Chevrolet Uplander
Registered from 2005 to 2009.
About this model
The Chevrolet Uplander is a minivan manufactured and marketed by the Chevrolet division of General Motors for model years of 2005–2009, replacing the Venture and the Astro. Marketed over a single generation, the Uplander was offered in short and long wheelbase variations — each with foldable and removable second and third row seating; a V-6 engine and 4-speed automatic transmission.
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Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 1939 kg · 3070 mm wheelbase |
| 2008 | 1939 kg · 3070 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2007 | 1897 kg · 3070 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2006 | 1939 kg · 3070 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2005 | 1771 kg · 3070 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Power sliding door
Engineering analysis, opened December 2007, closed February 2009.
Power sliding door opening
Preliminary evaluation, opened August 2007, closed December 2007.
Electrical harness damage
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2005, closed March 2006.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Chevrolet filed 896 bulletins about the 2009 Uplander.
- Equipment: 366
- Electrical system: 137
- Engine and engine cooling: 87
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 57
- Power train: 39
- Visibility: 30
- Wheels: 27
- Fuel system, gasoline: 26
- Engine: 22
- Tires: 17
- Other: 88
- New Vehicle Monitoring Programs Section in IVH · September 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming… · August 2025
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on OnStar Module 2G Sunset Information. · April 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
888 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.