2003 GMC ENVOY Complaints

GMC ENVOY 55,000 MILES, SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKS. ERRATIC BEHAVIOR, VARYING FROM REPORTING SPEED OF 30 MPH AT IDLE, TO 0 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. *JB

THE PLASTIC GAS TANK ON MY 2003 ENVOY XL IS CRACKED AT THE NECK GOING INTO THE TANK RELEASING GAS AND GAS FUMES. GAS IS LEAKING FROM THE CRACK AND COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE AND/OR EXPLODE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS IN RAINY WET ROAD CONDITIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM WOULD NOT TURN OFF, ONCE ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE MUST BE STOPPED AND TURNED OFF, IN ORDER TO TURN OFF THE WIPERS. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED DURING RAINY CONDITIONS. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #04V046000, REGARDING THE VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. THE SERVICE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED, AND DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE WIPER PROBLEM COULD WORSENED AND POSE A RISK TO SAFETY.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE LOOSE AND BECAME INOPERABLE. A NHTSA RECALL, #04V527000 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING; BRAKE LIGHTS HOWEVER; THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ON A CONSISTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE FAULTY SPEEDOMETER WAS CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND CLUSTER. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED NOR REPLACED. THE CONTACT FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS (EXAMPLE: #10096707) CONCERNING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*AK

IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS I HAVE SMELLED GAS AND STARTED GETTING A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM COME TO FIND OUT THE FILLER NECK IS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE TANK THAT HAS A HUGE POTENTIAL OF A FIERY REAR-END CRASH. CURSING THE NET IT SEEMS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE AND FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS HAVE LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM OUT THERE . IS THERE SOME WAY TO GET GM TO FIX THEIR PROBLEM WITH THEIR GAS TANK? *JB

I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AFTER I PARKED MY 2003 GMC ENVOY XL IN THE GARAGE. AFTER INSPECTING, NOTICED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING ON GROUND. TOWED TO MECHANIC. TOLD TRANSMISSION COOLER HOSE WAS LAYING NEXT TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER - NOT SECURED. HEAT FROM CC RUBBED HOLE IN TC HOSE AND THEREFORE COULD HAVE IGNITED VEHICLE. SINCE I HAD PARKED IN THE GARAGE, IT ALSO COULD HAVE BURNED MY OTHER VEHICLE AND OUR HOUSE. MECHANIC REPLACED HOSE AND SECURED. GMC WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS IS A PROBLEM SINCE I DID NOT TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANY RECALL OR BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MY 2003 GMC ENVOY WITH 82,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO THE SUNSHELL GEAR WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS DOWNSHIFTING HARD, I TOOK THE CAR TO A GMC DEALER LESS THAN 1000 MILES AGO TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION LOOKED AT. I WAS TOLD MY THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS NO REVERSE AND THE REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $1,800. *JB

SPEEDOMETER PEGGED OUT, ACTING ERRATIC...NO WARNING; JUST STARTED WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35 MPH. SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK ! RECALL PLEASE ! *JB

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON, TOLD TO GET NEW GAS CAP, MONTHS LATER SAME PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH THIS TIME MECHANIC FOUND A CRACK IN THE NECK OF THE HOSE THAT GOES INTO GAS TANK. AS I SEE IN THIS SECTION, APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. $800 LATER, I HOPE GMC WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FLAW AND ISSUE A RECALL? WILL THIS HAPPEN WITH MY NEW TANK TOO? *NM