2009 GMC Envoy — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 996 evidence records for the 2009 GMC Envoy, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 25 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Lights6 (24.0%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2002–2007.
  • Electrical system4 (16.0%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2002–2007.
  • Engine4 (16.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2002.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)2 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2002–2003.
  • Steering2 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2006.
  • Air bags (restraint system)1 (4.0%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2002–2006.

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (8.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (5,150 records, model years 2002–2009) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, electrical system and lights.
  • Safety recalls (67 records, model years 2002–2007) are most frequently classified under: visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and electrical system.
  • Transport Canada recalls (73 records, model years 2002–2009) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, lights and seat belts.
  • Manufacturer communications (8,041 records, model years 2002–2009) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2002 1,177 records for 2002
  2. 2003 1,106 records for 2003
  3. 2004 1,267 records for 2004
  4. 2005 1,255 records for 2005
  5. 2006 1,188 records for 2006
  6. 2007 1,094 records for 2007
  7. 2008 1,018 records for 2008
  8. 2009 996 records for 2009

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Official records held

  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 977
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 17

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

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