Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2005 Chevrolet Uplander submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 45 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 45, in the owner's own words
WHILE DRIVING DOWN I-75 IN MICHIGAN DOING ~75MPH, I FEEL A SHARP TUG THEN A SWAY. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME AND INSPECTED IT. THE WELDS ON THE BODY TO THE ATTACHING POINT OF THE REAR AXLE HAD BROKEN AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE WAS TRACKING SIDEWAYS. THANK GOD NOTHING BAD HAPPENED, WE HAD ALL SIX OF OUR KIDS WITH US WHEN IT WENT OUT AT 75MPH.
THE BACK REAR HATCH WHEN I LIFTED DROPPED! I GOT MY HANDS UP FAST ENOUGH TO STOP IT AND WAS NOT INJURED THOUGH
THE CHASSIS HAS A SERIOUS RUST ISSUE AS I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE RUST ISSUE IS ONE THAT YOU WOULD NOT EVEN SEE ON A 60 YEAR OLD CAR. IT CAUSED THE REAR WHEEL AND ALL OF ITS COMPONENTS TO BREAK FREE. I DO HAVE PICTURES (IT'S DARK OUT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT BUT I CAN BY MORNING) I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THIS FOR QUIET A WHILE NOW.
2005 CHEVY UPLANDER LT. UNDERCARRIAGE RUSTED ON BACK PASSENGER SIDE WITHIN 9 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, CAUSING SEPARATION OF THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL FROM THE BODY OF VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVING, YOU CAN HEAR/FEEL CLUNKING/SQUEAKING NOISE WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE TIRE IS GOING TO COME COMPLETELY OFF THE CAR. AREA AFFECTED CANNOT BE REPLACED NOR WELDED AS THIS CAN BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAVE IMAGES THAT CAN BE SENT VIA EMAIL.
AS I AM DRIVING THE ELECTRONIC SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STARTS TO BUZZ LIKE IT DOES WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENING AND I CAN HEAR IT CLICKING AS IF IT IS GOING TO OPEN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I AM AFRAID I WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE DOOR WILL OPEN. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN INDEPENDENTLY WHILE WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND OPEN AND CLOSE INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
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! *TR
SLIDING DOORS KEPT MESSING UP, DINGING EVEN AFTER BEING CLOSED, WON'T LATCH ALL THE WAY. *TR
THE TENSION RODS OR WHATEVER THEY ARE CALLED THAT KEEP THE HATCH UP, THEY BOTH WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND THE HATCH CAME SLAMMING DOWN. WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED SOMEONE HAD THEY BEEN UNDER IT. VEHICLE ONLY 2 YRS OLD! I'VE HAD 6 VANS IN MY LIFE AND NONE HAVE EVER HAD THIS HAPPEN, THIS VAN HAS BEEN A PIECE OF CRAP FROM DAY ONE! *TR
THE REAR SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DOORS CONTINUE TO OPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW ON 6/7/05. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS RIGHT AWAY AND TOOK IT IN FOR THE FIRST REPAIR ON 7/7/05 WITH 980 MILES. THE DOORS WERE ALSO REPAIRED 7/25/05 WITH 1338 MILES, 10/25/05 WITH 2,768 MILES, AND 11/4/05 WITH 2,865 MILES. THE DOORS CONTINUED TO NOT OPEN OR CLOSE AT TIMES AND/OR THE DOOR CHIMES WOULD DING AND NOT TURN OFF FROM 2005-2012. WE TRIED TO AVOID USING THE CAR WITH THE CHILDREN AND USE OUR OTHER CAR. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2012 THE PROBLEMS WITH THE DOORS PROGRESSED AND AT TIMES IT WOULD TAKE HOURS TO GET THE DOORS TO CLOSE OR THE CHIMES WOULD NOT GO OFF AT ALL. THIS IS WHEN THE DOORS STARTED COMING OPEN WHILE THE VAN WAS IN MOTION. THE DEALERSHIP WORKED ON THE VAN AGAIN 9/28/12 WITH 52,782 MILES. FROM SEPTEMBER 2013-JUNE 2013 THE DOORS CONTINUED TO NOT WANT TO OPEN OR CLOSE AT TIMES. WE STILL TRIED TO AVOID USING THE VEHICLE WITH THE CHILDREN. THE ISSUES STARTED AGAIN IN JUNE OF 2013 WITH THE DOORS OPENING WHILE IN MOTION. I TOOK THE VAN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP ON 7/2/13 WITH 60,873 MILES TO SERVICE THE DOORS AND FLICKERING HEADLAMPS. ON 8/2/13 I TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE DOORS ARE OPENING AGAIN WHILE IN MOTION AND I REFUSE TO PICK IT UP DUE TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. *TR
WHEN THE REAR DOOR WAS BEING OPENED USING THE SWITCH LOCATED ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, THE DOOR FELL OFF OF THE TRACK AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY LIFT THE DOOR AND CLOSE AND LOCK IT SO THAT IT WOULDN'T AUTOMATICALLY OPEN. *TR
DRIVER SEATBELT WILL NOT BUCKLE PROPERLY. IT TAKES ABOUT 4 ATTEMPTS TO SECURE THE SEATBELT. *TR
PULLED DOWN ON REAR DOOR STRAP, AND ONE ATTACH BRACKET BROKE WITH RIVET STILL ATTACHED TO STRAP. THE DOWNWARD MOTION BROUGHT MY HAND ACROSS THE RIVET, RESULTING IN A HAND CUT. ONE END OF THE ATTACH RIVET IS SMOOTH AND THE OTHER END IS KNIFE SHARP. THE REPLACEMENT STRAP PURCHASED FROM GM DEALERSHIP IS SAME DESIGN. IF BOTH ENDS OF THE RIVET WERE SMOOTH, NO INJURY WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR OPENED WITHOUT ACTIVATION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH THE LOCKING MECHANISM ACTIVATED. IN ADDITION, THE DOOR AJAR ALARM WOULD SOUND ERRONEOUSLY WHEN THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO SANDPAPER THE SCRATCH CENSOR SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000 AND THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
REAR DRIVERS SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN IN PARKED POSITION ON ITS OWN, WOULD REPEATEDLY HAVE TO CLOSE DOOR, ONCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HGHWAY IT OPENED ON ITS OWN. TOOK IT TOO DEALER IN LONGVIEW WASHINGTON, QUOTED PRICE OF $1400.00 TO FIX OR HAVE IT DISENGAGED AND OPEN AND CLOSE MANUALLY. I CHOSE THE LATTER, AN INCONVENIENCE BUT CHEAPER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OR FOR THAT MATTER IT IS A SAFETY HAZZARD FOR ANYONE SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE GM WORKMANSHIP. WOULD NOT EVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT. *TT
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. *TT
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. *TR
I OWN A 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER. THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO CLOSE. ON A FEW OCCASIONS THE DOOR HAS OPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. OTHER TIMES THE DOOR RANDOMLY STARTS BEEPING AND WILL NOT STOP, EVEN IF YOU TURN THE VAN OFF AND GET OUT IT STILL BEEPS. IS THERE A RECALL ON THE DOORS OF THIS TYPE OF VAN. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR
TL *THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE SLIDING DOOR OF THE VEHICLE HIS FINGER WAS AMPUTATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 51, 500.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TWO SEAT BELTS ON THE MIDDLE ROW ARE STARTING TO SPLIT AND THE REAR SEAT BELTS WERE STUCK AND WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKING TO A CAR SEAT INSPECTION STATION AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE SEAT BELTS COULD NOT BE USED BECAUSE THEY WERE A SAFETY HAZARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SIDE SLIDING DOOR ON THE LEFT WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY CLOSE PROPERLY. IF THE DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED BY HAND, THE DOOR WOULD OPEN RANDOMLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SIDE RAILS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF RUST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 109000.
POWER SLIDING DOORS OPEN / CLOSE BY THEMSELVES AT TIMES (USUALLY RIGHT DOOR, BUT SOMETIMES LEFT). SOMETIMES, WHEN THE DOOR HAS BEEN CLOSED IT WILL REOPEN & HAVE TO BE CLOSED MANUALLY. AT TIMES THE DOOR WILL STAY CLOSED, BUT THE 'DINGING' NOISE WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I AM DRIVING. THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHEN IT CONTINUED DINGING WELL AFTER THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. WE HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AND 'FIXED' A FEW TIMES. THE FIX SOMETIMES LASTED A WEEK OR TWO. SOMETIMES, IT ONLY LASTED A COUPLE OF DAYS. WE WERE NEVER ABLE TO PINPOINT OR PREDICT WHEN THE MALFUNCTION WOULD OCCUR. FINALLY, WE HAVE REMOVED THE FUSE PERMANENTLY AND ONLY OPERATE THE DOORS MANUALLY TO PREVENT A SERIOUS INJURY FROM OCCURRING TO THE CHILDREN. IN THE REAR (3RD) SEAT, THE RIGHT SEAT BELT HAS ALSO RETRACTED & WILL NOT RELEASE. THIS HAPPENED ONE DAY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A CHILD FROM THE VEHICLE. HE WAS IN A BOOSTER SEAT AND STRAPPED IN BY THE SEAT BELT. WHEN I UNLATCHED THE BELT, IT RETRACTED SLIGHTLY, BUT WOULD NOT PULL BACK OUT. NOW IT IS TOO TIGHT TO PLACE A CAR SEAT, BOOSTER, OR HAVE SOMEONE SIT THERE. I HAVE NOT MADE THE TRIP TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS SITUATION. NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO SIT IT THAT SEAT BECAUSE THE SAFETY RESTRAINT IS NOT-USABLE. *TR
IN 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER LT AWD AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS OPEN AND DO NOT CLOSE PROPERLY WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE AUDIBLE ALARM INDICATING THE DOORS ARE UNLATCHED TO "DING" OR RING. EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND DOORS ARE RE-CLOSED THIS ISSUE PERSISTS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN A VAN THAT IS FAIRLY NEW WITH 34,000 MILES AND USED TO CARRY CHILDREN BETWEEN ACTIVITIES IN LOCAL AREA. *TR
I OWN A 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER AND THE DOORS HAVE COME OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR
WE PURCHASED A USED 2005 CHEVY UPLANDER FROM A DEALERSHIP IN VANCOUVER WASHINGTON. WE ONLY HAD THE VAN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR NOT CLOSING. WE WOULD CLOSE IT AND IT WOULD LATCH THEN A COUPLE SECONDS LATER IT WOULD REOPEN. WE TOOK THE VAN INTO A CHEVY DEALER TO HAVE THE DOOR REPAIRED. THEY REPAIRED IT , BUT ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ACCRUE A DAY LATER. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND TOOK IT BACK IN ONLY THE DEALER CHECKED THE DOOR TO SEE IF IT WAS WORKING OR NOT . THE DOOR DID THE SAME THING OF CLOSING THEN OPENING RIGHT BACK UP. THE DEALER THEN DROVE IT AROUND TO THE BACK OF THE SHOP , ONLY TO LATER HAVE THE MECHANICS SAY THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE DOOR TO MALFUNCTION. SO THEY CALLED US TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE. I WENT AND PICKED IT UP AND ON MY WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER THE DOOR WAS TRYING TO OPEN WELL I WAS DRIVING . IT DID IT QUIET A FEW TIMES. SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE ALL THE WAY BACK TO VANCOUVER TO THE DEALER WE BOUGHT IT. I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO DRIVE THIS VAN WITH OUR CHILDREN SETTING RIGHT BESIDE THE DOOR AND SOMETHING HAPPEN. I TOLD THEM THIS AND THEY SAID THAT THE ONLY THING THEY WOULD DO IS TAKE THE VEHICLE AS A TRADE IN. THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AT ALL AND WE HAD JUST BOUGHT IT FROM THEM FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THAT. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE VAN ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO MALFUNCTION. THE VAN ALSO SOMETIMES WILL NOT START I TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT THAT TO AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE WE NEVER KNEW WHEN THE VAN WOULD MALFUNCTION LIKE THIS TO. *TR
2005 CHEVY UPLANDER SIDE DOORS OPEN ON THEIR OWN WHEN DRIVING(.ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT TO EA 07019 I FILED A COMPLAINT OVER A YEAR AGO TO FLORIDA HWY SAFETY,A COMPLAINT TO CHEVY AS WELL. DEALER CAN NOT FIX@LOTT MATHER CHEVROLET. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR NOW,POSSIBLY TWO YEARS. DEALER CANT FIX,ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE REPLACED CERTAIN COMPONENTS.) *TR
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