GMC Envoy Complaints (2006)

603 consumer complaints on file.

#11206098May 7, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCKS. IT CANNOT BE TURNED TO THE RIGHT AS IT WILL CAUSE THE ENTIRE CARE TO SWERVE. WHEN REVERSING THE CAR TURNS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHERE YOU ARE TURNING. I'M BACKING INTO TRAFFIC AND HAVE TO MANUALLY PULL THE STEERING WHEEL AS IF THERE IS A POWER STEERING ISSUE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DAY AFTER PURCHASE INDICATING I NEED CATALYST CONVERTER AND SENSOR. NO WAY TO PREDICT WHICH WAY THE CAR WILL TURN. IF I HIT A BUMP THE CAR SWERVES TO THE RIGHT CAUSING ME TO SWERVE INTO NEXT LANE. IN MOTION I AM CONSTANTLY SWERVING INTO DANGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11204939May 1, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2006 GMC ENVOY ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING CODE PO601 FIND OUT IT'S THE PCM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11195441April 10, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE INITIAL TIME (3/14) IT OCCURRED, I WAS OUT OF TOWN WITH MY FAMILY, EMBARRASSED TO SAY THE LEAST. HOWEVER, MAINLY UNCOMFORTABLE, TIRED, AND FRUSTRATED BECAUSE MY 87 YEARS OLD DAD WAS STRANDED FOR HOURS AS WELL AS MY 66 YEARS OLD SISTER WHO IS RECOVERING FROM CANCER. THIS PROBLEM WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION. WE HAD GONE TO GET DINNER AND ICE CREAM AFTER GETTING ICE CREAM WE BACK IN THE VEHICLE FOR IT WOULD NOT START. I CALLED 911 NO POLICE EVER SHOWED NOR WOULD EVEN STOP TO ASSIST. AFTER 2 1/2 HOURS, WE CONTACTED A CHURCH MEMBER TO FIND OUT ABOUT A MECHANIC IN THE AREA THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME CHECK IT OUT. ANOTHER CHURCH MEMBER CAME TO CHECK IT FIRST, BY NOW 3 HOURS HAVE LAPSED AND THE VEHICLE STARTS. AFTER THIS IT HAS HAPPENED ON THREE (3) SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH ME (3/19, 3/20, & 3/21) BUT MY MECHANIC SAID IT HAPPENED WITH HIM 3 OR 4 TIMES WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IT TO CHECK IT OUT AND WHILE IT WAS SITTING JUST RUNNING NOT BEING DRIVEN. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE ONCE, ONCE DRIVING, AND ONCE PARKED AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE TIMES I WAS BY MYSELF ONCE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, ANOTHER WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND ONCE WAS IN A HIGH CRIME AREA WHERE I FELT VERY UNSAFE FOR MY VEHICLE AND MYSELF. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT SENSORS AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I HAD A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED BUT WAS TOLD THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE TEST 'MAY' BE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING AS IF THE GAS IS NOT DISTRIBUTING PROPERLY. IT WAS AS IF IT WAS CHOKING UP AS IF THERE WAS A CLOG. A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE IN TRAFFIC OR GOING ACROSS A RAILROAD TRACK, WHICH IT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WITH ME. I ACTUALLY WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THE INTERSTATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11194544April 8, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR STARTED ON FIRE AFTER TURNING IT ON SEEMED TO COME FROM DASHBOARD,SPREAD TO FRONT SEATS IT WAS PARKED AT THE TIME, FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED IT WAS FROM VENTS ,HEATING MOTOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11182529February 26, 2019
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN THE SNOW, THE CONTACT SKIDDED ACROSS A BLOCK OF ICE AND CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND BEFORE STOPPING. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED AN INJURY THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DAMAGED; HOWEVER, AN UNUSUAL SOUND WAS HEARD. PRIOR TO THE CRASH, THE REAR AXLE DROPPED VERY LOW AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RIDE BUMPY. WHENEVER A BUMP WAS STRUCK, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT'S HEAD STRUCK THE ROOF, CAUSING NECK AND BACK PAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED LKL MOTORS AT 253-466-7222 (LOCATED AT 6204 112TH ST E, PUYALLUP, WA 98373), WHICH WAS WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NORMAL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 167,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11181956February 22, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTOR IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR SHORTED OUT AND THE WINDOW REGULATOR AND MOTOR WERE BURNT. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE. SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE DOOR PANEL, WHICH THE CONTACT MANAGED TO PUT OUT. COYLE CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (1801 BROADWAY ST, CLARKSVILLE, IN 47129, (812) 218-1100) DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW POWER WINDOW SWITCH, FUSE, AND HARNESS. THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. WHEN THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V248000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY), THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE DEALER DID NOT REIMBURSE THE CONTACT AND PRESENTED THE REPAIR PAPERWORK TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT REIMBURSEMENT WAS NOT AN OPTION SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED OUTSIDE OF THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF THE RECALL BECAUSE HE WAS NOT SENT A LETTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11170816January 18, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER'S BLOWER MOTOR NOT BLOWING OR SOMETIMES BLOWING BUT NOT ON EVERY SPEED. LOOKED UP ISSUE ON YOUTUBE AND FOUND MANY VIDEOS OF THE SAME ISSUE AND THE VIDEOS SHOWED THEM HAVING TO REPLACE THE HEATER'S BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER. AS THE RESISTER WAS BEING REPLACED, WE NOTICED THE RESISTER WAS MELTED ONTO THE PLUG IT PLUGS INTO AND THE THICK RED WIRE WAS ALSO MELTED. RESISTER GOT REPLACED AND THE BLOWER SPEEDS ALL WORKED AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER INSTALLATION OF THE NEW RESISTER, THE NUMBER 5 SPEED FAILED BUT ALL OTHERS CONTINUED. THREE MONTHS LATER, THE RESISTER FAILED. EXCHANGED AND REPLACED THE RESISTER AGAIN AND WORKED ON ALL SPEEDS BUT 5 AGAIN. HAD A SMELL TO IT WHILE IN USE, WE GOT USE TO IT AND THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT ANYMORE. WORKED FOR OVER 2 YEARS UNTIL 1/12/2019 WHEN AS THE ENVOY WAS IN MY YARD WARMING UP IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT AND WARNING AND BURNED UNDER THE GLOVE BOX CATCHING THE CONTENTS IN THE GLOVE BOX ON FIRE AND MAKING THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES AND EVEN HAD AN EXPLOSION INSIDE THE VEHICLE. BLACK SMOKE WAS POURING OUT ON THE AREA OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER AREA. THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WINDSHIELD ABOVE THE WIPER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11166638January 12, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND DAYLIGHT DRIVING LIGHTS SHUT DOWN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. LIGHTS WILL COME ON AFTER ENGINE COOLS DOWN BUT NOT BEFORE. CANNOT DRIVE AFTER DARK. HIGH BEAMS CONTINUE TO OPERATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164296December 31, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION WENT WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE PART THAT FAILED NEVER FAILS AND HE WAS SHOCKED THAT IT DID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163877December 28, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I WAS DRIVING TO CHURCH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, IT WAS RAINING AND DARK SUDDENLY, MY LOW BEAM LIGHTS WENT OUT. I STOPPED AND TURN THE HIGH BEAM ON AND WHEN I TURN THE HIGH BEAM OFF AFTER 2 OR 3 MINUTES THE LOW BEAM CAME BACK ON. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN ON MY WAY FROM WORK, DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AND THEY JUST WENT OFF. I PULL OVER AND TURN THE HIGH BEAM ON AND OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEY CAME BACK ON. REALLY AFRAID NOW TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I USED THIS VEHICLE FOR TRAVELING ON VACATIONS, NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM WITH THE LIGHTS UNTIL NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11154232November 27, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE PLACED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOSEPH BUICK GMC (8700 COLERAIN AVE, CINCINNATI, OH 45201), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 168,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11150700November 10, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE WINDOW MASTER CONTROL ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS GETTING HOT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11123938September 1, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT BOUGHT IT SECOND HAND, WAS TOLD IT WOULDNT HURT IT FOR THESE LIGHTS TO BE ON, HAS SAME PROBLEM DESCRIBED BELOW, IN MOTION WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT FEBRUARY 18, 2010 NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10311697 COMPONENTS: TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10311697 INCIDENT DATE JANUARY 10, 2009 CONSUMER LOCATION DACULA, GA VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1GKDS13SX62**** SUMMARY OF COMPLAINT CRASHNO FIRENO INJURIES0 DEATHS0 SERVICE STABILITRAK LIGHT AND SERVICE ABS LIGHTS ARE ON. HORN NO LONGER WORKS. *TR PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11123711August 31, 2018
ENGINE
2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DROPPED VALVE. *LD *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11120763August 18, 2018
ENGINE
TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWO TIMES IN TWO YEARS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110006July 7, 2018
SUSPENSION
TAKATA RECALL ? AIR RIDE SUSPENSION FAILURE, OVER INFLATION RESULTING IN A EXCESSIVE BOUNCING RIDE AND LOSS OF TRACTION ON OTHER SITES I SEE THAT THIS WAS A 92% COMPLAIN RATE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11099860June 4, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
STABILITRAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11090430April 27, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.ENVOY SLT HAS SUN/MOON ROOF.WATER ON DRIVER & PASSENGER FLOOR.WATER RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER STEERING WHEEL FROM UNDER DASHBOARD.VERY CONCERN ABOUT ELECTRICAL DAMAGE & PROBLEMS.WATCHED SOME UTUBE VIDEOS SHOWING TROUBLE WITH DRAIN HOLES(4) FROM SUN/MOON ROOF BECOME CLOGGED WITH DEBRIE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11075475February 28, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
MY 2006 ENVOY DENALI'S LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE CUTTING OUT ON ME AT NIGHT. I'VE READ SEVERAL CASES ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS SITUATION MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT NIGHT UNEXPECTANY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074297February 22, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE PASSENGER SIDE REARVIEW MIRROR WOULD GO UP AND DOWN, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT MOVED BACK INDEPENDENTLY, AND ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE DIMMER SWITCH TO TURN DOWN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTING. THE CONTACT CALLED BECKER BUICK GMC AT (509) 455-3550 (LOCATED AT 636 E SPRAGUE AVE, SPOKANE, WA 99202) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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