I was driving my car and lost the drive gear and had to down shift to 2nd gear although I owned an automatic car. I only had a car with 50,000 miles on it. I couldn't believe it could be my transmission already. I was able to up shift to drive but only after going into 2. When I arrived at my uncles house, he said the transmission was likely gone.
2005 GMC Envoy transmission complaints
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I have a 2005 gmc envoy. I am having problems with my shift lever; it goes in park and stays there for about three minutes before it releases the key (to be taken out of the ignition). When I start the truck, it will not go into any gear for about three minutes, then I hear a click which then release the shift so it can be moved into another gear. It began about two months ago and has gotten worst over time. Once in any gear accept park it can be shifted to another gear without any strain. The consequence of this problem is not being able to get out the vehicle with my key once in park until after the lever cable "snaps in place." I have not been able to do much of anything about it thus far due to financial difficulties.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 gmc envoy. While driving 75 MPH in the rain with the cruise control activated, the vehicle began to decelerate on its own. In addition, the engine began to rev. The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road and turned off. When the contact restarted the vehicle and shifted into drive, it would not shift into third or fourth gear. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer stated that they would call the dealer to find out the diagnosis of the failure and then call the contact. The current and failure mileages were 49,000. Updated 01/08/09 *bf updated 01/09/09
Transmission failure, mechanic can not find what the cause is from, gmac sent a technical service bulletin to the mechanic that states this problem has been seen with these vehicles, no guarantee it will not happen again.
My 2005 gmc envoy continues to have the same problem over and over. I'm taking it in again today for the 4th time. It loses power going up hills. It's like the engine is stalling, and it has actually cut off on me. The first 2 times they could find nothing wrong. So it didn't get fixed. The 3rd time the check engine light finally came on. They said it was the oxygen sensor, and carbon build up on the fuel solenoid. Once again the check engine light is on. This time I had onstar do a diagnostic test. I was informed that there is a power train system malfunction. Which is the part of the engine system that provides power to move the vehicle. Obviously this has been the problem all along that the dealership can not seem to fix. Of course the gas mileage is terrible due to this situation, and with gas prices the way they are it's killing me.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 gmc envoy. The contact stated that the engine made a loud knocking noise when driving. While driving uphill, the vehicle dramatically decelerates as if the engine was stalling. The engine and oil lights illuminated on the instrument control panel. She took the vehicle to the dealer for an oil change, but the oil light remained illuminated. She took the vehicle to a local dealer four times and they reprogrammed the p.c. Another dealer stated that the engine drags when traveling uphill, which was probably due to the clutch fans. The contact also stated that the air conditioning system does not work. After all four repairs were performed, her vehicle continues to experience the same failures. She contacted the manufacturer and they stated that they would not provide any financial assistance because the extended warranty expired. The speed was unknown. The failure mileage was 3,809 and current mileage was 82,000.
Tl*- the contact stated that while driving the 2005 gmc envoy with 32000 failure mileage at 35 MPH on many different occasions the vehicle switched into 4 wheel drive on its own and slowed the vehicle down in the process. The contact kept control of the vehicle and pulled it onto the side of the road. The vehicle was towed and repaired on several occasions, but nothing seemed to resolve the problem. The current mileage was 41000.
We purchased our 2005 gmc envoy slt in dec. 2004, which came right off the showroom floor. We had low fuel economy but thought this would get better with more miles. After 30,000 miles our transmission went out without warning. At no time did any internal sensor system detect a problem and we did not notice anything until it was to late. We took it back to dealer and luckily it was covered under warranty for repair. According to mechanic the problem was a small o-ring which was damaged at the factory and that the transmission came from the factory this way. They did rebuild the transmission but now I only have a 12,000 mile warranty on a rebuilt transmission. We feel this is unfair as the transmission was damaged at the factory and was not caused by anything we did. We paid a hefty sum for this SUV and now the value has depreciated even more because of this problem. Now we feel we have a lemon on our hands and no way to remedy the situation, not to mention the gas we wasted and the time it was in the shop for approx. 2 weeks. We thought we were getting a reliable vehicle!!!
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