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2005 GMC Envoy engine and engine cooling problems

27 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2005 GMC Envoy6% of all complaints for this model year.

27
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
6%
share of all complaints
52,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • When backing the vehicle to leave a local restaurant, driver struck vehicle behind her. This happened so quickly that it was unknown to the driver how the vehicle traveled so quickly that driver had not even had a chance to turn the steering wheel to avoid striking the other vehicle. Driver placed…

    filed May 5, 2015

  • 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…

    filed Jul 30, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Envoy years

YearReportsShare
2008 Envoy810%
2006 Envoy62%
2004 Envoy195%
2003 Envoy256%
2002 Envoy8818%
2000 Envoy29%
1998 Envoy316%
Envoy engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.