NHTSA Complaint #10565640 — 2004 GMC ENVOY

MY SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON DURING THE SUMMER OF 2013 AND DIAGNOSTICS WERE COMPLETED STATING THAT THERE WAS A PRESSURE ISSUE, THEN LATER IN THE FALL, NOTICED FUEL SMELL AT TIME OF FUELING. TOOK CAR TO SHOP TO GET CHECKED, SHOP OWNER FOUND RECALL FOR INJURIES DEMONSTRATED IN MY FUEL SYSTEM. MOVED CAR TO GMC DEALER FOR OFFICIAL DIAGNOSTICS, THEY STATED THAT MY CAR WAS ACTUALLY A 2003, SINCE IT WAS SOLD IN DEC OF THAT YEAR AND WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE. I THEN FOUND A RECALL NOTICE PUBLISHED IN 2007 THAT INCLUDED 2002 AND 2003 VEHICLES WITH THE INITIAL RECALL. GMC TOLD ME THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO COVER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL(THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN IN A SATISFACTORY WAY HOW THIS AFFECTED ME AS A CONSUMER). THE NHTSA ACTION # IS PE07014. AT THE TIME OF THE SYMPTOMS, MY CAR HAD LESS THAN 130,000 MILES ON IT (AS IT HAS JUST 130 K ON IT NOW) AND WAS JUST UNDER 10 YEARS OLD. *TR