GMC Envoy Complaints (2003)

639 consumer complaints on file.

#10122291May 27, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
DT: CONSUMER STATES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON HIS VEHICLE WILL NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SPECIFIC YEAR OF THIS VEHICLE, BUT HIS VIN DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10121172May 17, 2005
TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT, TIRES:SIDEWALL
I LIVE IN ARIZONA WHERE IT IS HOT AND DRY. I WAS COMING HOME FROM THE MALL WITH MY 2 CHILDREN ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN I HAD THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE BLOW OUT. I WAS STRANDED ON THE EXPRESSWAY FOR AN HOUR WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN. MY VEHICLE IS FAIRLY NEW - 2003 GMC ENVOY XL AND THERE IS ONLY 38,000 MILES ON THE TIRES. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK CAME TO CHANGE OUT THE TIRE THEY INDICATED THAT IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR A MICHELIN TIRE TO BLOW THE RADIALS LIKE IT DID. I HAVE MODEL P245/65R17. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AVAILABLE, BUT NOW AM HAVING TO HAVE BOTH REAR TIRES REPLACED SO THEY WEAR EVENLY AND I SEE THAT SOME MODELS SIMILAR TO MINE 245/75R16 HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE TIRE YET, BECAUSE I AM HOPEING SOMEONE CAN GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT TO THE PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I SHOULD HAVE ALL THE TIRES REPLACED NOT JUST THE REAR ONES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120778May 12, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CONSUMER STATES: HAVE A RECALL FOR TAIL LAMPS/STOP LAMPS BOTTOM LIGHTS , THEY WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER, THE TOP LAMPS ARE BAD ALSO. IT WAS INTERMITTENT SOMETIMES THE TOP LAMP WOULD WORK AND OTHER TIMES IT WOULD NOT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10119689May 3, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
OUR ENVOY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN OUR ENVOY WOULD NOT GO PAST SECOND GEAR. WE TOOK TO GMC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY STATED THAT THE UPPER COOLANT LINE HAD BEEN TOUCHING CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND CAUSED ALL FLUID TO LEAK OUT CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL . WE SAW NO FLUIDS IN DRIVEWAY OR SMELLED ANY STRANGE ODORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10120400April 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION ON 2003 GMC ENVOY XL. *MR *SC *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117927April 15, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY IGNITION SWITCH FAILURES. IN APRIL 2004 AT 15,000 MILES AND AGAIN IN APRIL 2005 AT 33,000 MILES, THE IGNITION SWITCH ON MY 2003 ENVOY XL FAILED. THE SYMPTOMS IN EACH CASE WERE ABS/BRAKE/TRACTION LIGHTS STAYING ON, NO HVAC FAN, AND NO CRUISE CONTROL. THE SYMPTOMS OCCURRED ONCE EVERY DOZEN STARTS, AND FINALLY REACHED A HARD FAIL.*AK IN EACH CASE, THE DEALER MECHANIC IDENTIFIED CODES SET FOR MULTIPLE SYSTEMS AND REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. WITH THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, THE MECHANIC COMMENTED THAT THEY REPLACE QUITE A FEW OF THESE SWITCHES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10116281April 3, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
LOWER BALL JOINTS WORN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117222March 31, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
DRIVER APPLIED THE TURN SIGNAL AND THE TURN SIGNAL FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WOULD COME AND OFF ON ITS OWN. DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TURN SIGNAL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115900March 25, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V046000 CONCERNING VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. SINCE ABOUT A WEEK AGO CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE BUT DEALER HAS NOT HAD PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108587March 24, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, LETTING IT WARM, THE CONSUMER ENTERED THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH , THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE ENGINE POWER REDUCED LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY DO 10 MPH. THE CONSUMER WILL HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED SINCE THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. *NM WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS COLD, THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE TOTAL SPEED. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114201March 16, 2005
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
THE 2003 ENVOY WE PURCHASED GAVE US NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF THE ONES OTHER OWNERS MENTIONED HERE, LIKE THE GLASS LIFTGATE THAT DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRRORS THAT MOVE ON THEIR OWN NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THEY WERE SUPPOSEDLY FIXED BY SERVICE TECHNICIANS. THEY DO NOT STAY IN THE POSITION WE SET THEM IN, AND THE FUEL TANK LEAKING IS VERY DANGEROUS AS WELL AS INHALING FREON BECAUSE OF MALFUNCTIONING A/C SYSTEM. WHY IS GMC DOING NOTHING TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS? I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARE GETTING AWAY WITH THIS SEEING THAT SO MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET SOME HELP?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
5
Deaths:
0
#10111732February 17, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS, TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND THE FUEL RAIL WAS REPLACED. LATER GAS WAS SMELLED AGAIN, THERE WAS A VAPOR EMISSION LEAK. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL TANK IS BEING REPLACED TWICE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112836February 16, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
SAFETY PROBLEM REGARDING CONTROL OF DRIVER'S REAR VIEW MIRROR ON 2003 GMC ENVOY. *BF THERE HAD BEEN A STRANGE COMBINATION OF ELECTRICAL EVENTS CENTERED AROUND THE ACCESSORIES IN THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE LEFT DOOR MIRROR. OTHER PROBLEMS: THE SEAT WOULD MOVE ERRATICALLY WHEN STARTING AND SHUTTING DOWN, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR DID NOT LOCK IN SYNC WITH THE OTHERS, THE LOCKS WOULD CLICK 4 TIMES AFTER DRIVING ONE MILE, AND THE CONTROL BUTTON LIGHTS ON THE DRIVERS ARM REST WAS COMING OFF. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110098February 8, 2005
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE FIRST TIME THE WIND NOISE BECAME SUCH AN ISSUE IS WHEN THE CAR HAD ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH A STIFF CROSS WIND. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD THAT WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE ONSTAR TO CALL THE DEALER AND HAVE HIM LISTEN TO THE NOISE, THE ONSTAR KEPT SAYING SLOWER PLEASE, SLOWER PLEASE EVEN THOUGH I WASNT YET SPEAKING. IT WAS THE WIND THE ONSTAR WAS LISTENING TO. I HAVE VISITED THE DEALER IN MOOREHEAD SEVERAL TIMES AND THE GMC PLACE IN MINOT TO TRY TO STOP THE NOISE AND THE HAVE REDUCED THE WIND NOISE BUT I STILL GET AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF NOISE. I HAVE TO TAKE A VACATION DAY TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER 90 MILES AWAY AND THEN EVEN THO I KNOW THEY ARE TRYING, THEY JUST SEEM TO MOVE THE NOISE AROUND. A CAR THAT WINDOWS FOR ALMOST 40K SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS QUIET AS MY DAUGHTER 6 YEAR OLD NEON. WOULDN'T YOU SAY? I BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE WILL NEVER BE QUIET UNLESS YOU ARE TRAVELING LESS THAN 30 MPH DOWN THE ROAD AND WITH THE WIND. I HAVE VISITED THE DEALER SHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE REPLACED WINDO SEALS AND LINERS AS WELL AS BENDING THE DOORS BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED. THEY SAY I AM AN ISOLATED COMPLAINT BUT IN THE SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER 2003 ENVOY AND THE OWNER SAYS HER NOISE IS EVEN WORSE. AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS AND 18000 MILES HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD I HAVE TO ENDURE?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105532January 24, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THE OWNER SAYS THAT THE LIGHT FOR SERVICING COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICING ON 9 OCCASIONS IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ALL ABOUT. *JB THE DIAGNOSIS ARE AS FOLLOWED: ON THREE OCCASIONS NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THERE WERE THREE TRANSFER CASE REPAIRS, THERE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH FOUND RELATED, WIRING HAD TO BE REPLACED AND A VDB WAS INSTALLED. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103904January 19, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION ACCIDENT AT 15 MPH DUE TO WEATHER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS INFORMED BY CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE TURNED OFF BY CUTTING THE BATTERY CABLES. *TC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10107086January 10, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL 04V046000/WINDSHIELD WIPER VISIBILITY. OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR THIS RECALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN OCTOBER, 2004. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND HAD A SEALER KIT INSTALLED WHICH WAS A PATCH TO COVER A HOLE FOR THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR. CORROSION GOT INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE WATER LEAKING INTO THE MOTOR. BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING WATER IT CAUSED THE P.C. BOARD TO SHORT OUT. NOW THE MOTOR IS DEAD BECAUSE OF THE CORROSION. *AK.....*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105356December 27, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN REACHING A STOP SIGN CONSUMER APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES, INSTEAD OF VEHICLE COMING TO A STOP, IT ACCELERATED AND RAN ONTO TWO CURBS, FINALLY CRASHING INTO A PLAY GROUND. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103710December 14, 2004
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY MANUFACTURER.*AK....POLICE REPORT INCLUDED
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10101305December 10, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INTAKE WHICH WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT THE DEALER ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME DEFECT, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THERE WAS NO HELP GIVEN TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE RPM'S WOULD DROP WHILE APPLYING GAS, WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS, THE MPH DROPPED TO 30-40 MPH WITH NO WARNING. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 2-3 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHER VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND HIM. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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