The vehicle fuel gauge goes from full to empty. It then starts to cause the car to stall when it goes to empty nearly causing another car to hit you.
2006 GMC Envoy fuel system complaints
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One evening I was driving on the main highway and my inside lights came on. I pulled to the side of the road to check the switch but it was on auto. I turned it off but the lights stayed on. They were still on when I got home and parked turned off the ignition the lights were still on. The next morning my car couldn't start because it had ran my battery down. Another incident was my headlights went off one night while I was drive on the highway. I am also having problems with my gas gauge. My gas light comes on like I am out of gas. The last time I fill my car up with gas it hesitated. It didn't want to start. The light stays on when my car is full of gas. I smell gas. I sat at the gas station for an our because my car didn't want to start. The sound of my radio goes in and out. My lights continue to go on and off when driving or when not driving. One morning I got up to go to work, went to start my car and the headlights were on but the switch was off. I couldn't get the lights to go off when I got to work. They stayed on at least for 4 hrs. Sometime the lights doesn't come on when I put them on. I really have some weird things go on with my vehicle. I did get the module changed and they did some re-wiring in the door. One year before the module, I got them to check my car for a short and I was told from them that my wires were over heated. I paid about $900 to fix it. I strongly think it is a detect some wheres or something that would cause my wires to over heat.
The fuel gauge stated that I had 300 miles till empty. While going down the road, it went all the way down to empty. I stopped and turned it off and waited a few minutes and turned it back on. It took about 5 minutes but the mileage and gas hand went back up to where it was supposed to be. This morning I filled the tank up and now the computer is reading low fuel and the gas hand is below the red line. Also the check engine light is on.
Fuel sensor/gauge reads empty even though fuel tank is full. Needle continues to fluctuates while driving providing an inaccurate read of duel state.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 gmc envoy. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The contact mentioned that the fuel gauge indicated that a quarter tank of fuel remained. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 138,775 and the current mileage was 138,963.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 gmc envoy. The contact stated that the fuel gauge intermittently failed. The contact also mentioned that strong fuel fumes emitted from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel lever sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.
Driving on the highway the vehicle suddenly read empty on the fuel gauge, then the panel said low oil pressure shut off engine. I ran out of gas on a busy highway passing lane almost causing a bad accident with my 5 year old in the back seat as I could not tell my fuel level. The fuel gauge would work sporadically over the next few days and the low oil pressure would go away and come back. When I had this checked out it was thought to be the oil sending unit so it was changed along with the fuel sending unit. The fuel sensor was resolved at a cost of $300 but the low oil pressure came back on even though oil was well maintained. Suddenly on 3/1/2012 the engine ran load when started up. I had towed to the shop where (gm where they determined the engine was no good. I had it towed to another shop that determined the engine was no good as well. I had to pay to replace the engine almost $5000. I then looked online for this issue and found a website trailvoy.com (represent chevy trailblazer and gmc envoy). Here I found 1000's of post of people having the same issues looking to file law suits and wondering why we can have no recall on this dangerous vehicle. There ore 1000's of people having low oil pressure, dead engines with low mileage vehicles, run out of gas on busy roads such as myself and much much more. The gm issues we've experienced and are experiencing has been here long before the current issues of gm vehicles. How can we get someone willing to have this vehicle and issues on the recall list and get reimbursed for the 1000's of dollars spent to repair this very defective vehicle. If a petition will do it please shine some light on this. I had received post on the forum from numerous people willing to join a class action suit and many were consulting attorneys on how to move forward with this. This is a major issue that we desperately need the federal safety agency to look into.
Fuel gauge reads empty even when tank is full. First noticed issue several months ago, after filling the tank. The gauge would begin reading correctly after driving for a while. Ran out of fuel in feb. Due to inaccurate reading. Currently gauge has been reading empty for 4 weeks, even after several trips to the gas station.
Wind shield wipers would go on .now they won't go off. Engine light wont go off feels like the car is going to stall out. Mechanic said it will get worse and will start stalling out. I see a lot of complaints on these cars about the same thing I have going on. My gas gauge wont work. I brought my car for the recall for the drivers door last year and now my keys won't unlock the doors. Only the remote will open it. When I called about the doors and windows not working they said my VIN wasn't under recall I called you and you got it fixed for me. I think they need to check the electrical problems on the envoys. I have the same complaints so something is wrong with these vehicle.
First, gas gauge started miss reading, then a month or 2 later it has been stuck on e with low indicator light on ever since. Second, last week my daughter stopped the vehicle, put the gear selector in park, car kept moving, dash indicator was still indicating drive and kept moving. Good thing she didn't get out of the car. I saw a big recall for gm multiple years but not my model for bad shifter cable and that is what broke. That could have been a very serious incident and could have caused someone to get seriously injured.
I was driving down a hill at approximately 45 miles per hour, when suddenly my envoy just shut off. The vehicle did not accelerate when I pressed on the gas, so I pulled into the first side road to avoid being stuck on a main roadway and when I turned, I had a difficult time turning because the vehicle was off, actually I turned into the wrong side of the road ( thank god there was no incoming traffic). I let my envoy glide as far as it would go until I felt it was some what safe. Parked the envoy, then tried to turn it back on, the engine would turn over, but would not turn on. I had the towing co. Stop at autozone to look into the lit check engine light and they came up with code p0463, failed fuel sending unit. This was a very scary situation for I could of gotten into a fatal accident!!!
My fuel gauge keeps fluctuating. Even when I have a full tank of gas, the gauge fluctuates, and goes to empty and the low fuel light comes on. This happens when I am parked, stopped at a light, and going down the road. It doesn't matter what speed I'm going, the gauge goes to empty and the light comes on. It happens when I have a full tank, half tank, quarter tank. Please help!
Filled the gas tank with gas and it moved up and down for a few hours then went down to empty where it has been since then regardless of how much gas is in the tank. It has cause the engine light to come on and not go off.
My 2006 gmc envoy xl gas gauge reads empty after filling, then slowly moves up after driving but will continue to lose pressure until it reads empty and the light is on. Sometimes it will just remain on the e an the light will be on when I have gas in my vehicle.
Stability control light constantly come on for repair,second repair on fuel system, diagnostic shows problem in steering and right wheel.
Filled fuel tank, gauge read full, as I was driving the gauge went to empty within 2 minutes. The gauge will sometimes read half, but as soon as I start driving it goes to empty.
Fuel gauge has stopped working properly, reads different levels while driving, says there's no fuel and we just put fuel in the tank.
Fuel gauge made several jumps back and forth after fueling and pulling away from the pump. Gauge worked intermittently for a couple of weeks then failed completely. Check engine light stays on now in addition to fuel gauge reading of e even after fueling the vehicle. Has been like this for more than a year now and about once every 6 months it springs back to life for a moment then back to e.
2006 envoy gas gauge stopped working and my wife ran out of gas on a busy freeway in houston. The steering locked up and she could not turn off the freeway. She was sitting in traffic at rush hour. *tr ## VIN failed ##
I had just purchased my envoy a few days prior and was on my way to get gas. The fuel was low but the fuel light was not on. When I stopped at a red light, my envoy died. This happened at every stoplight until I put gas in it. This has happened multiple times since then. It happens anytime my vehicle is between 1/4 tank & empty. The fuel light is not on when this occurs. It almost seems as if there is not as much gas in it as the fuel gauge reads. It has only stopped one time while I was actually moving (as I was coming down a ramp to get on the interstate). It did not start back up immediately when I attempted to restart it that time, but took several tries before it started. It will literally die every time I stop until I put gas in it. There have also been a few times where I have slowed for a red light, then the light turned green so I went to accelerate and the vehicle either sputtered and felt like it was not getting gas, or died completely. Luckily, most times I can put it in neutral & get it to start right back up without having to pull over. However, I feel that his is a serious safety issue for myself & the other motorists traveling behind me as I travel very busy roads on my way to and from work. I have learned to keep the fuel above 1/4 tank but the way this thing burns gas, it does get low from time to time before I get to the gas station. I don't know if it's a fuel system issue or if the gas gauge is incorrect but this needs to be recalled because it is definitely a hazard for myself and others. Additionally, everytime I start my vehicle since it has gotten cold, it idles very high - like a loud high pitched whirring noise. It then goes very low and almost sputters. It does this several times before leveling off and sounding 'normal'. Again, I don't know if this is a gas or engine issue but I feel like it is not getting gas.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 gmc envoy. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH the fuel gauge began to show empty even though the vehicle had fuel. The vehicle was diagnosed by an independent mechanic and the fuel sensor gauge was replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 112,900 and the current mileage was 112,980.
While traveling on the interstate this morning, the speed on my 2006 gmc envoy dropped suddenly and I had to pull to the side the road where the car completely stopped. I notified onstar, who performed a diagnostic test and indicated there was an issue with the fuel delivery system. The car would start up again, but only momentarily and the engine would die again. I had it towed to my home and am contemplating what to do at this point in terms of repair. There was another issue just over 2 months ago when the fuel gauge was not working and it ran out of gas. No indicator light ever came on. There was at least 15 gallons of gas in the vehicle today, as I had just filled it up a few days ago and had not traveled far. I have filled it up every weekend since the indicator light incident. About 2 years ago, I had to replace other parts related to the fuel..possibly called a fuel regulator?? Which was mounted to the gas tank. This occurred at 37,000 miles. I was denied an inspection sticker because of an issue with emissions and had to replace that part as well.
The fuel tank level sensor is defective and could result in the vehicle running out of fuel, stall, and being rear ended by another vehicle. When doing a google internet search for "2006 gmc envoy fuel sensor", I found that this is a very common problem with this vehicle. Called gmc call center at 800‑462‑8782. They have recognized it as a problem, and are paying for half of the repair cost (10 years or 120,000 miles). Repairs must be performed at a gm dealership. The federal safety agency has had other reports of this same issue with the gmc envoy.
The fuel gauge will not register the correct amount of fuel in the tank. I filled up the tank and the fuel indicator went to f than immediately went to e. I now must use my trip indicator so that I know when to fill my tank. I never get a correct reading, it is constantly on e!!
My fuel gauge stopped working over a year ago and I do not have the funds to repair it. The engine repair light is continuously lit and I have run out of gas on a major interstate. This as a major safety issue for a woman in today's society( kidnapping, rape, runover by another vehicle) I have learned to fill up every 3 days regardless of miles driven. I was driving on the interstate 3 days ago and the car just dies, with a full gas tank, 103 degree temperature and 2 children in the car. Try crossing major interstate traffic @ 80 miles an hour with 2 children, if this is not a safety issue I don't know what is. We had to tow the car and took it to a mechanic and he said the problem with the fuel gauge is located in the same mechanism as the fuel pump and caused the fuel pump to become so corroded that it stopped working. The need exists for an immediate safety recall, before there is a death or serious injury due to a mechanical default that has affected thousands of gmc envoys and gmc refuses to stand behind their products because it is not a safety issue. It is a safety issue......
Envoy lost power while driving 55 miles an hour down the road. Because I didn't realize it was out of gas I had it towed to a shop thinking there was an engine issue. Shop discovered that it was just out of gas and that my fuel sensor is bad and quoted me $1500 to fix. The gas gauge is never accurate and I have ran out of gas multiple times with two small children in the car. After seeing all the complaints of other people who have the same issue I called gmc and they said that they will only fix for free if it has less than 100,000 miles on it. I only had 108,000 on it when the issue started. How fair is that?
Erratic fuel gauge problem started at 110,000 miles on 2006 gmc envoy sle awd and was noted on a dealership visit. Unfortunately now has 150,000 miles when the . Vehicle has run out of fuel on freeway with wife and children, and almost caused several accidents. It has required numerous aaa calls for fuel over the past years and has created a many hours of inconvenience and lost of work. Me and my wife have been stranded on the roadside over 15 times due to faulty fuel readings. Problem has been too costly to repair so we have to now rely on resetting the trip odometer. This is a safety concern that should be more than a safety bulletin for only vehicles up to 120,000 miles. This is a farce to the gmc and chevy owner community. Is the federal safety agency waiting for people to die before making this a total recall to pay for repairs for all owners of these products? This is a failed design that must be corrected for public safety sake. Please work with the manufacturers to address this issue fairly, equitable, and honestly. Thank you. And may god have mercy on those with the power to make the right choice to do the right thing for the consumers of these products. Thank you again.
Gas gauge malfunctions after filling vehicle due to repeated, documented manufacturers defect in gas tank fuel sensor, possibly leading to a complete failure of indication system.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 gmc envoy. The contact stated that while refueling, the fuel gauge would display an inaccurate reading. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer stated that they needed to replace the fuel gauge senor. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 65,000 and the current mileage was 84,000.
Fuel gauge stays on empty even when the tank is filled. Check engine light comes on occasionally. I found countless others with the same problem on other sites. Http://www.fixya.com/cars/t1004109-2006_gmc_envoy_xl_gas_gauge_reads_empty http://www.automotivehelper.com/topic893628.htm http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f1f29e4/138 #139 of 151 gmc envoy 2006 gas gauge by edmunds42 apr 26, 2012 (9:47 am) I had 2006 gmc envoy which is giving inaccurate gas level readings. This is known problem with gm suvs from 2005 -2007. The federal safety agency has gotten 668 complaints. Gm agrees to pay 1/2 the fee to fix it. My half was $194. The dealer stated they will not paid 100% because it is not a safety issue. I told them -"try running out of gas on the entry ramp to the george washington bridge and see how safe it is". Gm should recall these vehicles and fix them .
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