CAR STALLS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY, OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE ON EACH TRIP. TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS BETWEEN 3 AND 30 MILES. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART WHILE IN MOTION, THOSE TIME TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO FIVE MINUTES TO GET IT RESTARTED. PROBLEM STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO AND HAS PROCEEDED GETTING WORSE. HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES SINCE FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR REAR END CRASHES AND SCARY MOMENTS WHEN ON THE INSIDE LANE OF AN INTERSTATE PULLING A 16 FT TRAILER. *JB
2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES OF DOOR LOCKING MECHANISMS. MOST RECENT FAILURE HAS AFFECTED THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS WHICH ARE NOT KEYED FROM THE OUTSIDE, SO ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK IS TO CRAWL OVER SEATS TO UNLOCK. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN SINCE WE HAVE HAD SMALL CHILDREN IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THAT CAN NOT EXIT THEIR SEATS ON THEIR OWN. THIS COULD INCREASE THE CHANGE OF BODILY INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT AND RESULT IN EXTRA TIME NEEDED TO EXTRICATE PEOPLE FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE AND OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME BODY STYLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS FIXED ONE OF THE ACTUATORS AND INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE FAILURES, WHICH MEANS GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THESE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISMS. *TR
