NHTSA Complaint #10038668 — 2002 GMC ENVOY

WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE WE LOST ENGINE POWER, NO ACCELERATION POWER, FOOT HAD GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. WE WERE FACING A CAR HEAD ON AND A RAVINE ON THE LEFT. THE CAR WE WERE PASSING REALIZED THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND WE WERE ABLE TO MANUVER BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE WITHOUT BEING HIT. WE STOPPED AND WAITED AND THEN TRIED TO RESTART AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE ENGINE POWER AND GAS RETURN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FIRST TOLD ME IT MUST HAVE FIXED ITSELF. I WAS REALLY AFRAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND REQUESTED THEY TAKE THE VEHICLE AND RUN A COMPUTER HISTORY TO SEE IF IT STORED THE CODE. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. DEALER REPLACED. I REVIEWED YOUR WEBSITE AND SEE ALL OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ABOUT STALLS, ENGINE FAILURE, NO ACCELERATION. I CONTACTED GM AND REQUESTED THEY TAKE MY VEHICLE AS TRADE IN ON 2003 YUKON THAT HAD 2500 MILES BUT, WAS COMPARABLE TO MY 2002 ENVOY. I WOULD BE BACK IN A 5 YEAR NOTE BUT, I WOULD FEEL MUCH SAFER. THE GM COMPLAINT CLERK I WAS ASSIGNED TOLD ME THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING HE COULD DO BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND STILL UNDER WARRANTY. BUT, HE CALLED THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM HE WOULD ALLOW ME A $1000.00 CASH VOUCHER TO USE TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF A NEW VEHICLE. I DID NOT ASK FOR A NEW VEHICLE, I WAS WILLING TO TRADE FOR THE 2003 BUT THIS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE. THEY DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE ME THE TRADE IN VALUE ON MY ENVOY. I WOULD HAVE THEN BEEN UPSIDE DOWN IN A VEHICLE LOAN. THIS IS THE WORST SERVICE AND TREATMENT I HAVE EVER RECEIVED. THESE VEHICLES ARE DANGEROUS..JUST LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WE WERE SO CLOSE TO BEING KILLED!! DO SOMETHING! I REALLY HOPE YOU WILL DO SOMETHING TO HELP THE CONSUMER BEFORE SOMEONE DOES DIE. (THIS VEH WAS IN THE DEALER IN JULY AND I COMPLAINED THEN THAT I WAS GETTING 14MPG IN TOWN AND 18 ON THE HWY. THEY TRIED TO SELL ME AN ENGINE FLUSH. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE.