Some minor complaints about the 2005 Uplander now that I've driven it for a while. The high beam switch on the turn signal lever really sucks. The old system whereby you pulled the lever forward (and could hear and feel the clicks) was much better. The new high beam system is that the lever is pushed forward to switch to high beams, and there is very little physical resistance required to engage this switch (and it does not click). As a result, I unintentionally turn on the high beams every time I use the turn signal. I thought I would get used to this after a few thousand miles, but I haven't. And I'm pretty good with these kind of details. It is so annoying that it makes me think the engineers who thought of this little gem never actually drove the prototypes during development. Second, the yellow engine warning light (formerly the "service engine soon" light) which is now just a small faint yellow picture of an engine is actually invisible in daylight. Mine was on after I picked up the car from the body shop (after it was hit while parked) but I did not realize it until I happened to drive under the EL tracks in Philly (where it is dark). It's not just hard to see in bright daylight -- it is actually impossible to see. Another case of me wondering what idiots could design and approve such a system without happening to notice that in the real world it doesn't work. The radio controls also are poorly designed and counter-intuitive, but I can live with that. Other than these minor complaints, the rest of the vehicle is top notch.
