Steering Problems of GMC Envoy - part 1

This SUV made a loud sound, began to drift, in the rear, at hwy speeds before it tipped over and began to roll, ejecting my two minor sons from the passenger cab before it eventually landed on its side. The roof was molded in a triangular shape, preventing it from resting on the roof as it tilted back onto inside and remains after the last roll the triangular shape was created in the metal after the stabilizing structures gave way almost immediately providing possibly no protection to the patrons inside the carrier cab of SUV. Demonstrating its inability protect its occupants.

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Steering wheel locks. It cannot be turned to the right as it will cause the entire care to swerve. When reversing the car turns in the opposite direction of where you are turning. I'm backing into traffic and have to manually pull the steering wheel as if there is a power steering issue. Engine light came on day after purchase indicating I need catalyst converter and sensor. No way to predict which way the car will turn. If I hit a bump the car swerves to the right causing me to swerve into next lane. In motion I am constantly swerving into danger.

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Driving car brakes go get it fix paid 375 to get fix now no power steering fuel gauge dosen. T work what a mess need help.

My vehicle just suddenly stopped dead, in the road after leaving my residence and all control was lost. Unable to put transmission in neutral to push vehicle off road. I had it repaired by a trained mechanic and was told it was a faulty ignition. I had the faulty ignition replaced and the vehicle was operational again along with the worry of this happening again.

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Tl the contact owns a 2006 GMC Envoy. While making a sharp turn, the steering wheel made an abnormal noise and became difficult to turn. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 05v455000 (steering). The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the soft copper high pressure hoses; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to another independent mechanic and the high pressure hoses were replaced again. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Just bought my used Envoy 7months ago and started pouring out power steering fluid. Got an estimate for 4 power steering lines and oil coller for a total of $1497 + tax. I've never had a vehicle that I had to add power steer fluid to. Seems like a dangerous situation.

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I have a 2005 GMC Envoy denali 4x4 and 've run out of gas 3 times in the 4 years of owning this vehicle and every time the steering wheel completely locks making the vehicle unable to be moved from the place it decides to finally come to a rest at- and causing nothing short of a giant safety issue when your car is stuck in the middle of the road and you are not only trying to exit your car but not cause a collision when it is in a blind spot of a turn of other drivers on the road when it finally comes to a stop. I live in nh and there are many mountain like areas and if it ever happened at the bottom of a hill or a windy mountain road I'd probably be dead. Last week I had a full tank and was turning out of my work and the wheel completely locked up and I ended up going up over a curb onto someones lawn and missing their home by a few feet-not okay. I was going no more than 20 mph this time and the previous times were on city roads all going between 40-60 mph.

On this model of trailblazers and Envoys there is a serious issue with the power steering line cracking on the back side if the steering shaft, causing fluid to spray out and immediate loss of power steering. When this line broke my wife was driving at highway speeds with my 4 kids in the vehicle, and she was barely able to maneuver the vehicle out of traffic to a safe spot, almost causing an accident. I have spoken with many other owners of these SUV's and found this to be a very common problem.

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Difficulty steering when making a left or fight tight turn.

I was in motion on a highway and the right front lower control arm seperated from the steering! it left me unable to steer or contral the vehicle. As per pictures I looked this up online after the almost lost my life breakdown , and found there has been known problem of this. And there is no recall? not cool.

My 2004 GMC Envoy xl slt is making a random clunking noise while turning the clunking is getting worse we had the upper ball joints changed thinking that was the problem it did not fix the problem I was told it was the steering rack.

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The contact owns a 2004 GMC Envoy. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the steering wheel seized. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 97,000.

For more than a month my truck has cut off completely as I begin to break when I I am coming to a stop or when I am making a turn into a parking lot or at a corner. Sometimes it happens several times in a row during one trip. It always happens when I am in motion but once I turn on the hazard lights, put the car in park, turn off the ignition and restart it, it cranks right back up. I was told, based on my description that it could be a manufacturers defect in the turndown solenoid switch or sensor associated with the automatic transmission. This is a safety issue but I need my vehicle. This problem always occurs when I am on a city street. It has never happened on a highway/interstate when I am in perpetual motion. This is the only vehicle I have and I can't afford to leave it for more than a day at a shop, nor do I think I should shoulder all the responsibility for paying for repairs if it is a defect inherent in the vehicle. Please advise me as soon as possible if there is any recourse I can take against the manufacturer so I can have these needed repairs done immediately. I have already had the gear shift cable replaced about two months ago thinking that this was the problem. That was a $250 job with parts and labor.

Envoy GMC 2006 power steering becomes difficult at low speeds. Must use two hands to turn wheel. Power steering fluid not the problem. Engine light inadvertently comes.

The contact owns a 2006 GMC Envoy denali xl. The contact stated that while driving at 55 mph, the steering wheel seized and the brakes failed without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 157,239.

Vehicle power steering hose busted. My truck isn't idling right it sounds like my transmission is slipping. Also my tire traction seems off and I repeatedly have to put air in tires. Tires always makes a certain sound on the highway, I don't know if its normal or not.

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I was driving my car and the wheel locked and my light service stability came on.

While driving at highway speeds. I tried merging on to a different lane to take my exit and I realized that the steering on my vehicle was very stiff. As soon as I got off the highway I tried turning on to a side street and found that steering the vehicle was nearly impossible. My car has been in park for the past few days since I am unable to drive it. I waited on taking it to a mechanic because a friend of mine said there may have been a recall on the power steering hose on this vehicle.

On July 28, 2014 I was going down a hill and the engine shut off completely. Fortunately I was only going approximately 5 mph and was able to coast across the main street and was able to coast into a parking spot. I tried restarting my Envoy with no luck so I had the truck towed to the local GMC dealership and was told that that the ignition switch had gone bad. I hate to think what would have happened if I was going faster or going down a steep mountain because where I live I am surrounded by mountains. I am not sure if anyone else experienced this problem with a similar vehicle. I do know that other gm cars and vehicles are being recalled for this same situation but was told that mine is not under a recall at this time.

Power steering has been leaking. Took it to the shop to find it has two leaks. One in the return line on top of where the wheel well is (under a big piece of rubber holding it to the frame), and one in the power steering cooler.

Stopped at street like, light went green started to move forward and car goes dead. No lights on dash, nothing showing, just stops abruptly. After a few moments tried restarting car and it came back on with check engine light. P0606 pcm failure code displayed. Could have been rear ended by semi truck behind me or killed if I was trying to turn left at intersection.

I got into the truck to leave work shifted into reversed half way thru the turn the wheel locked up and truck shut off. I put in park and restarted no problem the next day same thing at a red light wheel lock needs to be restarted. It sounds like the same issues on the recall but my truck is not on the list.

Gm ignition switch problem with suvs!!!!!!! was driving about 45 mph with our grandkids and all power was lost. No power steering, no brakes. Radio and electric windows still worked after stopping (luckily safely). Service repair reported that ignition switch circuit that controls the engine shorted out turning off engine at 45 mph. This is the 5th ignition switch on this vehicle. Gm has a larger ignition switch problem than they are acknowledging. Luckily we just got off the highway going 70 mph or we would have crashed. Please research this class of vehicle (suvs/trucks) as I believe gm has a similar problem as the cobalts!!!!!!!.

Accident on 4/25/14 after my 2006 GMC Envoy shut off completely while I was making an left hand turn. I informed GMC of it but got no response. The vehicle has been doing this for the past 6 months. I have contacted GMC since the accident and still have gotten no response.

Noticed a no traction in my cluster one month before the accident. When I turned the SUV off the light would go away. I had a code check on it and had codes for my abs. Sensers where checked and tested. No fault in the sensers. The day of the accident as I was passing the person and switching lanes there was a red light ahead I applied my breaks and the no traction came on as I hit a small patch of ice. Traction did not kick on or abs leading me out to m-24 from a neighborhood road getting hit on the driver side fender by a chevy tracker. After much research and talking with ase techs. A defective steering positioning senser was defective and know in the 360 models to go bad. After the replacement no problem miles at 100097.

The contact owns a 2006 GMC Envoy denali. The contact stated while driving at an unknown speed, the steering wheel became difficult to manuever. The contact mentioned while starting the vehicle there was intermittently roaring noise and the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer however, the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 60,000.

Fuel light came on, speedometer stopped working, engine cut off. Before that, the muffler started making rumbling noise. I had just fueled the vehicle. Findings by aaa: abs bad had to be replaced 1056$ and realignment. 2. Exhaust manifold and pipe replacement 400. Dont know about fuel system yet brakes /abs is 3rd time since buying the car in 2006. 2nd time for engine issues. Car started overheating on beltway this week and blower motor not working right. Also have issues with window passenger side front wont work now and rear wiper stopped working. Holy you know! think I got a lemon!.

Driving around a corner, wheels locked up, service stabilitrack light went on, steering wheel unresponsive to turning. Went to a shopping center and was unable to get out of parking space as wheels locked up and vehicle wouldn't turn. This should be a recall. The service stabilitrack light on dash can go on at anytime while driving. This can be dangerous when trying to turn on a busy street and nothing happens. It feels like the car is not responsive to the steering wheel, brakes and wheels.

Stability control light constantly come on for repair,second repair on fuel system, diagnostic shows problem in steering and right wheel.

The SUV has shut off on me three times in the last 2 1/2 yrs (the time I have owned it. ) each time I was just driving on the city streets going about 30 mph. All of a sudden the car just shut off and all lights, etc just turned off. I am concerned wondering if perhaps there is a problem with the 2005 Envoy ignition switch as well? no, it was not the battery or anything to do with the servicing of the SUV. I take care of the vechicle and I don't drive 200 miles a month. I guess I am lucky that each time I was not gong fast and the SUV just slowed down and came to a stop, on the side of the road. However the 2nd time, I had 2 little girls in the car with me and it concerned me a great deal. Each time the SUV started back up and I was able to resume driving after about 2 minutes. What if I had been going faster ? what if I had been on a highway etc. If there is an issue with the ignition, please lets fix it before someone dies. I will make sure everyone in my family know about the shut off problems I have had with the car. Just in case something happens while I am driving it.

While driving around town, I hear a noise, that sounded like a flat. The truck began to slow down on its own, without me applying the breakes. I managed to get the truck over to the side of the road. The service stabltrk light wa on, the brakes locked up. I had it towed to the dealer who did 1400 dollars of work on it , but stated the could not get it to duplicate my complaint. 7 days later it repeated the same thing, I had it towed to the dealer. This time they told me that I had contaminated brake fluid. I was upset, and felt I was bing jerked around. I had it towed home. Had another machanic test the brake fluid, needless to say, it showed to have the normal amount of contamination from routine driving. He also could not get it to repeat the problem, I am assuming no codes came up this time either. I have drivien it for one month with out a problem, untill this morning, I went to the store, about 1/2 mile from my home, and the same problem occured. After leaving the engine off for appro. 30 min, it became drivable again.

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I had been driving for about ten minutes when the security light on my instrument panel came on. This is the light indicating the passlock system had initiated. My steering wheel locked up so that I could not turn it at all, and the car began decelerating quickly on its own.

Failure of power steering rack - no prior symptoms, major leak occured w/o warning;required replacing power steering rack and hoses - total repair cost - $1464. 98.

When turning corners on smooth asphalt the stabilitrac light comes on and engages the system which causes the vehicle to momentarily slow down and makes a "growl" sound, this also effects the steering. It may do this multiple times per turn or only once. It has occurred at varying speeds (turns at 45mph and turns at 10mph). Started out only occurring during left hand turns, now happens on almost all turns. I have noticed it is much worse on windy days. The stabilitrac also kicks in when I turn onto gravel and start to speed up (not mashing the gas and spinning tires, but simply speeding up at a regular pace that should not pose problems).

The car dies for no reason it has been doing this since the first day I got the car the car also functions like it has hydrolics for a while it will be low to the ground while I'm driving it then out of no where it would raise up I had to get the suspension done when I got it because it was old and also the key gets stuck in the ignition also if I press the unlock button it will turn on the heat this car has been a headache.