2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.