2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHE FUELED THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE STILL REGISTERED AN EMPTY TANK AND THE FUEL LIGHT WAS STILL ON. SHE DROVE TWO MILES AND THE VEHICLE REGISTERED FULL AND THEN IT WOULD MOVE BACK DOWN TO EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FUEL SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE FUEL SYSTEM FUNCTIONED CORRECTLY FOR TWO YEARS AND FAILED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,000.

I PURCHASED A 2006 ENVOY IN AUGUST, 2009, WITH 36,000 MILES ON IT. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2010, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED TO READ 1/4 TANK FULL. WHEN I LEFT HOME 45 MINS. EARLIER, IT READ 3/4 TANK FULL (I WORK APPROX. 7 MILES FROM HOME). BY THE TIME I GOT TO WORK, THE GAUGE READ "E" AND THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I FILL THE TANK, THEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT. GAUGE FLUCTUATION BEGAN AROUND 1/2 TANK FULL. I READ MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2006 ENVOY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR, AND ME AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER CONSUMERS BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY FROM GMC!!!! MY THING IS WHY WAIT UNTIL SOME UNFORTUNATE EVENT HAPPENS, AS SOMEONE BEING STUCK ON A ROAD OR WORSE, A LIFE BEING LOSS!! *TR

FILLED UP 06 GMC ENVOY WITH GASOLINE AND GAS GAUGE NEVER MADE IT TO THE FILL LINE. NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY AND THE GAS LIGHT IS NOW ON.VERY CONCERNED WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY GMC. ALL I DRIVE IS GMC VEHICLES AND GMC SHOULD DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ITS LOYAL CUSTOMERS. *TR

I WAS AT 1/8 OF A TANK OF FUEL, FILLED UP AND UPON RESTARTING THE CAR, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 GMC ENVOY, IN JULY 2010 MY VEHICLE LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER I FILLED MY TANK, THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WAS GLOWING AND THE BELL WAS SOUNDING AS IF I WAS ON EMPTY IN AUGUST THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR OFF AND ON, IN SEPTEMBER THE PROBLEM SEEM TO GET WORSE. NOW IN OCTOBER I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH GAS IN ACTUALLY IN MY GAS TANK, THE LIGHT CONSTANTLY GLOWS AND THE BELLS CONSTANTLY SOUNDS AS IF I AM ON E. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AS WELL AS FOSTER CHILDREN I DO NOT WANT TO PUT THEM IN DANGER BUT I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT GMC NEEDS TO ADDRESS BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS DUE TO THE VEHICLE STALLING. *TR

THE PROBLEM WITH MY 2006 GMC ENVOY IS EVERYTIME I TURN THE AC/HEATER ON THERE IS A FOUL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE VENTS FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MINUTES. I CONTACTED GMC THEY STATE THAT THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING BECAUSE I LIVE IN A HIGH HUMIDITY AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND THAT A DRYER NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO THE VEHICLE FOR 800 DOLLARS AND THEY COULD ONLY OFFER TO TAKE HALF OF THE PRICE. I STATED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS IS NOT ON THE VEHICLE THAT I BROKE THAT THIS PROBLEMS SEEMS TO HAVE DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE IN THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VEHICLE WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPAIRING IT WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW. *TR

AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY. AT FIRST, IT WOULD READ EMPTY OCCASIONALLY AND, ON IT'S OWN, RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, IT BEGAN TO READ EMPTY IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK UNTIL ABOUT A EIGHTH OF A TANK HAD BEEN USED. EVENTUALLY, IT FAILED ALTOGETHER AND ALWAYS READS EMPTY. THIS CONDITION CONFUSES THE ENGINE COMPUTER CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO LIGHT FREQUENTLY. *TR

FAULTY FUEL TANK SENSOR IN MY 2006 GMC ENVOY. FILLED MY TRUCK UP ONLY FOR THE GAS GAUGE TO READ EMPTY. THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON! TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE FUEL TANK SENSOR FAILED AND HE NOTED IT A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE ENVOY. ITS COSTING ME 800.00 TO FIX THIS. I HAVE DONE SOME WEB RESEARCH AND IT INDEED LOOKS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, I FIND THIS VERY DISTURBING. *TR

FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WILL READ FULL OR PARTIALLY FULL WHEN FUEL TANK IS ACTUALLY EMPTY. OR WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL, THE FUEL GAUGE WILL STILL READ EMPTY AND LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON. VEHICLE ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF FUEL WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE READ 1/4 TANK. VEHICLE STOPPED JUST OUT OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MAJOR ACCIDENT. *TR

MY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IS FAILING TO TELL ME THE TRUE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT IN THE TANK. I OFTEN SAYS THAT THE TANK IS EMPTY BUT MANY TIMES IT CHANGES FROM 3/4 FULL TO 1/2 FULL AND SOMETIMES BACK UP TO FULL THEN EMPTY. I REPLACED THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR AND IS NOW WORKING. I DO HAVE THE OLD SENSOR AVAILABLE. 2006 ENVOY DENALI XL. *TR