2004 GMC ENVOY Complaints

I WAS IN ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2012 IN MY 2004 ENVOY XUV. I WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 40 MPH WHEN ANOTHER CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF ME AND WITHIN 1 SECOND I T-BONED THE SIDE OF THEIR CAR. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FORTUNATELY ALL I ENDED UP WITH WAS MINOR BRUSES FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE SEATBELT STRAP. THIS WAS TO BE THE BEST ENGINEERED SUV GMC HAD EVER MADE AND I WAS SHOCKED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

SPEEDOMETER IS COMPLETELY DISABLED , RPM AND BATTERY GUAGES INOPERABLE AND GAS GUAGE SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A RECALL BUT I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION AND NOW I AM TOLD IT WILL COST BETWEEN $400 AND $500 TO REPAIR. *TT

ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ICY ,CAR SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL AND SLAMMED INTO A UTILITY POLE. NEITHER DRIVER SIDE OR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *TR

STARTING SHORTLY AFTER ENVOY WAS BOUGHT I NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD SHOW QUARTER TANK ONE, THEN AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND STARTING AGAIN IT WAS OUT OF FUEL AND THE LIGHT WAS ON. IN JULY 2011 THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT HIGH AND IT IS NOW PEGGED AND DOESN'T RESET. I ASKED DEALER ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS AN OUTRAGEOUS PRICE JUST TO DIAGNOSE. JAN 2012 AND NOW SPEEDOMETER GAUGE DOES NOT RESET, IT IS STUCK AT 30 MPH AND GOES UP TO 85-90 WHEN DRIVING. AFTER RESEARCHING TODAY I SEE A SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, I NEVER RECEIVED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LETTER FROM GM, BECAUSE ENVOY WASN'T INCLUDED, BUT IT IS THE SAME ISSUES AS OTHER VEHICLE ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN. PLEASE HOLD GM RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE DEFECTS. *TR

A YEAR AFTER THE PURCHASE OF MY NEW 2004 GMC ENVOY XUV MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE TECH SAID I NEEDED A NEW GAS CAP BECAUSE OF A SMALL VAPOR LEAK. I BOUGHT THE NEW CAP AND A FEW MONTHS LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AGAIN I BOUGHT ANOTHER CAP. FROM THEN I HAD BEEN TOLD BY DIFFERENT MECHANICS THAT THE VAPOR LEAK IS COMING FROM THE NOZZLE THE CAP ATTACHES TO BUT TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD I WOULD FAIL MY SMOG CHECK BECAUSE THE VAPOR LEAK ACCORDING TO THEIR DIAGNOSTICS WAS NOT COMING FROM THE NOZZLE, BUT SOMEWHERE ELSE NEAR THE TANK. AFTER RESEARCH ON RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS, I FOUND OUT THAT MY PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS, THAT BEING THE GM SERVICE BULLETIN 05-06-04-014A: INFO - DIAGNOSTIC AIDS FOR TROUBLE CODES P0440, P0455 & / OR P0442 FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE CRACK, AND THAT THE 2002 - 2004 ENVOY MAY HAVE ISSUES WITH A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK FILLER NECK AS WELL. I CHECKED OUT THE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND YEP MY FILLER TANK CONNECTION FROM HOSE TO TANK IS LOOSE AND SHOWING EVIDENCE OF GAS LEAKING DOWN THE TANK. IT WASN'T A SMALL VAPOR LEAK, IT IS A MUSHROOM CLOUD EVENT JUST WAITING TO HAPPEN TO MY BACKSIDE! THE INTERESTING PART OF THIS DISASTER IS THAT THEY DID THIS AS FAR BACK AS I COULD SEARCH, SO FAR AS EARLY AS 2001. GM HAD ADVISED THEIR MECHANICS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED AND REDESIGN OF THE SYSTEM WAS IN PLACE WITH WELDED UNITS ATTACHING THE COMPONENTS, RATHER THAN RUBBER BOOTING TO PLASTIC TANKS. I HAVE THE INTERNAL MEMO OF THEIR DECLARATIONS FOR THREE YEARS SO FAR. TODAY, I'M IN POSSESSION OF A LOADED BOMB AND SEE THAT TSB'S ARE ISSUED FOR YEARS THROUGH 2009. PLUS THERES A DISCREPANCY WITH SERVICE WARRANTIES OF 10 YEARS OR 120,000 MILES VS 150,000, I HAVE THOSE INTERNAL DOCUMENTS FROM GM TO THE DEALERS AS WELL. I CANT AFFORD THIS. OTHER ENVOY OWNERS I'VE TALKED TO ARE SAYING THE SAME THINGS EXACTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED A FUEL TANK CRACKED CAUSING THE FUEL TO LEAK AND THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE FUEL TANK WHICH CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

ON THURSDAY 12/27/2011 ON MY WAY TO WORK PULLED INTO HESS GAS STATION PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK LOOK UP AND I WAS ROLLING BACK... LOOK AT THE GEAR SHIFT AND IT WAS IN PARK BUT ON MY DASHBOARD THE TRUCK WAS IN 1ST GEAR TRIED TO PULL IT OUT OF PARK BY THE HAND GEAR AND IT KEPT ROLLING BACK AND FORTH THEN IT FINALLY LOCK UP IN PARK BUT STILL ON THE DASHBOARD IT SAID IT WAS IN 1ST GEAR UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS, HAD TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM AUTOLINE IN JACKSONVILLE FLA. FOUND OUT THE SHIFTER CABLE POP IN HALF HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED PURCHASED THE SHIFTER CABLE AND SHIFTER ASSEMBLY COSTING JUST FOR THE PARTS OVER $200.00 AT 292.00 LABOR I ONLY HAD THE TRUCK 3 MONTHS AND SINCE THEY CLAIM IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY MORNING GLAD I WAS NOT DRIVING IT AND PULLED OVER TO PURCHASE GAS THAT MORNING. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY IS THIS CONSIDERED WEAR AND TEAR..... *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 ENVOY XL BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY ( GOING FROM 0 TO 120 ) A EARLIER 2011 AND CONTINUES. THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER PROPERLY EITHER. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHANGE MY SPEEDOMETER FIRST TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FIX BOTH PROBLEMS (OVER $600.00 IN COST) AND IF THAT DIDN'T FIX IT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE A MODULE IN THE FUEL TANK (ANOTHER $600.00 IN COST). MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND NEEDS TO BE RECALL. I'VE READ DIFFERENT MAKES OF GMC AND MILEAGE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE BACK WINDOW ON MY GMC ENVOY 2004 EXPLODED WHEN MY SON WAS CLOSING IT. THANK GOODNESS THE GLASS PIECES HIT AND CUT HIS FOREHEAD AND HAND AND NOT HIS EYES! *TR

THE GAS TANK OR HOSE IS LEAKING. THIS IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX AN FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD RECALLS ON TRAILBLAZERS FOR JUST THIS REASON. *TR