11 problems related to side/rear glass have been reported for the 2003 GMC Envoy. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
On 12/5/2013, I left the schnucks grocery store around 4pm for home. When I arrived at home, I backed in the garage and my husband was waiting at the garage door for me so he could get the groceries. As I was getting out of my 2003 GMC Envoy xl, my husband was getting the groceries and started to tell me something when all of a sudden I heard this extremely loud pop/explosion (like a gun shot) and glass shattered everywhere. I didn't know what happened and immediately asked my husband if he was ok. The shattered glass had cut him on his forehead. There was glass shattered everyone in the SUV, in my groceries, in the garage, in my husband's hoodie, and even on my 2013 charger next to it. The hinges were off to the side of the Envoy with some hanging glass still attached. And what's even more shocking is that the rear broken window kept popping at the hinges and pieces of remaining glass would continue to break off and drop. I contacted gm about the vehicle to replace my window and to tell them what happened, but they said that since I have 137,000miles and had the vehicle ten years, it's out of warranty. I told them that was ridiculous because it should not matter whether it's out of warranty if the vehicle gm made is defective because there was nothing wrong with my Envoy until now. I'm pursuing matters further so they have not heard the last from me. I would recommend to also contact the attorney general's office to file a complaint because gm has to be held accountable for their actions. I will also be contacting the president of the gm company because my husband could have been seriously hurt and they need to incur the costs of repairs, not me.
I was dropping my boat off at the local storage yard where I keep it. I opened the rear hatch of my Envoy to get a bucket out of the inside where I keep the boat's accessories. . The hatch was open for approximately 2 minutes when it exploded and rained glass all over me and into my right eye. It sounded like a shotgun went off, but I was the only person around. Approximately one year earlier, the chmsl plastic flew off on the highway almost hitting another car that swerved to avoid it behind me. This is a common problem as I have come to find out and gm has redesigned the back door . Mine sits in the driveway and I am not about to spend 700 on glass so it can happen again and possibly hurt someone else.
My 14 year old daughter and 11 year old son opened the rear glass hatch to grab a shopping bag out of the back. As the glass hatch opened it shattered spraying glass on both of them causing minor cuts to their face, hands scalp. I was just walking up to them with my 1 year old son and had glass flung onto us with no injuries.
After unlocking and using the rear window glass multiple times daily, and twice earlier today, it exploded on the way up. This occured within the first 1 inch of travel swinging up and rearward from being closed with very minimal manual force applied. The temperature today is 27deg. F , which is not the coldest use this vehicle has seen. There has not been any previous damage to the rear glass or gate, or anything in the rear of the vehicle. I write this at the advice of many online forum posts and complaints that I read through. I am hoping there is some time devoted by general motors to finding a solution to this. I just had to ride home with wife and 4 kids shivering because of this. There seem to be hundreds of these spontaneous occurances happening in all types of climates and conditions, which is what convinced me I need to share my incident to fuel the cause. Thank god everyone is ok. It was cold and my kids had their hoods up and were looking down when this happened. This could have been much worse.
Opened rear window to 2003 GMC Envoy window shattered no contact two young sons nearby one received cuts from glass.
The contact owns a 2003 GMC Envoy. The vehicle was parked and shut off when the window on the rear lift gate shattered. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have the failure diagnosed but was taken to an independent repair shop where the glass was replaced. Approximately one year later the failure recurred. The vehicle was not repaired for the recent failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 96,836.
GMC Envoy 2003 rear glass shattered without any apparent reason.
The contact owns a 2003 GMC Envoy. While driving 65 mph, the rear window glass fell halfway off the vehicle. The vehicle was pulled over before the glass fell completely off. The adhesive for the rear glass had been failing where the glass and hinge meet. The current mileage is 90,000 and failure mileage was 89,000. Updated 02-01-08 updated 02/01/08.
This was originally submitted on 10/14/2003, but because I don't see it on the NHTSA web site, I am resubmitting: the liftgate window of 2003 GMC Envoy xl exploded/shattered when I tried to open it beyond the first few inches. A shower of glass resulted in a severe facial laceration to my 4-year old daughter. There is no warning whatsoever on the window or in the vehicle operating guide regarding such a danger. This defect is a major danger that could have resulted in even greater physical injury and has left a scar on my daughter's face.
Consumer stated that rear window shattered when trying to open it. Dealer notified.
The consumer took the vehicle in for the instrument panel not working. The odometer did not show a reading. The side mirrors moved on their own. The radio was inoperative, there were problem with on star, the a/c freon was going into the vehicles interior, fuel leaked from the tank and had run down the left side of the vehicle/door, the bell light and message warned low fuel when the tank was at it's capacity, the liftgate would not latch.