Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, it stalled without warning. The contact mentioned that the failure would also occur when driving over a bump. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the ignition switch was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 160,000.
2005 Chevrolet Uplander electrical complaints
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The check engine light came on and driveability was affected; reduced acceleration and reduced gas mileage, code 0404. Our technician found that the electrical contacts in the egr valve had failed. Since gm does not produce the replacement parts for this model, a newer egr valve, harness and computer reprogramming was necessary. The gm dealer and chevy customer service refused to help under our warranty coverage since we were out of the emissions time limit. Our tech indicated that gm has had serious egr valve failures and refuses to acknowledge this design defect except with an obscure tech bulletin. Repairs cost upwards of 800 dollars.
1st time wife driving in parking lot. Engine shut off, no power steering, brakes, dash board instrument panel went off. Total power failure. Couldn't start, not sure what she did to finally get it started. Not serviced @ this time. 2nd time vehicle would not start. Towed to pepboy's. Could not diagnose problem, but upon putting back together it started working. I drove to gm dealership. Could not diagnose because was not displaying issue. I had their master mechanic drive for week and he claims everything running fine. 3rd time < than month after 2nd time I'm driving +/- 40mph. Come up to intersection, pump brakes twice in quick succession and dashboard emergency light comes on along w/ other warning lights. No time to tell what they were. Depress brake to come to stop @ intersection and dashboard goes back to normal. I start out when light turns green and I get to +/- 30mph pump brakes twice again and engine shut off, no power steering, brakes, lights turned off "driving at night", dashboard instrument panel went off. Again total power failure. I put in park, would not start, turning key did nothing, no power whatsoever. I pulled key out and went to open door but could not open or unlock door. I could not get out of vehicle!!!! At this point I managed to flag someone down to assist me. They suggested to push off to side of road. I put key back in and put in drive "hard to do because everything is digitally displayed" and got to side of road. I tried to open door again and this time it opened. As of 04-05-14 vehicle back at same gm dealership where they claim before gm will even consider any defective parts & paying for anything. I first have to pay them to remove after market radio that previous owner installed to return vehicle back to factory condition. I'm still not sure what gm will take responsibility for even after they do this & when it happens again.
I was stopped at a stop sign when all of a sudden the instrument panel quit working no lights no gauges,,and I heard a scratching slash crackling noise coming from the speaker on drivers front side ..the panel lights came back on and it had all these warnings saying service engine soon,service ABS system,service theft protection system,change oil soon,service vehicle soon....the heater was still on thou? And the van was still running...scared me to death I had my 3 grandkids 11yrs,,14mths.,,and 4mths.,,old with me I thought we was fixing to stranded out in the 38 degree weather..... I didn't know what the heck was going on and it has done it several times since then I now gotta pay someone to fix or figure out what is going on.....and sometimes when I try to start it the engine lite comes on but no power what so ever no instrument lights at all just that one little engine lite comes on....any help would be great...?
Wife was driving on rd hit pot hole key shut off no steering no brakes contacted gm they give file number to contact dealer they said you pay first to get it fix not checking to see if it was bad don't know what to do.
Car will not start without revving engine, sliding doors quit completely by both cables breaking within 2 weeks of each other. I come from a long line of gm family workers and I will never buy gm again!
A driver parked her vehicle such that the rear of her vehicle was facing downhill. She thought she placed the vehicle in park and turned the ignition off. She left the key in the ignition and began to clean the interior of the vehicle from the front passenger side. Her two year old son was standing on the drivers seat. While she was cleaning the interior, she heard a click and the vehicle began to roll backwards. She was unable to stop the vehicle from rolling backwards. She was injured by stationary objects located outside and along the path of the moving vehicle. A review of the operation of the gear shift lever found the following: in this vehicle, it was possible to position the gear shift lever between the park and reverse positions. In this intermediate position, the gear shift lever engaged the parking pawl in the transmission system which prevented the vehicle from moving. However, the gear shift lever was not locked in position, and the lever was movable. A force was necessary to overcome the resistance holding the lever in the intermediate position. The force could have been caused by lever contact or vehicle jostling. The lever moved, and the parking pawl released the wheels allowing the vehicle to move. In normal park mode, the operator may place the gear shift lever in park and the lever will lock. In order to take the vehicle out of park, the ignition key needs to be in either the accessory or run position and the brake pedal must be depressed. A driver may then move the unlocked gear shift lever out of park. The vehicle cannot be taken out of park without first intentionally depressing the brake pedal. It was possible to bypass this process in this vehicle. The gear shift lever could be placed in an intermediate position between park and reverse where the wheels were locked, but the lever was not locked.
While driving the exterior and interior lights will dim and/or flicker. Voltage does not stay consistent. When stopping the radio will blink off, and the cd changer will make ejecting noises like a tape player. If any accessories "are" actually plugged in you will get static and electrical whining from the speakers. Vehicle will give hard start issues after experiencing the light dim and flicker issue. I have already had all the plugs and wires replaced at the dealership for these issues.
Both motors are out which is fine but know doors are locked and my doors will not open what am I suppose to do if I get in an accident and my children get stuck in the vehicle. This happened in 6 /2012 too I paid for the one to be opened and 1 week later it did it again so the right passenger door has been stuck since and I think this is ridiculous and a hazard to my children.
All the lights in the vehicle flicker while the engine is running, it is so bad that other vehicles will flash their lights at me.
Passenger side headlamp bulb holder loosened and fell to rest on headlight housing melting the plastic and started a fire,melted wiring harness complete headlight assembly and headlight mounting assembly, fire was put out right away could have burn the whole car flames where shooting out of engine compartment.
This 2005 chevy uplander has had electrical problems since I took it off the showroom floor, from all lights flashing interior dash and exterior as well. Fuel system lights as well as just about every other failure warnings inside this vehicle, to no fuel just after fill up, to service ABS system and door opens on and off since I owned it, every time I brought it in for service they told me that it needs to be happening at that time otherwise they cant fix it!! Just now after seeing all the complaints about this poor made piece of s..it. I had to have my head examined to buy this car off the lease I had. As the only owner of the car I know its not my lack of maintenance cause the problems, its the multi billion dollar gm should be held accountable for this. Someone please help us with this issue, and bail us out just like gm has been, were just average people trying to get by.
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.
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!
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.
Bought mini-van new in 2005 has only 24000 miles on it. It has been back to 2 different dealers 22 times,for electrical issues. The power sliding door's open up themselves sometimes while your are driving sometimes while it is parked.(door's are locked still does it.)have had 5 dvd player's replaced ,rear wiper motor replaced,2 radios,heated seat coil, front end parts replaced twice within 2000 miles new tires at 11,000 miles (all 4 ) fuel systemparts replaced, rear axle serviced twice within 1,000 miles,power system repaired 3 times,brakes rotors resurfaced 2 times after only10,000 miles,headlight not working properly (have complained about that 3 times have not found problem,still does it),engine harmonic balancer bolt loose retighten, plus much more .that is the short list.have made claim with better business bureau would not do anything.have filed claims with general motor's talked with 4 upper management personal they have decided the only thing they what to do is offer us a $1000 toward a new general motor's car.the problem with that is I do not what to but another g.m. Car or truck because of the way they have handled us with this one. Every 3 month's now the service a.b.s light comes on and then the all-wheel drive is disabled. The van is now out of warranty and we are stuck with this piece of junk having to get fixed every 3 month's. Please help us come to some kind of solution,have checked on-line and found a lot of uplander owner's having the same problem's related to electrical issues so it's not just this one. Thank you.
Lights on my uplander go out while driving at night. When I bought it in 2005 it happened maybe every 2 months. Now it is twice a week. I can't drive safely at night. Other times they flicker and grow very dim.
Noise front end while driving repair 3 times same problems today. There is a vibration when slowing down today same problems.never repair.noise front end when taking off can feel and hear a clunk. Clanging sound when shifting into drive or reverse.starter sticking reprogramming same problem. Steering shaft is a problem change 3 times same problems.(repair the parts on did you change it completely ? ).never recall failure. Today same problems poor service only promise.
The lights (interior and exterior) will flicker in my 2005 chevrolet uplander. It has become an unsafe situation as oncoming traffic think that I am flashing my highbeams at them. I have not replaced the voltage regulator yet, but I am sure this is the problem. Gm should issue a recall for this item. My car is past the warranty period (60000 miles), and gm will only repair if I pay full price and labor for this safety item.
The automatic doors on our 2005 chevy uplander open by themselves, the alarms go off saying they are not shut, and if the driver's side rear door is opened, it takes about a half hour to get it to shut again.
When driving my minivan the door on the side will fly open, also the gauges will stop working so you cannot tell how fast you are going, I have had my car in at least 5 times the last year.
This complaint covers many components of the chevy uplander that has spanned over the three years that we have owned the van. All problems are "unable to be diagnosed" by dealerships and chevy refuses to help us. I have been in contact with chevy from about the second time that the van went to the shop for electrical problems. We have had electrical problems that vary from the lights flickering to the fans output changing to the radio not allowing you to program in a station on one preset button, we are also currently having an ABS issue and have had a non gm mechanic look at the van and said it is ok. The passenger side auto sliding door does not always automatically open and sometimes does not close either, when you manually shut it will open by itself several times before it stays shut. We are currently and have for some time had a problem with starting the van this is also something that "can't be diagnosed" it has been looked at many times. The problems happens about 15-20 times a week. We did purchase the extended warranty on the van and it is now about up and I am at a loss as to what to do because nobody wants to help even though it is clear I am not the only one . Please let me know if there is any other way to fight this. The drivers sliding door doesn't always unlock either unless done by hand.
I purchased a 2005 uplander from a gm dealer in july 2005. I now have 32,167. I took my vehicle in for its normal oil change at 22,000 when the service department said I needed front and brakes and rotors. We replaced the brakes and rotors and my rotors need to replaced again. I also noticed a noise coming from the left front tire I was told that they did not hear the noise and everything was fine. I have taken the van in for dimming on the lights and the vehicle feeling like it is going to stall too many times to count and every time they tell me it is just the way gm vehicles run. I also have a problem with the starter I will crank it and nothing this happens at lease once a day and I have to retry at least two times before the van will start.the steering has been a big issue we have been having problems with the tightness and when I am driving I can feel the back end swaying. The vehicle is unsafe to be driving and with two small children it is extremely scary. After reading all the complaints how is this vehicle still on the road. The issues people are having are extremely dangerous. The dealership I go to has never tried to fix or replace any of the issues with my van. They also tell me its normal and they cannot find anything wrong. I am looking to replace the tires they are bald which is causing the van to hydroplane everytime it rains. The sticker on the inside panel is different from the tires. The tire goodyear intergrity p225/60r17 states 44 psi with a max load of 1653 lbs. The inside sticker states 35 psi and max load of 1330 lbs. The tire size is extremely hard to find. I have also noticed when we close the sliding doors they do not shut, the latch doesnt catch the door until you slam extremely hard. Then my daughter will try to get out of the vehicle and the child lock will be on when we didn't slide it on. Can someone please do something to stop this
I have had to jump start my 2005 chevrolet uplander several times. The car has been taken to the dealership three times (today 2-21-2008 being the third). The battery was replaced once, the radio was replaced the second time. I have not received a diagnoses to the problem today, but the vehicle would not start even with a jump from a tow truck. The only item installed after market on this vehicle was a sit and lift seat, installed by the dealership at a cost of $5000. The seat has performed without failure, other than a few times it would not operate unless the side sliding door on the opposite side of the vehicle was opened or closed, depending on it status at the time of the failure.
Access to horn press button difficult to engage without visual guidance thereby distracting driver from priority navigation control, because of exact access point difficult to locate causing delay of necessary employment for an immediate emergency requirement is a safety concern.
When I let off the accelerator the lights flicker and the blower slows down. Also, sometimes when I try to start it, the engine won't start.
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
The car intermittently tries to start the crank keeps turning but does not start. As well as I was traveling on freeway with a big rig on the side of me and the car stalled and steering locked. Thank god I managed to glide over to the exit lane. I was terrified as was my passenger. When I looked at the gauges I noticed I was out of gas, but I had just put in $20 . Chevy sent out tow truck to give me gas, but car still would not start. Finally hours later car was taken to chevy. When uplander was finished they said it was electrical short due to water in lines. Weather was great no rain or puddles anywhere. Uplander almost stalled on another night lights dimmed and tires stopped ,but then it worked fine. Strange very!!! Driver side sliding door opens or shuts when it wants. My daughter was in her car seat and I pushed button to close door she put her foot up towards door and it shut and locked. Luckily her tennis shoes were a little big so only minor bruising occurred. However my daughter is terrified of car. Also I have already put 6 new tires on car because they were bald at 13,000 miles first time. Tires in front are bald again. Uplander is not stable to drive on highway.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that a vehicle merged into traffic from a side road and crashed into his vehicle's passenger side door. The contact was driving 35 MPH at the time of the crash. The air bags failed to deploy and the middle row seats reclined backwards. The driver and six passengers were injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was previously taken to the dealer several times for the electrical system, the dashboard, and other equipment. The dealer stated that the electrical failure was corrected. Hinesville police report number 07064548 was filed. The powertrain and dealer information were unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 30,079. The consumer provided georgia accident report, court documentation, medical documentation, newspaper article pertaining to the accident, pictures of the accident and injuries. The dealer stated reprogram instrument panel. Updated 09/11/07
We have had several issues with the doors not closing and have taken the vehicle in several times. The service dept. Couldn't duplicate the problem. Apparently gm knows about the problem because the last time we were in there they told us there was an internal service bulletin about re-routing wires and possible module replacement, all of which was done to our vehicle. It is going back in again 7-27-07 for the same problem. Our uplander also has a problem of the door locks rapidly locking and unlocking at various times while driving, and all of the lights will flicker and dim. One instance while driving at night all lights went out briefly and came back on, extremely dangerous! Something has to be done. We live in michigan, you'd think there wouldn't be a problem in the motor city.
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