Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2003 GMC Envoy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
1. The air bag dummy light is on 2. The relay switch keeps going bad on my regular headlights, but the brights will turn on 3. Rear driver side door popped open on the highway while driving with my 12 year old nephew in the backseat. Will not latch shut.
VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER DASH SOMEWHERE WITHOUT VEHICLE BEING TURNED ON.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTING TO EXIT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS BLINKED ON AND OFF AND FAILED TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 188,343. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TURNING OFF HER IGNITION, THE DOORS LOCKED LEAVING HER TRAPPED IN THE CAR. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,134.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR INTERIOR PANEL WAS DAMAGED AND EXPOSING WIRES. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO UNABLE TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BECAUSE THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,776.
DROVE TO WORK SATURDAY NIGHT 12/07/2013 PARKED CAR AT 7:30 PM WENT IN TO WORK .CAME OUT TO MY CAR AT 10:00PM FOR BREAK TO SEE MY CAR SMOKING THE PASSENGERS HEATED SEAT TURNED IT'S SELF ON AT SOME POINT AND WAS ON FIRE BURNING THE SEAT AND MY COOLER THAT WAS SITTING ON THE SEAT WAS ON FIRE AND SMOKE FILLED THE CAR WAS MAKING IT HARD TO BREATH THE SMOKE WAS THICK AND SMELLED TOXIC. ME AND MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES DUMPED SNOW ON AND UNDER THE SEAT FROM AS FAR,AWAY AS WE COULD TILL THE SMOKE CALMED DOWN.TO GET THE FIRE OUT.I AM SO GRATEFUL I WAS NOT DRIVING OR THERE WAS NO PERSON SITTING ON THE SEAT AT THE TIME COULD OF CAUSED ME TO WRECK MYSELF OR OTHERS.ON MY DRIVE HOME COULD NOT USE THE HEAT DUE TO THE FUMES BEING TO STRONG WITH THE WINDOWS UP AND HEAT ON HAD TO DRIVE WITH NO HEAT AND WINDOWS DOWN 40 MINUTES WITH THE TEMPS IN THE TEENS. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. THE LATCHES FOR BOTH DRIVER SIDE DOORS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V494000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH) FOR THE ENVOY XL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ THE FRONT DOOR LATCH ARE NOT STARTING TO FAIL. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. THE PINION SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THE TAILLIGHT CIRCUIT BOARD SHORTED OUT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THERE WAS CORROSION ON THE DOOR LATCH FROM ROAD SALT BUILD UP. THE DOOR LATCH WAS REPLACED. THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR REQUIRED MORE FORCE TO OPEN. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V494000, REGARDING THE DOOR LATCHES. THE VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 3/3/2006 - *NM
A PERSISTENT HIGH PITCHED RATTLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM. AFTER MONTHS OF SEARCHING BY ACCIDENT DISCOVERED IT WAS THE FRONT HOOD LATCH. GREASED IT AND PROBLEM HAS SUBSIDED. NEIGHBOR WITH 2003 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB
DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC ENVOY. WHEN THE CAR SITS IN THE HEAT OR SUN THE CONTACT CANNOT OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS FROM THE OUTSIDE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.*AK
SAFETY PROBLEM REGARDING CONTROL OF DRIVER'S REAR VIEW MIRROR ON 2003 GMC ENVOY. *BF THERE HAD BEEN A STRANGE COMBINATION OF ELECTRICAL EVENTS CENTERED AROUND THE ACCESSORIES IN THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE LEFT DOOR MIRROR. OTHER PROBLEMS: THE SEAT WOULD MOVE ERRATICALLY WHEN STARTING AND SHUTTING DOWN, THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR DID NOT LOCK IN SYNC WITH THE OTHERS, THE LOCKS WOULD CLICK 4 TIMES AFTER DRIVING ONE MILE, AND THE CONTROL BUTTON LIGHTS ON THE DRIVERS ARM REST WAS COMING OFF. *SC *JB
THE FIRST TIME THE WIND NOISE BECAME SUCH AN ISSUE IS WHEN THE CAR HAD ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON IT AND I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE WITH A STIFF CROSS WIND. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD THAT WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE ONSTAR TO CALL THE DEALER AND HAVE HIM LISTEN TO THE NOISE, THE ONSTAR KEPT SAYING SLOWER PLEASE, SLOWER PLEASE EVEN THOUGH I WASNT YET SPEAKING. IT WAS THE WIND THE ONSTAR WAS LISTENING TO. I HAVE VISITED THE DEALER IN MOOREHEAD SEVERAL TIMES AND THE GMC PLACE IN MINOT TO TRY TO STOP THE NOISE AND THE HAVE REDUCED THE WIND NOISE BUT I STILL GET AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF NOISE. I HAVE TO TAKE A VACATION DAY TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER 90 MILES AWAY AND THEN EVEN THO I KNOW THEY ARE TRYING, THEY JUST SEEM TO MOVE THE NOISE AROUND. A CAR THAT WINDOWS FOR ALMOST 40K SHOULD BE AT LEAST AS QUIET AS MY DAUGHTER 6 YEAR OLD NEON. WOULDN'T YOU SAY? I BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE WILL NEVER BE QUIET UNLESS YOU ARE TRAVELING LESS THAN 30 MPH DOWN THE ROAD AND WITH THE WIND. I HAVE VISITED THE DEALER SHIP AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE REPLACED WINDO SEALS AND LINERS AS WELL AS BENDING THE DOORS BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED. THEY SAY I AM AN ISOLATED COMPLAINT BUT IN THE SMALL TOWN I LIVE IN THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER 2003 ENVOY AND THE OWNER SAYS HER NOISE IS EVEN WORSE. AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS AND 18000 MILES HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD I HAVE TO ENDURE?*AK
WHILE DRIVING ON RAINY DAYS DOORS LEAK WATER ONTO THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. HOWEVER, DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK
THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SPEEDOMETER LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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