2004 GMC ENVOY XL Complaints

I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME AND PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARKED AND WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDDLE THE VEHICLE JUMP AND TOOK OFF IN REVERSE. I MISSED HITTING MY WIFE BY INCHES. I THEN STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT OFF. THEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START. I TIRED TO PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFTER. I THEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I THEN WHEN TO THE INTERNET AND SEARCH WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM. FINDING IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LOCKOUT DEVISE. I THEN CHECKED INSPECTED THE TRANSMISSION AND FOUND THE CABLE THAT COME FROM THE SHIFTER TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS OF AND THE BUSHING THE WAS SUPPOSE TO HOLD THE CABLE END ON THE TRANSMISSION BRACKET WAS DEFECTIVE AND MADE MY VEHICLE VERY DANGEROUS ALMOST HITTING MY WIFE. IF IT HAD HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT I COULD HAVE HIT SOMEONE OR THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. CONTACTED GMAC NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE SAFETY PROBLEM I HAVE DESCRIBED. *TR

DUE TO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMING ON I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A NEW GAS CAP. IT WAS STATED IF THE CAP IS NOT ON PROPERLY IT AFFECTS THE EMISSION CONTROLS. I HAVE REPLACED THE GAS CAP SEVERAL TIMES NOTHING HAS CHANGED ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF. THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN ACCURATE JUSTIFICATION FOR THIS MATTER. VEHICLE HAS FAULTY / LEAKING AIR BAGS ON THE REAR SUSPENSION. UPON RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON GMC VEHICLES FROM 1994 ~ 2006. WHY ARE THERE NO RECALLS? GMC ENVOY VEHICLE ARE SITTING VERY LOW DURING FREEZING TEMPERATURES. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE IT WILL RAISE BACK UP AND LEVEL ITSELF BUT IT SHOULD NOT DROP DOWN LOW PERIOD. WEBSITES ARE FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS. I HAVE CONTACTED GMC REGARDING ALL THESE ISSUES AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO RECALLS REGARDING THESE MATTERS WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I HAVE VIEWED SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON SEVERAL WEBSITES REGARDING THESE SAME ISSUES. EXTERIOR LIGHTS~ LAMPS HAVE FAULTY SOCKETS DUE TO MOISTURE GETTING INSIDE THE LAMPS / BACK UP LAMPS. BULBS BURNING OUT CONTINUOUSLY. UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR VEHICLE TO A FREQUENT DEALER, MANY TIMES THEY'LL STEP OUTSIDE TO CHECK YOUR VEHICLE QUICKLY WITHOUT PUTTING YOU IN THE SYSTEM IF THEY FEEL NO SERVICE IS REQUIRED. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE WHY THESE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT BEING ADDRESSED/ REPORTED / OR RECORDED. IT IS APPARENT THERE ARE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHICLES. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH REPEAT MANUFACTURER DEFECTS/HAZARDS YEAR AFTER YEAR. IT IS NOT FAIR TO US (THE CUSTOMER). THEY CAN CONTINUALLY CONTACT YOU TO TRADE IN YOUR VEHICLE OR BUY IT, BUT THEY CAN'T CONTACT YOU REGARDING DEFECTS ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD THEY ONLY NOTIFY THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF RECALLS. AGAIN THEY'LL CONTACT YOU REGARDING MARKETING AND ADVERTISING. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO OPEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DUE TO THE MASTER DOOR SWITCH MALFUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE SWITCH TWICE PREVIOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 12/13/12 *CN

MY ENVOY HAS HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON FOR YEARS, AND THE SMELL OF GAS, WENT TO GMC AND THEY SAID NEED NEW GAS CAP, DIDN,T WORK, WENT TO ANOTHER CAR REPAIR NEED NEW GAS CAP, SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, EVERY MONTH ON MY ONSTAR REPORT, SAID I HAD EMISSION PROBLEMS, THEY TESTED THE CAR, LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE YOU NEED A NEW GAS CAP..... A FEW MONTHS AGO MY GMC WOULD NOT START, CALL AAA TO PICK UP ENVOY AND TAKE IN THE CHARLES SHOP NEAR MY HOME.... AS THE AUTO WAS BEING PUT ON THE TRAILER, I SAW GAS DRIPPING FROM THE AREA OF THE GAS TANK....WENT TO CHARLES REPAIR TO THEM ABOUT WHAT I SAW AND EXPLAINED THAT FOR YOU I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE GAS CAP, AND THE SMELL OF GAS... WELL THE CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND MY GAS TANK HAD A CRACK IN IT AND I WOULD NEED A NEW GAS TANK COST AROUND $900.00, I PAID THEM FOR THE STARTING PROBLEM THAT THEY FIXED AND TOOK THE GMC HOME, I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND I WAS READING THE SUNDAY PAPER AND THERE IS AN ARTICLE, ABOUT GMC RECALLS, ABOUT HOW THE WARM WEATHER STATES HAVING A PROBLEM WITH A PLASTIC PART MIGHT CRACK AND CAUSE A FUEL LEAK..WELL THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY GMC, HOW DO I GET MY CAR REPAIRED BY GMC, WHAT CAN I DO TO GET IT FIXED, I ONLY PUT $20 TO $30 OF GAS AT A TIME ,IN THE CAR BECAUSE I DON'T WANT GAS LEAKING AND MIGHT CAUSE A FIRE. HELP ME PLEASE. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 10 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS 9 SEPERATE TIMES NOT INCLUDING THE BRAKE LIGHTS 5 TIMES. AFTER THE 3RD TIME THE MAN AT THE AUTO PARTS STORE STATED THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH GMC> THE LIGHTS GET TOO HOT AND BURN UP THE BULB AND THE CONNECTORS. I HAVE HAD 2 BUY NOW 4 RABBITS CONNECTORS AND THEY MAKE THE BULB LAST A LITTLE LONGER BUT THE EXSPENSE IS SAD. IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND IT IS POSTED ALL OVER THE INTERENT FROM CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES WHY HAS NOT RECALL BEEM PLACED FOR THESE LIGHTS. IF IT IS HEATING HOT ENOUGH TO MELT A CONNECTOR THAT IS A FIRE HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. NOW MY SPEEDOMETER STOPED WORKING AND TO MY SURPRISE I WASS ADVISED THIS ALSO A COMMON GMC PROBLEM WITH THE CLUSTER REPAIR BEING REQUIRED TO FIX IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL SMELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CORRODED AND FUEL WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ICY ,CAR SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL AND SLAMMED INTO A UTILITY POLE. NEITHER DRIVER SIDE OR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *TR

ON THURSDAY 12/27/2011 ON MY WAY TO WORK PULLED INTO HESS GAS STATION PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK LOOK UP AND I WAS ROLLING BACK... LOOK AT THE GEAR SHIFT AND IT WAS IN PARK BUT ON MY DASHBOARD THE TRUCK WAS IN 1ST GEAR TRIED TO PULL IT OUT OF PARK BY THE HAND GEAR AND IT KEPT ROLLING BACK AND FORTH THEN IT FINALLY LOCK UP IN PARK BUT STILL ON THE DASHBOARD IT SAID IT WAS IN 1ST GEAR UNABLE TO CHANGE GEARS, HAD TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED TO WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM AUTOLINE IN JACKSONVILLE FLA. FOUND OUT THE SHIFTER CABLE POP IN HALF HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED PURCHASED THE SHIFTER CABLE AND SHIFTER ASSEMBLY COSTING JUST FOR THE PARTS OVER $200.00 AT 292.00 LABOR I ONLY HAD THE TRUCK 3 MONTHS AND SINCE THEY CLAIM IT WAS WEAR AND TEAR IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY MORNING GLAD I WAS NOT DRIVING IT AND PULLED OVER TO PURCHASE GAS THAT MORNING. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY IS THIS CONSIDERED WEAR AND TEAR..... *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 ENVOY XL BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY ( GOING FROM 0 TO 120 ) A EARLIER 2011 AND CONTINUES. THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER PROPERLY EITHER. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHANGE MY SPEEDOMETER FIRST TO SEE IF THIS WOULD FIX BOTH PROBLEMS (OVER $600.00 IN COST) AND IF THAT DIDN'T FIX IT, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE A MODULE IN THE FUEL TANK (ANOTHER $600.00 IN COST). MY RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATES THIS IS A FAULTY PART AND NEEDS TO BE RECALL. I'VE READ DIFFERENT MAKES OF GMC AND MILEAGE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE GAS TANK OR HOSE IS LEAKING. THIS IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD AND IT IS GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX AN FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD RECALLS ON TRAILBLAZERS FOR JUST THIS REASON. *TR