FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Envoy

Owners have filed 3,281 complaints about the GMC Envoy with NHTSA across model years 1995 to 2009. More of them are about the fuel & propulsion than anything else.

Avoid

2002 GMC Envoy

629 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2001 GMC Envoy

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Envoy year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2009 A 25 0 0 69,721 Lights
2008 C 103 7 4 87,000 Electrical System
2007 C 285 8 23 78,082 Fuel & Propulsion
2006 D 470 9 32 81,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2005 D 682 46 20 78,626 Fuel & Propulsion
2004 D 483 34 19 71,000 Electrical System
2003 F 511 59 14 72,456 Fuel & Propulsion
2002 F 629 55 17 65,000 Engine & Cooling
2001 A 10 0 0 46,000 Electrical System
2000 A 41 0 0 10,234 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1999 A 13 0 0 57,000 Suspension
1998 A 24 0 0 78,500 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1997 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
1996 3 0 0 Electrical System
1995 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a GMC Envoy

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Fuel & Propulsion 728 22.2%

Worst in 2005

Electrical System 681 20.8%

Worst in 2005

Lights 279 8.5%

Worst in 2007

Engine & Cooling 273 8.3%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2002

Airbags 160 4.9%

Worst in 2002

Brakes 103 3.1%

Worst in 2003

Body & Structure 102 3.1%

Worst in 2003

Suspension 92 2.8%

Worst in 2002

Steering 77 2.3%

Worst in 2002

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2006

Seat Belts 54 1.6%

Worst in 2002

Exactly what failed on a GMC Envoy

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Instrument Cluster/Panel 124 26.7%
Automatic Transmission 85 18.3%
Body 43 9.2%
Engine 42 9.0%
Fuel Gauge System 33 7.1%
Gasoline 31 6.7%
Headlights 29 6.2%
Frontal 28 6.0%
Transfer Case (4-WHEEL Drive) 27 5.8%
Exterior 23 4.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Envoy, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2000 peak 92 Aug 2026

GMC Envoy problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the GMC Envoy

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.