2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

IT IS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO, MY WIFE MENTIONED THAT HER 2005 UPLANDER WOULD STALL AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING. SHE SAID THERE SEEMED TO BE NO PATTERN TO WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN EXCEPT SHE WAS ALWAYS MOVING AND AFTER STOPPING IT WOULD ALWAYS RESTART. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO FOUND NOW ISSUES WITH THE CAR. I STARTED DRIVING IT AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM, UNTIL THE DAY I REALIZED THAT ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TAP THE KEY AND IT WOULD TURN OFF. I PUT MY WIFE'S KEYS IN AND SLIGHTLY TOUCHED HER KEY CHAIN AND IT TURNED RIGHT OFF. I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS SEEING. THEN I READ ABOUT THE GM RECALL ON KEY CYLINDERS FOR ALL THESE CARS BUILT AROUND THE SAME TIME AS MINE. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY TOLD ME OUR CAR DIDN'T...

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND DRIVEABILITY WAS AFFECTED; REDUCED ACCELERATION AND REDUCED GAS MILEAGE, CODE 0404. OUR TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN THE EGR VALVE HAD FAILED. SINCE GM DOES NOT PRODUCE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THIS MODEL, A NEWER EGR VALVE, HARNESS AND COMPUTER REPROGRAMMING WAS NECESSARY. THE GM DEALER AND CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSED TO HELP UNDER OUR WARRANTY COVERAGE SINCE WE WERE OUT OF THE EMISSIONS TIME LIMIT. OUR TECH INDICATED THAT GM HAS HAD SERIOUS EGR VALVE FAILURES AND REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DESIGN DEFECT EXCEPT WITH AN OBSCURE TECH BULLETIN. REPAIRS COST UPWARDS OF 800 DOLLARS.

MY VAN WILL CUT OFF WHILE SITTING STILL IN PARK AND ALSO WHEN I TRY TO CRANK IT SOMETIMES IT WON'T CRANK AND THEN IF IT DOES IT WILL CUT BACK OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED SHE WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 108,000.

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 11,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC REPAIRED IT INSTEAD OF REPLACING, IT AND IT CONTINUED TO LEAK. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE NEW ONE FROM THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR 16 DAYS, AND THE NEW TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE RESEALED. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE IGNITION WAS STICKING IN THE START MODE FOR 2 MINUTES AFTER RELEASING THE KEY. THE PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DID NOT LATCH SHUT, NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT APPEARED NOR DID IT REGISTER WITH ONSTAR AS THE DOOR WAS BEING UN LATCHED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR IT WILL NOT OPEN BECAUSE THE LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB, AND SPOKEN...