2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE SENSOR IN THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

I BOUGHT A USED 2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI WITH 69,000 MILES IN JUNE 2010, BY JULY I WAS REPLACING THE AIR SHOCKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. ON ABOUT 7/28/2011 ON THE BELTWAY WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 65 I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE APPROACHING A LEFT HAND EXIT WHEN MY CAR STALLED, I HAD RUN OUT OF GAS WITH NO INDICATION. I WAITED OVER AN HOUR FOR SOMEONE TO COME PUT GAS IN MY TRUCK IN ABOUT 100 DEGREE TEMPATURE. I LATER RAN OUT OF GAS ON A BACK ROAD COMING TO MY HOUSE AT NIGHT. AGAIN NO INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON TO LET ME KNOW I WAS LOW ON GAS. NOW THE GAS GAUGE FLOATS BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY CONTIONUSLY. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY SITUATION BOTH TIMES. MY FLASHERS WERE ON THE WHOLE TIME AND I HAD TO CHANGE THE BATTERY. NOW THE AIR WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE VENTS ONLY THE FLOOR AND DEFROST. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE GAS GAUGE, I COULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BOTH TIMES. *KB

MY 2006 ENVOY'S FUEL SENSOR GUAGE ABRUPTLY QUIT WORKING BY ORIGINALLY, RANDOMLY INDICATING IMPROPER TANK VOLUME. AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE FUEL GUAGE IS PERMANENTLY STUCK ON EMPTY AND MY FUEL LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE ONBOARD COMPUTER CONSTANTLY CHIMES AND ADVISES MY FUEL LEVEL IS LOW. I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT PROVIDED MY VEHICLE IS DISPLAYING THE SIGNS OF THE PROBLEM (IT IS) I COULD TAKE IT TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND I WOULD ONLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 50% OF THE REPAIR BILL. I FIND THIS ABSURED! WHY SHOULD I PAY TO FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM? WHY ISN'T THIS A FULL RECALL? I FEEL GM SHOULD PAY FOR THE ENTIRE BILL TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENSOR AND AM REQUESTING ASSISTANCE. *TT

FILLED MY GAS TANK UP AND THE FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY AFTER FILLING. EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK, IT GOES TO EMPTY AND THEN AFTER DRIVING A BIT THE GAUGE STARTS RE-REGISTERING. I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT IS ACCURATE ANYMORE. EVAPORATOR PURGE SOLENOID HAS ALSO WENT OUT CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. THE LACK OF AN ACCURATE GAS GAUGE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I HAVE EXPERIENCED A CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT DISPLAY ON WHAT IS NOW THE THIRD TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE FOR EACH OF THESE THREE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DISPLAYS ON MY 2006 GMC ENVOY WAS FOR A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK LEVEL SENSOR IN THE FUEL TANK. THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM, GM REPLACED THE FUEL TANK LEVEL SENSOR UNIT UNDER WARRANTY. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE IN THE SUMMER OF 2009 WITH APPROXIMATELY 65000 MILES ON IT. I REPLACED THE FUEL TANK LEVEL SENSOR MYSELF TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AGAIN TODAY (9-2-11) I HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON & A CODE CHECK REVEALED A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL TANK LEVEL SENSOR. THE VEHICLE HAS 83000 MILES ON IT. *TR

BEGINNING ON 08-20-2011 MY 2006 ENVOY BEGAN TURNING ON AND OFF ITS WIPERS AND SPRAYING WINDSHIELD WASHING FLUID EVERYWHERE. IT NOW DOES THIS REGULARLY EVERYDAY IT IS DRIVEN. MAKES IT HARD TO SEE AT TIMES. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO A GARAGE YET, WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL AS I'M SURE THIS WILL NOT BE CHEAP TO FIX :( *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 GMC ENVOY WITH 46,952 MILES ON IT. ONE DAY IN APRIL 2011, WITH A 3/4 TANK OF GAS, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE GAS GAUGE DROPPED UNEXPECTEDLY TO EMPTY. THE BELLS STARTED GOING OFF THE MESSAGES CAME ON THE DASH, THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS LITERALLY SCARED ME TO DEATH. I THOUGHT THE GAS TANK HAD RUPTURED AND THAT ALL MY GAS HAD LEAKED OUT. I WAS TERRIFIED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. I MADE IT TO WORK AND IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS LEAKING. THERE WAS NOTHING. I WENT INTO WORK AND WORRIED ALL DAY ABOUT HOW I WAS GOING TO GET TO A GAS STATION. WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO HOME, I STARTED THE ENVOY AND THE GAS GAUGE READ BACK TO THE 3/4 FULL TANK. I STARTED ON MY WAY HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GAUGE DROPPED AGAIN. EVER SINCE THAT DAY, EVERY TIME WE START THE ENVOY, THE GAUGE WILL NOT READ PAST "EMPTY" AND THE WARNING BELLS/MESSAGES COME ON ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES, SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I'M JUST DRIVING TO WORK. IT CAME TO THE POINT WHERE WE DO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE MUCH ANYMORE. WITH WINTER COMING, I HAVE TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED AS I NEED A DEPENDABLE SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PROBLEM IS A FUEL SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK. WHATEVER IT IS, WE FEEL THAT GM SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM FOR US AND VERY SOON. WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE RESPOND AS I AM VERY UNNERVED ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLES FUEL LEVEL WAS AT CAPACITY. THE MECHANIC STATED THE FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

ON MY 2006 GMC ENVOY MY GAS TANK WAS READING BETWEEN 1/4 AND A 1/2 TANK OF GAS, SO I STOPPED TO FILL UP. ONCE I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WAS ON ALONG WITH THE FUEL GAUGE BEING ON EMPTY. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF I DID AND THE LIGHTS BOTH STAYED ON. I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GAS TANK STARTED TO RISE UP TO 1/2 A TANK TO FULL. THEN ONCE OFF THE HIGHWAY IT WENT BACK DOWN TO EMPTY AND THEN STARTED GOING BACK UP AND DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE DRIVE. I'VE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE BEFORE, SO WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS VERY SURPRISED. *TR

2006 ENVOY DENALI. CONSUMER WRITES STATES GAS NEEDLE STOPPED FUNCTIONING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE GAS NEEDLE BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE IN THE BEGINNING AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE NEEDLE HAS BEEN STUCK ON EMPTY, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS A RESULT. IN MARCH OF 2009, WHEN THE CONSUMER STARED THE VEHICLE, IT SOUNDED AS IF THERE WAS SOMETHING METAL TUMBLING AROUND UNDER THE HOOD. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ON JUNE 10, 2010, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED A STARTER WAS NEEDED. ALSO, AN ALIGNMENT WAS DONE AND THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS REPLACED. ON JUNE 12, 2010, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. AFTER 25 MINUTES AND OVER 50 ATTEMPTS, IT FINALLY CAME OUT OF PARK. THE CONSUMER DROVE TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM. SEPTEMBER 2010, THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE REAR OF THE TRUCK WAS SITTING VERY LOW. THE REAR END AIR SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR CONDITION RANDOMLY WORKED. THERE WERE TIMES WHERE THE AIR WOULD JUST START BLOWING AND NO BUTTONS WERE PUSHED. ALSO, THE DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING. THE CONSUMER CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE NOT COMING OUT OF PARK. *JB