2003 GMC ENVOY XL Complaints

CAR DASH BLANK AT START, MIRRORS GO EVERY DIRECTION AND MUST RESET EVERY TIME I START THE VEHICLE. *TR

MY 2003 ENVOY WITH 68,000 WAS REAR ENDED. SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT I BEGAN TO HEAR A CLUNCKING NOISE WHEN STOPPING. AFTER I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE REPAIRED I WAS INFORMED THAT IT NO LONGER WOULD GO IN REVERSE. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE SUNSHELL GEAR WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FINE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE DEALER IS CLAIMING IT WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT AND THUS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ESTIMATED $2,500 TO FIX! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY XL. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING WOULD MAKE A SQUEALING NOISE. PRESENTLY, THE SQUEALING NOISE OCCURS EACH MORNING WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,163 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,829. UPDATED.

VEHICLE COOLING FAN CLUTCH MAKING TICKING SOUNDS DUE TO THE "PULSING OF THE SOLENOID AS DESCRIBED IN THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN RELEASED BY GENERAL MOTORS (#05-06-06-004), WHICH SPECIFIES NOT TO REPLACE FAN CLUTCH, BUT REPROGRAM THE PCM. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL COVERED BY GM, SINCE NO PARTS ARE BROKEN AND THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S SOFTWARE. CONSUMER CAN ONLY GET THIS FIXED BY GM DEALER. THIS EXPENSE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL BY GM SINCE IT INVOLVES ONLY THE DEFECTIVE COMPUTER PROGRAM. THE ARE NOT PARTS TO REPLACE, JUST A REPROGRAMMING OF THE COMPUTER. *TR

GMC DOES NOT INCLUDE MY VIN INTO RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V198000. MY CAR EXHIBITS EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM AS IN THIS CAMPAIGN - WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURN SIGNAL HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS ARE FLASHING AS WELL. THIS MAY CREATE UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS BY CONFUSING OTHER DRIVERS. GMC DEALERSHIP HAS REPORTED FAILED PART AS "FLASHER MODULE", WHICH IS EXACTLY THE PART ADDRESSED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN. IT SEEMS THAT FAULTY PART WAS INSTALLED IN MUCH LARGER NUMBER OF VEHICLES THEN GMC IS RECALLING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFTGATE WINDOW DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE GLUE FAILED THAT HELD THE WINDOW TO THE LIFTGATE. THE DEALER SATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER 05V494000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH). THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,824 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,780.

I HAD BEEN IN A FRONT END COLLISION BY A DRUNK DRIVER TURNING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 50 MPH, 5 MPH UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT IN A 2003 GMC ENVOY SLT. I HAVE JUST SPENT 1700.00 ON THE VEHICLE AS THERE HAD BEEN A SERVICE SOON LIGHT ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY? I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH REPLACING MY AUTO WITH THE SAME MANUFACTURER DUE TO THE SITUATION. I AM WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN RELATED ISSUES. AT PRESENT I AM ENCOUNTERING HEADACHES AND STIFFNESS WHICH I HOPE TO HAVE LOOKED AT BY MY FAMILY PHYSICIAN TOMORROW. MY PASSENGER HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME. *JB

LEFT REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED,WHILE BEING REPLACED, I WAS INFORMED RIGHT LATCH LOOKED AS BAD. I PAID $542 FOR THESE. WHEN I CONTACTED GMC THEY TOLD ME THE SEALS HAD BEEN REPLACED AND SUPPOSEDLY THE LATCHES LOOKED OK THEN AND NO I'M SORRY,OLD PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE. *JB

THE SIDE-MIRRORS, PARTICULARLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, MOVED TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS EVEN WITH ALL CURB PARKING FEATURES DISABLED. THE HAPPENED WITH ALMOST EVERY USE. 2. THE SPEEDOMETER GAVE FALSE READINGS AND FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON OR SPEED. IT MAY BE PEGGED AT 120 WHILE AT IDLE. IT WILL RANDOMLY RESET OR FAIL FREQUENTLY.*AK

I HAVE A 2003 GMC ENVOY WHICH DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH THE FAN CLUTCH GOING BAD WHICH AN EXTREMELY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS MODEL AND THE TRAILBRAZER HAD ALSO. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY BACKED UP FOR A FEW DAYS AND COULD NOT GET TO MY PROBLEM BUT WITHOUT EVEN CHECKING IT OUT, HE KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SAID THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MANY. I FEEL AS THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF THIS PROBLEM. YOU CAN READ MANY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AT THIS WEB SITE, HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_64655.HTML. THERE ARE NO TELLING HOW MANY MORE WOULD HAVE POSTED SUCH A COMPLAINT IF THEY HAD KNOWN OF THIS OR OTHER SITES TO DO SO.