2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370 Complaints

FUEL GAUGE NOT READING CORRECT FUEL LEVEL. VEHICLE READS FULL ONE MINUTE AND EMPTY THE NEXT. VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING. THIS WAS FIXED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS OCCURRED I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR. I UNDERSTAND THAT GMC IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR THIS ISSUE AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE11014 AS PART OF MY COMPLAINT. *KB

IN 2008, OUR VEHICLE'S GAS GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE ON THE AMOUNT OF GAS. WE WOULD FILL IT UP AND THE GAUGE WOULD SHOW FULL BUT AS SOON AS WE WOULD START DRIVING WOULD DROP DOWN TO EMPTY AND EVENTUALLY AS OF TODAY WHEN WE FILL OUT VEHICLE UP ALL THE WAY, THE GUAGE ONLY SHOWS LESS THAN A 1/4 FULL THEN DROPS TO EMPTY. AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK AND THE GAUGE SHOWING FULL AND DROPPING TO 1/4 FULL THEN I RAN OUT OF GAS WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY, CAUSING MY GMC ENVOY TO SHUT DOWN AND MY STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO STEER OFF TO THE SHOULDER WITH MUCH FORCE TO THE WHEEL. AS OF TODAY, OUR GAUGE NO LONGER RISES TO SHOW ANY SORT OF AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. WE USE THE GAS USED ON THE DASH TO KEEP TRACK OR MILEAGE TO TRACK WHEN WE NEED TO FILL UP AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET DOWN TO CLOSE TO EMPTY. WE HAVE NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE WE HAVE READ SO MANY COMPLAINTS THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL MADE BY GMC. I HAVE CALLED GMC AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR OUR VEHICLE AND TO MY SURPRISE NONE! I BELIEVE GMC NEEDS TO CORRECT THEIR MANUFACTURER DEFECT! *TR

I FILLED UP MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL SLT WHEN IT HAD 71,000 MILES. I HAD NO PREVIOUS FUEL GAUGE ISSUES. STARTED THE VEHICLE AND FUEL GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY EVEN THOUGH I HAD FILLED IT COMPLETELY. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR SO HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT FOR THE PAST MONTH AND THIS HAS BEEN A DAILY ISSUE WHILE DRIVING. THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL AND WILL STICK ON EMPTY AND THE BELL CHIMES CONSTANTLY EVEN WHEN I JUST FILLED IT UP. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING EXACTLY HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THERE EXCEPT TO MONITOR MILES DRIVEN AND FILL IT BACK UP MORE FREQUENTLY. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE INCORRECT AND MY VEHICLE STALLS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND AM AFRAID OF A STALL HAPPENING RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING EXACTLY HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THERE. AGAIN...THE GAUGE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH AS I AM DRIVING. I CAN START A DRIVE KNOWING IT IS FULL BUT THE GAUGE WILL SAY 1/4 TANK AND IT WILL JUMP ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO FULL AND THEN DOWN TO EMPTY WHICH CAUSES THE LOW FUEL SIGNAL AND BEEP TO GO OFF. THIS HAPPENS DAILY. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND AM SEEING ALOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM GMC ENVOY OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME ISSUE AND GM DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS A PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY GENERAL MOTORS. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE SOMEONE TO DIE TO GET GM'S ATTENTION ON THIS ISSUE! *TR

PROBLEM WITH SEVERE FLUCTUATIONS OF FUEL GAUGE. RESEARCH SHOWS YOUR ONGOING INVESTIGATION # IS DP10001. UPON FILLING TANK TO APROX. TANK THE GAUGE SUDDENLY STARTED GOING WILD AND WITHIN 1 MILE OF DRIVING THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" APPEARED. AFTER INVESTIGATING NUMEROUS ON-LINE RESOURCES IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO THIS VEHICLE BUT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN THE GM LINEUP. DEALERSHIP REPAIR COSTS ARE ESTIMATED IN THE $800.00 TO $1000.00 RANGE. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A PROBLEM THAT GM KNOWS TO EXIST YET REFUSES TO TAKE ANY UNILATERAL ACTION ON. *KB

I HAVE A 2005 GMC ENVOY. THE GAS GAUGE HAD STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AT 60,000 MILES. IT COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AT 77,000 TO 80,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2008 WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES. MY JOB HAS ME ON THE HIGHWAY A LOT. I TRIED TO ESTIMATE THE MILES. BUT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS I HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ON HIGHWAY 820 AT 260 MILES AFTER FILLING UP. I RAN OUT ON HIGHWAY 30 AT 320 MILES. IN THE COUNTRY ON PRIVATE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY WITH NO ONE TO BE FOUND AT 150 MILES, EVERY TIME I COMPLETELY FILLED THE CAR UP WITH GAS BEFORE RESETTING THE FUEL GAUGE. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. I CAN NOT TRADE THE CAR IN. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER TWITH THREE CHILDREN THAT HAS BEEN BLESSED SO FAR TO RUN OUT WITH OUT THEM IN THE CAR. I DID REALIZE SO MANY OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTIONS AND WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN VEHICLE IS FILLED TO FULL TANK LEVEL, THERE IS A CLICK SOUND AND THE GAUGE GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE EMPTY POSITION, THEN WARNING LIGHT AND VERY LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. THIS IS THE 2ND GM VEHICLE I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH. ONCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRES EVERYTHING STARTS TO GO WRONG SUCH AS FUEL PUMP/SENSOR, RADIATOR/FAN MOTOR, A/C, FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS. THE MORE I TRY TO MAINTAIN THESE VEHICLES THE MORE PROBLEMS. I WILL PURCHASE A HONDA, NISSAN, TOYOTA NEXT TIME. *TR

OUR SPEEDOMETER ON OUR 2005 ENVOY HAS STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY. IT EITHER JUST STAYS AT ZERO, OR SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK FOR 10-20 MINUTES AND THEN IT JUST STARTS GOING DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN UNTIL IT HITS ZERO. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. WE HAVEN'T REPLACED IT YET. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY FUEL GAUGE IN ACCURATE READING. VEHICLE FUEL GAUGE READING OVER 1/4 TANK OF FUEL TRAVELING DOWN FREEWAY VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL IN CENTER LANE LOSS OF POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND POWER BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. *TR

FUEL GAUGE NEVER READS CORRECTLY EVEN AFTER TANK IS FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T REGISTER ANYMORE THAN HALF A TANK WHEN MOVING, ANYTIME VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO GAUGE NEVER READS THE SAME AT ANY TIME VERY INCONSISTENT. *TR

2005 GMC ENVOY GASOLINE GAUGE FAILURE. READS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FUEL REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. WILL GO UP AND OWN ON ITS OWN. LOW FUEL ALARM WILL SOUND EVEN WITH FULL TANK OF FUEL. STARTED SEPT 2010. *TR