2007 Chevrolet Uplander: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Aug 14, 2018 · 80,000 miles · VA

The side doors will not close

Filed Oct 26, 2017 · VA

The motorized doors will not close. The dealer said that the motor is not strong enough for the doors to close. The dealer put in a new one when I had 23,000 miles on and said that this is very unsafe. It is now doing the same thing again and I only have 85,000 on the car now.

Filed Apr 5, 2014 · Body, Electrical · 32,000 miles · PA

We purchased the 2007 chevy uplander before doing any research....had we known what we know now, we would have not purchased it. Shortly after we purchased the vehicle the rear sliding doors began acting up. Sometimes they won't open and other times they randomly open on their own. When you close the door, it will stop mid-close, reopen then start closing again. When you think it is closed, it will just keep grinding and then pop back open. We were in nc on vacation when the door alarm wouldn't stop 'dinging' because the door wouldn't close all the way. Once we finally got the door to close, the kids would have to crawl through the rear hatch for fear that the doors wouldn't close again since we were so far from home. We have had the vehicle back to the dealer numerous times for this problem...they didn't find anything wrong with it! I even drove straight to the dealership within minutes of this happening...but when I got there it never happened again. Another issue we had was with the wiring harness failing at 35,000 miles. Luckily that was under warranty.

Filed Mar 19, 2012 · Body, Electrical · 122,015 miles · SC

I purchased the vechile in 2010. I didn't have any problems with the doors at this time. About 6 months later they would open by themselves when in park. Or they would not close a dinging noise would sound and the door would open back up when tring to close it. I didn't think much about it at this time because it only did this when in park and after playing with it for a while we could eventually get them to stay closed. Well, a couple of days ago and again today, the door opened while I was driving 65 miles per hour going down the interstate with my 2 kids in the back seat. My daughter who is 6 screamed bloody murder as I panically hit the brakes and telling my other daughter who is 8 to grab her arm, hold tight and do not let go. I got off and pulled to the side of the interstate break down lane. Took a couple of minutes to gather my self and calm my children. I put the kids in the very back and buckled them in. My main concern is my children's safety. I bought this van for the family and it has now turned into a horrible nightmare. I am now putting the kids in the very back, which thank goddness because this happened again today. I am still making payments on the van and cannot afford to get another car. We now have another baby on the way and I am not quite sure what we are to do because this will put one of the kids having to sit in the path of danger when the baby is born. I have paperwork in the van from where the previous owner of the van has already replaced the doors because of them opening when she was driving. The fix must have not solved the problem because now here my family sits with the same concern on the same doors. This is a real concern and if something isn't done about it a child's life may be lost. Van owners purchase vans for the room of their growing family and should feel that there kids are safe when in it.

Filed Jun 8, 2011 · Body · 45,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet uplander. The contact stated that the passenger power sliding door would not close sporadically. Once the door was finally able to be closed, the door would not open. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 106,000.

Filed Aug 1, 2010 · Body · 22,000 miles · TX

2007 chevy uplander with in the first month the door would not close then it would come open while driving this is where the child safety seat is. It has been in the shop 15 times, they have replaced every part, they have reprogrammed over and over. Chevy is saying they would give me 2000.00 off a new car. To me that is not a fix!!!!

Filed Sep 22, 2008 · Body · 29,000 miles · TX · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet uplander. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the passenger fell out of the vehicle from the rear driver's side door. The passenger sustained scratches. Both of the rear power door locks are defective and cannot be locked manually. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that they could not repair the defect. The manufacturer took a report, but would still not assist. The failure mileage was 29,000 and current mileage was 30,500.

Filed Mar 7, 2008 · Locks · NC

While traveling my sliding doors has a tendency of opening by itself; on a certain day while traveling approximate 60 MPH the door opened while my infant child was on the side the door was open on.

Filed Oct 11, 2007 · Body · 8,450 miles · NY

Passenger sliding door would not close correctly and it open while the car was moving. The door would close then reopen and you would have to hold the door closed in order for the door to lack closed. The repair that was done was to replaced the center hinge roller support and adjusted cables. Then a month later the cable jammed up in the motor and had to be cut to get the door to close. The repair that was done was to replace the cable and motor for the sliding door. The next problem is that the driver side sliding door will open and close fully but when it closes the motor continues to run and the rear of the door pops open slightly. Repair is pending.