2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Complaints

REAR DRIVERS SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN IN PARKED POSITION ON ITS OWN, WOULD REPEATEDLY HAVE TO CLOSE DOOR, ONCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HGHWAY IT OPENED ON ITS OWN. TOOK IT TOO DEALER IN LONGVIEW WASHINGTON, QUOTED PRICE OF $1400.00 TO FIX OR HAVE IT DISENGAGED AND OPEN AND CLOSE MANUALLY. I CHOSE THE LATTER, AN INCONVENIENCE BUT CHEAPER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OR FOR THAT MATTER IT IS A SAFETY HAZZARD FOR ANYONE SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GM WORKMANSHIP. WOULD NOT EVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. *TT

THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND OPENS ON ITS OWN INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO, ONCE THE DOOR IS CLOSED THE "OPEN DOOR CHIME" DOES NOT STOP. THE CHIME CONTINUES TO GO OFF WHILE DRIVING, PARKED AND WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY ISSUE. I TRIED CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THE SAFETY HAZARD DEFECT BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS I PAID FOR IT. AFTER DOING FURTHER RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR ALL GM MINI VANS ESPECIALLY THE UPLANDER MINI VANS, WITH POWER SLIDING DOORS. HOWEVER, SINCE THERE HASN'T BEEN AN OFFICIAL SAFETY RECALL, DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM WITHOUT PAYMENT. AGAIN THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THE THIRD ROW SEAT BELT WAS NOT BOLTED ONTO THE FLOOR. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

PURCHASED 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER APRIL 2010. NOT EVEN A MONTH OR LESS HAVING IT HAD TO REPLACE VOLTAGE REGULATOR/ALTERNATOR/RADIO/STARTER. THE LIGHTS WOULD DIM, FLICKER, WOULDN'T START. NOW ONE YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM AS RETURN AND THIS TIME IT CUT OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD. IT WONT START SOMETIMES AND THE VOLTAGE READER GOES UP AND DOWN. IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE TO BE DOING THIS AND YOU SHOULD HAVE NOT TO REPLACE THE SAME PARTS EVERY YEAR! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE FAILURE WAS EXHIBITED ON THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE AND LOCKED. THE DEALER MADE TWENTY ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,162.

I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CHEVY FUEL GAUGE ISSUE THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED (HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/DOCSERVLET/ARTEMIS/PUBLIC/PURSUITS/2011/PE/INOA-PE11014-3260.PDF) ALSO HAPPENS ON MY 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE ADDED TO THIS ISSUE. SOMETIMES THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS MORE FUEL THAN IS IN THE TANK AND OTHER TIMES IT SAYS LESS THAN IS IN THE TANK. IT IS VERY UNRELIABLE. *TR

THE SAME INVESTIGATION REGARDING GMC ENVOY AND BUICK RANIER SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE CHEVY UPLANDER, I OWN A 2005 UPLANDER AND IT IS EXHIBITING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. *TR

WE HAVE HAD 3 CHEVY UPLANDER VANS RECENTLY AND THE POWER DOORS LIKE TO COME OPEN ON THEIR OWN WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN. THE DOOR CHIME ALSO KEEPS DINGING AND MAKING NOISE EVEN WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER. THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO CLOSE. ON A FEW OCCASIONS THE DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. OTHER TIMES THE DOOR RANDOMLY STARTS BEEPING AND WILL NOT STOP, EVEN IF YOU TURN THE VAN OFF AND GET OUT IT STILL BEEPS. IS THERE A RECALL ON THE DOORS OF THIS TYPE OF VAN. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL *THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR OF THE VEHICLE HIS FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 51, 500.