2004 GMC Envoy

ON 11/01/07 I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER ACTING ERRATIC; IT WOULD STAY ON 10 TO 20 MPH. WHEN I KNEW I WAS GOING FASTER. AT OTHER TIMES IT WOULD CREEP UP TO 75 OR 80 MPH. AND NOT GO DOWN WHEN I SLOW DOWN. OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD WORK FINE. THIS WENT ON ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND I THOUGHT IT MIGHT CORRECT ITSELF. IT FINALLY STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER COMING TO REST ABOVE 120 MPH. ON 12/07/07 I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE INTERMENT PANEL AT A COST OF AROUND $470.00. THEY ALSO SAID IF I DIDN'T HAVE OVER 60,000 MILES ON MY CAR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I HAD 62,492 MILES ON THE DAY I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. *TR

1. I PURCHASED A 2004 ENVOY. THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM HAD IT UNDER WARRANTY. 2 WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE COMING ON AND OFF, THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS STARTED TO LOCK BY THEMSELVES SIMULTANEOUSLY. NON STOP. IT SCARES MY CHILDREN, AS WELL AS I, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO SPARK A FIRE OR WHAT. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT MORE THAN OTHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN IT RAINS, BUT IT ONLY DOES IT WHEN I ROLL THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW UP. EVEN IF ITS NOT DOWN AND I ROLL IT UP IT DOES IT. AS WELL AS IF I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE AND SOMETIMES IT JUST DOES IT ON ITS ON. I'VE TAKEN IT TO A GMC DEALER 4 OR MORE TIMES AND THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM ANY WHERE. SO, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE NO ONE CAN FIND A SOLUTION. I PARK MY $18,000 VEHICLE NEXT TO THE ROAD IN CASE IT DOES SPARK A FIRE. PLEASE INFORM ME IF ANYTHING IS AVAILABLE OR WHO I NEED TO CONTACT AT GMC TO FIND AN ANSWER. *TR

SINCE CAR IS NEW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MELTING ISSUE WITH WIRING AND HARNESS BEHIND RADIO RACK AND AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED IN THIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SO MANY TIMES GMC HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON CAR TO COVER ALL OF THE CAR. IT IS AGAIN CAUSING A PROBLEM, LIGHTS OUT ON CLUSTER, LIGHTER INOP, HEATER AND A/C FANS NOT ALWAYS WORKING. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A USED 04 GMC ENVOY WITH 30,000 MILES ON IT. NOW ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. SOMETIMES IT WORKS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. WHEN IT DOES NOT WORK IT READS TO HIGH OR TWO LOW. I CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 AND IT WILL DROP BELOW 0. OR I CAN BE STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND IT SHOWS 40. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE WEB SHOWS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL GM AND GMC SHOULD HAVE TO DO A RECALL ON THIS AS IT COULD BE A LIFE AND SAFETY ITEM. FOR EXAMPLE ONE COULD SLOW TO THE RECOMMEND SPEED FOR A CURVE OR A TURN. IF THE SPEEDOMETER IS READING TWO LOW THEN THE PERSON WOULD BE TRAVELING TWO FAST FOR THE TURN. I SEE ALSO WHERE A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IS IN THE WORKS ON THIS. *TR

ON-GOING ISSUES WITH MY 2004 GMC ENVOY SINCE PURCHASE. LEAVE HOME, TRAVEL TO DESTINATION, USUALLY A SHORT DISTANCE, WHEN TRYING TO RESTART VEHICLE ALL DASH LIGHTS COME ON, RADIO WORKS, WINDOWS WORK, ETC., TURN THE KEY TO START AND NOTHING HAPPENS, NO ATTEMPT AT STARTING WHAT-SO-EVER. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WITH TEMPERATURE, TIME OF DAY, RAIN/SHINE, ETC. OFTEN IF YOU LEAVE THE VEHICLE TO SIT FOR AN HOUR, IT WILL RESTART, SOMETIMES SOONER, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN WE HAD 308 KM ON THE VEHICLE, NOW WE HAVE 68,000 KM AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE IGNITION SWITCH NUMEROUS TIMES, REPROGRAMMED THE SETTINGS FOR INTERNATIONAL VS DOMESTIC IN REGARDS TO THE APPARENT SECURITY SYSTEM THAT I HAVE, WHICH WE DISCOVERED HAS NEVER WORKED EITHER. NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE ABS COMING ON WITH DRY PAVEMENT. WATER IN REAR BACKUP LIGHTS, THEY WERE DRAINED AND RE-SEALED. RUST ON ALL INTERIOR DOOR PANELS, BACK DOOR AND HOOD WHERE JOINTS MEET, REPAIRED. WATER ON THE FLOOR AT THE DOOR WHEN IT RAINS, FIXED SEAL AT DOOR. DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCKED WHEN YOU LEFT THE VEHICLE WITHOUT LOCKING IT MYSELF, REPROGRAMMED. INTERIOR DOOR TRIM/SEAL REPEATEDLY FALLS OFF FROM BACK RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR. 10 MONTHS LEFT ON OUR LEASE....CAN'T WAIT TO FIND A NEW VEHICLE. COMPLETELY NOT SATISFIED WITH THE VEHICLE OR BY THE SERVICE WE HAVE RECEIVED.

I OWN A 2004 GMC ENVOY WITH APPROXIMATELY 85,000 "HIGHWAY" MILES. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON A FEW MONTHS AGO AN I HAD IT ANALYZED AT A LARGE AUTO REPAIR CHAIN. IT INDICATED A VACUUM LEAK. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TOP OF THE PVC GAS TANK WHERE THE INLET VALUE WAS MOUNTED TO THE TANK DURING MANUFACTURING WAS LIKELY THE SOURCE AS THERE WAS FUEL STAINS RUNNING DOWN THE TANK FROM THIS LOCATION! TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO THIS MATTER, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT ANOTHER GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE OF THE SAME TYPE HAD THE SAME, EXACT PROBLEM THE WEEK BEFORE. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT MY PROBLEM ALONE. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND LONG STORY SHORT, THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TANK BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE GMC MECHANIC INDICATED THAT IF IT HAD 60,000 MILES OR FEWER, HE WOULD LIKELY HAVE REPLACED IT FOR ME. I ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN THAT A FUEL LEAK IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MY FAMILIES SAFETY. TO EXPLODE OR BURN IN AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS IS NOT A MILEAGE FACTOR AND IT IS NOT A WEAR PART, IT WAS SIMPLY NOT PROPERLY SEALED WHEN IT WAS BEING MANUFACTURED. I FEEL THAT GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD CHECK INTO THIS MATTER AS IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT LIKELY AFFECTS MANY ENVOYS AND TRAIL BLAZERS. I HOPE THAT THIS NOTICE WILL START A FULL INVESTIGATION AND A RECALL. A DEATH FROM THIS DEFECTIVE PART IS VERY POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED IN NOVEMBER OF 2006 WHEN I RECEIVED A SPEEDING TICKET, I WAS NOT SPEEDING ACCORDING TO MY SPEEDOMETER. THE DEALERSHIP SAID MY SPEEDOMETER WAS WORKING PROPERLY WHEN IN FACT IT WAS NOT. AFTER ANOTHER STOP BY POLICE, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO DIFFERENT DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. I WAS AGAIN STOPPED ON 7/4/2007 FOR SPEEDING. I REMOVED THE GAUGE CLUSTER AND SENT IT TO SPECMO MYSELF FOR TESTING AND SPECMO FOUND THE SPEEDOMETER DEFECTIVE; WIRE CHAFFING AND SERVO MOTOR INTERMITTENT SHORTING, THEY REPAIRED IT. *TR