Problems with 2005 GMC Envoy STRUCTURE

Parked vehicle in the garage and went in the house. next morning went to use vehicle and found that the rear hatch glass had exploded. glass everywhere. the vehicle had not been moved for over 12 hours. have called to have glass replaced but have since discovered that this is a common issue with these types of vehicles. now am concerned that it will happen again. major concern is it will happen again while driving and have my grand children in the back seat and get injured from flying glass.

Front windshield leaks and rubber/sealant is weak in spots

I had three cars in front of me stopped. i did not see any breakl lights and i hit the car in front of me pushing the other cars to hit each other. my front end of my car was severely damaged bad enough to damage the radiator and destroy my ac unit. i'm not sure what else was damaged. it sent the person in front of me and myself to the emergency room. " my air bags did not deploy ". my vehicle was moving on a city street.

While driving my envoy rear door opened up on the highway while driving. i pulled over and tried to close it. it wouldn't close, i had to use a bungy cord to keep it closed.

I was doing preventative maintenance on my 2005 gmc envoy and while i had the passenger side wheel off i had noticed a fairly large rusted hole in the side of the frame to the left of the shock tower. i couldn't believe that a 2005 vehicle had frame rust that went clear through the vehicle. i have a 1981 jeep that i use as a farm vehicle doesn't even have frame rust through. i am sure that before this vehicle is paid off it will have a broken frame soon. i just checked the hole yesterday and it is getting larger. very poor metal used in these frames. not satisfied. a frame ought to last longer than that. *tr

The accident happened on 2-15-2013 on pennsylvania avenue se during rush hour the other car did not yield to ongoing traffic on pennsylvania avenue and dodged out from a side street and hit my vehicle on the front side and my son who is 13 head hit the dashboard and my daughters dog flew from the back seat up to the front. the other vehicle airbag did deploy but mines did not. *tr

At approximately 8 am friday january 27th i opened the back hatch of my gmc envoy. approximately 4-6 inches pulling it down to shut it the entire window shattered all over me, the ground and inside my car. i called my insurance, paid the deductible to have it replaced, it was fixed and then today january 28th, one day after having it replaced i was closing the door again and at approximately the same point in closing it completely shattered again. this is twice in two days. i was told the first time it probably had to do with the weather but the weather was warmer today than yesterday and several forums have shown this problem occurring in all weather conditions. this seems to be a vehicle issue vs a weather issue. *tr

The rear windshield of my 2005 gmc envoy xl exploded for no apparent reason today. i lifted the full hatch (not just the window section) to place items in the back that i had purchased at home depot. i placed a can of paint, one bag, and a bag of sand in the back - nothing that was near the glass of the hatch. i then closed the hatch with enough force for it to close securely, but not with excessive force. as i walked to the driver side door to enter the car, i heard a loud pop that i thought was someone hitting the back of my car with their vehicle. as i walked around to the back, my rear window was shattered into a million tiny pieces. there were no objects or people around the window close enough to break it - it just shattered for no reason at all! the dealership says they have no record of issues with rear windshields, but i found information that differs on line. fortunately, the deductible on my insurance is only $200. however, for others, i have seen where they have had to pay up to $1500 out of pocket for the expense because the dealership refuses to replace the window. the company that is coming to replace it said the window itself costs $937, not including the installation. *tr

In june of 2007 i could not close either of the rear doors on my vehicle. they failed approximately two hours apart. i was transporting two grand children at the time. thank heaven they were young enough to require car seats. we were at the mercy of strangers on the highway. with donated rope to secure the doors we made it home. the dealer replaced both door lock assemblies. i paid $125 for labor only. the dealer must have replaced the door lock assemblies with the same faulty part. on 10/12/10 the left rear door failed again! after tying the door and using duct tape to secure it i drove the 30 miles to the nearest dealer. although i had to pay $295.35 to replace the left rear door lock assembly the dealer was able to do it immediately. i am now carrying rope and duct tape in anticipation of failure of the right rear door lock. my vehicle is well taken care of. maintenance is followed religiously. (there is nothing in the manual to indicate door locks should be checked. lubricated but not checked for possible failure.) these failures are in no way my responsibility. this is a faulty design that can very well end in injury. i would have assumed that gm would have been concerned and if not issue a recall take responsibility for the defective locks. have dealer service departments check these locks when vehicles are brought in for normal maintenance. not only do they not take responsibility they actually replace the locks with the same lock assembly that is doomed for failure. *tr

The wipers were the first to go. that needed a control module. the touch pads for the tail gate were next. first the drop down then the swing. then the right side passenger door inside handle stopped working. then the left side rear door outside handle doesn't work. then the four wheel drive doesn't work. then the fuel gauge doesn't work. now the passenger's window doesn't open. 5th speed on the heater stopped working. what is the matter with gmc? that is a high end vehicle and as such should not be plagued with such problems. *kb

I have a 2005 envoy that i purchased less than a year ago from a local chevrolet dealership. on the day of the failure, i did not drive the vehicle to work. when i returned home, i found that the back trunk hatch had somehow opened on its own, causing it to separate from the glass. the trunk hatch was broken in such a manner that it could not have been brought on by another individual or object. after noticing this defect, i contacted the dealership. the automobile was taken to the dealership the next day where they filed a claim with the warranty company. however, the service technician decided that the struts were not the cause of the defect and worked properly and could not hypothesis on why this failure had occurred. he reported this to the warranty company who thus denied the claim because they do not cover the glass on the automobile. i was displeased with the outcome and contacted both the warranty company and the gmc headquarters myself, hoping that this initiative would resolve the situation. it is my belief that there is some type of defect that caused the hatch to open on its own. the company will only replace the struts and are requiring me to pay for the glass replacement and labor for something that i neither caused nor could have prevented. *tr

Tl*- the contact owns a 2003 gmc envoy. the headlights, dashboard, and tail lights flashed randomly at any speed, this failure started in october of 2006. the weather and time of day were not factors in the failure. the dealership said that the failure was normal. there were tsbs for the failure, as well as for several others. the fuel neck had been replaced twice due to a design change. the seal around the licenses place holder came loose and had to be replaced. the brake pedal was squeaking, the contact took vehicle for service on three occasions, and replaced the serpentine belt twice, an airbag sensor, the rear wiper arm, the oxygen sensor twice ,the first time at 7000 miles. there were cruise control failures, when the contact tried to accelerate it hesitated and then surged. the weather stripping on the rear doors has been repaired three times. the abs would skip on a bumpy road and would not engage. at one point the contact could smell fuel in the passenger compartment and vehicle had very poor gas mileage, the dealer stated that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle, but air valve became stuck and would not close. the rear door hinges squeaked. this winter it won't go to full voltage until a minute elapsed after the vehicle has been started. the original failure mileage was 3829, and the current mileage was 23700.*ak the brakes were inoperative, the belts squeaked, there was a problem with the abs, the air bag light illuminated, the cruise control didn't work properly, the rear wiper would only wipe the middle of the back windshield. a new fuel neck was installed. updated 03/15/07. *jb

Dt: consumer states that 2005 gmc envoy sle doesn't have a rear door ajar warning. consumer would have to get a model with that on it, it doesn't come standard.*ak

My son was killed in a rollover accident on 4/18/06. he was ejected through the driver's side door in which the top part of the door was pulled away from the roof of the car during the rollover. by looking at the tire tracks of the accident, he was just entering the on ramp of the road and the tracks show no skid marks, swerving, etc, just a straight line into the ditch as if he didnt have control of the steering or brakes, possible stalling ?? both tires on the driver's side were flattened. air bags were never deployed. *nm