Model years Chevrolet Uplander
2007 Chevrolet Uplander
This year drew an ordinary 109 complaints for a Chevrolet Uplander — the model's median is 158. What they were about is the unusual part: 6.4% of them mention long, against 0.5% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 109 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 158 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 19 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- long — 6.4% of this year's complaints, against 0.5% across the model's other years (12.6×).
- result — 9.2% of this year's complaints, against 3.1% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: result, winter, results, abs sensor.
- old — 8.3% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: old, vehicle company.
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
FUEL GAUGE IS NEVER CORRECT. THE 'MILEAGE TILL EMPTY' DISPLAY IS ALL OVER THE PLACE ALONG WITH THE NEEDLE. GAUGE WILL SHOW 1/2 TANK WHEN STARTING OUT, 20 MILES LATER IS SHOWS 1/4 TANK. CAN BE DRIVING AND JUST BEFORE STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE WILL SHO…
THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OFF ON THEIR OWN, THEN ONLY BRIGHTS WORK, AFTER A FEW MILES THOSE QUIT TOO. WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS FAIL SO DO THE TAIL LIGHTS. THIS HAPPENED AT NIGHT TO MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND SHE ENDED UP IN A STEEP DITCH BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T SEE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 09E005000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 10V110000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
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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