2008 Chevrolet Uplander

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AND STAYED ON SINCE THIS DATE. IT WAS A FLEET CAR THAT WAS SERVICED BY A DEALERSHIP FOR 161,000. MY HUSBAND TOLD THE DEALERSHIP EVERY TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, BUT THEY NEVER WOULD FIX IT. WE BOUGHT IT FROM FLEET COMPANY AND WE TOOK IT BY THE SAME DEALERSHIP TO ASK THEM IF THEY COULD HELP US AND THE OWNER PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT IT HAS TOO MANY MILES ON IT AND IT IS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. I TOLD HIM YOU ARE THE DEALERSHIP THAT SERVICED IT FOR ALL THOSE MILES AND YOU KNEW ABOUT IT AND HAVE MANY RECORDS OF THE COMPLAINT AND DID NOT FIX IT. I THEN CONTACTED GM AND THEY WOULD NOT HELP ME EITHER. IT IS WRONG. IT ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM TOO. I WAS STRANDED AT WORK ONE TIME. IF YOU PARK ON A SLANTED HILL AND YOU HAVE A QUARTER OF A TANK OF GAS IT WILL NOT CRANK. YOU HAVE TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN ON BACK TO SHIFT GAS AND IT WILL SOMETIMES CRANK. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 28 MPH, SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE, FALLING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT SUGGESTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A COST TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT FELT THAT IT WAS A MANUFACTURER?S DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. THE CONSUMER'S INSURANCE COMPANY STATED IT WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE DAMAGE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE SHORT, WHICH PREVENTED THE DOOR FROM LOCKING, THE LIGHTS WENT OFF ON THE DASH, AND A DINGING SOUND, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WAS SUPPOSE TO MAKE A SOUND WHEN THE DOOR OPENED, BUT THERE WAS NO SOUND. EVERY 10-11 MONTHS THE BRAKES AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. UPDATED 07/09/12

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY UPLANDER WHICH HAS DEVELOPED A SEVERE BANGING OF THE REAR AXLE THROUGH THE REAR TAILING ARM BUSHING THE MANUFACTURER IS WELL AWARE OF THE FAILURE OF THE REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS IN THIS VEHICLE AND WITH ALL MODELS WITH THIS TYPE OF REAR AXLE. THE VEHICLE SOUNDS AS IF SOMEONE IS POUNDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME WHENEVER I HIT ANY SIZE BUMP AT ANY SPEED. I KNOW THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM BECAUSE CHEVY HAS ISSUED A REVISION TO THEIR MECHANICS REPAIR MANUAL WITH AN ADDENDUM NUMBERED PIT3323E. WHICH STATES THAT:" IF NO PROBLEMS ARE FOUND WITH THE REAR SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AFTER THOROUGH DIAGNOSIS THEN REPLACE THE REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS" THIS ADDENDUM GOES ON TO STATE THAT "A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS MAY SHOW NO FAULT" I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD HAVE THIS DEFECT REPAIRED FOR FREE OR AT A DISCOUNTED PRO RATED CHARGE.BUT, NO I AM DROPPING THE CAR OFF TOMMORROW TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $ 380.00. I FEEL THAT A T.S.B. SHOULD BE ISSUED SO THAT OWNERS OF THESE CARS SHOULD HAVE THEIR REPAIRS DONE AT A FAIR PRORATED CHARGE.UNFORTUNATELY ITS TOO LATE FOR ME BECAUSE THE NOISE AND JARRING OF THE BODY UPON HITTING A SMALL PEBBLE IN THE ROAD HAS BECOME UNBEARABLE AND I HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET,IF ONLY FOR MY OWN SANITY. OH, P.S. I HAVE REPLACED TWO SETS OF SHOCKS IN THE REAR SINCE THE DEFECT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT BY ANY MEANS, WHETHER IT BE A VISUAL INSPECTION OR BY JACKING UP THE REAR AND PHYSICALLY MANIPULATING AND TRYING TO OBSRVE THE OPERATION AND ACTION OF THE AXLE TO DUPLICATE THE NOISE. NO SUCH LUCK!!!!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR EARLIER, THE DEALER REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE DUST SHIELD WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT FAILED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,700 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,700.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD HAPHAZARDLY OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND COULD NOT BE CLOSED SECURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL UNKNOWN PARTS AND READJUSTED THE ALIGNMENT, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD INSPECT THE FAILURE AND CONTINUE WITH AN ADEQUATE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

DASH INDICATOR SHOWS SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS OPEN, WHEN IT IS NOT. BELLS DING, INSIDE LIGHTS COME ON, DOORS BECOME INOPERATIVE FROM INSIDE VEHICLE. HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 50 TIMES. WE HAVE HAD IN SHOP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 TIMES, BOTH DOOR MODULES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND BODY CONTROL MODULE NOW BEING REPLACED. CHEVROLET STATES THAT IT DOESN'T SET A TROUBLE CODE, SO THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF THE OCCURRENCES, THOUGH SERVICE DEPARTMENT MANAGER HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN PERSON. MY CONCERN IS WHEN THIS HAPPENS, MY WIFE, MYSELF AND OR CHILDREN CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND I FEEL THIS IS UNSAFE. CHEVROLET DOES NOT AGREE THAT THIS IS UNSAFE. I REALLY WANT TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, BUT CHEVROLET WILL NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE IS PAID FOR, FREE AND CLEAR, SO THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF OWING MONEY AND WANTING OUT. CHEVROLET SHOULD MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE, AND IS NOT DOING ANYTHING TO ENSURE THIS. THEY HAVE BEEN HANDLING THIS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS LAST TIME VEHICLE IS IN SHOP FOR TWO WEEKS - NO LOANER, NO ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FOR US. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED HAT THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHEN ANY ROAD BUMP WAS DRIVEN OVER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT ONCE THE PROBLEM RECURRED, TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,880.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS IF THERE WERE NO SUSPENSION SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR BUSHINGS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT STARTED GOING SLACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT I COULD TAKE UP THE TENSION BY HAND AFTER I BUCKLED THE BELT. THIS WAS JUST AN ANNOYANCE UNTIL A MONTH AGO WHEN THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. THE MIL WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST , LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS LIKELY TO RESOLVE ITSELF. UNFORTUNATELY THE MIL IS NOW ALWAYS ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN WHOM I TRUST AND HE PUT THE VEHICLE ON THE SCANNER. HE INFORMED ME THAT I DID INDEED HAVE A "HARD" CODE. HIS COMPUTER TELLS ME THAT MY LEFT FRONT PRETENSIONER DEPLOYMENT LOOP IS OPEN. (CODE # DTC B 0065). I HAVEN'T YET TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO SEE HOW THIS RESOLVES. *TT

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORS. OEM MONITORS FAILED AT 34000 MILES, 40000 MILES AND 42000 MILES. GM REPLACED TWO OF THREE FAILURES. REPLACED ONE AND THREE. WOULD NOT REPLACE SECOND FAILURE WE WERE TRAVELING AND TIRE REPAIRED BY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. LAST TWO WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER LAST REPLACEMENT WAS AN UPGRADED MODEL AND NOT ALUMINUM. APPARENTLY THE ALUMINUM ANODIZED AND DETERIORATED. *TR