Model years Chevrolet Uplander
2005 Chevrolet Uplander
This year drew an ordinary 196 complaints for a Chevrolet Uplander — the model's median is 118. What they were about is the unusual part: 13.8% of them mention latch, against 4.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 196 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 118 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- latch — 13.8% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: latch, attempts, door latch, ajar.
- opens — 10.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.7% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: opens, continues, cleaned.
- automatic — 9.2% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: automatic, ordered.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENS AND/OR CRACKS PARTIALLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH DOES NOT FULLY RELEASE; THEREFORE, THEY REPLACED THE ACTUATOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED AND HA…
WHEN THE CONTACT CLOSES THE DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING DOORS WITH HER KEY, THE DOORS AUTOMATICALLY REOPEN. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND THEY REPLACED THE LATCHES, ELECTRICAL WIRING, AND MOTOR; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. SHE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09E005000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 05V061000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 10V110000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 05V287000 PARKING BRAKE
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Uplander was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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