2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

FUEL GAUGE STAYS ON EMPTY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. IT MAY ALTERNATE FROM FULL TO EMPTY INTERMITTENTLY. *TT

MY 2006 GMC ENVOY FUEL LEVEL GAUGE HAS STARTED READING EMPTY AFTER FILLING WITH FUEL. I HAVE BEEN USING MY ODOMETER TO KEEP TRACK OF MILES SINCE LAST FILL UP. IT HAS BEEN GIVING SPORADIC READINGS AND CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. THIS COULD CAUSE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I WAS TO RUN OUT OF GAS IN TRAFFIC OR ON SOME LONELY ROAD IN THE COUNTRY AT NIGHT. GM IS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION BUT IS ONLY OFFERING TO PAY 50% AT THEIR EXHORBINATE SERVICE RATES. *TR

FUEL GAUGE IS FAULTY AS IT PROVIDES INACCURATE AND RANDOM FUEL LEVEL READINGS WHILE DRIVING. *TR

THE GAS GAUGE HAS FAILED. IT READS EMPTY ALL THE TIME. IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR, AND THE PLACES WILLING TO REPAIR IT ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. THE DEALERSHIP IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE IN THIS AREA. I UNDERSTAND MANY, IF NOT MOST ENVOYS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY HERE IN FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, WHERE THE TEMPERATURE IS EASILY -40 AND SOMETIMES COLDER. THAT IS NOT A SITUATION WHERE RUNNING OUT OF GAS OR A FUEL SITUATION OCCURRING IS SOMETHING THAT A PERSON IS GOING TO EASILY NAVIGATE DURING AT LEAST EIGHT MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. *TR

FUEL GAGE STOPPED WORKING. FUEL GAGE NEEDLE STAYED ON E AFTER FILLING UP. STALLED IN LEFT LANE OF INTERSTATE 80 IN DENVILLE,NEW JERSEY WITH MY TWO DAUGHTERS. THEIR AGES AT TIME OF INCIDENT WERE EIGHT AND ELEVEN. ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY TRACTOR TRAILERS. ALL THREE OF WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THE TRUCK DRIVER HAD NOT BEEN ALERT AND SWERVED TO AVOID US AS I SLOWED AND NAVIGATED TO RIGHT SHOULDER. *TR

ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO THE FUEL GAUGE, AFTER FILLING THE TANK, WOULD READ EMPTY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THEN THE GAUGE WOULD READ FULL, THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO EMPTY. THIS WOULD CONTINUE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND EVENTUALLY THE CORRECT (I ASSUMED) LEVEL WOULD BE SHOWN UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP. AS TIME HAS PASSED, IT TAKES LONGER FOR THE GAUGE TO FINALLY SETTLE DOWN AND READ NORMALLY. I HAVE NOW RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GMC STATING THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL PAY FOR HALF THE REPAIR COST. MY QUESTION IS THAT IF THIS IS A PREMATURE FAILURE, AS THE LETTER STATES, WHY GMC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR 100% OF THE COST. THE LETTER ALSO STATES THAT THE FUEL LEVEL SHOWN MAY READ MORE THAN THE ACTUAL LEVEL. COULD LEAD TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL ON THE INTERSTATE, GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT TRYING TO GET OFF THE ROAD, AND/OR INJECTOR DAMAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED A READING OF EMPTY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FUEL GAUGE HAD SINCE CONSTANTLY DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FUEL CAP, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE CONTACT RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EXACT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING, THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED READING EMPTY IMMEDIATELY WHEN TANK WAS FILLED. POSSIBLY RELATED OR NOT, THE FLAP IN THE FUEL FILLER NECK DISAPPEARED ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE PROBLEM STARTED. ONCE THE PROBLEM BEGAN, THE FUEL LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED AND WOULD STAY ON CONSTANTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AS WELL. AS FUEL LEVEL DECREASED SOMETIMES THE GAUGE WOULD APPARENTLY READ CORRECTLY (E.G. BELOW 3/4 TANK). STOPPING OR STARTING SOMETIMES CAUSED THE GAUGE TO FLUCTUATE; OFTEN THE GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN SEVERAL TIMES A MINUTE. OVER THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS THE CONDITION HAS WORSENED AND THE GAUGE OFTEN READS EMPTY, WITH OCCASIONAL SWINGS UP TO APPROXIMATELY CORRECT LEVEL (ESTIMATE BASED ON MILES DRIVEN SINCE FILLING TANK). HOWEVER, THE GAUGE NEVER WENT BELOW 1/8 TANK, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LESS THAN TWO GALLONS FROM EMPTY IN A 24-GALLON TANK. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY. THIS HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS SEVERAL TIMES NOW IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC DUE TO THE GAUGE TELLING ME I HAD MORE FUEL THAN I ACTUALLY HAD. *KB