Chevrolet Uplander Complaints

584 consumer complaints on file.

#10593828May 24, 2014
STEERING, SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT START ENGINE PERIODICALLY...STUCK IN KEY SWITCH. HAVE TO START VEHICLE INBETWEEN DRIVE AND NEUTRAL. HAVE TO ROLL BACKWARDS IN VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO GET GEAR IN DRIVE CAN ONLY PARK WITH VEHICLE FRONT END AT UPWARD SLANT OR VEHICLE WILL NOT START AT ALL. ABS LIGHT ON AND OFF ALL THE TIME. DO NOT KNOW IF UPLANDER VAN IS A SUBURBAN OR NOT, SO NOT SURE IF ON LIST PROVIDED ON THIS FORM. THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BY OTHERS, BUT HAVE NOT HAD THE ABILITY TO GET IT FIXED PURCHASE VEHICLE IN PINEHURST NORTH CAROLINA THANK YOU *TR
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#10592739May 20, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THIS VAN HAS FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AS WE DROVE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS A BUSY HIGHWAY AND WE JUST BARELY MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD. WE WERE SO LUCKY WE WERE NOT HIT BY OTHER CARS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE MECHANIC SAID THE INSIDE SHEERED OFF INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. HE SHOWED US THE PARTS (WHICH I STILL HAVE AS PROOF OF THE ISSUE THAT IS A PROBLEM OF GM.). THE PARTS WERE WEAK AND JUST RIPPED APART. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT HURT, BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. IT COST $3800 TO REPAIR, AND THE CAR WAS ONLY 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. CHEVY WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE IN GETTING HELP. *TR
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#10596134May 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
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.
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#10588439May 14, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY, SEAT BELTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, POWER TRAIN, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT . DASH LIGHT GO OUT, SEAT BELTS ALL OF THEM UNLATCH BY THEM SELF, I REPLACED THE BRAKES 6 TIMES ALREADY, EMISSION VAPOR CANISTER WENT OUT , THE ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON . IT ALL WAYS SAY CHECK GAS CAP,KNOW MY VAN NOT WORKING. I CAN'T CLEAN ANY HARD CODES, PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE DOOR UNLATCH WHEN I WAS AND THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE DOOR HIT THE GROUND ON THE FREEWAY WITH MY 5 KIDS IN THE CAR , MY 20 YR SON WAS SITTING BY HIS EIGHT YR OLD BROTHER . MY EIGHT YR OLD WAS ON THE SIDE THAT CAME UNLATCH THANK GOD HE UN DID HIS BROTHER SEAT BELT AND GRAB HIM AND HELD ON TO HIM TIGHT UNTIL I STOP THE VEHICLE . THE STARTED WENT OUT,THE BACK AIR CONDITION WON'T WORK, THE PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE JOINT BROKE, THE VAN OVER HEATS ALL THE TIME WHICH CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT AND THE STARTER WENT I REPLACE TRANSMISSION STARTER AND THERMOSTAT .THE VAN A PIECE OF [XXX] AND I WANT MY MONEY BACK I PAID FOR IN CASH. I BROUGHT THE VAN IN 2008 AND PAID CASH FOR IT .I HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE I BROUGHT IT IN 11/1/2008. THE PROBLEMS STARTED 2 DAYS AFTER I BROUGHT THE VAN HOME. I WISH NEVER HAD GOTTEN IT. THE [XXX] THING A LEMON THEY NEED FORCE CHEVY TO RECALL THE GOD [XXX] LEMON 2008 CHEVY UPLANDER AND GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK SO I CAN GO SOME WERE ELSE AND BY MY FAMILY A REAL VAN , I'M A SINGLE MOM OF 5 CHILDREN AND I NEED A RELIABLE VAN ,NOT A PIECE OF [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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#10586562May 5, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
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. *TR
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Deaths:
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#10583197April 16, 2014
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE NOTICED RIGHT AROUND THE TIME I GOT THIS VAN THAT JUST IT JUST STARTED MAKING THIS CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR END AND MAKING A NOISE THAT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT. THE DROP DOWN MODULAR HAS BEEN REALLY BOGGING DOWN AROUND 50MPH AND MAKES ME GIVE IT MORE GAS TO STOP THE KICK BACK. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER BUYING A SET OF 4 NEW TIRES FOR THE VAN. I BOUGHT WHAT THE VAN RECALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WONT GO OFF. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND STILL WONT SHUT OFF. I HAVE KEPT THE OIL CHANGED AT REQUIRED TIMES. I NOTICED THE FUEL SYSTEM ALSO HAS BEEN GIVING THE VAN A HARSH MPG ISSUES AND NOT SURE WHY. I THINK IT MIGHT BE THE DROP DOWN MODULAR THAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. I NOW BEEN HAVING SINCE 2011 THE CLUNKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR END AXEL AREA AND THEN AFTER READING ABOUT THE RECALL TODAY REALLY MADE ME SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VAN BECAUSE I'M DISABLED AND IN A WHEELCHAIR. I HAVE THE LOWERED FLOOR OPTION AND I KNOW ITS GOING TO NEED THIS RECALL FIXED AND WELDED. PLEASE SEND ME A EMAIL ON HOW I CAN GET THIS VAN FIXED. I WANTED TO ALSO TELL YOU THAT THIS VAN WAS SOLD TO ME AT $32,850 AND HAD A BLOWN ENGINE THAT THEY DIDN'T TELL ME TILL AFTERWARDS. AT 20,000 MILES THE VAN BLEW UP AND THEY SOLD IT TO ME AS NEW AND IT WAS USED. THEY ALSO TRIED TO SELL ME A EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS PAID FOR BY THE MANUFACTURE FOR $3,500.I FEEL I WAS DONE WRONG AND WOULD NOT OF BOUGHT THIS VAN IF I HAD KNOWN IT WAS BLOWN UP AT 20,000 MILES. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A REVIEW TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND FIXED WITH THE WELDING THAT THE RECALL CALLS FOR. THANK YOU. *TT
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#10578695April 9, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT EVERY YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE RECURRING FAILURE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIE ROD END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TIRE ROD END WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO YEARS LATER. THE TIE ROD END WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE TIE ROD END WAS CONSISTENTLY REPLACED EVERY YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.
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#10578406April 8, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SEATS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SLIDING DOORS WOULD START TO AUTOMATICALLY OPEN ON ROAD AND LATER ON FREEWAY. NOW, WHEN WEAR SEAT BELT IT CATCHES ON SEAT CONTROL AND STARTS TO MOVE SEAT. *TR
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#10577596April 5, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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...? *TR
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Deaths:
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#10577608April 5, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
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. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576649April 2, 2014
POWER TRAIN, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL GAUGE/FUEL RANGE HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING SINCE 09 IN THAT THE GAUGE COULD CHANGE OR FLUXUATE AS MUCH AS 1/8 TO 1/4 TANK IN A VERY SHORT TIME. THE FUEL RANGE WHICH I THOUGHT SHOWED HOW MANY MILES YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK, THAT CHANGED AS MUCH AS 50 MILES AND A FEW TIMES, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD READ ABOUT 1/8 OF A TANK, AND I HAVE DRIVEN 1 BLOCK, AND IT SHOWED EMPTY. REALIZING THAT OTHER ARE OTHER FACTORS, I DO HOWEVER FEEL THAT IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF I'M ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS SAME PROBLEM STILL EXIST AS OF THE WRITING OF THIS COMPLAINT AND 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM BY CHANGING THE FUEL SENSOR (4 TIMES) AND REFUSED TO CHANGE IT THE LAST TIME THAT I TOOK IT TO THEM. THE SECOND ISSUE (AND I PUT POWER TRAIN) BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH MY TRANSMISSION BUT I DID NOT SEE THAT IN THE OPTIONS. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012, I COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER IN NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY DID NOTICE THE PROBLEM AND THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER BECAUSE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED IN OCTOBER A MONTH PRIOR, THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE FIXED BUT I WAS CHARGED $300.00 WHICH AT THAT TIME, I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO PAY IT SO I DID. LAST NOVEMBER 2013 THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND MY FAMILY WAS STRANDED 400 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND HAD TO LEAVE OUR VEHICLE AND RENT A CAR TO GET HOME AND THEN GO BACK AND PICK UP THE VAN. AFTER GETTING IT BACK HOME, THE DEALER DID MAKE A REPAIR TO THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN, BUT AS THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, IT IS STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTING AND THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PAY UP TO 1500 OF THE REPAIR. ANOTHER DEALER TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. CURRENTLY, I HAVE 82K MILES AND NEED THIRD TRANSMIT REPAIR. *TR
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0
Deaths:
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#10576981April 2, 2014
STEERING, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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. *TR
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Fire:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10576221April 1, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WE HAVE A 2008 CHEVY UPLANDER VAN (BOUGHT NEW) THAT BETWEEN AUG. 2010 AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED 9 TIMES BECAUSE THE BATTERY WAS TOTALLY DEAD. WHEN CALLING A TOWING SERVICE TRUCK THE VAN STARTED UP IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO A SERVICE STATION. IT HAS NOW BEEN LOOKED AT BY 3 DIFFERENT CHEVROLET DEALERS & 2 INDEPENDENT GARAGES. AFTER THROUGH ANALYSIS, NEITHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THREE TIMES I WAS TOLD THE VAN NEEDED A NEW BATTERY, BUT AFTER A FEW MONTHS THE VEHICLE WOULD AGAIN NOT START. THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE (1-800-222-1020) WOULD NOT HELP ME AND REFERRED ME TO HAVE THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. I RECOMMEND THAT GM RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND FIX IT AFTER FIGURING OUT WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS. *TR
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575786March 31, 2014
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF SHORTLY AFTER I START MY CAR. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT DO THIS FOR 5 - 7 WEEKS IN A ROW, BUT OTHER TIMES IT DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN A WEEK. MOST OF THE TIME IT HAPPENS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, BUT SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS AFTER WORK. IT DIES WITHIN 1/4 MILE OF BEING STARTED -- GENERALLY WHILE I'M STILL IN A PARKING LOT OR JUST PULLING ONTO THE ROAD. MY CAR IS PARKED OUTDOORS AND I LIVE IN A MILD CLIMATE. WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY SAID THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN THEY STARTED THE CAR AND REFUSED TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. *TR
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
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0
#10576036March 31, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL TO BE RESTARTED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED. *TR
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10575711March 30, 2014
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DEPLOYED W NO IMPACT BELT IS SLACK . MANUFACTURER KNOWS OF PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED A TSB STATING THAT ITS BECAUSE STICKY LIQUIDS HAVE SPILLED INTO MECHANISM,WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE. THE TSB IS JUST A SMOKESCREEN. IM SURE ALOT OF CARS HAVE THIS CONDITION BUT CHEVY UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10575246March 27, 2014
POWER TRAIN
THE VAN WAS PARK FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. I RETURN AND START THE ENGINE I MOVE TO "D" FOR DRIVE AND THE VAN NOT GO. ONLY 2,1 SPEED GOES FORWARD. BUT NO DRIVE "D". RESEARCH SHOW THE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION DO TO OVERHEATING. THIS ISSUES NEED TO BE ADDRESS BY CHEVY. *TR
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Injuries:
0
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#10573361March 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, WHEELS
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE OWNER ON 2/14/14. THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHICH IS A PROBLEM AT NIGHT, WHICH MEANS I CAN ONLY DRIVE IT DURING THE DAY AND WITHOUT IT LIGHTING UP THERE ARE NO CODES AVAILABLE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING ON THE HIGHWAY, OR IF I AM LOW ON FUEL, OR IN ANY OTHER KIND OF DANGER. ONE EVENING I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM A FAMILY MEMBERS HOUSE AT NIGHT AND IT WAS RAINING AND I WAS SO AFRAID. I HAD NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD, SO I HAD NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING. ALSO, A NEW BATTERY WAS PUT IN THE VAN ON 2/14/14, AND ON 2/17/14 THE ENTIRE VEHICLE DIED ON ME IN THE HOSPITAL PARKING GARAGE. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THEY SAID THAT THE BATTERY WAS NOT SUPPORTING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE CAR, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE BATTERY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE VEHICLE MANUAL. I TRAVEL A LOT WITH MY CHURCH AND AM SO AFRAID THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO LEAVE ME STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY OR WORST. THE WHEELS AT TIMES SEEM AS THOUGH THEY ARE ABOUT TO COME OFF. I PUT TWO BRAND NEW TIRES ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT. THE TIRE COMPANY SAID THE OTHER TWO WERE OKAY, SO WHY DOES IT SHAKE AND FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE COMING OFF? THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT OPEN, AND THE RADIO LIGHTING WORKS SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. I WAS TOLD NOT TO USE THE RADIO BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE BATTERY TO RUN DOWN... THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUTS OFF, OR THE DASHBOARD SUDDENLY STOPS WORKING IN A RAIN STORM OR AT NIGHT WHEN I CANNOT SEE, OR WORST, BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND TRAPPED BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THE PASSENGER DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THAT DOESN'T WORK... OR THE WHEELS COMING OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. A RECALL OF THIS VEHICLE IS DEFINITELY NEEDED! *TR
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10572810March 17, 2014
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, RACK AND PINION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE REPAIR WAS MADE THREE TIMES BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE LIABLE FOR THE REPAIRS IF THEY FOUND THAT THE EXACT SAME REPAIR WAS NEEDED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AGAIN AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE BUSHINGS WERE WHAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3000.
Crash:
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567292March 4, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
RIGHT REAR LIGHTS (INDICATOR, BRAKE ) FAILED. TRIED TO REMOVE THE BOLTS AS PER THE VEHICLE INSTRUCTION MANUAL BUT THEY WOULD ONLY SPIN. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY COULD NOT REMOVE THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT LIGHTS. DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE PANEL AND DRILLED OUT THE SIDE TO REPLACE THE CAGE NUT WITH INSERTS. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE BOLTS INSIDE HAD RUSTED AND THAT I HAD TO REMOVE THE BOLTS FROM TIME TO TIME TO PREVENT IT FROM SEIZING UP. SPOKE WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE CITING THE FACT THAT DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM WAS FAULTY AND ASKED THEM TO REIMBURSE THE CHARGES. GM DECLINED TO COVER THE CHARGES AND WHEN I STATED THAT IT WAS A FAULTY DESIGN AND THAT I WOULD TAKE IT TO NHTSA, THEY ADVISED ME TO BRING THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR WHEN THERE IS A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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