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2006 GMC Envoy complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2006 record →

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jul 26, 2006300 milesMI

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE DURING THE FIRST 3 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MUST BE DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE, AND THEN NORMAL ACCELERATION BEGINS AFTER DRIVING 3 MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 05/02/06 WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON 07/20/06 AND DETERMINED THAT THE CLUTCH FAN THAT COOLS THE ENGINE CREATED THE NOISE BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE FOR THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHO FINALLY IDENTIFIED THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION TO PERFORM IN THE DOCUMENTED MANNER. UPDATED 08/15/06. 8JB

Exterior Lighting › Headlights
Filed Mar 10, 2006100 milesIL

PURCHASED A 2006 GMC ENVOY. THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS PROJECT A BEAM OF LIGHT STRAIGHT UP FROM EACH LIGHT INTO THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS FIELD OF VIEW. IT IS NOT NOTICEABLE DURING DRY CONDITIONS, BUT WHEN THERE IS MIST, SNOW OR FOG IT IS VERY VISIBLE AND DISTRACTING. YOU CAN SEE THIS EFFECT BY PARKING NEXT TO A BUILDING OR PARKING IN YOUR GARAGE. IT LIGHTS UP THE CEILING IN THE GARAGE VERY NICE. I THOUGHT HEADLIGHT WERE TO PROJECT OUT, NOT UP. IN DRY CONDITIONS, THE TREES ARE LIT UP BY THE BRIGHT LIGHTS. MY DEALER CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD TO CHECK ANOTHER TRUCK, WHICH DID THE SAME THING. GM THEN SAID THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. THIS IS MY 3RD NEW GMC TRUCK, AND NONE OF THE OTHERS DID THIS. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN A VEHICLE THAT HAS DONE THIS. *JB

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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