2003 GMC ENVOY Complaints

THE FIRST TIME THE WIND NOISE BECAME SUCH AN ISSUE IS WHEN THE CAR HAD ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH A STIFF CROSS WIND. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD THAT WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE ONSTAR TO CALL THE DEALER AND HAVE HIM LISTEN TO THE NOISE, THE ONSTAR KEPT SAYING SLOWER PLEASE, SLOWER PLEASE EVEN THOUGH I WASNT YET SPEAKING. IT WAS THE WIND THE ONSTAR WAS LISTENING TO. I HAVE VISITED THE DEALER IN MOOREHEAD SEVERAL TIMES AND THE GMC PLACE IN MINOT TO TRY TO STOP THE NOISE AND THE HAVE REDUCED THE WIND NOISE BUT I STILL GET AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF NOISE. I HAVE TO TAKE A VACATION DAY TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER 90 MILES AWAY AND THEN EVEN THO I KNOW THEY ARE TRYING, THEY JUST SEEM TO MOVE THE NOISE AROUND. A CAR THAT WINDOWS FOR ALMOST 40K SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS QUIET AS MY DAUGHTER 6 YEAR OLD NEON. WOULDN'T YOU SAY? I BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE WILL NEVER BE QUIET UNLESS YOU ARE TRAVELING LESS THAN 30 MPH DOWN THE ROAD AND WITH THE WIND. I HAVE VISITED THE DEALER SHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE REPLACED WINDO SEALS AND LINERS AS WELL AS BENDING THE DOORS BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED. THEY SAY I AM AN ISOLATED COMPLAINT BUT IN THE SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER 2003 ENVOY AND THE OWNER SAYS HER NOISE IS EVEN WORSE. AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS AND 18000 MILES HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD I HAVE TO ENDURE?*AK

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THE OWNER SAYS THAT THE LIGHT FOR SERVICING COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICING ON 9 OCCASIONS IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS. THE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ALL ABOUT. *JB THE DIAGNOSIS ARE AS FOLLOWED: ON THREE OCCASIONS NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND, THERE WERE THREE TRANSFER CASE REPAIRS, THERE WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH FOUND RELATED, WIRING HAD TO BE REPLACED AND A VDB WAS INSTALLED. *SC

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT COLLISION ACCIDENT AT 15 MPH DUE TO WEATHER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS INFORMED BY CONSUMER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE TURNED OFF BY CUTTING THE BATTERY CABLES. *TC

RECALL 04V046000/WINDSHIELD WIPER VISIBILITY. OWNER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FOR THIS RECALL FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN OCTOBER, 2004. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND HAD A SEALER KIT INSTALLED WHICH WAS A PATCH TO COVER A HOLE FOR THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR. CORROSION GOT INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE WATER LEAKING INTO THE MOTOR. BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING WATER IT CAUSED THE P.C. BOARD TO SHORT OUT. NOW THE MOTOR IS DEAD BECAUSE OF THE CORROSION. *AK.....*AK

WHEN REACHING A STOP SIGN CONSUMER APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES, INSTEAD OF VEHICLE COMING TO A STOP, IT ACCELERATED AND RAN ONTO TWO CURBS, FINALLY CRASHING INTO A PLAY GROUND. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WILL NOTIFY MANUFACTURER.*AK....POLICE REPORT INCLUDED

THE CONSUMER WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL INTAKE WHICH WAS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT THE DEALER ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME DEFECT, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THERE WAS NO HELP GIVEN TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK THE RPM'S WOULD DROP WHILE APPLYING GAS, WITHIN 2-3 SECONDS, THE MPH DROPPED TO 30-40 MPH WITH NO WARNING. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED 2-3 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHER VEHICLES DRIVING BEHIND HIM. *SC

I WAS STOPPED AT A DRIVE UP ATM AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED ONSTAR AND THEYASKED THAT I CHECK THE GAS CAP WHICH I DID. LATER THAT DAY WHILE PARKED ON A SLOPING DRIVEWAY FOR AN HOUR I FOUND GASOLINE LEAKED AND COVERED THE DRIVEWAY. THE CAUSE WAS A CRACK IN THE GAS TANK JUST BELOW THE FILLER NECK. I WAS OUT OF THE STATE; MY SON'S MECHANIC SAID THAT I CAN DRIVE HOME AS LONG AS THE TANK IS LESS THAN HALF FULL. NO PRIOR REPAIR ON THE FUEL TANK OR REQUIRED ITS REMOVAL. I CALLED GMC ANDWAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT THE PERSON (TRACY) THAT I SPOKE TO SAID THAT THIS HAS OCCURED TO A NUMBER OF VEHICLES GMC ENVOY XL 2003. MY DEALER EVEN STOCKS THE FUEL TANKS FOR THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER BEING STRUCK IN A SERIOUS FRONT END COLLISION. *BF *SC

RECALL 04V046000/WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY: AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THIS REPAIR WASHER FLUID FAILED TO OPERATE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND LEARNED THAT THE DEALER FAILED TO REPLACE THE ASSEMBLY. *AK