2005 GMC ENVOY Complaints

ONE DAY MY OIL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND EVENTUALLY EVERY GAUGE IN MY PANEL STOPPED WORKING. THIS ALL STARTED AROUND NOV OF 2008. I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I CHECKED ALL FUSES, BULBS AND WIRING. NOW TWO DAYS AGO MY HEAD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING ON LOW BEAM. NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE THE PROBLEM. I RECENTLY FOUND HUNDREDS OF ENVOY OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUES AND NOW KNOW IT IS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL. EST COST FOR THE PART ONLY $570. *TR

IN JULY OF 2009, MY FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING, IT WAS READING EMPTY ALL THE TIME. EVEN AFTER A FILL UP. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL SENSOR WAS NOT WORKING ANY MORE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO DROP THE FUEL TANK AND REPLACE THE SENSOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY TO FIX. SO I HAVE BEEN GETTING GAS EVERY 300 MILES. TODAY I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM WAS PUTTING A STRAIN ON MY COMPUTER FOR THE CAR. THE COMPUTER CONTROLS EVERYTHING IN THE CAR. THAT EVENTUALLY I WOULD BE PAYING A LOT MORE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THE COMPUTER.

6/13/2011 VEHICLE TAKEN TO GMC SERVICE FOR TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND FILTER CHANGE. RETURNING HOME SAME AFTERNOON VEHICLE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND STOPPED MOVING. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO MOVE VEHICLE IT WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP. SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT PROBABLY BROKEN HARD PARTS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WERE TO BLAME. REBUILD TRANS. IN RANGE OF 2$K, REPLACEMENT $3K. SPOKE WITH GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE, NO EXPLANATION WHY TRANSMISSION FAILED OR ASSIST TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THIS VEHICLE HAS 105,151 MILES ON ODOMETER. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY FUEL GAUGE SENSOR. VEHICLE HAS 48,000 MILES AND WHEN I FILL UP THE GAS TANK THE FUEL GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN AND STAYS AT EMPTY WITH THE LIGHT FLASHING. I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER WHO IN RETURN, CALLED THE CONTACT AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 07/18/11

2005 GMC ENVOY GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN RECENTLY FILLED UP AND CONSTANTLY FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN. APPARENTLY THE FUEL TANK LEVEL SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE AND COULD RESULT IN THE VEHICLE UNKNOWINGLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, STALLING AND BEING REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A WARNING SOUND BEGAN TO INDICATE TO THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE FUEL GAUGE READING INDICATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FUEL INDICATOR ALSO DISPLAYED A READING THAT FLUCTUATES AND DOES NOT SHOW THE ACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP10001 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

I HAVE A 2005 ENVOY AND IT JUST STARTED SMELLING OF GAS FUMES REALLY BAD AND AS I WAS READING SOME INFORMATION ON YOUR SITE I HAVE ALSO AGREE IT IS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM YOU SEE WHERE IT WAS SEALED NOT BY OIL CLAY OR ANY GOOEY SUBSTANCE OF THAT SOURCE ITS SECURED BY WELDING I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I WORK FOR NUMMI AND I WAS A QC INSPECTOR AND DID THE TEAR DOWN ON THE GAS TANKS FOR SAFETY IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME TANKS SLIP BY BECAUSE NOT EVERY ONE IS CK THERE RANDOM CHECKS I BELIEVE ITS THE O YES O RING THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY WELDED PROPERLY CAUSING LEAKS THAT IS THE GAS FUME I AM SMELLING IN MY CURRENT ENVOY (2005) .AND YES IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE PEOPLE CAN DIE FROM THESE FUMES YOU KNOW IT AND SO DUE I .LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPEN ONE DAY THERE WAS THIS GENTLEMAN WHO WAS ON THE JOB AND LOTS OF GAS TANK SLIP THROUGH THAT DAY ROLLING OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND SHIP OUT TO DEALER SHIPS WHERE THE O RINGS WERE NOT HOLDING UP DURING THE TEAR DOWN PROCESS OF THE INSPECTION. WELL NEED LESS TO SAY THE UNITS WENT OUT TO BE SOLD TO CONSUMER .AND THEY WANTED TO FIRE THE INSPECTOR BUT THEY JUST SUSPENDED HIM FOR A WEEK.ANOTHER PROBLEM OCCURRED ON MY INSPECTION ROUTE IN BODY N WELD I HAD FOUND A SPLIT ON THE FLOOR PAN OF THE COROLLA VERY LARGE AND HARD TO SEE GUESS I JUST GOT LUCKY BUT SO THE MANAGER AT THAT TIME WAS A FEMALE AND SHE WENT TO THE END OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND SURE ENOUGH THOSE SPLIT HAD BEEN SHIP OUT TO THE DEALER SHIPS THEY TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE ONES THAT WERE SHIP YOU SEE IF YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MEDAL IT WILL CONTINUE TO SPLIT OF COURSE THE CARPET COVER IT WHO WILL KNOW .THE REMINDING ONES WELL THEY PLACE A SPOT WELD ON EACH SIDE OF THE SPLIT AND SOME SEALER. WITH THAT SAID I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURE IS CERTAINLY RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS NO MATTER THE MILEAGE OR THE YEAR. BY THE WAY I WORK IN THE BODY-N-WELD SHOP. IT IS NOT A WARE AND TEAR ISSUE. *TR

OUR SPEEDOMETER ON OUR 2005 ENVOY HAS STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY. IT EITHER JUST STAYS AT ZERO, OR SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK FOR 10-20 MINUTES AND THEN IT JUST STARTS GOING DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN UNTIL IT HITS ZERO. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. WE HAVEN'T REPLACED IT YET. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 GMC ENVOY AND THE GAS LIGHT AND FUEL TANK GAUGE ARE MALFUNCTIONING. WHEN WE FILL UP WITH GAS THE EMPTY GAS REMAINS ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN ONLY MOVES TO 1/4 OF A FULL TANK. LATER IT WILL MOVE UP, BUT WILL DRIVING IT WILL JUST DROP TO EMPTY. *TR