2005 Chevrolet Uplander electrical problems

Filed Nov 17, 2018 · Electrical · 341,000 miles · IL

Driving the vehicle along the interstate at 65 MPH at night, the ignition switch run position rotated to off and the engine and all headlights, dash, etc, shutdown along with the power steering and power brakes. The incident has just started happening and 340,000 miles on it. Only way to get rolling is to put the auto trans lever to neutral and twist the ignition key to crank position and let key settle to run position. The ignition switch itself has a spring detent and it sets in a pocket at run. So this switch has a spring that over time weakens and allows the whole key cylinder ans switch to drop out of run and shut off the electrical. Solution was to put in a new switch or just use a single key instead of a full set of keys hanging from the key slot.. The full replacement of the switch runs 350$, prts and labor.

Filed Jan 3, 2018 · Electrical · 180,000 miles · MI

My electrical will go out as I am driving. The car has stopped completely and the electrical as I was driving. My car will turn on and then off, and I have to do it about 5 times before I can even get it to stay on and drive. Sometimes the electrical will stop after that but I can still drive. This is not safe. It has been going on for some time.

Filed Sep 9, 2017 · Electrical · 183,000 miles · MN

The ignition slips into the off mode while vehicle is running, thus disabling everything, including power steering and brakes. I have had it happen while moving out of parking spots on a public street, and many times after start up when I'm not moving. I have quit driving it until I can get it repaired due to safety concern.

Filed Apr 23, 2017 · Electrical, Seats · 167,000 miles · MN · 1 injury

My daughter was driving my car with the heated seats on. She felt it get extremely hot. She turned off seat warmers. When she got out of car, the seat had melt/burn marks and her leggings and skin had burn/red marks. I had a mechanic look into this and he said do not use seat warmers-it will cause a fire. New seat is at least $500 without labor. Makes me question entire electrical system. In addition, you have connected so many things together, that replacing one thing means replacing a whole console. I am a true chevy person- used to own? Be associated with a chevy beretta, 1964 corvair, citation, malibu... Looking to buy again, but this burning was scary!

Filed Oct 4, 2016 · Electrical, Steering · 181,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the power steering failed and the radio became inoperable. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 181,000.

Filed Aug 17, 2016 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · IN

While driving down the interstate my uplander shuts off for no reason or warning. No check engine lights come on. I had onstar run a test and nothing is found.

Filed Sep 17, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 83,000 miles · IN

Several times since purchasing my 2005 chevy uplander, the ignition has just shut off. Normally this was when idoling so I wasn't too sure. However, it just turned off when I was driving 65 MPH on a major expressway in chicago. This could have been catastrophic. This ignition switch is the same one that is currently in the gm recall, yet it has not been recalled yet. Please recall all vehicles with this ignition switch as most vehicles have already been recalled. Why wait on the recall until more people are in accidents and possibly die? It isn't worth the risk.

Filed Feb 10, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 104,430 miles · MI

While my wife was driving to work, and without any sort of issue to provoke it, the ignition came out of the run or on position, causing the vehicle to abruptly shut off. I did some research and found that this was the same ignition as all the other vehicles that have been recalled, yet this one was not on the list. Luckily she had her wits about her and pulled into the center turn lane. But the issue persisted, generally only when trying to start the vehicle or when shifting the vehicle into different gears (park, reverse, drive, etc.). It cost me $312 to fix this issue between parts and labor

Filed Sep 16, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 119,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart after multiple attempts. On another occasion, the entire electrical components failed. In addition, the brake and the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that there was an abnormal noise coming from the vehicle and hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who that the ignition switch needed to be replaced. Additionally, there was an electrical shortage for the interior lighting, and head gasket needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 119,000.

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Body, Electrical · 45,000 miles · PA

The sliding door on rear passenger side of van would not close without the 'open door bell' beeping constantly (even after closed). Sometimes after re-closing, it would stop but this eventually became a constant happening. We live in pa. And were in fl. When this first happened, so we took it to a dealer to have it fixed. Approx. A year later, the same thing happened. Again, after opening and closing the door a number of times the beeping would sometimes stop, but when we needed to use the door, it would repeat. We took it to the dealer the second time to have it repaired. Now, we are experiencing the same thing again and the beeping will not stop! This is way too expensive for us to handle. We are seniors and cannot afford to pay for this kind of defect. Please help us!