2008 Gmc Envoy problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Exterior Lighting (17) · Electrical System (10) · Suspension (5)
🧭 Reliability snapshot
Compared against other Gmc Envoy model years — complaint volume vs the model's median year, recalls and severity. How we score →
🛣️ Complaints by mileage
59 NHTSA complaints that reported an odometer reading.
Safety recalls (0)
No recalls on record for this model year (campaigns announced since 2010).
Service bulletins (938)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Unknown Or Other 2025-09-09 · 13598 · Other
new vehicle monitoring programs section in ivh
Unknown Or Other 2025-08-07 · PIC5650M · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming on. technician may find diagnostic trouble codes b3055, b3060, b3935, c0750, c0755, c0760, c0765, and/o
Unknown Or Other 2025-07-18 · PIP5601C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this pi communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from tac.
Unknown Or Other 2025-05-30 · PIT5074R · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about the use of j-35616-64b and mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads.
Unknown Or Other 2025-05-30 · PIT5074R · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about the use of j-35616-64b and mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads.
Unknown Or Other 2025-05-30 · PIT5074R · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this preliminary information communication provides information to the technician about the use of j-35616-64b and mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads.
Showing the 6 most recent of 938 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-07-02 · Seat Belts · 138,735 mi“the contact owns a 2008 gmc envoy. the contact stated that while the vehicle was parked on several occasions with the driver's side seat belt latched, while attempting to release the seat belt, the seat belt remained locked in the buckle. the contact depressed the release button and wiggled the seat belt several times before the seat belt released.…”
2025-12-18 · Electrical System · 🔥 fire“i was living in my car and the windows and door lock cluster caught on fire i had to tear my door panel off to get to the source and unplug it i believe there is a major electrical issue with this vehicle i shouldn't be driving it also my heater fan stopped working on 4 and 5 works on 1 2 and 3 but not 4 or 5 please help me get this recalled so i c…”
2019-12-12 · Seat Belts · 120,393 mi“tl* the contact owns a 2008 gmc envoy. when the contact parked the vehicle and attempted to exit, the seat belt would not release. the contact had to physically climb her way out of the vehicle. the red button to release the seat belt was jammed in the down position. the dealer and manufacturer were not notified. the vehicle was not diagnosed or re…”
2019-06-25 · Exterior Lighting“i have owned this vehicle for a year and it's had constant issue with low beam lightning. we replaced the relay thinking it was the problem but mechanic said it was an issue with this model. this car was mfg 1/08 and i honestly think it was assembled with the 2017 parts that were recalled.…”
2019-03-12 · Exterior Lighting“my hedlights is not working.at night time while i am driving.…”
2019-01-01 · Electrical System · 211,000 mi · 🔥 fire“air condition blower motor caught fire in dash and burnt the vehicle…”
2018-10-29 · Air Bags · 165,000 mi · 💥 crash“on 10/24/2018 while driving my 2008 gmc envoy slt, i was involved in a head-on collision which resulted in my car being totaled. none of my air bags deployed.…”
2018-08-21 · Unknown Or Other · 113,000 mi · 🔥 fire“fire under the hood started, entire car burned in driveway, damaging house and a second car…”
2018-08-02 · Unknown Or Other“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 h…”
2018-07-28 · Suspension“have replaced right side front hub assembly twice, and have to replace it a third time, in 4 year's. getting best part from o'reilly's auto parts. vehicle is moving, feels like the front wheel is going to fly off, shaking, wobbly, just totally unsafe…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.