2003 GMC ENVOY XL Complaints

I OWN A 2003 GMC ENVOY XL AND AT TIMES SMELL STRONG GAS FUMES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT OR LESS THAN 35 MPH, ON BRIGHT SUNNY DAY AND ON DRY PAVEMENT VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. LET IT UP AND PRESSED IT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN WITHOUT SUCCESS. ON THIRD ATTEMPT JAMMED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND THE ENTIRE CAR LOCKED UP. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN, AT LEAST ONE WHEEL LOCKED, HIT THE CAR THAT WAS STOPPED AT THE STOP LIGHT. EVEN AFTER STOPPING ONLY THE SERVICE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND THE STOP ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE PEDAL REMAINED TO THE FLOOR , AND I COULDN'T NOT SHIFT INTO PARK UNTIL AFTER JAMMING ON THE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES. 9000 IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING THE FRAME HAD TO BE PULLED, AND YET THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. 4OOO MILES TO THE OTHER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES.*AK

BLOWER MOTOR STAYED ON WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. WOULD DRAIN BATTERY. DEALER REPLACED BLOWER CONTROL MODULE. $246.20 BILL OF REPAIRS. *AK

2003 GMC ENVOY XL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, SMELL OF FUEL, AND LEAK WHEN PARKED ON HILL. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT REPLACED FUEL TANK, $979.11 REPAIR BILL. VEHICLE HAD 74,980 MILES ON IT AND HAD PROBLEMS FOR APPROXIMATELY 18,000 MILES BEFORE HAVING IT FIXED... DEALERSHIP SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM BEING POSSIBLY EPIDEMIC. *AK

DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE COLD, MOSTLY AIR BAG, ABS, PARKING BRAKE LIGHT, ALL GAUGES DO NOT WORK EXCEPT SPEEDOMETER. THIS PROBLEM HAS NO TREND OTHER THAN WHEN IT IS COLD OUTSIDE, COULD BE COINCIDENTAL. AT TIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON WITH OTHER LIGHTS. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD 18,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS STARTED, BUT THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY WAS OVER. GMC WILL NOT TROUBLESHOOT THIS PROBLEM UNLESS I PAY THEM ALMOST $100 TO START, AND THEN A HOURLY FEE. AT TIMES, THESE CONDITIONS EXIST AND THEN LATER THE INSTRUMENTS START WORKING. DOES NOT SEEM TO CORRELATE TO VEHICLE TEMPERATURE. LIGHTS OFTEN STAY ON DURING ENTIRE TRIP AND GAUGES ARE ALL OFF. WHEN EVERYTHING SUDDENLY STARTS WORKING CORRECTLY IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE BECAUSE OF A BUMP OR WARMING OF THE VEHICLE. IN DECEMBER I TOOK VEHICLE TO GMC, AND THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE INDICATED PROBLEMS ON WORK ORDER. HE PUT CHECK BATTERY, OF COURSE NO TROUBLESHOOTING TOOK PLACE. SINCE THEN I HAVE CONTACTED SEVERAL GMC DEALERSHIPS, THEY ALL WANT RIDICULOUS FEES TO CHECK IT OUT. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN KEPT IN THE HEATED GARAGE AND BARELY DRIVEN UNTIL JANUARY 2007. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE IN THE WIRING. WHEN THE GAUGES ARE OUT, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SEE HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE OR IF OIL/WATER IS LOW. THERE IS NO WAY TO MONITOR THE FUNCTIONING OF THE VEHICLE, OR THE AIR BAGS OR THE BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE BECAUSE IT FAILED EMISSION TESTING AND THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL VEHICLES LIKE MINE WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM. I FOUND THAT YOUR NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE07014 IS THE PROBLEM THAT THE REPAIR SHOP FOUND. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS IS STILL OPEN. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE GMC DEALER BECAUSE THEY FELT THAT THE DEALER SHOULD STAND BEHIND THE PROBLEM AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WILL THIS BECOME A RECALL ISSUE AND WILL THE DEALER NEED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK AT THEIR EXPENSE? *JB

2003 GMC ENVOY XL FUEL LEAK, MY 2003 ENVOY XL DEVELOPED A SMELL OF GAS, BECAME STRONGER AS TIME WENT BY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GMC DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE WAS LEAKING BECAUSE OF CORROSION. WE HAD TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP MODULE REPLACED AT A COST OF $953.10. THE VEHICLE HAD 40,754 MILES ON IT, AND IS 4 YEARS OLD. THE OLD PART IS NOT AVALIABLE, THE DEALER KEPT IT (MIKE SMITH BUICK GMC TRANSIT ROAD LOCKPORT N.Y.)

AFTER HAVING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 GMC ENVOY XL SUCH AS BROKEN WINDOW, 4 WD BROKEN, AND MANY OTHER PROBLEMS I NOTICED A HUMMING NOISE. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE SERVICED ALONG WITH A BAD SWITCH IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL AND WAS TOLD THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL IS BAD. IT IS BEING FIXED NOW, BUT WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS THAT THIS SORT OF THING SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A NEW CAR AND GENERALLY THE DIFFERENTIAL SHOULD LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE. *JB

ON 2/15/07 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WENT OUT, BRAKES LOCKED UP, ALL GAUGES WENT ERRATIC BOUNCING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND THE HEATER STARTED BLOWING COLD AIR UPON THIS HAPPENING I NEARLY WENT INTO A CREEK HOWEVER STRUGGLING DID MANAGE TO SAFELY GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A DITCH. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHEN UPON DIAGNOSIS THE SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED AND ALL OF THE ABOVE COMPONENTS WERE TIED INTO THE SWITCH. I AT MY OWN EXPENSE HAD THE IGNITION REPLACED AND THE RPM GAUGE STILL DOES NOT WORK. I CONTACTED GMC THE VERY DAY OF THE INCIDENT TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE ONLY TO BE BOUNCED AROUND TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT OFFICES, NONE OF WHICH HAVE MADE THIS SAFETY ISSUE A TOP PRIORITY. I HAVE NOTATED EVERY CONVERSATION WITH EVERY PERSON THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO AND WHAT WAS SAID. I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO TAKE THE LEGAL ROUTE, HOWEVER I AM PREPARED TO DO SO. WHEN IGNITION SWITCHES FAIL IT SHOULD NOT SHUT DOWN A VEHICLE IN THE MANNER THAT IT DOES. ALTHOUGH I WAS SUCCESSFUL AT NOT BEING INJURED OR INJURING ANYONE ELSE THAT WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THE CASE IN THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. *NM

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2003 GMC ENVOY. THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL ON SOME 2003 GMC ENVOYS REGARDING A TURN SIGNAL DEFECT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V198000. WITH 286,478 POTENTIAL VEHICLES AFFECTED. I TOOK MY CAR IN AND IT IS NOT WITHIN THE VIN RANGE OF AFFECTED VEHICLES. ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE DOSES INDEED HAVE THE INTERMITTENT INCORRECT TURN SIGNAL PROBLEM, GMC IS REFUSING TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE OF MY VIN.*JB