2005 GMC Envoy Xl 370 Owner Complaints

DRIVING CAR BRAKES GO GET IT FIX PAID 375 TO GET FIX NOW NO POWER STEERING FUEL GAUGE DOSEN. T WORK WHAT A MESS NEED HELP

NHTSA ID

11153687

Incident

Nov 21, 2018

Mileage

120,000 mi

LOST BRAKES WHEN DRIVING ON STREET REPLACE MASTER CYCLINDER BOTH BRAKE LINES POWER STEERING PUMP IS BROKEN FEUL GAUGE DOESN.T WORK WHAT A MESS

NHTSA ID

11153530

Incident

Nov 21, 2018

Mileage

115,000 mi

MY PROBLEM IS COVERED UNDER RECALL 14291 BUT MY YEAR ISN'T INCLUDED. DESPITE NUMEROUS BULB REPLACEMENTS AND MECHANIC VISITS, MY VEHICLE'S LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS DO NOT WORK. I'VE CONTACTED GM, BUT THEY OFFERED NO SOLUTION THAT'S AFFORDABLE. I HAVE NO HEADLIGHT OTHER THAN HIGH-BEAMS. PLEASE HELP AND MAKE GM INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM ON ALL THEIR 2005 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES.

NHTSA ID

10991546

Incident

May 1, 2013

STALLING OUT IN INTERSECTION,FUEL GAGE AND SPEED ODOMETER ,AIR BAGS DEFAULTING,SHACKING IN FRONT END , WHEN DRIVING. VERRY DANGEROUS.

NHTSA ID

10885262

Incident

Jul 16, 2016

Mileage

128,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT ME HAVING AN ACCIDENT OR HITTING ANYTHING THE SEAT BELT CAME LOOSE AND HIT MY DAUGHTER BREAKING HER GLASSES. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL JUST A POP AND ALL CAME OUT. MY HEADLINER IS TORN.

NHTSA ID

10851506

Incident

Mar 19, 2016

Mileage

98,000 mi

THE REAR WINDOW TO OUR 2005 GMC ENVOY XL SHATTERED WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE REAR HATCH. THE WINDOW WAS FROZEN FROM THE COLD WEATHER AND WHEN IT FLEXED, IT SHATTERED EVERYWHERE.

NHTSA ID

10817716

Incident

Jan 1, 2016

I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE GAUGE THAT SHOWS OVERHEATING.I TOOK THE CAR IN TO PUT IN A THERMOSTAT THINKING IT WAS THE PROBLEM,BUT WHEN I TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THAT MY CLUSTER WAS BAD AND THE GAUGES WERE MESSED UP.I PAID $392.00 FOR THE CLUSTER AND $100.00 FOR LABOR.I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED WITH 119,000 MILES ON IT ON 6/20/2011 AND ON 2/23/2013 I HAD THE CLUSTER REPLACED WITH MILEAGE OF 132,356. I PUT ON NEW BRAKES AT THIS TIME SINCE THE HAD A HABIT OF GRABBING AND MAKING ME SLIDE AND JERK TO A STOP.THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE NOW IS THE THE DOOR LOCKS MESS UP ONCE IN AWHILE BUT OTHER THAN THAT I TAKE MY ENVOY IN EVERY 4000 MILES FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND A CHECK UP IT IS NOW 12/15/2015 AND I ONLY HAVE 142,000 MILES ON IT AND IT IS STILL RUNNING OK.I KEEP CHECKING ONCE A MONTH FOR RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE SOMETIMES A DOME LIGHT WILL COME ON .BUT NOT OFTEN.MY ENVOY HAS NOT RUST AND THE INTERIOR IS IN AS GOOD AS IT WAS WHEN I PURCHASED IT FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHICH IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

NHTSA ID

10810675

Incident

Feb 23, 2013

Mileage

132,356 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LOOSE BOLT WITHIN THE VEHICLE'S SENSORY SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 142,000.

NHTSA ID

10783450

Incident

Sep 1, 2015

Mileage

142,000 mi

ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. DEALER SAID IT WAS A BAD BRAKE MODULE. AND WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY.

NHTSA ID

10763031

Incident

Jun 1, 2011

Mileage

68,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. WHILE TRAVELING A HIGHWAY RATE OF SPEED, THE REAR WINDOWS FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GLASS REPAIR SHOP WHERE BOTH WINDOWS WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED TWO YEARS LATER, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE REAR WINDOWS FRACTURED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE GLASS REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE REAR WINDOWS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 09/09/15*LJ

NHTSA ID

10733199

Incident

Jul 15, 2013

Mileage

40,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000. UPDATED 09/03/15*LJ THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A NOTICE IN AUGUST 2015 STATING THAT PART NECESSARY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BECOME AVAILABLE. UPDATED 12/16/2015 *JS

NHTSA ID

10721537

Incident

May 14, 2015

Mileage

80,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED TO THE ON POSITION, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OIL AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

10701398

Incident

Feb 5, 2015

THE VERY SAME THING DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN 14V755000, GM SAFETY RECALL 14291, BEGAN HAPPENING TO MY 2005 GMC ENVOY XL. MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED OFF AND ON. IN TIME, MY HEADLIGHTS STAYED OFF LONGER AND LONGER. ONLY THE LOW BEAMS AND THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS SEEMED TO BE AFFECTED. I COULD FIND NO DISCERNIBLE REASON OR CONNECTION TO ANY ACTION OR SETTING ON THE CAR. WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN I AM DRIVING AT NIGHT AND REMAIN OFF FOR MORE THAN A SECOND OR TWO, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS, SO I QUIT DRIVING AT NIGHT IN THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO A GM SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIR. THE RECALL 14291 LETTER POSTED AT HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/ACMS/CS/JAXRS/DOWNLOAD/DOC/UCM471691/RIONL-14V755-2465.PDF DESCRIBES MY SAFETY SITUATION EXACTLY. SERVICE MANAGER SAID MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10689413

Incident

Nov 13, 2013

THE OIL GAUGE WENT OUT FIRST AND THE DEALER STATED THE OIL SENDING UNIT NEED TO BE REPLACE AND IT WOULD COST ME OVER 300. 00 DOLLARS, THEN NEXT THE ENGINE COOLANT GAUGE STARTING GOING CRAZY. I TOOK MY CAR BACK FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER NEEDS REPLACING. I WENT BACK TO HAVE MY ENGINE COOLANT GAUGE LOOK AT BY THE DEALER BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE WITH MY 4 YEAR TODDLER IN THE CAR AND PAID FOR THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE ENGINE COOLANT THERMOSTAT BASED ON THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. STILL MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS PEGGED OUT AND NOW THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE HAS COMPLETELY STOP WORKING, SO I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE GMC DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER NEED TO BE REPLACE AND THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE TOO. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $570.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER AND THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO FIX THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE BY ITSELF. I AM VERY UPSET AFTER BEING QUOTED AND TOLD THE FIRST TIME BY THE DEALER THAT THEY COULD FIX THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AT ONE PRICE AND NOW TELL ME THAT WITHOUT REPLACING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FOR THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE OIL GAUGE. I NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE IN WHICH TO TAKE MY PRESCHOOL CHILD BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL AND MANY DAYS OTHER DRIVES FROM BEHIND HAVE BLOWN THEIR HORN AT ME DUE TO GOING TO SLOW BECAUSE I AM UNSURE WHAT SPEED I AM GOING. I WAS USING THE RPM GAUGE TO HELP OUT BUT IT HAS NOW STOP WORKING TOO. I CONTACTED GMC ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DIRECTED ME TO THE GMC DEALER, WHICH I AM STILL WAITING ON A RESPONSE FROM. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR ME TO BE DRIVING A CAR IN WHICH THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES JUST STOP WORKING AT ANYTIME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10679980

Incident

Feb 25, 2013

Mileage

83,440 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURED IGNITION SWITCH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10606430

Incident

May 18, 2011

Mileage

54,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC ENVOY XL 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FRACTURED IGNITION SWITCH AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,931. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10606425

Incident

May 5, 2011

Mileage

54,931 mi

AT VARIOUS SPEEDS INCLUDING AT REST, INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS FAILED AND THEN COME BACK UP AFTER CUTTING TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTING IT. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES ARE GREATLY INACCURATE. THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS ALWAYS SHOWING HOT. CONCERNING!!! *TR

NHTSA ID

10557561

Incident

Oct 1, 2013

Mileage

99,000 mi

THIS PIECE OF CRAP VEHICLE IN WHICH THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS COMPLETELY FAILED STARTING WITH THE FUEL GAUGE. THIS FAILURE THEN LED TO THE FAILURE OF ALL THE GAUGES MINUS AS OF RIGHT NOW THE SPEEDOMETER. THE TAC WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. GMC NOW HAS WENT BACK AND WANTS TO "FIX" THE SENDING UNIT ONLY TO THE GAS TANK (GEE....THANKS FOR THE RUSH GM CONSIDERING THIS IS A 2005 VEHICLE AND THE YEAR IS NOW 2013...AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR DARN CLOSE TO 10 YEARS ABOUT THEM NOW!! NICE JOB STEPPING UP!!).....THUS CORRECTING THE GAS GAUGE ..WE HOPE (WHICH I HAVE BEEN TOLD WILL PROBABLY LAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR...IF WE ARE LUCKY....OH JOY FOR US!!!) YEA...THANKS GM...I NOW KNOW I WILL HAVE 3/4 OF A TANK OF GAS WHEN MY FREAKIN VEHICLE OVERHEATS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY SINCE THE REST OF THE GAUGES DO NOT WORK BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE WILL NOT BACK YOUR G.D. PRODUCTS. MAYBE IF WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH IT WILL OVERHEAT AND MELT TO THE GROUND AND WE WILL BE RID OF THIS PIECE OF CRAP. NO WONDER EVERYONE IS GOING TO FOREIGN CARS...WHY BUY THESE PIECE OF [XXX]. I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER GMC AS LONG AS I BREATH AIR AS SOON AS I AM ABLE TO EITHER SELL, TRADE OR HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL COME AND STEAL IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA ID

10550351

Incident

Sep 18, 2013

Mileage

92,450 mi

THE CLUSTER DOESN'T WORK OR WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR 3 TO 4 YEARS THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT DOESN'T. THE GAS GAUGE ALWAYS READS EMPTY AND THE OIL PRESSURE READS ABOVE 80. THEY SENT ME A LETTER YESTERDAY TO SAY THEY ARE NOW FIXING THE FUEL GAUGE IF YOU HAVE LESS THEN 120,000 MILES BUT I HAVE MORE THEN THAT NOW IF THEY WOULD HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM YEARS AGO WHEN THEY KNEW ABOUT IT I WOULD HAVE BEEN OK. THEY STILL ARE NOT FIXING THE SPEEDOMETER AND I THINK THAT IS MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE THEN THE GAS GAUGE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10549956

Incident

Oct 18, 2010

FUEL GAUGE SENSOR 2005 ENVOY XL DENALI. 70153 MILES. AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS EMPTY UNTIL ABOUT AN EIGHTH OF A TANK HAS BEEN USED THEN THE FUEL GAUGE WORKS JUST FINE. HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL FOR APPX. TEN MINUTES TO GET THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TO STOP ILLUMINATING. OCCURS EVERYTIME I FILL THE VEHICLE. IT CAUSES AN INACCURATE FUEL READING. TURNING IN TO DEALER TOMORROW 06-19-2013 FOR REPAIRS. CODE PRODUCED P0463. *TR

NHTSA ID

10520340

Incident

Jun 18, 2013

Mileage

68,000 mi

I FILLED MY TANK AT A GAS STATION AND WHEN LEAVING THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE DROPPED DOWN TO "E" AND LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER 10-15 SECONDS THE FUEL GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY TO "FULL". A FEW MINUTES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, AND HAS CONTINUED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10520249

Incident

Jun 17, 2013

Mileage

70,260 mi

WE STARTED NOTICING AFTER A FILL UP AT THE GAS STATION THE GAS GAUGE STILL SHOWED EMPTY. THE GAUGE TOOK OVER AN HOUR OF DRIVING TO MOVE UP TO FULL. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK LAST WEEK THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS AND STALLED. WE ADDED HALF A TANK, BUT THE GAUGE STILL SHOWED EMPTY THE NEXT FEW TIMES IT WAS DRIVEN SOMEWHERE. LAST WEEKEND I FILLED UP AGAIN AND THE GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY STILL WITH WARNING INDICATOR ON. AGAIN IT TOOK OVER AN HOUR OF DRIVING FOR THE GAUGE TO REGISTER THE TANK EVEN 3/4 FULL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10510240

Incident

Apr 10, 2013

Mileage

100,000 mi

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE EVENING, THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME "STUCK" AT ABOUT 30 MPH. WE PULLED OFF AT A REST STOP AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, HOPING THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD RESET ITSELF. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SPEEDOMETER SAT AT 60 MPH, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE STILL SITTING AT THE REST STOP--NOT MOVING. WE TRIED TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN AND THIS TIME WHEN WE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE "STUCK" AT OVER 120 MPH--AGAIN WE WERE NOT MOVING. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STAYED PAST THE 120 MPH MARK FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP HOME. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW SOME FRIENDS HOME. A FEW DAYS LATER, WE TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC. HE INDICATED THAT HE HAD SEEN THE SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM BEFORE WITH OTHER GMCS AND HE THEN REPLACED THE "INSTRUMENT CLUSTER" IN OUR VEHICLE. WE ALSO DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT SEVERAL GMC MODELS HAD BEEN RECALLED DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER, BUT THE RECALLS DID NOT APPEAR TO INCLUDE THE 2005 GMC ENVOY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10504178

Incident

Mar 10, 2013

Mileage

135,550 mi

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING. I CAN NO LONGER JUDGE SPEED. TIRES CRACKED AND DRY ROTTED ON SIDEWALLS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT EARLY MILEAGE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10493233

Incident

Oct 3, 2012

Mileage

43,500 mi

AIR CONDITIONER QUIT WORKING ON LEVEL 5, WOULD WORK ON LEVEL 1-4, LEVEL 5 WOULD KEEP TURNING OFF. SHORTLY AFTER THIS WITHIN THE SAME DAY I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING COMING THROUGH THE AIR VENTS. MECHANICS NOTED AND SHOWED ME THAT THE RESISTOR PLUGS ON THE BACK HAD BURNED AND MELTED TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT WAS CAUSING THE BURNING SMELL. NEEDED A NEW RESISTOR, PIG TAIL, AND BLOWER. ALSO MY FUEL GAUGE AND RPM ARE BROKE, HAVE NOT BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10465981

Incident

Jul 1, 2012

Mileage

150,000 mi