2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370 Complaints

MY FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING IN MY 2005 ENVOY AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATES THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF FUEL AFTER FILL THE TANK FULL. I HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL COVER UP TO 50% OF REPAIR AS MY WARRANT HAS EXPIRED. THE PROBLEM WITH ONLY COVERING 50% IS PAYING WITH FOR MY HALF OF THE REPAIR. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO COME UP WITH APPROXIMATELY THE $200 FOR THE REPAIR THEREFORE UNABLE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I SPOKE WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT WAS MY OPTION. WHEN I ASKED WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THE PROBLEM THEY INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT THE NHTSA. MY CONCERN IS THAT I LIVE IN A STATE WITH COLD WEATHER THAT REQUIRES THAT CAR TO WARM UP PRIOR TO DRIVING. SO I WAS KEEPING TRACK OF MY MILEAGE KNOWING WHEN I NEEDED TO FILL UP WITH GAS. ALTHOUGH, THIS WILL NOT BE ACCURATE IN WINTER AND AFRAID THAT MY SPOUSE (PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE) WILL GET STRANDED ON THE ROAD. I HOPE IF/WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT IS NOT DURING A SNOW STORM WHERE AN AUTO ACCIDENT WILL THEN BECOME LIKELY. WHEN TALKING TO GM ALONG WITH THE FUEL SENSOR I EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT OTHER ISSUES THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING. FOR EXAMPLE, MY LICENSE PLATE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING, CHANGED THE BULB AND CHECKED THE FUSES AND STILL DOES NOT WORK; ALONG WITH HEAT ISSUES AND WAS INFORMED TO TAKE IN FOR DIAGNOSIS. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER FAILS TO REPRESENT TRUE VEHICLE SPEED. USING A GPS WE CAN MONITOR THE INACCURACY IN THE GAUGE READING. THE SPEEDOMETER REFLECTS A SPEED OF 25 WHEN ACTUAL SPEED IS 45. THIS BECOMES WORSE AS THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AS THE SPEEDOMETER COMPLETELY FAILS TO REGISTER SPEED. AN IDENTICAL ISSUE WAS PRESENT ON A 2003 CHEVROLET TRUCK WE OWN WHICH WAS REPAIRED BY GM UNDER AN IN-HOUSE PROGRAM RESULTING FROM A LAWSUIT. GM HAS DECLINED TO REPAIR THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL. IF A DRIVER CANNOT ACCURATELY DETERMINE HIS/HER SPEED AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT THE POSSIBILITY FOR SAFETY RELATED INSTANCES ARE INCREASED FOR THE DRIVER AND OTHERS. *TR

LEFT REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN GOING AROUND CORNER. COULD NOT GET THE DOOR TO LATCH. REMOVED LATCH ASSEMBLY AND ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN. TOO MUCH RUST AND CORROSION. SOME OF THE DEBRIS LOOKS LIKE IT CAME FROM THE STRIKER. HAD SAME TROUBLE WITH RIGHT REAR DOOR AT 80,000 MILES. DISASSEMBLED AND CLEANED. WORKS FOR A WHILE. SOME ONE GOING TO FALL OUT OF ONE OF THESE SUV'S. GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS CRACK AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *TR

FUEL SENSOR, LOCATED IN GAS TANK, HAS FAILED. NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK, BE IT FULL, HALF FULL, OR LESS, THE SENSOR BELL RINGS AND THE GAUGE REGISTERS EMPTY. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. GMC SHOULD RECALL, AS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I THOUGHT I HAD MORE FUEL BUT RAN OUT OF GAS ON A MAJOR ROAD, THANKFULLY NO ACCIDENT. GMC HAS ADMITTED THERE IS A PROBLEM AND HAS AGREED TO PAY 50% OF REPAIRS, BUT THIS IS ONLY DONE UNDER A VEHICLE WARRANTY EXTENSION, NOT RECALL. *TR

FUEL GAUGE READINGS ARE INACCURATE, DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE THE GAUGING SYSTEM IN THE TANK AT CONSUMERS COST. I BELIEVE IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE A WARRANTIED ITEM. *TR

MY 2005 GMC ENVOY SL ONLY HAS 47,000 MILES. I EXPERIENCED DASH ELECTRONICS CONCERNING WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS ("POWER TRAIN COOLOING FAN AT 46,000 MILES") AND GAS TANK LEVEL GAUAGE STOPPED WORKING AT 40,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS ISSUE RELATED TO AN OVERALL SENSOR PROBLEM AND WILL EFFECT THE HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER SAFETY RELATED ISSUES. *TT

FILLED CAR UP WITH GAS AND LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. SINCE THEN LOW FUEL LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN WHEN TANK IS FULL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING THE TANK, HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD READ IMPROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED THROUGH EMAIL AND HAD NOT YET REPLIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 49,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 09/29/2011 *LN *TR

SMELL OF EXHAUST WHILE DRIVING. NOTICED ENGINE MADE A TICKING SOUND WHICH WENT AWAY AFTER ENGINE GOT WARM. BROUGHT VEHICLE INTO A SERVICE CENTER AND A DIAGNOSIS OF A CRACKED EXHAUST WAS MADE. HAVE NOTICED MANY OTHER TRAILBLAZER AND RNVOY OWNERS COMPLAINTS OF EXACT SAME ISSUE. BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING IN THE CAB I AM ENTERING THIS INTO THE SAFETY COMPLAINT DATABASE. *TT