2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI Complaints

THE INITIAL TIME (3/14) IT OCCURRED, I WAS OUT OF TOWN WITH MY FAMILY, EMBARRASSED TO SAY THE LEAST. HOWEVER, MAINLY UNCOMFORTABLE, TIRED, AND FRUSTRATED BECAUSE MY 87 YEARS OLD DAD WAS STRANDED FOR HOURS AS WELL AS MY 66 YEARS OLD SISTER WHO IS RECOVERING FROM CANCER. THIS PROBLEM WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF OUR LOCATION. WE HAD GONE TO GET DINNER AND ICE CREAM AFTER GETTING ICE CREAM WE BACK IN THE VEHICLE FOR IT WOULD NOT START. I CALLED 911 NO POLICE EVER SHOWED NOR WOULD EVEN STOP TO ASSIST. AFTER 2 1/2 HOURS, WE CONTACTED A CHURCH MEMBER TO FIND OUT ABOUT A MECHANIC IN THE AREA THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME CHECK IT OUT. ANOTHER CHURCH MEMBER CAME TO CHECK IT FIRST, BY NOW 3 HOURS HAVE LAPSED AND THE VEHICLE STARTS. AFTER THIS IT HAS HAPPENED ON THREE (3) SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH ME (3/19, 3/20, & 3/21) BUT MY MECHANIC SAID IT HAPPENED WITH HIM 3 OR 4 TIMES WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IT TO CHECK IT OUT AND WHILE IT WAS SITTING JUST RUNNING NOT BEING DRIVEN. I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE ONCE, ONCE DRIVING, AND ONCE PARKED AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE TIMES I WAS BY MYSELF ONCE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, ANOTHER WAS GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND ONCE WAS IN A HIGH CRIME AREA WHERE I FELT VERY UNSAFE FOR MY VEHICLE AND MYSELF. MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT SENSORS AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I HAD A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED BUT WAS TOLD THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE TEST 'MAY' BE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING AS IF THE GAS IS NOT DISTRIBUTING PROPERLY. IT WAS AS IF IT WAS CHOKING UP AS IF THERE WAS A CLOG. A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE IN TRAFFIC OR GOING ACROSS A RAILROAD TRACK, WHICH IT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WITH ME. I ACTUALLY WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THE INTERSTATE.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND DAYLIGHT DRIVING LIGHTS SHUT DOWN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. LIGHTS WILL COME ON AFTER ENGINE COOLS DOWN BUT NOT BEFORE. CANNOT DRIVE AFTER DARK. HIGH BEAMS CONTINUE TO OPERATE.

TAKATA RECALL ? AIR RIDE SUSPENSION FAILURE, OVER INFLATION RESULTING IN A EXCESSIVE BOUNCING RIDE AND LOSS OF TRACTION ON OTHER SITES I SEE THAT THIS WAS A 92% COMPLAIN RATE

MY 2006 ENVOY DENALI'S LOW BEAM LIGHTS ARE CUTTING OUT ON ME AT NIGHT. I'VE READ SEVERAL CASES ON THE INTERNET THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. I'M CONCERNED THAT THIS SITUATION MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT NIGHT UNEXPECTANY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC ENVOY DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD START, IT WOULD CUT OFF IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BETTEN BAKER CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (14120 NORTHLAND DR, BIG RAPIDS, MI 49307 (231) 629-4340) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE WAS FOUND, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT KNOW THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE TRAVELING WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING AT ALL AND ALL THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART BUT WOULD TURN. THIS HAPPENED SATURDAY 9/2/17 ON A COUNTRY HIGHWAY OUT IN NOWHERE . WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THANK GOD FOR CELLPHONES. ON 11/12/2016 HUB BEARINGS REPLACED. 11/15/16 MODULE AND CONNECTOR REPLACED AND FUEL LEVEL SENSORS AND RING REPLACED. THREE YEARS AGO A/C WENT OUT. REPLACED.

AT EVERY FILLUP WE CAN SMELL GAS LIKE THERE IS A FUEL LEAK. I HAD A SHOP DO A FOG TEST AND THEY CONFIRMED A LEAK "SOMEWHERE FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK". THE TANK WOULD NEED TO BE DROPPED TO VISUALLY INSPECT AT A COST OF $400-$500 JUST FOR THE DROPPING OF THE TANK. THEN THERE WOULD BE ADDED COSTS TO REPAIR WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE LEAK AND SMELL OF GAS. AFTER HEARING THAT I CAME HOME TO START MY SEARCHING FOR RECALLS & SAFETY NOTICES TO FIND THAT GM HAD A NOTICE ISSUED AS WELL AS THE NHTSA, BUT IT SEEMS THEY CUT THE YEAR OFF AT 2004 & 120,000 MILES. ACCORDING TO THE THREAD BELOW, IT APPEARS THIS WAS EXTENDED TO VEHICLE UNDER 150,000 MILES WHICH WE ARE WELL UNDER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A 2002-2004 MODEL. THREAD - HTTP://FORUMS.TRAILVOY.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=22530 VIN - [XXX] A VIN SEARCH FOR THIS ENVOY DIDN'T BRING UP THE FUEL LEAK ISSUES, BUT WE CAN SMELL GAS & CONFIRMED A LEAK EXISTS ON THE TOP OF THE TANK SOMEWHERE. WAS THIS PROBLEM EVER REPORTED FOR NEWER MODELS YET? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

LAST NIGHT I NOTICED AT A STOP LIGHT THAT I DID NOT HAVE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON. VERY DISCONCERTING. AFTER I MADE MY TURN TO EXIT THE BUSY STREET, THE HEADLIGHTS DID COME BACK ON. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM. IN FACT, MANY CARS WERE SELECTIVELY RECALLED ON THIS ISSUE. MINE WAS NOT. GRANTED, MY CAR IS 11 YEARS OLD WITH 157,000 MILES, I STILL BELIEVE GM AT SOME POINT SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME OF THIS SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS ISSUE. IT APPEARS I CAN EASILY FIX IT MYSELF WITH A $27 "MODULE" FROM AUTOZONE. NO ISSUES ON THE REPAIR AND PART. I JUST THINK HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE OF GM TO NOT NOTIFY ME OF THE POTENTIAL ISSUE. SHAME ON GM.

TAKATA RECALL I HAVE HAD TO MAKE MANY REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, NOW THE LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS ABOUT 87,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THE LIFTERS COLLAPSING. WE ARE A ONE INCOME FAMILY AND THE REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLE ARE ASTRONOMICAL. WELL OVER 3500.00 DOLLARS. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE AND HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A YEAR NOW AT MY MECHANICS. THE VEHICLE IS OF NO USE TO ME AND HAS BECOME A HUGE PAPER WEIGHT NOW. THE WORST PART IS I STILL OWE ON THE VEHICLE TOO. GM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND DO A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE AFM LIFTERS, OR PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT AGAIN. OWN UP TO YOUR MISTAKES AND TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE THAT IS SUPPOSE TO BE AMERICAN MADE!!!!!!! THEN YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY PEOPLE ARE BUYING MORE FOREIGN MADE CARS. THEY SEEM TO BE MORE RELIABLE THAN THE GM PRODUCTS.

THE VEHICLE WILL ABRUPTLY GO FROM 70 MPH TO 30'S (SEMI-TRAILER CLOSING IN FAST) AND I CAN'T DO A THING ABOUT IT!! SERVICE STABILITRACK HAS BEEN A THORN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND PERSISTS TO BE A PROBLEM NOW THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY! FROM EARLY ON, <10,000 MILES AND OVER 10 TIMES SINCE, THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THE PROBLEM, THOUGH INTERMITTENT, STILL EXISTS AND IS A HUGE DANGER TO ME AND MY KIDS BUT I CAN'T JUST GO BUY ANOTHER CAR OR TRADE THIS IN LIKE SOME PEOPLE (INCLUDING THE CAR DEALERSHIP MANAGERS) PORTRAY IS THE BEST OPTION WHEN I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET GM TO FIX THE CAR OR REPLACE IT WHEN THEY CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN THE ONLY PROBLEM: GEAR BAND BROKE TWICE ON THE TRANSMISSION, HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BECAUSE OF FAULTY RADIATOR, AND OTHER ISSUES HOWEVER NONE OF THE PROBLEMS REMOTELY COMPARE TO HAVING TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE BECAUSE OF THE REPEATED UNEXPLAINED DE-ACCELERATION AND LOSS OF ABILITY TO MAKE THE CAR DO ANYTHING EXCEPT PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GIVE IT TEN MINUTES TO STOP HAVING A "TANTRUM" OF SORTS WHILE TRAFFIC WHIZZES BY AND THANKFULLY DIDN'T HIT US (YET). EXTERIOR / AESTHETICS, I LOVE THIS VEHICLE BUT POOR FUNCTION AND EVEN WORSE SERVICE OF PROBLEMS. I'VE REPORTED IT TO CORPORATE BUT THEY DON'T CARE AND DESPITE IT HAVING HAD BEEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES PRIOR TO END OF WARRANTY, NOW THEY JUST WANT ME TO START PAYING THEM FOR ALL THESE FIXES THAT HAVEN'T FIXED ANYTHING. ONCE I STARTED PAYING FOR FIXES AND THEN STARTED COMPLAINING THAT THEY AREN'T COVERING WHAT THEY'VE NEVER FIXED; THE MANAGER HAD THE NERVE TO SAY HE'D PAY FOR IT OUT OF HIS OWN POCKET IF HE KNEW IT WOULD FIX IT ... HELLO... WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER PAY FOR IT WHEN THE PROBLEM IS NEVER REALLY FIXED.