2008 GMC Envoy

PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AFTER ATTACHING TO PROPER SEAT CONNECTOR SEAT BELT LOCKS UP AND NO FORWARD MOVEMENT IS ALLOWED IN NON EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SEAT BELT MUST BE DETACHED AS IT IS IN A LOCKED POSITION. UPON UNLOCKING BELT RETURNS TO NORMAL ACTION. BELT MUST BE RECONNECTED AND POSITIONING MUST BE RETRIED SOMETIMES REQUIRING DISCONNECTION YET AGAIN. BELT WAS REPLACED AT OWNERS COST. REPLACEMENT BELT HAS THE SAME ISSUES BUT NOT AS FREQUENTLY AS ORIGINAL BELT. TOTAL COST TO OWNER APPROX. 500.00 AND NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT IF ANY. I FEEL THIS CAN BE A SAFETY CONCERN ISSUE. VEHICLE CAN BE STATIONARY OR MOVING MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ENVOY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLAMP MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

WHILE OPERATING THE 2008 GMC ENVOY ON AN INTERSTATE I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LACK OF LIGHT WHEN THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE TURNED ON. I DROVE TO A REST AREA AND CONFIRMED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE BULBS WERE REMOVED AND BOTH BULB FILAMENTS APPEARED INTACT. FUSES, BREAKERS AND RELAYS WERE CHECKED FOR SECURE SEATING. THE HIGH BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE OPERATIVE AND ALL OTHER LIGHTS FUNCTIONED. I AM AWARE OF DOCUMENTATION THAT COVERS THE ISSUE BUT ONLY UP TO THE 2007 MODEL YEAR. THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON FILE DESCRIBING SIMILAR ISSUES. THE UNSAFE CONDITION THAT RESULTED WAS THE ABSENCE OF FORWARD LIGHTING WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE DURING TIMES THAT LIGHTING SHOULD BE USED. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT A SOLID STATE RELAY, DELCO PART NUMBER 15016745, IN THE #46 POSITION IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FUSE PANEL, IS APPARENTLY THE CAUSE OF THE LIGHTING FAILURE. NO INJURIES, OR DAMAGES RESULTED FROM THE IN OPERATIVE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ISSUE.

"TAKATA RECALL" WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATES CAUSING LOSE OF POWER - VERY DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE TO DISENGAGE THE SYSTEM ON THE SHIFT HANDLE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. I AM ALSO EXPERIENCING THE ABS PROBLEM OF ACTIVATION WHEN COMING TO A STOP IN ALL CONDITIONS. IT IS ALREADY A RECALL FOR GMC VEHICLES UP TO 2004 BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT CORRECTED. THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM ACTIVATES EVERY TIME AFTER FIRST STARTING THE CAR. THE ABS SYSTEM IS SPORATIC. NO WARNING THAT IT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. THESE SYSTEMS FAIL DAILY WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

MY DIM LIGHTS HAVE QUIT WORKING RECENTLY ON MY 2008 GMC ENVOY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SO FAR. LAST TIME WAS 11/2/16. BRIGHT LIGHTS STILL WORK. I FOUND A GMC RECALL ON YEARS 2006-2007 REF THE HEADLAMP DRIVER MODULE WHICH CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THEY SHOULD INCLUDE THIS YEAR ALSO. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC ENVOY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RANDOM ELECTRICAL SHORT AND THE LOW BEAMS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO CHANGED THE LOW BEAMS, RELAY, SWITCH AND CHECKED THE FUSES, BUT THE LOW BEAMS CONTINUED TO RANDOMLY SHORT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO PREVENT THE RANDOM FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED NO SOLUTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.