2006 GMC ENVOY Complaints

2006 GMC ENVOY FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR. VERY ERRATIC AND NEVER ACCURATE. IT WILL READ EMPTY WITH A FULL TANK. *TR

WIFE'S 2006 GMC ENVOY HEATER LIGHTS,AND HIGH BLOWER QUIT WORKING,TOOK TO CORNER SERVICE STATION TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND FUSE BLOCK ON HEATER MOTOR WAS MELTED.TALKED TO MIKE AND HE SAID WHEN HE OPENED SERVICE BOOK,IT TOLD OF THIS PROBLEM TO CHECK IT FIRST,NEEDS WIRING HARNESS AND FUSE BLOCK REPLACED. IF IT MELTED TOGETHER IT SOUNDS LIKE A FIRE HAZARD,IF IT IS FIRST PLACE TO LOOK IN REPAIR MANUAL,SOUNDS LIKE ITS A DEFECTIVE PARTS PROBLEM. *TR

I'M AN OWNER OF A 2006 GMC ENVOY SLT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE FUEL GAUGE NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. AT FIRST, THE GAUGE WOULD SWING BETWEEN FULL, EMPTY AND HALF FULL. NOW, IT JUST LIVES AT 'EMPTY'. RESETTING THE TRIP DISPLAY AFTER REFILLING AT 220 MILES IS GETTING OLD AND INCONVENIENT. I DON'T LIKE NOT KNOWING EXACTLY HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE - ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING IN AREAS WHERE THERE ISN'T A GAS STATION ON EVERY CORNER. BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM, IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY GMC. *TR

2006 GMC ENVOY FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AROUND 40K MILES. ALWAYS SHOWS TO BE EMPTY WITH LOW FUEL LIGHT ALWAYS ON. HAVE NOT FIXED YET. I ALWAYS RESET TRIP METER IN ORDER TO REFILL TANK EVERY 275 - 300 MILES. WAITING ON RECALL. *TR

STABILITRAC AND/OR ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES WHEN NOT NECESSARY SUCH AS DRIVING ON DRY, STRAIGHT PAVEMENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CAUSES VEHICLE TO DECELERATE SUDDENLY AND ALMOST LOSE CONTROL WHEN BRAKES ACTIVATE AND MOTOR RETARDS. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ALSO FLUXUATES (ALTIMETER BOUNCES FROM LOW TO HI) CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER WITH ASSOCIATED LOSS OF STEERING, LIGHTS, BRAKING CONTROLS, AT ANY SPEED. PROBLEM HAS BEEN INCREASING (FREQUENCY & SEVERITY) FROM JULY, 2009 TO PRESENT (JAN, 2010). DEALER SHOP DID STABILITRAC TSB FIRMWARE UPGRADE (AND CHARGED ME) W/O CORRECTING PROBLEM, ALSO RETESTED AND "COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG":BATTERY IS NEW BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. 55,000 MILES, MOSTLY HIGHWAY/IMPROVED ROADS. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME, LITERALLY, THE VEHICLE IS MOVED: 30-40 MILES/DAY. 1/6/10 ENGINE DEVELOPED "LOW GROWL" NOISE AND RPM DROPPED FROM ~800RPM TO ~600RPM AT PARKED IDLE W/O ANY APPARENT CAUSE. NOW IDLE AT START IS NORMAL, BUT WITHIN 1-2 MINUTES DROPS AND REMAINS LOW WITH GROWL NOISE. *TR

I OWN A 2006 GMC ENVOY. I HAVE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FUEL GAGE FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $600 + TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER DOING SOME INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET I LEARNED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND GM MAY HAVE A "SILENT RECALL" OF THIS PART. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND BECOMING STRANDED IN RURAL IOWA DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD RECALL THE PART. *TR

VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOSING VOLTAGE WHEN CAR IS STARTED AND IN IDLE POSITION. WHEN CAR IS DRIVING THE VOLTAGE IS ALWAYS READING OK BUT WHEN YOUR AT A STOP LIGHT THEN ALL THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS DIM AND THE BATTERY GETS DOWN TO 10 AND SOMETIMES THE CAR STARTS TO STALL. BROUGHT THE CAR TO DARCY MOTORS IN JOLIET, IL AND THEY SAID ITS NORMAL AND THE ENVOYS EXPERIENCE THIS. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS AND THE CAR IS 3 YRS OLD AND HAS 80K FOR MILES AND ITS BEEN RUNNING FINE UP UNTIL THE PAST 2MO SINCE WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. WE EVEN WENT TO SEARS AND PURCHASED A NEW BATTERY AND IT STILL HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS. I BROUGHT THE ENVOY TO AUTOZONE AND PEPBOYS AND BOTH PLACES CHECKED THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY AND ALL CABLED AND CONNECTIONS AND ALL TESTED GOOD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT GMC NEEDS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE ASAP. *TR

2006 ENVOY - FUEL GAGE SENDING UNIT SHOWS E AFTER JUST PUTTING A FULL TANK OF GAS IN. CHECK ENGINE COMES ON THEN. WILL SLOWLY MOVE UP TO FULL AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 100 MILES. *TR

IT SEEMS THAT MY VEHICLES FUEL SENDING UNIT IS DEFECTIVE AFTER ONLY 47,000 MILES AND THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THERE ARE MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS LINE OF VEHICLES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL COST OVER 800.00 TO REPAIR THIS WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN. I THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AS MOST OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE ARE QUITE UPSET THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART TO BE REPLACED. *TR

HEADLIGHTS FAILED COME ON AFTER AUTO LIGHT FUNCTION ACTIVATED, TOOK APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES FOR LIGHTS TO COME ON. *TR