Six problems related to other fuel system tank filling/charging have been reported for the 2005 GMC Envoy. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
After filling my vehicles gas tank, the gauge shows empty, an the lo e fuel level warning light is engaged. Initially, this only happened when the fuel level was above half of a tank, then the level would show correctly from one half of a tank and lower. Eventually, it never showed correctly and always as empty with low fuel warning.
Upon filling gas tank to full, fuel gauge indicated empty and low fuel light illuminated. This indication now comes and goes and is erratic and unreliable. Note: I received a letter ( not a recall ) from gm last year saying if my vehicle experienced this problem to notify my dealer for service. Appears to me, gm knew it was just a matter of time before I experienced this problem. I have read numerous compaints by gm Envoy owners since then with the same problem. My local gm dealer says that gm will fix the problem and pay only half the cost. This well known problem is of epidemic proportion. Why has this not been upgraded to a recall.
The fuel gauge on my vehicle started to go up and down and then the yellow empty light came on all of a sudden while driving. Even after filling up the gas tank, the fuel gauge does not read correctly. I'm now at the point I have to keep track of my gas usage by using my trip meter and tracking the miles that I drive. I'm afraid to take my vehicle on long trips, not knowing when I may run out of gas.
After receiving recall for fuel pump and sender,gas gauge started acting up. When filling, gauge would read empty with light on or would go all around pass full. Wife had to use trip meter to estimate how much fuel was in tank. Took to dealer and they said level sensor failed and replaced same at no cost. Picked car up and was driving about week, when wife said gauge not working again. Checked and found when car was started gauge went to half, turned car off gauge stayed at half and when started again went to 3/4 full. Did this several times and gauge went pass full. Called dealer to ask if gm had come up with something for their cars to make fuel so I would not have to pay $5. 00 per gal. They said no, so took car back to have checked again. This time was told it was cluster which was bad. So had replaced at a cost of $486. 10 and guess what not part of recall. So had to payout of pocket. I told them they need to stop putting so many chinese parts into so called made in America cars because they cannot talk to each other. Just crossing fingers it will get me to midwest and back before something else goes bad. Need the good old days back when you didn't need a computer to trouble shoot a computer in your car. Oh by the way, you cannot expect the politicians to call for gm to pay for these repairs, because it might lower their stocks from inside trading, when they found out they were bailing gm out from bankruptcy.
Fuel gauge registers empty after filling tank. Light & sound sensors indicate low fuel level. Fuel must drain slowly into tank or gas pump shuts off. Electrical dash indicators do not work for a time after fueling so cannot set the trip indicator to gauge the mileage to a tank of gas. Fuel on occasion does not shut off at the gas pump when tank is full.
One day I filled up my gas gage and it read empty when I drove away. It has read empty ever since with the exception of moving slightly above e for a few min shortly after filling tank. This happened in Feb 07 and I just have not had the money to drop on a gas gage so I calculate my miles which is extremely inconvenient and I have run out of gas on several occasions.