NHTSA Complaint #10343098 — 2002 GMC ENVOY

ON JUNE 26,2010, I HAD A FLAT TIRE. I OWN A 2002 GMC ENVOY. LUCKILY I WAS AT HOME WHEN I NOTICED I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR. I'VE CHANGED FLATS BEFORE SO I FIGURED OK, I MIGHT AS WELL GET STARTED. TO MY HORROR I DISCOVERED THE HOIST ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LOWER THE SPARE TIRE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS WAS HAPPENING. AFTER TRYING FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE I GAVE UP. SO MY WIFE SAID CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HELP. I CALLED THEM AND THEY CAME TO MY HOME TO ASSIST. I HAD THE VEHICLE JACKED UP AND SUPPORTED SO THE DRIVER OF THE TOWTRUCK WOULD TAKE A LOOK. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO EITHER. THIS IS NOW TOTAL FRUSTRATION. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DELIBERATION, I DECIDED TO GO ON THE INTERNET TO FIND A FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. LUCKILY, I FOUND A FORUM OF OWNERS WHO HAD THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE AND WHO HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAD. THEIR SUGGESTION WORKED FOR ME, HOWEVER, THE REAL PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WITH HOIST ON THE VEHICLE. IN MY OPINION, THIS IS A VERY SEVERE PROBLEM WHICK REQUIRES A RECALL. GM MADE A HUGE GAFFE WITH THIS ONE. *TR