2006 GMC Envoy problems
Owners have filed 470 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 GMC Envoy. Fuel system is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. Next are electrical system (19%) and lighting (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 470 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 32
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 398 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 9 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 29 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 67 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 85 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 70 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 51 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 26 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 33 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 11 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 8 |
| 200k+ miles | 9 |
What the data shows
Of the 398 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 81,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 65,000 miles (152 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 32 complaints mention a fire; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the GMC Envoy with enough data (214 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Both daytime running lights and headlights and high beams cut off while driving. Was pulled over for defective equipment. Wires in passenger headlight melted, didnt check drivers side. There are recalls on the 06 envoy headlights, but I was informed that it doesnt apply to my VIN. Even though I am can no longer drive at night due to vehicle defect
The heat and air fan resistor caught on fire causing the electrical system to catch on fire. Smoke coming from under the dash and from the glove box. The surge had caused the head light wires to burn into. Such a mess...fuel gauge had stopped working about a year prior to that .now the power steering is having a problem. What next.....
While servicing my vehicle at an authorized GM dealership, I was notified of the recent recall regarding headlamps which get hot and can fail. It has been nearly 8 months since that recall was issued, and yet there remains no identifiable remedy or solution as to how they will resolve the issue and repair / replace the defective components.. Entitled to safe vehicles, I am unsure as to how or why GM would believe that 8 months to not even have announced a solution is an absurdity.
The contact owns a 2006 GMC Envoy. The contact stated while attempting to activate the windshield wipers, the windshield wipers failed to operate as intended. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 04V046000 (Visibility). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.