Chevrolet Uplander Electrical Problems
140 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 5 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2005. Best year: 2009.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50+MPH WITHOUT HITTING HIS BREAKS AT ALL. I WAS AT THE INTERSECTING LIGHT THAT WAS GREEN SO I HAD JUST STARTED TO PULL INTO THE INTERSECTION TO CROSS OV...
DUE TO A MINOR ACCIDENT WITH A DEER, WE NEED TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS IN THIS ONLY 12-YEAR OLD VEHICLE, WITH ONLY 135,XXX MILES ON IT. A CHEVY DEALER REPORTS THAT THESE AIRBAGS ARE 'DISCONTINUED AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE'. THIS CAR SHOULD EA...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE UPON ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, SHE CROSSED THE INTERSECTION AND ANOTHER VEHICLE RAMMED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF HER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE...
TAMARA RECALL WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT, WE HIT A 190IB DEER AT 70MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 49 SOUTH.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER FIVE TIMES AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE PO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DAUGHTER SUSTAINED INTERNAL ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED, CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL, AND FLIPPED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE INTO A RAVINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTAC...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. AFTER THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABRUPTLY. THE CONTACT'S FOOT WAS NOT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. AS A RES...
2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS WITHIN THREE YEARS, AND EACH TIME, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FIRST ACCIDENT, LEFT THE CONSUMER WIT...
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 C...