NHTSA Complaint #10243833 — 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER

I PURCHASED A 2006 CHEVY UPLANDER IN 12/06 WITH 20,543 MILES ON IT. I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING ABOUT 3,000 MILES AFTER PURCHASING IT. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER TO THE LEFT AND THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE AS I TURNED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH THE STEERING, AND IT SHAKES AND MAKES NOISE WHEN I PULL INTO PARKING LOTS. AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES, THE REAR SLIDING DOORS BEGAN TO OPEN ON THEIR OWN. WHEN I PUT THE VAN INTO REVERSE AND BEGIN TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE DOORS SOMETIMES WILL OPEN. PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND PARKING LOTS WITH NO ONE IN THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S REAR DOOR HAS OPENED. AFTER I CLOSE THE DOORS, THEY WILL IMMEDIATELY OPEN, ALTHOUGH NO BUTTONS HAVE BEEN PUSHED. NOW, AT 43,000 MILES, THE DRIVER'S REAR SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. I PUSHED THE BUTTON INSIDE THE DOOR AS I ALWAYS HAVE TO CLOSE IT, AS WELL AS THE OVERHEAD BUTTON, AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. EACH TIME I PUSHED THE BUTTON, THE ALREADY OPEN DOOR PULLED BACK AS IF STILL TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR. WHEN I TRIED TO MANUALLY PULL THE DOOR CLOSED, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. AFTER 5 MINUTES OF WORK, I FINALLY GOT THE DOOR CLOSED. THE NEXT DAY, 9/27/08, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING, AND ON THIS DAY AS WELL, A CHIMING SOUND RANG THE ENTIRE TRIP. THERE IS ONE SOUND FOR DRIVING AND A DIFFERENT SOUND FOR WAITING AT RED LIGHTS. THE LOUD RINGING NEVER STOPPED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME I WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, AND WILL HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED. I ALSO DISCOVERED AT 35,000 MILES THAT MY TIRES HAVE WORN UNEVENLY ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF ALL 4 TIRES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE SWAY BAR IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. I HAVE CHILDREN AGES 2 AND 4. I AM CONCERNED FOR THEIR SAFETY. *TR