2003 GMC ENVOY Complaints

FUEL LEAK COMING FROM TOP OF GAS TANK. I SUSPECT IT IS THE FUEL PUMP MODULE. SEVERE RUST AND LIMITED VISIBILITY PREVENTED ME FROM IDENTIFYING 100 PERCENT. TALKED TO GM, THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM BUT SINCE IT HAPPENED 14,000 MILES BEYOND THEIR EXTENDED SPECIAL WARRANTY FOR THIS, THEY WILL DO NOTHING. BAD DESIGN IS A BAD DESIGN REGARDLESS OF MILES OR YEARS. VERY DANGEROUS HAVING A LEAK THIS BAD. WILL FIX MYSELF WHEN I COME UP WITH THE MONEY. *TR

EXTERIOR HEADLAMPS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING OCCASIONALLY. NOW I CAN NOT GET THEM TO COME BACK ON. *TR

MY GAS GAUGE HAS BEEN INACCURATELY GIVING THE PROPER FUEL LEVEL. TODAY I NOTICED THE GAUGE IS NOW STUCK WAY PAST THE "FULL" LEVEL" AND DOES NOT MOVE. *TR

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE GMC DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF A DISTINCT GAS ODOR BY THE VEHICLE. I HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A CAUTIONARY LETTER FROM GMC THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP INVOLVING POOLING AND PITTING AND EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO TEN YEARS TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. THE INSPECTION AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE WAS A "FUEL LEAK FROM THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK AREA-FUEL PUMP MODULE LEAKING" THE SERVICE ADVISOR WAS SUFFICIENTLY CONCERNED TO OFFER ME A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE TO DRIVE UNTIL THE REPAIR WAS MADE. HE SAID THAT IF I WERE TO HIT SOMETHING AND CREATE A SPARK I COULD BE IN JEOPARDY. I WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT A STRAY CIGARETTE BUTT THROWN OUT A WINDOW. HE ALSO GAVE ME THE CUSTOMER ASSURANCE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL TO FILE A CLAIM. I DID CALL THE NEXT MORNING AND INFORMATION WAS GIVEN AND I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER AND TOLD THAT THE "DISTRICT " WOULD CALL ME. WHEN I RECEIVED THE CALL FROM THAT OFFICE SHE TOLD ME THEY WOULD CALL ME THE FOLLOWING DAY. TEN MINUTES LATER SHE CALLED BACK AND SAID THAT GM WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THEY OBVIOUSLY KNEW THERE WAS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM OR THEY WOULD NOT HAVE SENT OUT WARNING LETTERS. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS INVOLVED. I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE DID NOT READ THE LETTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD REPAIRS MADE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE SO THEY NEVER REPORTED THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A COSTLY REPAIR AND I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE EXPENSE. I COUNT MYSELF LUCKY THAT IT IS NOT MY SERVIVING FAMILY FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *TT

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN REAR OF VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS RIDING LOW. GOT OFF HIGHWAY AT NEXT EXIT TO CHECK BACK OF TRUCK. REAR OF TRUCK WAS SITTING LOW. TURNED TRUCK OFF WAITED A FEW MINUTES, TURNED TRUCK BACK ON. THE REAR OF THE TRUCK DID NOT RISE. THIS CAN NOT BE SAFE FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM TO DISENGAGE WHILE DRIVING. I HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTICED WHEN THE TRUCK IS FIRST TURNED ON THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION WOULD ENGAGE AND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WOULD RISE. *TR

FUEL PUMP OUTLET TUBE WAS FOUND CORRODED THROUGH AFTER INFORMING THE LOCAL GMC DEALER OF GASOLINE ODORS WHEN GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN BRANDON, FLORIDA AND HAS ALWAYS REMAINED IN FLORIDA. *KB

I PURCHASED MY 2003 GMC ENVOY XL IN 2008 FROM A NY DEALER WITH 60,000 MILES ON IT, THE CAR DIDN'T REGISTER ANY ACCIDENTS WITH CARFAX. THE DAY AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR MY BATTERY WENT DEAD AND I WAS STRANDED AT 7AM WITH MY KIDS. THE DEALER PAID FOR THE TOW AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. A YEAR LATER WHILE DRIVING TO MY SONS BASKETBALL GAME AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I PULLED OVER AND USED MY HAZARDS, MY SON INSPECTED THE LIGHTS AND COULD SMELL SOMETHING WAS BURNING..THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT WIRE WAS BURNT BADLY. WE REPLACED THE LIGHT AND THE WIRING. THE NEXT DAY NOT ONLY DID THE LIGHTS SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, BUT I COULDN'T PUT MY WINDOW UP! THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW PANEL DID NOT WORK, BUT THE OTHER WINDOWS WORKED FINE. I PAID $400 TO HAVE THE PANEL REPLACED. (NOW THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING ON THE DRIVER SIDE) THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES IN 3 YEARS! WHEN EVER I WOULD USE THE WINDOW, OR THE HEAT VENT, OR THE CHARGER INLETS IN MY CAR THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER DIM. MY MECHANIC DID A AMPS CHECK WHILE MY PHONE WAS PLUGGED IN,CAR WAS RUNNING,RADIO ON, AND HEATER ON AND STATED THE AMPS WERE FINE, UNTIL I HIT THE WINDOW BUTTON, THEN THE AMPS WENT WAY DOWN. COST TO REPLACE ALTERNATOR $350.00, THAT WAS IN 2010, SO FAR IN 2011 I HAVE AWOKEN 3 MORNINGS IN A ROW TO A DEAD CAR. I SAT IN THE CAR WITH CAR OFF, DOORS LOCKED ONE NIGHT TO SEE WHAT GOES ON OVER NIGHT..WELL THE ALARM SENSOR BUTTON DIDN'T STOP BLINKING RED, THE SEAT ADJUSTMENTS KEPT MOVING EVERY 4 MINS, THE REARVIEW MIRRORS WERE MOVING NON STOP, AND THE HORRIBLE BEEPING SOUND INSIDE THE CAR WAS NON STOP! THE RADIO DASH DIDN'T SHUT OFF EITHER, IT WAS PIPING HOT AFTER A HALF HOUR OF SITTING. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 GMC ENVOY THAT HAS THE FUEL GAUGE ISSUE AS WELL. FOR YEARS I ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE SURE I HAVE GAS IN THE TANK BECAUSE I REALLY NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS A HAVE. I CAN BUT $30 OR $40 IN GAS IN MY TANK AND MY GAUGE WILL READ WHATEVER IT WANTS. IT HAS SHOWN THAT I HAVE GAS AND I HAVE RAN OUT TWICE WHILE DRIVING. IT IS SCARY WITH TWO CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I'VE SEEN THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM IN OTHER ENVOYS PARTICULARLY 2005 AND UP, BUT ALSO SEE THERE ARE INTERNET POSTS ON COMPLAINTS REGARDING 2003 MODELS AS WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION DROPPED DOWN TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO BE DRIVEN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO DRIVE OVER A BUMP, THE TIRES COULD BLOW OUT AND CAUSE A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,000.

PURCHASED A 2003 ENVOY IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 AT AROUND 86000 MILES IN ONE MONTH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT OUT SO NO SPEEDOMETER AND AFFECTED THE OIL GAUGE. AT EXACTLY 100,000 MILES THE DRIVER DOOR PANEL WENT OUT COULD SMELL WIRES BURNING. CALLED DEALER WHERE PURCHASED TO TRADE IN ON VEHICLE IN WORKING ORDER AND HE WAS ABLE TO FIND PARTS FROM JUNK YARD TO REPLACE I WAS ALSO INFORMED THE PROBLEMS I HAD HAVE BECOME AN EPIDEMIC FOR ALL GMC VEHICLES AND PEOPLE ARE SPENDING A SMALL FORTUNE GETTING THEM REPAIRED. JUST WANT TO ADVISE ANYONE READING THIS TO STOP BUYING ANYTHING MADE MY GMC BECAUSE THEY DO NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR FAULTY PRODUCTS NOR DOES THE GOVERNMENT MAKE THEM. *TR