEM. TONIGHT, THE LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON THEIR OWN. THEY FLASHED TWICE, THEN STOPPED FOR ALMOST A MINUTE, THEN DID IT AGAIN A FEW TIMES MORE, THEN IT STOPPED ALTOGETHER. LATER, IT DID IT AGAIN...AND AGAIN...THE LOCK ISSUE IS A HEALTH HAZARD FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE A PLETHORA OF ILLNESSES THAT CAUSE ME DISABILITY. I MUST PULL HEAVY OBJECTS OVER THE RUMBLE SEAT TO THE SINGLE SEAT IN FRONT OF IT, GET OUT OF THE CAR (PAINFUL TO MY KNEES AND LOWER BACK), THEN GET THE ITEM OUT. WHEN I AM FINISHED, I AM LITERALLY FINISHED. I AM CAUSED PHYS. & MENTAL PAIN. *TR

THIS VEHICLE IS SUFFERING AN INTERMITTENT DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER NOTIFICATION... STATING,.... CHECK ABS BRAKE SYSTEM, CHECK TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, CHECK STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM.... ALL THE CORRESPONDING SYSTEM DASH LIGHTS ARE THEN ON. I ALSO BELIEVE I HAVE SMELLED AN ODOR IN MY CAR ... A FAINT SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNT... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. AFTER THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABRUPTLY. THE CONTACT'S FOOT WAS NOT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS WITHIN THREE YEARS, AND EACH TIME, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FIRST ACCIDENT, LEFT THE CONSUMER WITH A SHOULDER INJURY, THAT REQUIRED SURGERY. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEAKING SOUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS THREE TIMES WITHIN TWO YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000.

I HAVE THE 2008 CHEVY UPLANDER MODEL WITH HANDICAPPED LOWERED FLOOR PLAN.I CAN NOT GET OUT OF MY VAN FROM THE INSIDE THE PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN.I CANNOT GET THE SIDE DOOR TO OPEN TO ALLOW MYSELF TO GET OUT OF THIS VAN MYSELF.THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT VERY IMPORTANT AS THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ATTENTION A.S.A.P. PLEASE CONTACT ME TO HAVE THIS VAN LOOKED INTO SO I CAN GET IN AND OUT ON MY OWN AS I NEED TO SOMEHOW HAVE YOU FIX THE DOOR SO IT CAN BE OPENED AND CLOSED AND THE MAIN PROBLEM IS I CANNOT GET THE DOOR TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE.THANK YOU. P.S. THE DOOR LATCH WILL NOT OPEN MANUALY AND NEEDS ATTENTION.. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE DOOR ACTUATOR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,664.  

THIS VAN HAS FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AS WE DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS A BUSY HIGHWAY AND WE JUST BARELY MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD. WE WERE SO LUCKY WE WERE NOT HIT BY OTHER CARS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE MECHANIC SAID THE INSIDE SHEERED OFF INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. HE SHOWED US THE PARTS (WHICH I STILL HAVE AS PROOF OF THE ISSUE THAT IS A PROBLEM OF GM.). THE PARTS WERE WEAK AND JUST RIPPED APART. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT HURT, BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. IT COST $3800 TO REPAIR, AND THE CAR WAS ONLY 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. CHEVY WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE IN GETTING HELP. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT . DASH LIGHT GO OUT, SEAT BELTS ALL OF THEM UNLATCH BY THEM SELF, I REPLACED THE BRAKES 6 TIMES ALREADY, EMISSION VAPOR CANISTER WENT OUT , THE ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON . IT ALL WAYS SAY CHECK GAS CAP,KNOW MY VAN NOT WORKING. I CAN'T CLEAN ANY HARD CODES, PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE DOOR UNLATCH WHEN I WAS AND THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE DOOR HIT THE GROUND ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY 5 KIDS IN THE CAR , MY 20 YR SON WAS SITTING BY HIS EIGHT YR OLD BROTHER . MY EIGHT YR OLD WAS ON THE SIDE THAT CAME UNLATCH THANK GOD HE UN DID HIS BROTHER SEAT BELT AND GRAB HIM AND HELD ON TO HIM TIGHT UNTIL I STOP THE VEHICLE . THE STARTED WENT OUT,THE BACK AIR CONDITION WON'T WORK, THE PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE JOINT BROKE, THE VAN OVER HEATS ALL THE TIME WHICH CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT AND THE STARTER WENT I REPLACE TRANSMISSION STARTER AND THERMOSTAT .THE VAN A PIECE OF [XXX] AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK I PAID FOR IN CASH. I BROUGHT THE VAN IN 2008 AND PAID CASH FOR IT .I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE I BROUGHT IT IN 11/1/2008. THE PROBLEMS STARTED 2 DAYS AFTER I BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. I WISH NEVER HAD GOTTEN IT. THE [XXX] THING A LEMON THEY NEED FORCE CHEVY TO RECALL THE GOD [XXX] LEMON 2008 CHEVY UPLANDER AND GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK SO I CAN GO SOME WERE ELSE AND BY MY FAMILY A REAL VAN , I'M A SINGLE MOM OF 5 CHILDREN AND I NEED A RELIABLE VAN ,NOT A PIECE OF [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR