2004 GMC ENVOY XL Complaints

2004 GMC ENVOY 4.2 LITER ENGINE - DEFECTIVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. NOTICED CASTING CRACK AT 81,000 MILES REPLACED COMPLETE MANIFOLD, 02 SENSOR, GASKETS AT 89,000 MILES. ACCORDING TO DEALER NO RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS PART THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD CRACK. *TR

AFTER STORING CARGO IN THE REAR OF MY 2004 GMC ENVOY XL, I REACHED FOR THE HANDLE ON THE TAILGATE TO CLOSE IT AND ONCE I STARTED TO PULL DOWN AN INCH OR TWO THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR CRACKS OR DAMAGE IN THE GLASS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. I WAS COVERED IN A SHOWER OF GLASS AND SHARDS WERE IN THE CAR, ON THE GROUND AND IN MY SKIN. I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE APPROX THREE YEARS AND IT CURRENTLY HAS 88K MI ON IT. THE ENTIRE REAR WINDOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. BASED ON MY RESEARCH I FEAR THIS MAY HAPPEN AGAIN WHICH WOULD BE HAZARDOUS TO ANYONE IN THE VICINITY. *TR

IN DECEMBER 2009 MY 2004 ENVOY XL'S TACHOMETER WENT OFF LINE. IT STARTS AT ABOUT THE 3 O'CLOCK POSITION. THEN A MONTH LATER THE ODOMETER STUCK AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR EVEN THOUGH I WAS STOPPED OR OBVIOUSLY DOING OVER 40. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED IT CORRECTED ITSELF BUT WAS ERRATIC AND WOULD TICK ITS WAY UP TO ABOUT 40-50MPH THEN WOULD STOP GOING UP. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH MANY 2004 ENVOYS. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A INSTRUMENT PANEL PROBLEM AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT AT A COST OF AROUND $500.00 THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. WHEN REDUCING SPEED TO ACCOMMODATE A CURVE THAT RECOMMENDS A REDUCED SPEED I CAN NOT TELL WHAT MY ACTUAL SPEED IS TO SAFELY MAKE THE CURVE. SPEED LIMITS ARE POSTED FOR SAFETY REASONS AND IF WE CANT TELL HOW FAST WE ARE GOING DO TO A FAULTY INSTRUMENT PANELS IT PUTS PEOPLE IN DANGER. DEALERS AND GMC SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND HAVE NOT YET RECALLED THE VEHICLES TO CORRECT THE SAFETY PROBLEM NOT TO MENTION THAT $500.00 IS A LOT OF MONEY FOR MOST PEOPLE TO HAVE TO PAY FOR A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD BE FIXING. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE 2004 GMC ENVOY IS INOPERATIVE AND IS STUCK IN THE 120 MPH POSITION. FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH BEFORE, THE NEEDLE WAS VERY ERRATIC AND JUMPED AROUND, SOMETIMES FROM 10 MPH TO UP TO 30 MPH. DURING THE ERRATIC PHASE, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY DID NOT NOTICE A PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT TAKEN ANY STEPS TO FIX IT NOW THAT IT IS STUCK AT 120 MPH BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT COVER THE COST. *TR

2004 GMC ENVOY XL SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER NO LONGER FUNCTION.... THIS HAPPEN ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO AND IT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY... I AM READING ONLINE THAT THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IN MY OPINION THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE.... I SHOULD BE TRAVELING 35 MILES AN HOUR AND THE CAR REGISTERS 75 MPH. ITS NEVER CORRECT AND THE TACH JUST STOPPED WORKING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2009, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 GMC ENVOY GOT STUCK ON 70 MPH. I HAD NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING AND IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING WHILE NOT KNOWING HOW FAST I WAS GOING IN CONSTRUCTION ZONES AND THE ROADS WERE VERY SNOW AND ICE PACKED. SINCE DECEMBER, I HAVE PURCHASED A GPS WITH A SPEEDOMETER. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED BECAUSE I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. THERE ARE TIMES THE SPEEDOMETER WILL WORK, THEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT WILL GET STUCK. *TR

I HEARD A CLICKING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND AFTER PULLING OFF THE COVER PLATE FOR THE ENGINE EXHAUST MANIFOLD I SAW THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. AT IDLE SPEED FUMES GET INSIDE VEHICLE. REPAIR HAS NOT BEEN MADE SO OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. UPON RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM. I SENT AN E-MAIL TO GM AND SOMEONE CALLED AND SAID THEY NEED MORE PEOPLE TO REPORT IT TO GET SOMETHING DONE. I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE FUMES AND POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC ENVOY XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES FAILED. NEITHER OF THE DOORS WOULD OPEN AND WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS, THEY WOULD NOT REMAIN CLOSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE LATCHES WERE CHIPPING AND THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V494000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES: DOORS: LATCH). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

2004 ENVOY GMC XL HAVING THE PO442 CODE COME UP WITH SIGNS OF GAS LEAKING, SMELLS LIKE GAS AND EVAP SYSTEM SEEMS TO NOT BE WORKING. THE GMC DIAGNOSTIC COMES UP WITH EVAP SMALL LEAK DETECTED. VERY SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS ON THE 2002-2003 ENVOY XL. *TR

DASH GAUGES/ FIRST THE OIL LEVEL GAUGE DIED, THEN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING UP, IT WILL SAY YOUR GOING 200 MPH, WHEN YOUR STANDING STILL...THEN THE SPEAKERS AND THE RADIO STARTED ACTING UP, WORK, DON'T WORK...REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SPEEDOMETER, AND IF OTHER GAUGES WILL FOLLOW SUIT. *TR