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2002 GMC Envoy cooling system problems

17 complaints about cooling system have been filed for the 2002 GMC Envoy, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
17 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
45,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cooling system problems show up

Cooling system complaints by mileage, 2002 GMC Envoy Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 45,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 45,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 64% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 cooling system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 45,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the cooling system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Service engine light illuminates, engine cooling fan engages, engine power greatly reduces and transmission shifts improperly. Loud noise from computer controlled engine cooling fan. Vehicle will not accelerate or shift properly when driving with fault. Fan clutch replaced, computer programming changed with no success of fixing problem. GMC refuses to buy back vehicle. Dealership indicates this problem is occurring on all 2002 GMC envoy's at varying levels mine being worse case.

July 2001

In my 2002 GMC envoy, I have had to replace my engine fan clutch 3 times. After research on different forums, there seems to a problem with this part.

Reported at 35,000 miles, January 2006

Other problems reported for the 2002 GMC Envoy

Cooling system problems in other years

  • 2009
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Cooling system problems across all GMC models