2004 GMC ENVOY Complaints

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER ON MY GMC ENVOY 2004 IS DEFECTIVE AS IT IS ON A MULTITUDE OF OTHER GM MODELS BETWEEN 2003 AND 2005. ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES IS THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT WORK OR WILL REPORT A FAULTY READING WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THIS IS AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION AND FOR SOME REASON GM HAS NOT YET ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM FOR GMC ENVOYS OF THE YEAR 2004 EVEN THOUGH OTHER YEARS OF THIS MODEL AND OTHER MODELS OF GM VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. PLEASE HELP GM DO THE RIGHT THING BY IT'S ENVOY OWNERS. WE HAVE CERTAINLY BAILED THEM OUT ENOUGH. THERE IS ANOTHER POTENTIALLY DEADLY CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ISSUE. IF ONE WERE TO BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 60MPH USING CRUISE CONTROL AND THE SPEEDOMETER WERE TO ALL OF A SUDDEN PEG ITSELF TO 20MPH, THERE WOULD BE A SUDDEN AND ABRUPT ACCELERATION AS THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN 60MPH EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY AT THAT SPEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS DANGEROUS SPEED CONTROL ISSUE.. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME, THE ENGINE WOULD STALL UPON INITIAL STARTUP. THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO START-UP HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, WHICH RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

MY SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON DURING THE SUMMER OF 2013 AND DIAGNOSTICS WERE COMPLETED STATING THAT THERE WAS A PRESSURE ISSUE, THEN LATER IN THE FALL, NOTICED FUEL SMELL AT TIME OF FUELING. TOOK CAR TO SHOP TO GET CHECKED, SHOP OWNER FOUND RECALL FOR INJURIES DEMONSTRATED IN MY FUEL SYSTEM. MOVED CAR TO GMC DEALER FOR OFFICIAL DIAGNOSTICS, THEY STATED THAT MY CAR WAS ACTUALLY A 2003, SINCE IT WAS SOLD IN DEC OF THAT YEAR AND WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE. I THEN FOUND A RECALL NOTICE PUBLISHED IN 2007 THAT INCLUDED 2002 AND 2003 VEHICLES WITH THE INITIAL RECALL. GMC TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO COVER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL(THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN IN A SATISFACTORY WAY HOW THIS AFFECTED ME AS A CONSUMER). THE NHTSA ACTION # IS PE07014. AT THE TIME OF THE SYMPTOMS, MY CAR HAD LESS THAN 130,000 MILES ON IT (AS IT HAS JUST 130 K ON IT NOW) AND WAS JUST UNDER 10 YEARS OLD. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGES ARE ERRATIC. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE SOMETIMES READS UP TO 30 MPH ABOVE OR BELOW ACTUAL SPEED. CONCURRENTLY THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS READING AT ITS MAX AND WILL NOT RETURN TO 0 WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARS WITH THESE PANELS. *TR

I HAVE HAD AN OVERWHELMING SMELL OF GASOLINE FOR WEEKS AND MY SPEEDOMETER WAS ONLY WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. I TOOK MY CAR TO AN AUTO STORE AND HAD THEM PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER THE CODE READ SMALL EVAP LEAK SO I BOUGHT A NEW GAS CAP TO ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THAT DIDN'T WORK SO I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC FOR IT TO BE CHECKED OUT AS MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. ON THE FIRST VISIT HE SCANNED THE COMPUTER AND CODES READ PO 442 & 445 ? SMALL/LARGE EMISSION LEAK, HE CHECKED ALL COMPONENTS AND COULD FIND NOTHING. I TOOK MY CAR BACK AS THE SPEEDOMETER ISSUE WAS GETTING WORSE AND THE GAS SMELL WAS STILL PRESENT THE SAME CODE CAME UP FOR THE EMISSION/EVAP LEAK AND STILL NOTHING FOR THE SPEEDOMETER ISSUE. HE THEN DID A SMOKE TEST AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE FILLER NECK OF THE PLASTIC GAS TANK THAT CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND MUST BE REPLACED. HE REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER SENDER WHICH STILL DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND BOTH OF THESE ISSUES TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH OTHER ENVOY OWNERS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THESE PARTS AND WHY GMC IS LEAVING THE COST OF REPAIRS UP TO THE OWNERS. THESE ARE MANUFACTURE??S DEFECTS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A REPUTABLE COMPANY. I HAVE CALLED INTO GMC SUPPORT AND THEY AS WELL AS STAFF AT A GMC DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SAME ISSUE AS WAS STATED IN A RECALL BUT MY VIN NUMBER WASN'T INCLUDED SO NO FINANCIAL HELP WAS GIVEN. $1,215.29 LATER I HAVE A NEW GAS TANK AND MY SPEEDOMETER STILL DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS RIDICULOUS... TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR YOUR PRODUCT MALFUNCTIONS!!! HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES THERE NEED TO BE BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED ON THESE VEHICLE ISSUES? *TR

SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN A SMOOTH ROAD, NO BUMPS, AND REAR HATCH GLASS SHATTERED. I'VE READ HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE'S ENVOYS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOMEBODY SHOT OUT MY WINDOW BECAUSE WHO HAS EVER HEARD OF A WINDOW JUST EXPLODING FOR NO REASON. WELL, APPARENTLY GMC FOUND A WAY TO MAKE WINDOWS, "JUST EXPLODE", AND THEN WEASELS THEIR WAY OUT OF PAYING TO FIX THIS EMBARRASSMENT OF AMERICAN ENGINEERING. FROM WHAT I'VE READ GMC HAS REFUSED ALL CASES COMPENSATION FOR THIS PROBLEM, SO I CAME HERE TO VOICE MY FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE $795 TO FIX MY TRUCK. I AM WONDERING IF THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. MY 1999 VW JETTA WAS PART OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BECAUSE THE GROUND EFFECT TRIM WOULD GET CAUGHT ON PARKING BLOCKS AND CAUSE DAMAGE, BUT THIS WINDOW EXPLODING IS A MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM. SO I WILL CALL GMC ON JAN.2 WHEN OFFICES OPEN BACK UP, AND DEPENDING ON HOW THAT GOES I MIGHT CALL UP A BUDDY WHO PRACTICES LAW TO SEE WHAT THE CHANCES ARE FOR A CLASS ACTION SUIT. *TR

I WENT TO GET MY VEHICLE SMOGED AND THE SMOG TECH LET ME KNOW I HAVE A LEAK FROM A CLAMP. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT TO REPLACE THE CLAMP AND SAW THAT THE NECK ON THE GAS TANK WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND THAT WAS WHERE THE ACTUALLY LEAK WAS COMING FROM. APPARENTLY THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH OTHER PEOPLES GMC ENVOY'S, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND THE NECK IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. NOW I AM AT A LOSS OF A CAR UNTIL I CAN AFFORD TO FIX IT. THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER NOT BY THE OWNERS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN READING MANY OF THESE POST. I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALSO HAPPENED TO MY ENVOY. I HAVE HAD MY BACK WINDOW BLOW OUT WHILE DRIVING, THANK GOD THAT BOTH OF MY KIDS THAT WERE IN THE BACK SEAT WERE NOT HURT, THEY WERE JUST SCARED AND STILL ASK IF IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I ALSO RECENTLY JUST HAD TO HAVE A PIECE ON THE GAS LINE FIXED WHICH WAS ALMOST $900.00 MONEY THAT I DIDN'T HAVE AND HAD TO BORROW. I AM STILL PAYING IT BACK. NOW AS FOR LAST NIGHT MY LOW BEAMS ARE NOT WORKING, I BOUGHT NEW BULBS AND THAT DIDN'T WORK, SO IT IS BACK TO THE MECHANIC. OH AND I HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT GOES ON AND OFF. THEY REALLY NEED TO GET ON ALL OF THESE THINGS. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THE CAR WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. I MAY JUST PRINT THESE THINGS UP AND BRING TO THE GMC SHOP AND SEE WHAT THE CAN DO ABOUT IT. I MEAN I REALLY TO LOVE MY SUV BUT THIS IS CRAZY. I AM NOW KIND OF SCARED TO HAVE MY KIDS IN THE CAR. *TR

THE FUEL TANK NECK WHERE THE FUEL GOES INTO THE VEHICLE THEN DOWN TO THE GAS TANK IS CRACKED WHICH IS CAUSING A GAS LEAK & VAPORS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE READING WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE ENGINE THEN SUDDENLY STALLED DUE TO THE FAULTY FUEL GAUGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.