2004 GMC Envoy XL 370

Routine

Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System2
000
Structure › Body › Trunk Lid1
000
Fuel/Propulsion System1
000
Exterior Lighting1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000
Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body › Trunk Lid
Filed Apr 8, 2016177,687 milesNE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL 370. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, HEADLIGHTS, AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL PUMP MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRUNK DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,687.

Electrical System
Filed Sep 18, 2015120,000 milesMI

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL 370. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE GAUGES FAILED, THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Electrical System
Filed Apr 8, 201573,000 milesCA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO PROVIDE A READING LEVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Apr 3, 201598,000 milesDE

2004 GMC ENVOY XL (98000 MILES) FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE FRACTURES CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK FROM TANK. POTENTIAL FIRE OR EXPLOSION DUE TO CRACK IN TANK GMC RECALL BUT NOT FOR MY VIN# SINCE THIS IS AN APPARENT FLAW IN TANK IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY GM IT WILL COST ME OVER $1500 FOR REPLACEMENT OF DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Aug 21, 2014AL

WHILE DRIVING WITH PASSENGERS IN CAR, SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM THE FLOOR AREA IN THE BACK SEAT AREA. IMMEDIATELY DROVE CAR TO A CAR SERVICE SHOP TO HAVE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE WHERE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM. THE CAR TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM OTHER THAN FROM THE FLOOR AREA IN THE BACK. HAVE BEEN REPLACING A RADIATOR BECAUSE THE ENGINE KEEPS RUNNING HOT. HAD A NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED. THEN BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI-FREEZE DISAPPEARING FROM THE RADIATOR AND THE RESERVOIR. TOOK CAR IN AND HAD A PRESSURE TEST PERFORMED. THE MECHANIC WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE PROBLEM AND IDENTIFIED THAT THE ANTI-FREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM THE REAR HEATER CORE. I WAS ASKED IF I HEARD A CLICKING SOUND IN THE INSIDE OF THE CAR COMING FROM THE BACK. I TOLD HIM I HEARD IT OFF AND ON. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WAS WERE THE SMOKE CAME FROM EARLIER. *TR

Exterior Lighting
Filed Aug 21, 2014AL

HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH REAR TAIL LIGHT (STOP LIGHTS). WHEN I REPLACE THE BURNED OUT BULB, IT BURNS OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR LESS. HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BOARD THAT HOLDS THE BULBS WHICH COST ABOUT $40.00 EACH. HAVE REPLACED FOUR TIMES SINCE 2010. THERE APPEARS TO BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM CAUSING THE BOARD TO BURN OUT. *TR

Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel
Filed Dec 1, 200869,500 milesMI

2004 ENVOY, SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. SHOWED 60MPH WHEN IDLING OR STOPPED. *TR

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2005
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20065001Fatalities reported
2005104000Routine
2004 — this page7000Routine
20037000Routine
20021000Routine

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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.