Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The sliding door on the rear driver side would not stay latched. The contact called the dealer and manufacturer and they stated that she was responsible for having the door repaired. The vehicle has been in the shop six times now for the latch failure and the door opening on its own. Each time the vehicle was retrieved from the dealer, they stated that it was repaired when it was not. When the button was pressed to close the door, it would begin to shut and an alarm would sound; however, it would not shut and flew open while driving. The instrument panel does not indicate that the door is ajar. The rear passenger side door is beginning to experience the same failure. Neither the weather nor the speed were factors. The current mileage was 51,800 and failure mileage was 49,043. The dealer stated the vehicle would not start, check brake condition, and humming noise left front hub area. Updated 12/12/07
2005 Chevrolet Uplander brakes complaints
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The brakes, when applied at highway speeds, will cause the front-end of the vehicle, including the steering wheel to shake violently. The dealer told me the rotors were warped and needed to be turned. The rotors have been turned on two separate occasions in less than a year at my own expense. I have been told by the service manager it is a recurrent problem - probably due to a bad batch of rotors. It is a serious safety issue since it occurs at high speeds and at times when proper braking is critical.
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.
Dt: the contact states there is the federal safety agency 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.
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 at highway speeds could result in catastrophic results. I am in contact with gm but they are so far unwilling to admit or take any action to resolve this safety issue. I need help!!! We all need to know if there is a major problem with the stabilitrak system being deployed on these new vehicles. Please take this up and open an immediate investigation. I am documenting this malfunction everywhere I can think to because no one needs to die because of a defect.
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. June 13 took it to selling dealer (45 miles away). Dealer still has van (2 weeks later-june 27) claims engineer came down, could not find problem but suggested replacing bcm (17 codes again). They are replacing the computer hoping it is the cause. We dont want the van back and asking for a replacement under the lemon law and the fact that it fails to stop if a tire is low on air. Replaced radio and mouldings. Had brake failure, sliding door failure, and more. I would not buy another uplander.
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