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fedupchevyowner -> RE: Uplander- Power Sliding Doors (10/23/2007 9:52:50 AM)
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I bought a 2005 Chevy Uplander thinking this is the car I would keep until my kids were grown..... I guess not. Now, 2 years later, I am fed up with the service I get at the Chevy Dealership and, I am fed up with the problems with this lemon....
It really irritates me that I paid so much for this piece of *&^%!, and 2 years later, I am ready to take a loss & trade it in for anything that is not made by GM.
I have had problems with the power sliding door since I bought the vechile, I have taken it in 3 times for the door alone, and the first time, they told me it was the sensor & they would fix it, the second time, they charged me $20.00 to wipe down the sensors... a week later, the door wouldn't open, agian....
This time, they told me it was a piece of molding, and it was causing the door not to close properly. They charged me $80.00 to remove a piece of molding. They did not replace it, they just took it off & say it is not needed.... Then why was it there??
I have had problems with the brakes as soon as the van hit 7,000 miles. They have been turned, they have been replaced, and I am sure 2 - 3,000 miles from now they will be shaking again...
The Sway Bar Links have had to be fixed twice,
And every time I fill the gas tank, if I fill it all the way, the check engine light comes on & says there is no gas in the car, as soon as it gets to about 3/4 of a tank the light goes off & the gas gage works again.
I purchased the extra warranty when I bought the vechile, because I figured I would have this van for at least 10 years, and wanted to be covered. Even with the extended warranty, I end up paying around $500 every time I take this thing in to the dealer, and they always tell me, "It's a maintenance issue" I don't understand how faulty brakes are a "maintenance issue" The door is a "maintenance issue", etc etc. I've had nothing but problems with the brakes since I bought the thing. And the same for the door.... A vechile shouldn't made you stressed when a kid accidently uses the power sliding door to get in or out of the car & then you are sitting in the grocery parking lot trying to get the thing to stop beeping for 45 minutes before doing your errands... Just what you need when you are running around doing errands with 3 kids. Or your husband accidently goes over the 3/4 mark when he fills up the car, so now the car is saying there is no gas & beeping at you, you get mad at him....
This wasn't a cheap purchase, My car payments doubled when I bought this thing, we justified it by saying this would be the car I would have for 10 years, I'd be better off with a bike with a baby trailer attached. I've had enough. Now our options are, keep the thing & keep taking it in for these problems, or trade it in, lose even more money, and get something else. I hope they realize what a valuable customer they lost, My entire family, Mother, Brothers & they're wives, Sister, have bought Chevy's for years. Now, we are all switching to non-chevy vechiles because of the problems everyone is having. My Sister had a venture, at 40k, the heads went. My Mom had a venture, she had a problem where it would just not start sometimes, she took it in 5 times for the same problem, finally, she traded it in for a non-Chevy vechile. Due to all these problems, and my experience with the Service Department, I will never buy a Chevy or GM again.
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