2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

THE HEAT AND AIR FAN RESISTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO CATCH ON FIRE. SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH AND FROM THE GLOVE BOX. THE SURGE HAD CAUSED THE HEAD LIGHT WIRES TO BURN INTO. SUCH A MESS...FUEL GAUGE HAD STOPPED WORKING ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THAT .NOW THE POWER STEERING IS HAVING A PROBLEM. WHAT NEXT..... *TR

I OWN A 2006 ENVOY DENALI AND LAST MAY 2010 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE A BUSY HIGHWAY AROUND 55 MILES AN HOUR AND THE TRUCK JUST LOST ALL POWER AND COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN. IT TOOK ALEAST THREE TRIES BEFORE I COULD GET IT STARTED AGAIN. I WAS SO SCARED THAT A TRACKER TRAILOR WOULD HIT ME FROM BEHIND. IT DIDN'T DO AGAIN FOR A WEEK , AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES. NOW ITS A YEAR LATER AND I AGAIN WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRUCK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON BUT COULD ONLY GET THE TRUCK TO ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR SO THAT I COULD GET OUT OF HARMS WAY. I CALLED GMC TO MAKE AN COMPLAINT AS IT IS VERY RARE TO HAVE TO REPLACE A THROTTLE BODY EVERY YEAR. I TAKE CARE OF MY TRUCK AND SEE NO REASON WHY IT HAPPENING OTHER THAN GMC DEFECT. GMC DID NOT HELP ME AND JUST SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I NO THIS TO BE UNTRUE AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH GMC AND WILL NEVER BUY THE PRODUCT AGAIN. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT ISSUES WITH THIS TRUCK, AND AFTER LOOKING INTO IT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ENVOY OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I AM. I DON'T DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY IF I CAN HELP IT AT ALL, GETTING STUCK IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH A TRUCK THAT WON'T MOVE IS WAY TO SCARY. GMC SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE IT RIGHT AND RECALL THE TRUCK AND FIGURE OUT WHY THE THROTTLE BODY FAILS. *TR

GAS HAND READS EMPTY AND DOES NOT MOVE FROM EMPTY WHEN TANK IS FULL OF GAS. *TR

REDUCED POWER LIGHT CAME ON WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. THE ENGINE HAS ONLY 8K MILES SINCE ENGINE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MARK EMPTY FUEL TANK AND SOMETIMES FULL TANK, UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AFTER THAT THE FUEL GAGE MARKS EMPTY, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON OCTOBER 2009 AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT THE TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IF I NEED THE REPAIR I WOULD HAVE TO PAY. I CONTACT GM ON THEIR 1-800 NUMBER BUT THEIR AUTOMATED RESPONSE DENIED ANY CLAIMS. A FEW MONTHS AGO I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM AND WILLING TO SHARE HALF OF THE COST FOR THE REPAIR. WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR THEIR FAILURE AND BAD QUALITY? THE PARTS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TESTED AT LEAST A MILLION CYCLES, BUT APPARENTLY NOT, AND MY VEHICLE FAILED AT THE 78TH TIME OF FILL-UP THE TANK, WHAT A SHAME.... *TR

LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. - THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT I NEARLY RAN OUT OF FUEL WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE ENGINE STALLED; HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO RESTARTED IT AND THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH FUEL FOR ME TO LIMP INTO A GAS STATION. *TR

IN FEBRUARY I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ON THE THRUWAY, WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR STOPPED WORKING. I LUCKILY PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER BUT HAD TO WAIT THERE IN THE DARK, TERRIFIED THAT WE WOULD BE HIT FROM BEHIND, AS IT WAS DARK. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I FOUND OUT THE CAR WAS SIMPLY OUT OF GAS! THE GAS GAUGE DID NOT READ EMPTY BUT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM!! SINCE THAT TIME I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS SEVERAL MORE OCCASIONS, ONCE WITH 5 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT NIGHT. GMC IS NOT ISSUING A RECALL AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW!! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR THE DRIVER OF THESE VEHICLES WITH THE FAULTY SENSOR, BUT OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD ALSO. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

FUEL SENSOR STOPPED WORKING SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. MUST SET TRIP ODOMETER TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF GAS REMAINING. HAVE BEEN STRANDED BECAUSE OF FAULTY FUEL GAUGE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON THE FL TPKE. IN MY 2006 GMC ENVOY ON 11/8/11 JUST SOUTH OF ORLANDO AT 9:30 PM WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME JAMMED ON THE BREAKS BECAUSE THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM WAS DRIVING UNSAFELY. WHEN I JAMMED ON MY BRAKES THE ABS DID NOT FUNCTION AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. I WAS SWERVING VIOLENTLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE ACROSS THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY UNTIL I FINALLY GOT THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL WITH MUCH PHYSICAL EFFORT. I THOUGHT I WAS A DEAD MAN BUT I SURVIVED. THANK GOD THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME OR THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT 70 MPH WHICH IS THE SPEED LIMIT. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID STRIKING THE OTHER TWO VEHICLES IN THE ROAD. THERE WAS TIRE SMOKE EVERYWHERE. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. GMC NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

FUEL SENSOR OUT. THIS IS THE 2ND GMC I HAVE OWNED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH. THE FIRST WAS A 2005 GMC ENVOY SLT. *TR