2005 GMC Envoy XL 370 complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. AFTER ADDING FUEL TO THE VEHICLE TO ITS CAPACITY THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT DISPLAY THAT THE TANK WAS FULL. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD THEN DISPLAY VARIOUS IMPROPER READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 67,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE HAD 3 FUEL GAUGE FAILURES IN GMC SUV'S I HAVE OWNED. WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS. THIS APPEARS TO TIE IN WITH THE CURRENT INVESTIGATION OF FALSE READINGS ON THE FUEL GAUGES. *TR

INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 GMC ENVOY AND THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT SHOW FULL WHEN I FILL THE TANK NOR DOES IT SHOW WHEN THE TANK IS EMPTY. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL. WHEN I BOUGHT THE SUV IN JAN 2009 THE GAS GAUGE WAS SHOWED 1/4 TANK WHEN IT WAS EMPTY. BY FEBRUARY, THE GAUZE WAS COMPLETELY NONFUNCTIONING. HAD THE GAUZE REPLACED IN JUNE OF 2010. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY GASOLINE GAUGE FAILURE. READS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FUEL REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. WILL GO UP AND OWN ON ITS OWN. LOW FUEL ALARM WILL SOUND EVEN WITH FULL TANK OF FUEL. STARTED SEPT 2010. *TR

BOUGHT MY 05 ENVOY XL WITH ABOUT 55,000 MILES SINCE THEN THE FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN ITS FULL. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS MAXED OUT BUT IT WILL WORK NORMAL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. THE SPEEDO READS FASTER THAN IM GOING OR JUST MAXES OUT. IF I TURN THE CR OFF AND ON IT WILL WORK ITS WAY BACK TO NORMAL FOR AWHILE. THE STEREO WILL NOT WORK IF IT IS COLDER THAN 60 DEGREES OUT. TALKED TO DEALERSHIP AND GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY DID NOTHING. *TR

GAS GAUGE IS CONSTANTLY READING EMPTY EVEN WHEN FILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL AND OIL GAUGES WERE MALFUNCTIONING WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT SIX CYLINDERS HAD FAILED AND BOTH THE ENGINE AND OIL GAUGE SENSORS WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE A 2005 ENVOY AND I AM HAVING ISSUES WITH THE FUEL GAUGE AND THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. I FILL UP THE TANK AND IT DOES NOT READ FULL, IT CONTINUES TO READ EMPTY. WHILE DRIVING MY SON BACK TO SCHOOL WITH MY THREE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS SHOWING THAT I WAS GOING 120 MILES WHEN I WAS ONLY GOING 40 ISH. THE OTHER THING THAT SHOCKS ME IS THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THESE ISSUES. IT HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF DEFECT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES. *TR

GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONS ON MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL. FUEL LEVEL WAS AT HALF A TANK WHEN I DECIDED TO TOP IT OFF BEFORE A SNOWSTORM HIT. GAUGE READ FULL BUT ONCE I STARTED DRIVING IT STARTED TO DECREASE AND NOTICED THE REMAINING MILES LEFT WERE ALSO DECREASING UNTIL LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. PUT CAR IN PARK AND IT STARTED RISING AGAIN. DROVE AND IT WOULD GO UP AND DOWN. PARKED OVERNIGHT AND RESTARTED THE NEXT DAY AND GAUGE READ LOW FUEL AND INDICATOR LIGHT WAS ON. DROVE A LITTLE THEN GAS LEVEL WENT TO NORMAL AND STARTED FLUCTUATING. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 GMC ENVOY AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE A WATER PUMP, A BLOWER MOTOR WIRING HARNESS THAT MELTED INTO MY TRUCK, THE LIGHTS ARE HALF OUT ON ME HEATER AND MY DOOR PANEL WHERE YOU PUT THE WINDOWS UP AND DOWN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER IN THE BACK WORKS WHEN IT WANTS MY SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK ON 40 EVEN WHEN ITS OFF AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO! *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY SMOKE FROM UNDER THE DASH THEN THE BLOWER QUIT BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER BURNED UP AND MELTED WIRING HARNESS AND PLUG AT THE RESISTER DID NOT BLOW FUSE REPLACED RESISTER AND HARNESS 3 MONTHS LATER BURNED UP RESISTER AGAIN AND HARNESS STILL DID NOT BLOW FUSE CONTACTED DEALER THEY TOLD ME TO CHANGE THE SAME PARTS THAT THEY'VE SEEN IT BEFORE I RESEARCHED THE WIRING AND CONSULTED A ELECTRICAL ENGINEER HE SAID THE PROBLEM WAS AT THE BLOWER MOTOR BECAUSE THE RESISTER WAS BETWEEN THE SWITCH AND THE MOTOR IF THE MOTOR WAS WORN AND PULLING TO MANY AMPS THAT IT WOULD BURN THE HARNESS AND RESISTER SO I REPLACED ALL THREE ITEMS AND HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM SINCE. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY XL BACK REAR DOOR WINDOW BRACKET DETACHED THE FIRST TIME, THE SECOND TIME THE BRACKET ITSELF BROKE AND SHATTERED THE REAR WINDOW. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HAVE EXPERIENCED. I AM TRYING TO GET WARRANTY TO COVER IT BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME THEY DON'T COVER BROKEN GLASS, WELL IF THE BRACKET DIDN'T SNAP IN 2 THE GLASS WOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN. I AM VERY LUCKY I WAS NOT BLINDED BY THE EXPLOSION OF GLASS. I TOOK PICTURES WHICH SHOW PIECES OF GLASS OVER 20 FEET AWAY. I ALSO READ POST BY OTHER PEOPLE WHERE CHILDREN WERE CUT IN THE FACE A SCARRED BY THIS SAME EVENT. *TR

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER CHECK ENGINE ON AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT ON.. CAR SPED UP FAST AND THEN DROPPED DOWN TO NO SPEED DROVE 5 MPH TO GET HOME. *TR

MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. AT 1/4 TANK, I FILLED UP THE TANK, STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE FUEL NEEDLE WENT PAST EMPTY AND LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER MANY RE-STARTS, DAYS THE GAUGE IS STILL NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. AS I DRIVE NOW WITH A FULL TANK THE GAUGE NEEDLE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY GO UP AND GO DOWN WITH DRIVING. *TR

I HAVE 2005 GMC ENVOY AND THE GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY SO I DON'T EXACTLY HOW MUCH GAS I DO HAVE. WHEN I PUT GAS IN IT REGISTERS FUEL LEVEL LOW AND ITS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I TRAVEL ALOT WITH WORK AND RUN THE RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND BEING STRANDED,ITS VERY FRUSTRATING. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING THE ENVOY OVER STEVENS PASS ( WASHINGTON STATE) THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN READING A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER SPEED THAN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING...AT FIRST SHE TRIED TO SPEED UP FEARING THAT SHE HAD ABSENTMINDEDLY BEGAN TO SLOW BUT SOON REALIZED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUED TO REFLECT EVEN LOWER SPEEDS. AFTER GOING TO THE INTERNET I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH GM TRUCKS FOR THE YEARS 2003 THRU 2007 AND ACTUALLY THERE HAS BEEN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FILED. ( I DON'T KNOW THE DISPOSITION) THE REMEDY IS REPLACING THE ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER AT A COST OF AROUND $500. SEEMS UNFAIR CONSIDERING THIS IS A PROBLEM OF GMS' AND APPARENTLY KEPT SECRET WHILE CHARGING THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR PROBLEMS . [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE BECAME ERRATIC. THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FILLED, THE GAS GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY AND THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AS IF THERE WERE NO FUEL. IT REMAINED THAT WAY FOR SOME TIME. IT THEN WOULD FLUCTUATE WILDLY UNTIL A LARGE AMOUNT OF GAS HAD BEEN USED. *TR

RAN OUT OF GAS MULTIPLE TIMES, DUE TO THE GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING. RESEARCHED ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICED MULTIPLE DRIVERS WITH SAME ISSUE. GAS GAUGE DOES NOT READ CORRECT AMOUNT OR CONTINUOUSLY "EMPTY". HAVE HEARD INSTANCES OF OTHER DRIVERS WITH RUSTED/ERODED FUEL GAUGE SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK, CAUSING INACCURATE GAS GAUGE. HAVE BEEN STUCK IN DANGEROUS PLACES AFTER RUNNING OUT OF GAS. *TR

FUEL GAUGE STARTED FLUCTUATING AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK. THE ERROR CONSTANTLY GOT WORST AND WORST UNTIL THE GAUGE JUST STOPPED WORKING. THE YELLOW LOW FUEL LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED MOST THE TIME AND THE NEEDLE SITS ON EMPTY EVEN WHEN THE GAS TANK HAS JUST BEEN FILLED. WAS TOLD THE FUEL SENSOR IN GAS TANK WAS FAULTY AND TO REPLACE WOULD MEAN REPLACING THE WHOLE PUMP ASSEMBLY. THIS ALONE WITH PARTS AND LABOR WILL COST ALMOST $1000.00. VEHICLE HAD 63,000 MILES AT TIME OF DEFICIENCY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL370 DENALI. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONTACT WAS STANDING UNDER THE REAR HATCH WINDOW IT EXPLODED. HE STATED THAT THE EXPLOSION SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A SHIRT ON AT THE TIME AND HAD CUTS FROM THE GLASS ON HIS BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 104,751. UPDATED 12/23/10*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $1500. THE MANUFACTURER PAID FOR THE REPAIRS. UPDATED 01/01/11*JB

VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST POWER ON CONGESTED FREEWAY RESULTING IN REAR END CRASH. *TR

BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLTS WHICH IT APPEARS FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON GMC V-8 ENGINES. *TR

MAY 18, 2010 6PM DRIVING HOME FROM CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD AT THE SPEED LIMIT 55 MILES PER HOUR THE REAR HATCH PLASTIC WAS RATTLING AS USUAL AT THAT SPEED. AT ABOUT 1 BLOCK FROM COLLEGE ROAD TURNOFF WHILE STILL DRIVING ON JOHANSON HWY THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLASTIC COVER BROKE AND WAS HANGING DOWN OVER BACK WINDOW. I REDUCED MY SPEED AND STOPPED AND TRIED TO PLACE RIGHT SIDE BACK UP AND SEEN IT WAS STILL ATTACHED ON LEFT SIDE. I DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME VERY SLOW. WHEN MY HUSBAND GOT HOME I HAD HIM REMOVE FROM LEFT SIDE. THIS PIECE IS 3 FOOT 10 INCHES BY 10INCHES. IT ALSO HOLDS MY (CHMSL) LAMP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS FALLING OFF. 2006 LOCAL GMC REPLACED BECAUSE THEY SOLD IT TO ME. 2008 IT FLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING 55 MILES A HOUR AND LUCKLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND AND NO ONE WAS HURT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND GMC NEEDS TO FIX THIS PERMANENTLY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. THEY STATE CONDITION CAUSE IS A POOR BONDING OF THE DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPE BETWEEN THE CHMSL APPLIQUE AND THE LIFTEGATE GLASS. QUOTE FROM GMC 2008 #01-08-66-007C: CENTER HIGH-MOUNT STOP LAMP(CHMSL)A[[LIQUE LOOSE (RE-TAPE APPLIDQUE)- AUG 27, 2007. I SPOKE WITH JEREMIAH FROM GMC HE STATES THEY (GMC) WILL NOT DO ANYTHING AND SEE NO PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT USE HATCH IN THE WINTER TIME. AND BY THE WAY I HAVE NOT USED MY HATCH IN THE WINTER MONTHS SINCE AFTER THE 2008 REPAIR THAT THE GMC LOCAL DEALER FIXED AS A COURTESY I CHOOSE NOT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. I ALSO AVOID DRIVING OVER 50 MILES AN H

WE OWN A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL. WE PURCHASED IT WITH 45,000 MILES. NOW AT 49,500 MILES IT APPEARS THE FUEL GAUGE IS BROKEN. IT STARTED ABOUT 1,000 MILES AGO. IT SEEMED IT WAS TAKING A LOT OF MONEY TO FILL THE TANK...MORE THAN USUAL. NOW EVEN WHEN WE FILL THE GAS TANK UP THE GAUGE STAYS ON EMPTY. THIS IS CAUSING US A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN WE NEED TO FILL UP AGAIN. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE STRANDED. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE TELLING US IT WILL COST ABOUT $800 TO FIX. PLEASE HELP. *TR

SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN 2005 ENVOY SLT XL WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ON FOUR LANE ROAD. THE CAR HIT A SMALL POT HOLE IN THE HIGHWAY AND THEY DEPLOYED. I CALLED STATE TROOPER AND HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DEPLOYED EITHER. I MADE A TRAFFIC REPORT AND CARRIED IT TO DEALERSHIP. THEY CONTACTED GMAC AND THEY DECLINE TO GET INVOLVED AND SAID IT WAS A ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OR WHEELS ON TRUCK. THE FRONT SEATBELTS STUCK ALSO. I WAS NOT GOING MORE THEN 45 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WAS A TRAFFIC LIGHT COMING UP AND I SLOWED FOR IT. *TR

GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING ON MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL. FROM ALL THE COMPLAINTS SOUNDS LIKE THE FUEL LEVELING SENSOR WENT OUT. ONLY 70,000 MILES . I THINK WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

MY FUEL GAUGE STOPPED READING THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE GAS TANK. THE LOW FUEL LIGHT IS NOW CONSTANTLY ON EVEN WHEN TANK IS FULL. PROBLEM NOT YET FIXED COST TO FIX BETWEEN$600.00-$1,000.00 DOLLARS. FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT QUIT WORKING AND RESULTING IN INOPERABLE FUEL GAUGE READING. *TR

FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION. I FILLED THE TANK OF MY VEHICLE, 2005 GMC ENVOY XL, I RAN OUT OF GAS GOING UP AN INCLINED LEVEL OF A PARKING GARAGE TWO STORIES UNDERGROUND DURING RUSH HOUR IN D.C. I COULD HAVE EASILY LET MY SUV RUN INTO THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME BUT, I WAS FORTUNATE TO REACT QUICKLY AND AVOID HARM'S WAY. THE PROBLEM WITH GAUGE IS IT WILL READ FULL WHEN EMPTY AT TIMES AND; SHORTLY THEREAFTER, YOU HAVE TOTAL FAILURE OF THE GAUGE - IT WILL NO LONGER PROPERLY READ OR REGISTER HOW MUCH GAS ONE HAS IN THEIR FUEL TANK. I THOUGHT THAT THIS MIGHT BE A LIMITED PROBLEM TO A FEW SUVS MANUFACTURED BY GMC BUT, AFTER DOING RESEARCH OF SEVERAL CAR FORUMS INTERNET SITES I DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED A GM WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM - INCLUDING SOME VEHICLES OLDER THAN THE YEAR 2000. WHAT RECOURSE DO WE AS CONSUMERS HAVE , IF ANY? THE POSSIBILITY OIF DAMAGE OR A VEHICLE CRASH WAS AVOIDED, AS I REACTED QUICKLY TO AVOID NEAR-DISASTER WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE , OR EVEN, WORSE, HITTING A NATURAL GAS PIPE IN THE PARKING GARAGE. *TR

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL SLT IS CRACKED. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND DISCOVERED MANY OF THESE GMC ENVOY AND CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS HAVE THIS SAME INCIDENT OCCURRING. *TR

1. EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WERE NORMAL DRIVING IN WINTER CONDITIONS. 2. PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES SEIZE FROM CORROSION. PASSENGER DOORS WILL NOT OPEN, PASSENGERS COULD NOT EXIT VEHICLE AFTER A 4 HOUR RIDE. THERE IS NO SEAL TO PREVENT WATER, SALT, DEBRIS FROM ENTERING THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR AND THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISMS DURING NORMAL VEHICULAR OPERATION. 3. DOOR LATCHES WERE REPLACED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL IS PEGGED AT 120 MPH AND STAYS THERE ALL THE TIME EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OFF. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH GMC PRODUCTS. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THIS PROBLEM ON MANY GMC PRODUCTS BUT DOSE NOT INCLUDE THE ENVOY LINE. WHY IS THIS? NO ACCIDENT SO FAR BUT VERY UNSAFE DRIVING A VEHICLE WHERE YOU HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *TR

I BOUGHT A USED 2005 GMC ENVOY XL A YEAR AGO AND AFTER THREE MONTHS OF OWNING IT THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT ON ME WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE EVERYDAY TO GO TO SCHOOL AND NEVER KNOW WHAT SPEED I AM ACTUALLY TRAVELING. AT STOP SIGNS MY CAR HAS JUMPED FORWARD ON ME SEVERAL TIMES. LATELY THE CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF FOR NO REASON. MY HUSBAND IS A MECHANIC AND CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. WE CONTACTED A GM DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR AND THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS COME IN WITH THIS PROBLEM ALL THE TIME. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD COST US BETWEEN TWO AND THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX IT. WE CAN'T AFFORD THAT KIND OF MONEY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE FIXED BY GENERAL MOTORS. IT'S THEIR DEFECT! SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERYDAY WHILE DRIVING MY TWO KIDS AROUND. *TR

FAULTY FUEL GAUGE ON 2005 GMC ENVOY, SLT. EVERYTIME THE TANK IS FILLED, THE GAUGE IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER READS EMPTY - SOMETIMES IT WILL RISE TO ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A TANK, BUT SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT WILL GO RIGHT BACK TO EMPTY. THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PARTICIPANTS ON ONLINE FORUMS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL VARIOUS GM BRANDS. THE AVERAGE COST TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM IS WELL OVER $500.00. THE PROBLEM NOT ONLY AFFECTS RECENT MODEL VEHICLES BUT, IT APPEARS TO AFFECT EARLIER GM MODEL VEHICLES AS WELL, SOME AS OLD AS 1998. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN DEFECT, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THEIR VEHICLES TO MECHANICS AND/OR THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM NOR PROVIDE A RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. THE SITUATION CAN MANIFEST INTO A MORE SEVER PROBLEM SHOULD SOMEONE HAPPEN TO RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO A MISCALCULATION OF FUEL CONSUMPTION OR, EVEN ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION FAILURE [WHICH IS ALSO HAPPENING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO READ HOW MANY MILES ONE HAS DRIVEN]. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY XL - MY CAR HAS DIED ON ME WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE NOW, AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THIS CAR, AND I AM AFRAID MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE COULD GET HURT. LOOKING ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND OTHER ENVOYS HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. ONE TIME IT DID LEAD TO A DEATH. I AM HOPING MY COMPLAINT MAY BE THE ONE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. EACH TIME SOMEONE HAS TAKEN THEIR VEHICLE IN FOR THIS PROBLEM THEY GET THE SAME RESPONSE I HAVE GOTTEN, NOTHING DONE!! MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE IT BACK IN HOPING THEY WILL FIND THE PROBLEM. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. IT'S VERY SCARY TO BE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOUR CAR JUST DYING ON YOU FOR NO REASON. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MY 2005 ENVOY XL SINCE JUNE OF 2006. ONCE, I PASSED 36,000 MILES, I STARTED EXPERIENCE LOTS OF ISSUES WITH MY VEHICLE. I STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE REAR WHEN I WOULD TURN ON THE AC AND THE STEERING WAS OFF SOMEWHAT. I HAD THE STEERING FIXED FOR AROUND $400 BUT THE KNOCKING WAS GOING TO COST AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT. LESS THEN 10,000 MILES LATER, THE KNOCKING NOISE IS MORE PERSISTENT AND IS RELATED TO ISSUES WITH THE FUEL PUMP. MY GAS HAND WILL MOVE TO EMPTY WHEN I FILL THE TANK UP AND WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD FOR DAYS AT A TIME. TODAY, MY KIDS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AC NOT WORKING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD ROW SEATS. EVERYTIME I TURN THE CORNER IT SEEMS AS IF THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE. *TR

GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY AT MOST TIMES, NEVER GIVES ACCURATE MEASURE OF TANK FILL. ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON SPORADICALLY, ALTHOUGH DIAGNOSIS BY ENGINE TECH CONFIRMS NO BAD CODES ARE CAUSING THIS WARNING LIGHT TO GLOW. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND TALKING WITH DEALERSHIPS AND MECHANICS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON DEFECTIVE PART PROBLEM THAT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON. HUNDREDS, PROBABLY THOUSANDS OF FRUSTRATED DRIVERS. IT EFFECTS GMC ENVOYS, CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS, AND OTHER GM MAKES IN 2004 - 2006. THANK GOODNESS TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE KEEPING THEM AFLOAT! GOD FORBID THEY ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEIR PRODUCTS AND MAINTAIN CUSTOMER LOYALTY AND INTEGRITY! *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY; THE FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN ACTING CRAZY LATELY, SO I DECIDED TO RESEARCH THIS MATTER ON THE INTERNET, AND HAVE BEEN FINDING MORE AND MORE INCIDENTS WHERE THE GAS GAUGE EITHER STAYS ON EMPTY OR FLUCTUATES FROM EMPTY BACK TO FULL AND EVENTUALLY STOPS WORKING. AT APPX. 46,000MILES, MY GAS GAUGE STARTED DOING THE SAME AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, GOING FROM EMPTY TO FULL, AND SPORADICALLY REPEATING THIS EVEN IF THE FUEL TANK WAS FUEL. THE FUEL GAUGE BEING AT THE EMPTY LEVEL, BUT THE TANK IS FUEL, CAUSES A CONSTANT ALARM BELL TO GO OFF EVERY 10 SECONDS OR SO, EVERYTIME YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND THE FUEL SENSOR TO REPLACE IT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE HOLE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WHICH RUNS AROUND $400, AND I AM NOT GOING TO REPLACE IT, IF EVERYONE THAT HAS A GMC ENVOY OR CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ARE ALL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. FROM WHAT I GATHER, FROM MY RESEARCH, EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ON ALL FORUMS THAT I HAVE READ. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 51,000MILES ON IT RIGHT NOW, AND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS NOW. *TR

FUEL SYSTEM ISSUES FOR 2005 GMC ENVOY. FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY IN LATE 2008. READS EMPTY ALL THE TIME REGARDLESS OF FUEL LEVEL. TODAY, 03/03/09, I EXPERIENCED A DEGRADED POWER SYMPTOM (AND WARNING ON THE DASH) RELATED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED TO CONTINUE DRIVING. *TR

GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY ALL THE TIME. LOW FUEL ALARM WILL GO OFF RANDOMLY EVEN THOUGH THEIR IS FUEL IN THE CAR. BECAUSE OF THIS I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GASOLINE I REALLY HAVE. I HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS AND BEEN STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD B/C OF THIS. *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES, THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ON MY 05 GMC ENVOY XL QUIT WORKING. THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR WILL FLUCTUATE BUT MOSTLY READS EMPTY AND EMITS LOW FUEL WARNING BUZZER EVEN AFTER I HAVE FILLED THE GAS TANK. I SPOKE TO A SERVICE WRITER AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HIS RESPONSE WAS THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WOULD LOOK AT MY VEHICLE FOR ABOUT $300.00-NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM-JUST DIAGNOSE IT. HE ALSO SAID THAT I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE TOO MUCH.*TR

2005 GMC ENVOY XL WITH 49000 MILES FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, WILL SHOW EMPTY AFTER FILLING UP THEN SHOW FULL. GAUGE WILL THEN SHOW 3/4 FULL THEN 1/2 FULL AFTER ONLY 10 TO 20 MILES. BEFORE 100 MILES GAUGE WILL DROP DOWN TO EMPTY FUEL LIGHT WILL COME ON AND BEEP. THIS WILL HAPPEN TILL TANK EMPTY, I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN TRUCK. I HAVE READ THAT IT COULD BE FUEL CAP, SO I REPLACED IT BUT NO FIX. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ON HIGHWAY A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN THE SAME THROUGH 20 FILL UPS.CAN YOU HELP,FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD RUNS FROM 600 TO 1000 DOLLARS. *TR

PROB #1 DRIVING DOWN STREET REAR DOOR CAME OPEN AND WOULDN'T CLOSE. ALREADY REPLACED THE DOOR LATCH ON PASS REAR DOOR. IF I HAD CHILDREN IN THE CAR THIS WOULD'VE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TALKING TO OTHERS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. PROBLEM #2 FUEL GAUGE JUST STOP WORKING, LOW FUEL LIGHT BEEPS CONSTANTLY. NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN CAR. COST TO REPLACE OVER $500! *TR

I HAVE A 2005 GMC ENVOY I6 THAT I PURCHASED IN MARCH 2005. NOVEMBER OF 2006 WE REPLACED THE FUEL SENSOR THAT IS UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO WHEN I WOULD FILL UP THE GAS TANK THE GAUGE WOULD GO TO EMPTY AND WOULD EVENTUALLY MAKE IT TO FULL AFTER ABOUT 100 MILES DRIVEN. NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AND THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP HAS CONFIRMED IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND WOULD COST AROUND $1100 TO FIX THE ISSUE THAT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY OF BEEN FIXED THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN. *TR

REAR GLASS DOOR CAME UNGLUED AT HINGES DAMAGING THE STRUTS AND ALMOST FALLING ON MY HEAD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REPLACING THE GLASS DOOR WAS SUGGESTED AT $1500.00. REPAIRING ATTEMPTED USING GLUE AND GLASS DOOR CAME LOOSE AGAIN. IT WAS A NEAR MISS, COULD BECOME A FATALITY. MAIN REAR DOOR STRUTS WERE DAMAGE AND THE DOOR ALMOST HIT ME AGAIN. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT ON MY 2005 GMC ENVOY. IT JUST QUIT WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED TO THE TUNE OF $481. *TR

OPENING THE HATCH ON MY 2005 ENVOY XLS APPROX 1 TIME PER DAY CAUSED THE PISTONS AND THE BALLASTS TO GO BAD. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE BACK DOOR HANDLES AND INTERIOR MECHANISMS FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS, WITH REPEATED TRIPS TO THE DEALER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. STILL NOT FIXED. *TR

POWER STEERING HOSE RUPTURED ON MY WIFE'S 2005 GMC ENVOY THANKFULLY JUST AS SHE WAS ENTERING OUR DRIVEWAY. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE HOSE ASSEMBLY AS THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 48,000 MI ON IT AND IN 40+ YEARS OF DRIVING HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE ROADWAY I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS IT RESULTED IN ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE DEALER WAS EXCELLENT WITH THE REPAIR, BUT GM WAS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFECT. I FIND IT STRANGE THAT THE 06 MDL YEAR HAD POWER STEERING HOSE PROBLEMS AND A RECALL BUT THIS MDL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED,AS IT BURST IN THE EXACT WAY DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL. I FEEL THIS NEEDS INVESTIGATING AS THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED JUNE 2005 AND THE RECALL WAS DATED OCT 2005. *TR

#1 PROBLEM-- I ONLY HAVE 40,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND BOUGHT IT LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. MY FUEL TANK DOES NOT WORK-- IT FLOATS AND I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE IN MY TANK #2 PROBLEM- DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT-- I LOOKED DOWN AT MY SPEEDOMETER AND IT WAS STUCK OVER 120 MPH. I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH GMC AND TELL EVERYONE I KNOW NEVER TO BUY ANY CHEVY VEHICLES-- THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING SO SOON ON A NEWER VEHICLE. *TR