2002 Chevrolet Envoy

Routine

Owners filed 22 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine3
010
Fuel/Propulsion System2
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings2
000
Air Bags2
101
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior1
000
Suspension › Front1
000
Structure › Body1
102
Steering1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags
Filed Nov 9, 2017178,111 milesAL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 (NA) CHEVROLET ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,111.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Aug 11, 2017160,000 milesNC

FUMES CAME INSIDE OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE FUEL TANK LEAKS....COULD BE RUNNING OR STATIONARY...

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Dec 5, 2015PA

FUEL LEAKING FROM ABOVE THE TANK. SEEMS TO BE PUDDELING ON TOP AND SPILL OFF DURING TURNS AND ACCELERATION. IN PARKED POSITION, FUEL DRIPS AT A FAST PACE ESTIMATED AT 1 DRIP PER SECOND. LEAK IS AGGRESSIVE AND POSES AN EXTREME DANGER AND POSSIBLE LOSS OF LIFE.

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 2, 201590,000 milesMO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 CHEVROLET ENVOY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SLID OFF THE ROAD, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES AND REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Electrical System
Filed Oct 29, 2014112,044 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE MASTER POWER SWITCH FOR THE WINDOWS AND DOORS FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WINDOWS FAILED TO OPEN OR CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V406000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V248000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 02/02/15*LJ

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Dec 8, 200958,000 milesFL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET ENVOY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER SELECTOR ACTIVATED IN THE DELAY MODE. CONSEQUENTLY HE COULD NOT ENGAGED THE WIPERS IN FULL SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS PARTIALLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V046000 (VISIBILITY;WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 01/12/10 *BF THE FRONT WIPERS OPERATED ERRATICALLY WHILE IN INTERMITTENT MODE AND WASH MODE. AT TIMES, THEY WOULD STOP WORKING COMPLETELY. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BOARD. UPDATED 01/14/10.*JB

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Apr 26, 200560,000 milesNY

2002 GMC ENVOY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE WEAR.*MR THE ROTORS WERE CRACKING AT THE EDGES. THE CONSUMER WROTE GMC AND THEY CALLED AND OFFERED A INCENTIVE TO PURCHASE A NEW GM VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE STEEL USED TO MANUFACTURE THE ROTOR IS POOR QUALITY. *BF *NM

Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior
Filed Jan 3, 200565,000 milesNC

THE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING SIDE VIEW MIRROR FAILED. THE MIRROR WILL NOT ADJUST WHEN THERE'S A NEW DRIVER. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Steering
Filed Sep 28, 20041,800 milesAL

WHILE DRIVING STEERING BECAME ERRATIC. CONSUMER HAD TO HOLD THE WHEEL WITH BOTH HANDS TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN ITS LANE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.*AK

Power Train › Transfer Case (4-wheel Drive)
Filed Feb 19, 2004NY

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO ANOTHER GEAR WITHOUT SHIFTING GEARS. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE TRANSFER CASE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE PROBLEM CONTINUED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE. *JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Nov 19, 2003DC

EMAIL REGARDING GMC BULLETIN G03019 ON 2002 GMC ENVOY.*MR THE BULLETIN STATED THE ENGINE CYLINDER BORE LINER MAY CRACK RESULTING IN LOST OF POWER AND OR ENGINE STALLING. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER HAS SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL GM PERSONNEL, EACH STATING THEY WOULDN'T PROVIDE THE CONSUMER THE DATA OR REMEDY THE POTENTIAL DEFECT. *PH *CB *JB

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
Filed Oct 29, 200315,000 milesFL

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER SMELLED FUEL. CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, AND NOTICED A PUDDLE OF GAS UNDERNEATH. THE FUEL LINE SEPARATED FROM THE FUEL LINE FILTER.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › EngineFire
Filed Sep 12, 200313,000 milesTN

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD LOUD NOISE, AND FIVE SECONDS LATER, NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE ENGINE EXPLODED DUE TO LACK OF OIL.*TS *JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 2, 2003MN

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL RECURRING.*AK

Suspension › Front
Filed Sep 2, 2003MN

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVERWAY CONSUMER NOTICED THAT FRONT SUSPENSION CAME OFF.*AK

Electrical System › Ignition › Anti-theft › Control ModuleCrash
Filed Jul 11, 2003AL

THE DETERRENT SYSTEM FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK THE AIR BAGS HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE. *SCC *JB

Structure › BodyCrash2 injured
Filed Sep 17, 2002PA

AFTER BEING RUN OFF OF THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE HAD GONE UP AN EMBANKMENT, SHEERED OFF A TELEPHONE POLE, BECAME AIR BORN, ROLLED OVER AND SLID DOWN THE EMBANKMENT, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ON STAR DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT, AND THE PRIVACY SCREEN FOR CARGO AREA BECAME UNLATCHED AND WAS ROLLING AROUND THE VEHICLE. *SCC

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jun 13, 2002IL

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, PASSENGER SIDE INTERIOR SEATBELTS WILL LOCK UP WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK. CONSUMER STATED IF VEHICLE IS PARKED FACING DOWN HILL HE IS UNABLE TO EXTEND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELTS PRIOR TO DRIVING, IT REQUIRES FAST ACCELERATION BEFORE SEAT BELT WILL UNLOCK ALLOWING PASSENGER TO BUCKLE THE SEAT BELT, SOMETIMES THE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING NOT ALLOWING THE PASSENGER TO LEAN FOWARD, CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED AND IS EVEN WORSE.*JB

Power Train
Filed Jun 13, 2002MI

SPEEDOMETER ON DASHBOARD PANEL FLICKS BACK AND FORTH INTERMITTENTLY, MAKING IT HARD FOR HER TO SEE SPEED ON PANEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery
Filed May 20, 2002TX

WHILE DRIVING FUEL LINE BROKE IN MIDDLE OF FREEWAY, SPILLING FUEL EVERYWHERE. DEALER CONTACTED. HAD RECIEVED A RECALL. *AK

20 of 22 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2002 — this page22010Routine
19981000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.