2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

I'M A RESERVIST IN THE MILITARY AND IT REQUIRES ME TO DRIVE A DISTANCE TO MY BASE ONCE A MONTH. WHILE DRIVING TO MY DUTY LOCATION, I REALIZED THAT MY 2006 ENVOY RWD WAS DRIVING FUNNY LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. AT THE TIME, MY FUEL GAUGE READ 1/2 TANK. THANKFULLY I WAS APPROACHING AN EXIT AND WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AND GO TO A GAS STATION. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS ESPECIALLY SINCE I THOUGHT I HAD GAS. THE GAS STATION ALSO HAD AN AUTO SHOP. THE MECHANIC COULDN'T EVEN FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. HE ASKED ME IF I WAS SURE THERE WAS GAS IN IT. I TOLD HIM YES BC IT READ HALF A TANK. WE PUT ABOUT 5 GALLONS IN THE TANK AND THE ENGINE STARTED RIGHT UP. WHEN I CHECKED THE FUEL GAUGE AGAIN, IT READ IT WAS EMPTY. SO I FILLED UP THE TANK, GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND STARTED THE ENGINE BUT THE FUEL GAUGE STILL READ EMPTY EVEN AFTER I FILLED IT UP WITH GAS. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I HAD TO BE AT DRILL AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. I JUST PRAYED THAT I MADE IT THERE SAFELY. I DID..AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF DRILL WAS OVER, I STARTED THE ENGINE AND THE FUEL GAUGE READ FULL BUT AFTER DRIVING 3 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND THE GAUGE WENT BACK TO EMPTY. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO A GMC DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY CHECKED THE CODE FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE FUEL SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AND THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ENVOYS. AND SINCE I WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, IT WOULD COST ABOUT $800 TO REPAIR. I CALLED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY REFUSED TO COVER IT EVEN AFTER I WENT OVER MY ENTIRE ORDEAL WITH THEM. I HAVE NOT PAID TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM BECAUSE I THINK GM SHOULD HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR PRODUCTS AND REPLACE THIS ISSUE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 30 MILES BUT MY FUEL GAUGE ALWAYS READS EMPTY EVEN AFTER I FILL IT UP WITH GAS. I HAVE TO FILL UP EVERY OTHER DAY FOR FEAR THAT I WILL RUN OUT OF GAS AGAIN AND END UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD STRANDED. ON DRILL WEEKENDS, I HAVE TO RENT A CAR BC I CAN'T RELY ON ENVOY. *TR

ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO, AT AROUND 42,000 MILES, AFTER FILLING UP THE FUEL TANK, THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED FLUCTUATING FROM FULL TO EMPTY. FOR A FEW MONTHS THIS WOULD ONLY HAPPEN WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS ABOVE FULL, BUT LATELY THE FUEL GAUGE WILL DROP TO EMPTY FOR LONGER PERIODS OF TIME AND AT ANY FUEL TANK LEVEL NOT JUST WHEN IT IS FULL. THIS MAKES IT REAL HARD TO KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS LEFT IN THE TANK AND WOULD MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO RUN OUT OF GAS. *TR

DRIVING WHEN THREE LIGHTS SHOWED UP ON INSTRUMENT PANEL STABILITRAK, CHECK ENGINE AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON THE ENVOY COMPLETELY TURNED IT SELF OFF. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED THE CAR. IT STARTED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS THE ONLY LIGHT ON. I GOT HOME AND RESTARTED CAR ALL LIGHTS DISAPPEARED. NEXT DAY DRIVING THE SAME THING HAPPEN. THREE MORE TIMES ON THE WAY TO MECHANIC THE ENVOY TURNED ITSELF OFF. FIND OUT THE PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL MODULE PCM WAS DEFECTIVE. THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED AS A CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE 07/08. I THEN FIND OUT THE PART IS READILY AVAILABLE AND NOT A SPECIAL ORDER. THEY REFURBISH THIS PART WITH A ONE YEAR WARRANTY. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT GMC WOULD ENGINEER A CAR TO ENTIRELY SHUT DOWN WHEN DRIVING THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS HAD I BEEN ON THE FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH, ALSO THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AS IT IS NOT A WEAR AND TEAR ISSUE. THE CODES THAT SHOWED UP WERE APPARENTLY NOT COVERED BY GMC. WITH THIS PART BEING READILY AVAILABLE I MUST NOT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN. THIS WAS A COSTLY REPAIR, AND I FEEL THAT SOMEONE SHOULD LOOK TO SEE IF THIS HAS HAPPEN TO OTHERS, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH, THE POWER DOOR LOCK SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED BUT THE PART NEEDED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 65,000. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD BE SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

ON MAY 3RD 2010, THE TRUCK JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH MY SON AT NIGHT. I HAD TO QUICKLY TRY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY POWER ASSIST. THE ENVOY WOULD NOT START AGAIN, NOT EVEN TURN OVER. THE SHIFTER WAS LOCKED AND IT COULD NOT EVEN BE PUT INTO NEUTRAL TO PUSH IT OVER TO THE SIDE. VARIOUS MESSAGES SCROLLED BY ON THE VEHICLE DISPLAY AND MANY OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE DIMLY BLINKING. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED. I SCANNED THE FOLLOWING CODES P1516 & P1682, LOOKED UP THE SYMPTOMS ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND MANY HITS THAT SAID THE ISSUE WAS WITH A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. AFTER CHARGING UP THE BATTERY WHICH RAN DOWN ON THE HAZARDS WHILE WAITING AN HOUR FOR A TOW, I REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE ENVOY NOW WORKS AGAIN. IT HAS LESS THAN 30,000 MILES ON IT. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE CONCERNS ME VERY MUCH! I CONSIDER IT A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT A VEHICLE CAN DIE WHILE DRIVING AND THEN BE SO COMPLETELY DISABLED BY A $30 PART. THIS COULD OF HAD MUCH MORE DIRE CONSEQUENCES HAD IT HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY AS OPPOSED TO A SUBURBAN SIDE STREET. *TR

FUEL SYSTEM: THE FUEL GAGE HAS BEEN GOING TO EMPTY AFTER A FILL UP. AFTER ABOUT 50 MILES IT WOULD APPEAR TO WORK UNTIL MORE GAS ADDED. NOW IT IS IN TOTAL FAILURE WITH AN OBD LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY. OBD LIGHT USELESS AS NO WAY TO IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE IF THE GAUGE IS THE ONLY PROBLEM. HAVE BEEN USING THE TRIP ODOMETER TO APPROXIMATE FUEL REMAINING FOR MORE THAN 10K MILES. FEAR IS THAT THE ASSOCIATED FUEL PUMP WILL FAIL AS IS ALL ONE PART. *TR

2006 GMAC ENVOY. UPON FILLING GAS TANK TO FULL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY. GAUGE WILL FLUXUATE BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL FOR 10-20 MILES. THEN IT WILL SHOW FULL AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF. FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IT WILL SWING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY. THEN IT SEEMS TO WORK, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE, IT JUST DOES NOT SWING QUICKLY. I THINK THIS IS A SEVERE HAZARD...WHAT IF I WAS GOING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN AND IT SHOWS 1/2 TANK, BUT RUNS OUT OF GAS. STEERING WOULD BE IMPAIRED AND AN ACCIDENT COULD RESULT. *TR

MICHELIN CROSS TERRAIN TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED SIDEWALL CRACKS IN ALL 4 TIRES. THE TIRES HAVE 23,750 MILES ON THEM. THEY ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES ON 2006 GMC ENVOY. THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED MICHELIN TIRE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THE CRACKS. THEY IN TURN CALLED MICHELIN WHO SUPPOSEDLY AUTHORIZED A 55% CREDIT TOWARDS A NEW SET OF TIRES. IF MICHELIN ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THE DEFECT, THEN THESE TIRES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2006 GMC ENVOY XL. LAST MAY OF 2009 I WAS DRIVING ON US STATE 30 WITH MY CHILDREN WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR START SMOKING VIGOROUSLY WITHOUT WARNING. JUST AS THIS HAPPENED THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS AND REMOVE IT FROM TRAFFIC. I THEN TRIED TO OPEN THE DRIVERS DOOR TO GET OUT (THE HANDLE ITS SELF WAS NOT SMOKING) AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. I CLIMBED INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND MANUALLY OPENED THE DOOR, GOT OUT, THEN REMOVED MY CHILDREN ALSO. THIS INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO GMC AND THEIR ANSWER WAS THAT THE CAR SHUTTING OFF WAS DESIGNED AS A SAFETY FEATURE. EXPLAIN HOW THIS COULD BE SAFE IN MY SITUATION? *TR THE CONSUMER STATED THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE RECENTLY FAILED FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN DISASTROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. ON FEBRUARY 17, 2014, THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY IN A SERIOUS TIME OF NEED. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2014, AFTER 6 1/2 HOURS, THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY DIAGNOSED AS BEING THE DECODER MOTOR AND WIRING FOR THE FOURTH TIME SINCE FEBRUARY 15, 2010. UPDATED 06/05/14. *JB