2005 Chevrolet Uplander complaints

STEERING SOMTIMES VERY VERY HARD TO TURN. POWER STEERING ALSO MAKES NOISE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND SHE TOLD ME SHE COULD HARDLY EVEN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. SHE SAID SHE WAS SCARED THAT IT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 11,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED IT INSTEAD OF REPLACING, IT AND IT CONTINUED TO LEAK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE NEW ONE FROM THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR 16 DAYS, AND THE NEW TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE RESEALED. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE IGNITION WAS STICKING IN THE START MODE FOR 2 MINUTES AFTER RELEASING THE KEY. THE PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DID NOT LATCH SHUT, NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED NOR DID IT REGISTER WITH ONSTAR AS THE DOOR WAS BEING UN LATCHED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR IT WILL NOT OPEN BECAUSE THE LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB, AND SPOKEN TO GM ABOUT ALL OF THE FAILURES. THE GEAR SHIFTWS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE FROM PARK TO REVERSE. ALL OF THE ABOVE LISTED FAILURES OCCURRED FREQUENTLY. THE MOST RECENT WAS THE DOOR AND THE STARTER. THE STARTER FAILURE OCCURRED 15 TO 20 TIMES. THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE DOOR FAILED 20 TIMES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. *AK THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT IT WOULDN'T START, THE DRIVERS HEATED SEAT WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK FROM THE CRANKSHAFT SEAL, THE POWER SLIDING DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE. UPDATED 03/30/07. *JB

I HAVE HAD THE CHEVROLET UPLANDER IN FOR REPAIR ON A REAR PASSENGER DOOR THAT KEEPS MALFUNCTIONING. THEY HAVE REPAIRED IT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT IT IS KNOW OUT OF MANUFACTURING WARRANTY. THE DOOR HAS BEEN REPAIRED TO THE BEST OF GMAC ABILITY THEY CAN NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM BUT THE DOOR NOW WILL FALL SHUT WHEN ON A DOWNHILL INCLINE REGARDLESS IF ANYONE IS IN THE DOOR. THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE CHILD SAFETY TO KEEP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING ON A CHILD BUT THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY OPEN WHEN PARKED A DOWNHILL GRADE. I AM REALLY SCARED THE DOOR COULD CLOSE ON MY CHILDREN BUT THEY TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE REPAIRED IT AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THE DIFFICULTY IN THE DOOR. I WAS AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY WHEN THE DOOR MALFUNCTION AND FELL SHUT ON ME. I AM A FOSTER PARENT IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND PURCHASED THIS VAN SO I COULD HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION FOR THESE CHILDREN AND NOW I'M NOT SURE WHEN I CHILD COULD GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. *NM

WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER WHEN IT WAS 1 YR OLD WITH 10,000 MILES ON IT DIRECTLY FROM A CHEVY DEALER. ONE MONTH LATER, THE REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR STARTED AUTOMATICALLY REOPENING IT AFTER BOTH THE SHUT BUTTONS BY THE DRIVER SEAT AND THE BUTTON ON THE DOOR ITSELF WERE PUSHED TO CLOSE. THIS VAN HAS NOW BEEN BACK TO THE CHEVY DEALER 6 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM WITHIN THE 7 MONTHS WE OWN IT. THE DEALER HAS MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR TO US THAT THEY CAN NOT FIND OR FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NOW TAKEN THE STAND OF, "LET'S SEE IF IT WORKS THIS TIME". I HAVE A TODDLER AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR. THE DOOR OPENS BY ITSELF. ALSO - THERE IS NOT A SAFETY MECHANISM ON THE DOOR TO REOPEN IF SOMETHING, LIKE MY DAUGHTER'S ARM OR LEG GET IN THE WAY. I HAVE PARKED THE CAR, AND GONE INTO A STORE AND WATCHED THE DOOR CLOSE, TO ONLY CONE OUT AND FIND THE DOOR WIDE OPEN. MY INITAL FEAR IS THAT THE CAR WAS BROKEN INTO. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS VAN ANY LONGER SINCE IT IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT SUSPENSION PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE'S FRONT SUSPENSION WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED A FRONT ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRES WERE CONTINENTAL P225/60R17. ADDITIONALLY, THE DASH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT AN IDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THE SENSOR FOR THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE TIRES AND LIGHTING SENSORS, THE PROBLEMS PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

2005 CHEVY UPLANDER SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WILL NOT START BACK UP SOMETIMES. RADIO AND BLINKERS GO OFF AND ON. BEFORE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF A SERVICE THEFT SYSTEM WARNING MESSAGE COMES UP ON DASH DISPLAY. *JB

MY UPLANDER VAN POPS, GRINDS AND HAS A JERKING MOTION. THEN THE SERVICE STABILITY SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT COMES ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE EBCM SYSTEM TWICE AND HAS RE-TESTED IT. LAST NIGHT (11-12-06) IT FAILED AGAIN. MY HEADLIGHTS ALSO STROBE. THEY GO DIM AND BRIGHT. I'VE ASKED FOR REPAIRS ON THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND IT HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *JB

VEHICLE REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. *JB

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER MINIVAN AND EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF THE OUTSIDE REAR DOOR LATCH PINCHING THE INSIDE OF YOUR FINGER WHEN YOU SQUEEZE THE LATCH TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH. SO FAR IT HAPPENED TO MYSELF, MY SON, MY NEIGHBOR, AND MY GRANDSON. IT HAS CAUSED ANYWHERE FROM SMALL SKIN LACERATIONS TO BLOOD BLISTERS. ONCE YOU ENGAGE THE LATCH TO OPEN THE HATCH AND START TO SQUEEZE IT YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CYCLE THE LATCH AS IT PINCHES YOUR FINGER SKIN UNTIL THE LATCH OPENS AND SETS YOU FREE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKED, THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED ON ITS' OWN. ON 10/14/06, THE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE SLIDING DOOR FUNCTIONS CORRECTLY SOMETIMES, BUT OPENS AUTOMATICALLY ON OCCASION. THIS HAD OCCURRED 32 TIMES. TWO DEALERS WERE CONTACTED, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT SHOULD NOTIFY THE NHTSA.

I HAVE A 2005 UPLANDER THAT HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES NOW FOR AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND THEY TELL ME NOW THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE. THE BLOWER FAN MOTOR SLOWS DOWN WHEN I AM STOPPING AND THE HEAD LIGHTS DIM. THE NEWEST PROBLEM IS THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTO SLIDING DOOR OPEN ON ITS OWN. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. *JB

2005 UPLANDER HORN DID NOT OPERATE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL PAD WAS DEPRESSED AT THE HORN SYMBOLS OR BELOW. *TS ***NAR*** THE HORN PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED, BUT NOT COMPLETED BECAUSE PARTS HAD TO BE ORDERED. THE CONSUMER WAS SHOWN THAT THE HORN DID WORK, BUT ONLY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL PAD WAS DEPRESSED IN THE UPPER 126 DEGREE SECTION ABOVE THE HORN SYMBOLS. THE LIFTGATE LOCK/LATCH WAS REPLACED. *JB

THE DOORS BOTH VOLUNTARILY & INVOLUNTARILY OPEN/CLOSE. THEY MAY OPEN WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. THEY WILL ALSO OPEN WHEN NOT PROMPTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHEN EVERYONE IS ASLEEP. THEY ALSO WILL NOT CLOSE ON SOME OCCASIONS. THEY START TO CLOSE, THEN GIVE A WARNING BELL & RE-OPEN. WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAVE A 24 YR. OLD SON WITH CEREBRAL PALSY. I CANNOT, IN GOOD CONCIENCE, PUT HIM IN THIS VEHICLE..DUE TO THE MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES. WOULD YOU PUT YOUR CHILD IN THIS VEHICLE & WONDER WHETHER THE DOORS WOULD DECIDE TO COME OPEN WHILE GOING 75 DOWN THE INTERSTATE?

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR IT WOULD NOT REMAIN PARTIALLY OPENED BUT, WOULD SLIDE CLOSED. THIS CAUSED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE MISSED. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE ENTIRE STARTER ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, THE SAME PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE STARTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. HOWEVER THE NEW PART NEEDED WAS UNDER DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER AND NOT AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONSULTED. *AK

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN JANUARY OF 2005 AND IN THE FIRST 2 MONTHS HAD WINDSHIELD CHIPS FROM NORMAL DRIVING. I HAVE OWNED MANY CHEVROLETS OVER THE YEARS AND NOT ONE CHIP. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER ONE WHICH MAKES THREE IN 15 MONTHS. THE DEALER WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE HAD THE FIRST TWO TREATED INDEPENDENTLY BECAUSE OF LACK OF ACTION. MY HUSBAND AND I THINK THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE AMOUNT OF CHIPS FOR A FRONT WINDSHIELD. I WITNESSED THE FIRST AND LAST WITH THE SIZE OF THE PEBBLE MAYBE BEING A QUARTER CENTIMETER. MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR A GLASS MANUFACTURER AND HIS SUPERIORS TELL HIM THAT THIS IS UNREASONABLE AS WELL AND SUGGEST WE CONTACT AN ATTORNEY IF THERE IS NO ACTION TAKEN. WE HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT FROM THE SAME DEALER AND ALWAYS CHEVROLET. IN FACT WE BOUGHT A 2005 COLORADO THE WEEK BEFORE WE PURCHASE THIS UPLANDER, SO LOYALTY WILL BE AN ISSUE IF THIS IS NOT HANDLED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE EXITING THE VEHICLE THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THEY DETERMINED THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK WAS ON.

AFTER ONLY 6,500 MILES ALL HIGHWAY MILES (NO CITY DRIVING) THE BRAKES WERE GRABBING. SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THEM CHECKED OUT AND THE DEALER TURNED DOWN ALL 4 ROTORS . I WAS MAD, THE SERVICE WRITER HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME THAT THE REASON THE DISKS WERE WARPED WAS "WHILE YOU WERE ON THE HIGHWAY YOUR BRAKES GOT SO HOT THAT WHEN YOU PULLED OFF ON A RAMP YOU HIT THE BRAKES AND THAT'S WHAT WARPED YOUR DISKS" I CALLED GM AN REGISTERED MY COMPLAINT. ALSO WHEN I TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER HE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF WARPED BAKES ON UPLANDERS, IF THE UPLAND JUST SITS FOR A MONTH ON THE LOT THE BRAKES WARP. NOW I HAVE 17,700 MILES ON MY VAN AND THE BRAKES ARE WARPED AGAIN, BUT NOW THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE ROTORS AND WANT ME TO PAY FOR THEM. LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE PAYING FOR ROTORS AND TURNING THEM DOWN AT 6 TO 7000 MILES AND REPLACING THEM EVERY 10,000 MILES. *JB

MY DAUGHTER WAS CRUSHED BY THE AUTOMATIC DOOR IN OUR CHEVY UPLANDER. SHE WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE DOOR SUDDENLY CLOSED ON HER. LUCKILY SHE ONLY HAD SERIOUS BRUISING. IT TURNS OUT THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOORS ON THE UPLANDER ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH SAFETY FEATURES, SUCH AS A SENSOR THAT WOULD STOP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING IF SOMEONE WAS STILL IN THE DOORWAY. MY DAUGHTER IS 10, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WERE A YOUNGER CHILD? *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE HEAD LIGHTS AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT ONLY HAD TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT MILES ON IT. UPON INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE MODULE COMPUTER CONTROL BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS REPROGRAMMED. EVEN THOUGH REPAIRS WERE MADE, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP A SECOND TIME, THE SENSOR IN THE RUNNING DAY LIGHTS AND THE GENERATOR ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE HEAD LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS BEGAN FLICKERING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP HOWEVER THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DOES NOT PROPERLY WORK. THIS OCCURS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED NO PROBLEMS ARE APPARENT. HOWEVER, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS NOT DEPRESSED THE HEATER BLOWER DOES NOT BLOW AND THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTING IS SO DIM THAT THE CONTACT HAS VISUAL PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES FOR INSPECTION AND REPAIRS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR ALTHOUGH THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM; THEREFORE NO ADDITIONAL REPAIRS WERE MADE.

AFTER 30 DAYS OF OWNING 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER, DEALERSHIP HAD TO SEND A TOW TRUCK TO COME PICK MY VAN UP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS IT HAS STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN. TO THE POINT THEY HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE JERKING SENSATION WHEN PUTTING THE VAN INTO REVERSE IS STILL THERE. *NM

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR OF MY 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER WAS OPEN. I STARTED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR (TO CLOSE). MY 22 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER STARTED TOWARDS ME. I PUT MY HAND INSIDE THE DOOR TO STOP HER. THE DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE. I PUSHED AGAINST IT WITH MY FOREARM. THE DOOR CONTINUED TO CLOSE, AND CLOSED ON MY HAND. MY LEFT HAND WAS TRAPPED IN THE CLOSED DOOR. A PART WAS ORDERED THREE MONTHS AGO, BUT THE DOOR STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. *NM

2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER RADIO WOULD STOP WORKING. WHEN TURNING THE KEY IN IGNITION THE ENGINE WOULD CONTINUE TO TURN OVER. *TS *JB

2005 CHEVY UPLANDER, HEADLIGHT FAILURE. DIM AND FLICKER. GM INDICATES NO KNOWN CAUSE OR SOLUTION. MULITPLE REPLACEMENTS OF ALTERNATOR. GM CLAIMS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, THEY SAY IT DOESN'T CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. I DISAGREE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE HEADLIGHTS DIM INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS NOT BEING DEPRESSED THE HEADLIGHTS DIM AND THE HEATER MOTOR BLOWER SLOWS DOWN. HOWEVER, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS DEPRESSED THE HEADLIGHTS AND HEATER FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THE COMPUTER WAS DEFECTIVE. ALSO, THE POWER CONTROL MODULE ( PCM) HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACTED STATED THE VEHICLE MAKES NOISE AND VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. VEHICLE SPEED DOES NOT AFFECT THE SOUND OR VIBRATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR INSPECTION. THE LOCAL DEALER NEVER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM. SO THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE AND NOTED THEM ON A SERVICE INVOICE "RUB MARKS ON THE LEFT DRIVE AXLE, THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT IS NOT HOLDING THE ENGINE SOLID AND THE ENGINE IS MOVING EXCESSIVELY ON THE CRADLE." THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SUSPECTS THE CASTER OR CAMBER MAY BE OUT CAUSING OUTER TIRE WEAR ON BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE TIRES. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ONLY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THEY NEVER MADE ANY REPAIRS, AS THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE SERVICE DEALER WHO NEVER DIAGNOSED A SPECIFIC PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRES, STRUTS, HUBS AND SOME UNDERCARRIAGE PARTS. THE CONTACT FINALLY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER OFFERING TO PROVIDE THE CONTACT WITH A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THE UNDER CARRIAGE, HOWEVER THE MANUFACTURER NEVER SPECIFIED HOW THEY CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V287000 CONCERNING THE PARKING BRAKE. A SPECIAL TOOL NEEDED TO TEST THE CALIPERS IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THIS TOOL WAS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE RECALL.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THE VEHICLE WERE HIDDEN UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO FREEZING T THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROZE. HAD TO OPEN THE HOOD AND CHIP AWAY THE ICE TO GET THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. THE CONTACT FELT THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW FROM THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE STRAP ON THE SECOND ROW SEAT WILL NOT ALLOW THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD. THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE SEAT WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD TO ALLOW CHILDREN /YOUNGER OCCUPANTS TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE SHE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHE COULD ACCESS THE STRAP, BUT IT WILL NOT MOVE THE SEAT FORWARD FROM THIS POSITION. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THIS WAS THE DESIGN FEATURE OF THE SEAT. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DASH LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING. THE LIGHTS STARTED GETTING DIM AS IF THEY WERE LOSING POWER. THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE OR GAS PEDAL. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM RECURRED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR*AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DASHBOARD LIGHT IS TOO DIM ON BRIGHT DAYS. THE VEHICLE IS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE LIGHT CHECKED AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LIGHT THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WROTE GM TO COMPLAIN. THE CONSUMER JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE A MONTH AGO.*AK *MR *JB

I BOUGHT A 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER, ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE BBB AUTO LINE REGARDING THE UNACCEPTABLE TEMPERATURES IN THE CAR (EVEN AFTER RUNNING AC ON MAXIMUM FOR 30 MIN PLUS) OF 85 DEGREES TO 95 DEGREES. WHICH ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO ME AND I HAVE HAD A VERY CLOSE CALL WITH MY DOGS, THAT TRAVEL IN CRATES IN THE BACK SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE HEAT IN THE CAR. DURING THE ARBITRATION HEARING CHEVROLET (MR. NADER, RICHMOND KY) DID NOT DISPUTE THE HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE CAR, THE AC IS DESIGNED TO NEVER BLOW OUT COLDER AIR THAN 43 - 48 DEGREES AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 30 MIN AND STANDING STILL 50+ DEGREES TEMPERATURE, YES, THE BACK IS HOTTER, AS THE PIPES FOR THE REAR AC GO THROUGH THE ROOF AND THE ROOF IN THE SUMMER WILL GET 110 TO 130 DEGREES EASILY. BUT THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT. MY QUESTION IS, KY IS NOT ONE OF THE HOTTEST STATES, HOWEVER, WE HAD A HOT SUMMER AND STILL DO HAVE 90 DEGREES DAYS NOT, WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE TRAVELING FOR SEVERAL HOURS, SOMEONE COULD DIE IN THE BACK, AS THE FRONT DOES NOT REALIZE THAT THE BACK IS NOT WORKING SUFFICIENTLY. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BY THIS THROUGH THE NEGLIGENCE OF CHEVROLET. YOUR HELP WOULD BE SO MUCH APPRECIATED. *NM

DT: 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH CHILDREN INSIDE. THERE WAS A FUEL LINE PROBLEM. THIS OCCURRED MORE THAN ONCE. HAD TO ROLL VEHICLE TO NEUTRAL SO THE VEHICLE WILL START. THE VEHICLE SHOWED NO GAS IF IT WAS B NOT LEVEL PARKED. THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING FLICKERED MORE THAN ON ONE OCCASION. PEOPLE THOUGHT THE CONSUMER WAS FLASHING LIGHTS AT THEM. THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED FOR A HANDICAP PERSON. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP , AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS WORKING WITH MANUFACTURER TO NOT HAVE THIS VEHICLE ANY MORE DUE TO ALL THE PROBLEMS. HAD PROBLEMS SINCE FEBRUARY 2005. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO BUY THIS VEHICLE. *AK

MY WIFE HAD DRIVEN FROM OUR HOME 7 MILES AWAY TO THE MAGGIE MOO'S ICE CREAM SHOP. SHE WENT IN TO THE STORE TO PURCHASE SOME ICE CREAM FOR MY KIDS AND HER MOM WHO STAYED IN THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS LEFT RUNNING BECAUSE OF THE HEAT. WHEN SHE RETURNED SHE BACKED THE VEHICLE UP WITH NO PROBLEM BUT WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO PULL FORWARD SHE HEARD THE WRONGEST NOISE EMANATE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHE HAS EVER HEARD AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND BUMPED AND CAME TO A GRINDING HALT. I DID NOT THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO BAD AS SHE EXPLAINED TO ME WHEN I ARRIVED. SO I BACKED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE THAT SHE MANAGED TO GET TO AND PULLED FORWARD. OH MY GOD! WHAT SHE HAD EXPLAINED TO ME WASN'T EVEN AS BAD AS I EXPERIENCED. THE STABILITY CONTROL ACTIVATION MESSAGE APPEARED IN THE DASH DISPLAY AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL BEGAN TO GROWL THEN SCREECHED THE VEHICLE TO A GRINDING HALT. I WAS SCARED. MY KIDS WERE THROWN AROUND IN THE CAR SINCE THEY HAD UNBUCKLED THEIR SEAT BELTS WHILE EATING THEIR ICE CREAM. I MADE THEM BUCKLE UP AND I TRIED IT AGAIN. THE SAME RESULT OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL I FINALLY GOT TO A PARKING SPACE. I CALLED CHEVROLET TO COME TOW THE VEHICLE IN TO REPAIR MY 2005 UPLANDER. THEY CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM AND THAT THE ERROR CODES PULLED FROM THE COMPUTER SHOWED NOT ERROR EVER HAPPENED. THIS SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME AND MY WIFE REFUSES TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. OUR FEAR OF THIS MALFUNCTION OCCURRING

DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A NEW VAN 2005 AND DISCOVERED THERE WERE NO ARM RESTS ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS, AND CONSUMER THOUGHT THIS WAS UNSAFE. ALSO WHEN SITTING IN THE BACK THIRD ROW SEAT THE RIDE WAS UNCOMFORTABLE, AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD IT HURT THE PASSENGER'S BACK. HAS BEEN TO A DEALER, AND THE DEALER NOTED THIS VEHICLE DID NOT COME WITH AN ARM REST, BUT CONSUMER COULD PAY OUT OF POCKET TO GET VAN CUSTOMIZED. CONSUMER DID WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE HE FELT IT WAS NOT HIS RESPONSIBILITY. CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLET, AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER TO TALK TO DEALER TO TRADE AND PAY THE DIFFERENCE FOR A MODEL THAT DID HAVE ARM RESTS. CONSUMER DID NOT WISH TO DO THAT, AND NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING A TURN AND FELL OVER WHEN THE INJURY OCCURRED. *SC

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IN MY 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WITH NO A/C OR DVD ON WHICH IS MAKING ME WONDER IF THEY ARE GOING TO FAIL ON ME WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. MY UPLANDER ONLY HAS ABOUT 450 MILES ON IT. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HEADLIGHT FLICKERING ISSUE ON THE 2005 SATURN RELAYS AND CHEVY UPLANDERS. ONE PERSON SAID HE WAS CUT OFF BY TWICE BY SEMI'S BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTS FLICKERING AT NIGHT MAKING THE TRUCKER'S THINK THE HEADLIGHTS ARE BEING BLINKED SAYING IT WAS CLEAR FOR THEM TO MOVE OVER. *NM

WHEN THE REAR CLIMATE CONTROL FAN IS SET TO ITS HIGHEST SETTING, THE FAN MOTOR WILL OSCILLATE BETWEEN BLOWING AIR FAST AND SLOW. THE CONDITION WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN ACKNOWLEDGE A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLUCTUATION BUT DID NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE VEHICLE WILL STALL IF THE GASOLINE TANK IS BELOW A HALF A TANK AND ON A HILL. CONTACT'S WIFE HIT A GARAGE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE WAS PREGNANT, AND ALSO HAD A TWO MONTH OLD SON THAT WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM, AND THEIR ANSWER WAS NOT TO LET THE VEHICLE GO BELOW A HALF TANK. THERE WAS NO WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AND TOLD HIM TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER SAID THEY COULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AND THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. GM DID SAY THEY WOULD SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO LOOK AT THE CAR BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THEY LOOK AT IT. CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO. THE VEHICLE HIT THE BEAM, BUT THERE WAS NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. *AK

VEHICLE DRIVES SATISFACTORY WITHIN CITY LIMITS. HIGHWAY DRIVING APPEARS TO BE HIGHLY UNSTABLE. VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE SWAYING AND POOR HANDLING. INCIDENT IS NOT ISOLATED, IT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM WITH EACH CIRCUMSTANCE. I DO NOT FEEL THAT MY PASSENGERS NOR MYSELF ARE SAFE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THIS VEHICLE. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND GM IMMEDIATELY BUT ISSUE WAS DISMISSED. THIS VEHICLE IS A 7 PASSENGER MINIVAN. THIS IS NOT A TRUCK.

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. JUN

DT: CALLER SAID AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WAS DEFECTIVE. CALLER HAD IT FIXED TWICE ALREADY, AND HAS AN APPOINTMENT FOR A THIRD TIME. THE CABLE BROKE, AND SHE WAS WAITING FOR THE PART. THE BELL THAT SIGNALED DOOR AJAR SOUNDED CONSTANTLY. ALSO, THE MOTOR FOR THE SLIDING DOOR WAS REPLACED TWICE, AND CURRENTLY WAS WAITING FOR ANOTHER ONE. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD MOTOR IN THREE MONTHS.*AK

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 SUSPICIO

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