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.
2005 Chevrolet Uplander body complaints
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Driver seatbelt will not buckle properly. It takes about 4 attempts to secure the seatbelt.
Pulled down on rear door strap, and one attach bracket broke with rivet still attached to strap. The downward motion brought my hand across the rivet, resulting in a hand cut. One end of the attach rivet is smooth and the other end is knife sharp. The replacement strap purchased from gm dealership is same design. If both ends of the rivet were smooth, no injury would have happened.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that the rear passenger door opened without activation while the vehicle was in motion with the locking mechanism activated. In addition, the door ajar alarm would sound erroneously when the doors were closed. The dealer advised the contact to sandpaper the scratch censor since there was no recalls. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure however, did not offer any assistance. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 117,000 and the approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that the two seat belts on the middle row are starting to split and the rear seat belts were stuck and would not move. The vehicle was taking to a car seat inspection station and the contact was told that the seat belts could not be used because they were a safety hazard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was told that since the vehicle was not under warranty, there was nothing that could be done. The contact also stated that the side sliding door on the left would not automatically close properly. If the door was not closed by hand, the door would open randomly. The contact also stated that the side rails have been replaced twice on the vehicle because of rust. The failure and current mileages were 109000.
Power sliding doors open / close by themselves at times (usually right door, but sometimes left). Sometimes, when the door has been closed it will reopen & have to be closed manually. At times the door will stay closed, but the 'dinging' noise will continue for the entire time I am driving. There have been occasions when it continued dinging well after the ignition was turned off. We have had it in the shop and 'fixed' a few times. The fix sometimes lasted a week or two. Sometimes, it only lasted a couple of days. We were never able to pinpoint or predict when the malfunction would occur. Finally, we have removed the fuse permanently and only operate the doors manually to prevent a serious injury from occurring to the children. In the rear (3rd) seat, the right seat belt has also retracted & will not release. This happened one day when I was trying to remove a child from the vehicle. He was in a booster seat and strapped in by the seat belt. When I unlatched the belt, it retracted slightly, but would not pull back out. Now it is too tight to place a car seat, booster, or have someone sit there. I have not made the trip to the service department for this situation. No one is allowed to sit it that seat because the safety restraint is not-usable.
In 2005 chevy uplander lt awd automatic sliding doors open and do not close properly while vehicle is in motion. This also causes the audible alarm indicating the doors are unlatched to "ding" or ring. Even after the vehicle is stopped and doors are re-closed this issue persists. This is a huge safety issue in a van that is fairly new with 34,000 miles and used to carry children between activities in local area.
I own a 2005 chevy uplander and the doors have come open while I was driving down the road. Thankfully no one was hurt but it makes you wonder when it will happen again.
We purchased a used 2005 chevy uplander from a dealership in vancouver washington. We only had the van for a couple of weeks and we were having problems with the drivers side door not closing. We would close it and it would latch then a couple seconds later it would reopen. We took the van into a chevy dealer to have the door repaired. They repaired it , but only to have the same problem accrue a day later. We called the dealer and took it back in only the dealer checked the door to see if it was working or not . The door did the same thing of closing then opening right back up. The dealer then drove it around to the back of the shop , only to later have the mechanics say that they could not get the door to malfunction. So they called us to pick up the vehicle. I went and picked it up and on my way home from the dealer the door was trying to open well I was driving . It did it quiet a few times. So I took the vehicle all the way back to vancouver to the dealer we bought it. I did not want to have to drive this van with our children setting right beside the door and something happen. I told them this and they said that the only thing they would do is take the vehicle as a trade in. They were not willing to look at the vehicle at all and we had just bought it from them five months before that. I am scared to drive the van on the highway because I never know when it is going to malfunction. The van also sometimes will not start I told the dealer about that to and they didn't know what to do because we never knew when the van would malfunction like this to.
2005 chevy uplander side doors open on their own when driving(.additional complaint to ea 07019 I filed a complaint over a year ago to florida hwy safety,a complaint to chevy as well. Dealer can not fix@lott mather chevrolet. This has been going on for over a year now,possibly two years. Dealer cant fix,although they have replaced certain components.)
I own a 2005 chevy uplander. I purchased it on july 7, 2008. A week later the passenger side power sliding door opened on it's own as I was driving down the road with my 3 year old right by it. I pulled over and it took me 25 minutes to get it to close. It finally closed but the alarm went off for the next 20 miles of my trip. I have taken it for repair over 5 times and spent over $1000 and it still is not fixed. They removed a magnet from the motor, replaced both modules, reprogrammed both module several times.
The passenger side sliding door on my 2005 chevy uplander does not latch properly. It will pop open or not close all of the way. If you have to manually close the door (which I have done several times), you will hear this intense and high pitched dinging when you drive, even when the door is shut. Currently, the vehicle is in the shop at the dealer, under warranty for the fifth time.
2005 chevrolet uplander: automatic doors on driver and passenger side open without warning while parked and while in motion. There are times where I close the door and it pops back open instantly (20 times in a row). Other times the door does not completely lock closed, then while driving the interior lights come on as if the door is open, the "ding" alarm sounds and sometimes the door opens while the vehicle is in motion. This is a safety hazard as I have small children. They are always in seatbelts, but a open door while the vehicle is moving is very alarming. I have taken it to a dealership 2 times and will again take it tomorrow for evaluation.
My 2005 chevrolet uplander has been in the worked on at the dealership 4 times for the automatic rear sliding malfunctioning. It opens on it's own while driving. I have contacted gm regarding this. The dealership has told me that they cannot guarantee that they can fix this permanently. My van was just in the shop again last week and it is already messed up again. The latch has been replaced more than once and this is not helping.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. While driving between 35-65 MPH, the front driver side windshield would whistle. On the first occasion, new glue was applied around the windshield. On the following occasions, the contact was informed that the failure could not be duplicated. On march 12, 2008, while going through a car wash, water began pouring into the rear tailgate window. The dealer has not yet been notified. The current and failure mileages were 53,280. Updated 3/25/08 *cn the consumer stated the windshield noise is due to the body style of the vehicle but the rear window was a cracked brake light and not the window. Updated 03/25/08
I have a 2005 chevy uplander. Both rear sliding doors like to reopen by themselves. We bought the van used in february 2006. The first time it started happening was march of 2006. We finally took the van in june of 2006 to see what was going on. The dealership could not seem to figure it out. We had it in a few more times and they finally told us that the driver side sliding door latch and lock needed to be replaced. That did not fix the problem. We took it in a couple of more times and still they could not find anything. I contacted gm and was told to take it back to the dealership again to see if the seals were getting in the way. Again, nothing. Gm then told me to take it to another dealership for a second opinion. That dealership could not figure it out. Gm them told me that they couldn't do anything for me because the dealerships could not duplicate the problem. Now what?
Our 2005 chevrolet uplander has serious on going problems with the power passenger sliding door opens while the vehicle is being driven. The failure occurs while driving under normal conditions between 5 and 35 MPH. The passenger door often opens by itself and when the button is pressed to close it, the door begins to close and then reopens. The vehicle has been to the dealer four times while it was still under warranty, but the failure continues to occur. Gm knows about the problem because the last time our uplander was in we were told that there is internal service bulletins on record: service bulletin:3278 the federal safety agency item number:10011754 service bulletin:3532 the federal safety agency item number:10016718 service bulletin:050864013 the federal safety agency item number:10017349 service bulletin:3798 the federal safety agency item number:10021078 service bulletin:070864007 the federal safety agency item number:10021456 the current mileage is 42,000 and door problems started at 700 mile with a complete rear driver side power sliding door failure resulting in the dealer completely rebuilding the assemble cables, drive motor and sensors.
Both, left and right, power sliding doors will not shut properly. You have to open and close the doors several time to make them shut properly. The left power sliding door will shut then the alarm bell will sound until you stop the vehicle then open and shut the door. The right power sliding door has came open while driving, at slow speeds. The right power sliding door rear latch will not latch properly 95% of the time. The van has been to the dealership for service on the doors twice so far and will be returning aug 20th for more service on the doors.
The right power sliding door has been in for service on numerous occasions at the dealership. It continues to malfunction in opening and closing. Currently, the door has opened while the van is in operation and on other occasions, the alarm bell has started to ring while the door was closed and the vehicle was in operation, not stopping until the vehicle was turned off.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that the automatic passenger side sliding doors fail to remain closed. While driving over a bump on two occasions, the door opened on its own. He stated that two months after purchasing the vehicle, the door would only remain closed when he would quickly shut and lock it with the automatic remote. The contact returned to the dealer and they repaired the failure temporarily. However, the failure has recurred. The purchase date and speed were unknown. The current mileage was 65,450 and failure mileage was 6,000. Updated 02-01-08 *bf updated 02/01/08
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. When the contact closed the electronic door using the remote, he heard a beeping sound and the door re-opened. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of failure. The dealer sent the vehicle to a body shop and they aligned the door. Approximately three months later, the failure recurred. The dealer aligned the door, however, the problem recurred approximately two months later. The contact opened the door and a black cable popped from the inside of the door track, making it impossible to close the door. The dealer replaced the pulley cable and the door motor. The current mileage is 35,981 and failure mileage was 2,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. While attempting to close the passenger side door, the alert bell began to ring and the door failed to shut. The contact had to push the button to release the door. Once the door opened, it was finally able to be closed. The vehicle's horn does not work. In addition, the starter is bad. When the contact turns the ignition, the vehicle fails to start. She must depress the accelerator pedal after turning the ignition in order for it to start. The right window remains open when attempting to close it with the overhead button. The dealer has repaired the vehicle, but the failure persists. When making a left turn, the contact hears a noise coming from the suspension. The engine size was unknown. The current mileage is 18,000 and failure mileage was 12. The consumer stated water now leaks into the vehicle when it rains and vehicle is very wet behind 3rd row. Updated 12/12/07
Automatic sliding side doors fail to stop if blocked. During the closing of side automatic side doors, they have failed to stop when blocked, all times this has happened have been when myself or wife was in the process of putting child in vehicle or removing. We have been able to move out of the way thus avoiding any major injuries (wife received a bruise. *ak.
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.
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 federal safety agency.
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