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2007 GMC Envoy Electrical problems

Owners have filed 75 complaints about the 2007 GMC Envoy's electrical system with NHTSA - 27% of all its complaints, most recently on May 4, 2026. They describe 2 crashes, 15 fires and 1 injury. Dead batteries, warning lights, wiring, alternators, infotainment and electronic module failures.

Complaints
75
Recalls
2
Crashes
2
Fires
15
Injuries
1
Deaths
0

Electrical recalls for the 2007 GMC Envoy

Electrical system

13V248000193,652 vehicles affected

The problem
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2005-2007 SAAB 9-7x; 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL; and 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier and Isuzu Ascender vehicles. Fluid may enter the driver's door module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board. A short may cause the power door lock and power window switches to function intermittently or become inoperative. The short may also cause overheating, which could melt components of the door module, producing odor, smoke, or a fire.
The risk
A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
The fix
Owners will be contacted and dealers will test the driver's door module. If the module is functioning properly, a protective coating will be applied. If the module is not functioning properly, it will be replaced. These repairs will be done free of charge. GM will notify Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC owners, Isuzu and Saab will contact their respective owners. The recall began on August 2, 2013. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463, Isuzu owners at 1-800-255-6727, and Saab owners at 1-800-955-9007. GM's campaign number is 12180. This recall is an expansion of recall 12V-406.

Electrical system

12V406000278,174 vehicles affected

The problem
General Motors (GM) is recalling certain model year 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT and GMC Envoy XL and 2006-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, SAAB 9-7x, and Isuzu Ascender vehicles, originally sold or currently registered in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. Fluid may enter the driver's door module, causing corrosion that could result in a short in the circuit board. A short may cause the power door lock and power window switches to function intermittently or become inoperative. The short may also cause overheating, which could melt components of the door module, producing odor, smoke, or a fire.
The risk
A short in the circuit board could lead to a fire, increasing the risk of personal injury. A fire could occur even while the vehicle is not in use. As a precaution, owners are advised to park outside until the remedy has been made.
The fix
Parts for this recall are expected to available in March 2013. GM will notify Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC owners when parts are available. Buick owners may contact the owner center at 1-800-521-7300, Chevrolet owners at 1-866-694-6546, and GMC owners at 1-866-996-9463. Isuzu owners will be notified by Isuzu Motors when parts are available. Owners may contact Isuzu customer service at 1-800-255-6727. SAAB owners will be notified by SAAB Cars North America when parts are available and for inquiries, owners may call SAAB customer service at 1-800-955-9007.

Electrical complaints

Electrical systemFire

My switch on drivers door started on fire right after I purchased vehicle from third party. There was no warning I just smelled smoke while driving and pulled it out

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 11735480
Electrical systemVisibility & wipers1 injury

The contact owns a 2007 GMC Envoy. The contact stated that the power switch used to adjust the front driver seat had failed to operate as needed. The contact stated that the power switch had been replaced a total of three times within a two-month time frame. Recently, the power switch had failed for a fourth time and as the contact went to replace the fuse, the fuse box was so hot that it burned the contact's right hand and left a blister. The contact did not seek any medical attention for the injury. Upon...

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investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V406000 (Electrical System, Visibility) which was linked to the failure. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Incident Electrical system · VisibilityNHTSA 11576166
Electrical systemLights

The daytime running lights (drl) and the low beam headlights do not light even when the dashboard light switch is placed in the 'headlight' on position. Troubleshooting revealed that this failure was caused by the body control module (bcm) located beneath the rear seat. A digital logic signal from this module, based on sensor inputs from the ambient light sensor, parking brake and windshield wipers, is provided to the under-hood electronic relay that activates the headlights. There are three possible signal outputs...

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from the bcm...A logic low (lights off), a logic high (low beams full on) or a pulse width modulated signal to create the dimmer drl low beam intensity. If the bcm fails, the low beam headlights will not turn on. There is no affirmative input to the electronic relay from the light switch, not routed through the bcm, to activate the low beam headlamps. This is a major safety issue. When the bcm fails at night, the driver has no low beam headlamps. The only lights available are the fog lamps or the high beam lamps, but only after setting the dashboard light switch to the headlamp position. Headlamps are a necessity, not a optional feature. Their operation should not rely on an electronic sub-system whose failure mode prevents the low beam headlights from working. This system was designed the 'easy' way without regards to vehicle safety...Namely that when the dashboard light switch is in the on position, the headlights are enabled by a signal directly from that switch. Without an affirmative enabling signal from the manual dashboard light switch, the system and vehicle operator is at the mercy of the bcm, which could fail at night or on the weekend (when a repair shop is unavailable) rendering the vehicle dangerous or un-driveable.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11341560
Electrical systemDriver assistanceVisibility & wipers

The check stabilitrak light keeps coming on causing the check engine light to come on causing envoy to loose power. While driving. Second issue is the drivers door started acting up didn't want to go up and now will not do anything causing the entire system to not lock and work the mirrors or anything electrical from the door panel.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Electronic stability control (ESC) · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11300391
Electrical system

I rolled my driver's window down this morning and tried to roll it back up and it acted like it didn't want to go back up. It started to go up and then it stopped after a few seconds and I tried hitting the button again and nothing happened. Then I hit the button again and it started to go up but very slowly then it stopped again. I did this for a bit until the window went all the way up. This has happened a couple other times also. Today was the 1st time that it really did not want to go back up. The vehicle was stopped in a parking lot at that time.

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 11299807
Electrical systemFuel system

The fuel gauge shows empty when there is fuel in vehicle

Filed Incident Electrical system · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 11296845
Electrical system

Driver's door master power window switch module was working intermittently and now is inoperable causing me to become locked out of my vehicle. There was a similar recall to the same year envoys in 2014, but when I checked the vin mine was not included in the recall, but am having the same issue

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 11192397
Electrical systemLights

Headlamps turn off win driving it has done this in the city and on the highway I have to pull over and turn the key off and win I restart it its fine. This occurred suddenly and intermittently still not determined why. I did find a recall on these vehicles but my vin is not listed this is not safe and gm should pay fore it not me thank you. 2007 Gmc envoy

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11172687
Electrical systemVisibility & wipers

Low beam headlights fail intermittently while vehicle is in operation. Vin not eligible for recall under current headlight probe gauges have failed starting with fuel gauge.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11142143
Electrical systemVisibility & wipersFire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc envoy. While the vehicle was parked and unoccupied, the contact observed clouds of smoke in the vehicle. The contact noticed that the switch on the driver's side door had melted. The fire department was not called. There were no visible flames. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vin was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 15v599000 (visibility). The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Visibility / wiperNHTSA 11054562
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc envoy. While driving 40 mph, the headlights failed to work. After a few minutes, the headlights automatically turned on and worked normally. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (williston motors, 1801 2nd ave w, williston, nd 58801) where it was diagnosed that the fuse box needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted at 888-988-7267 and stated that the vin was not included in a recall. The manufacturer provided case number: 8-3395918942. The approximate failure mileage was 137,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11033106
Electrical systemLights

Headlights continue to go out while driving city streets and highway. Windows hesitate to go up and make a grinding noise. At times smells like smoke and then dissipates.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11002972
Electrical systemLightsVisibility & wipers

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc envoy. The contact stated that the low beams failed to illuminate. The contact was not included in nhtsa campaign numbers: 13v248000 (electrical system and visibility), 12v406000 (electrical system and visibility) and 15v519000 (exterior lighting). The dealer also replaced the window regulator due to the windows failing to go up and down randomly. The vehicle was to be taken back to the dealer for further diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lighting · VisibilityNHTSA 10971648
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc envoy. The contact stated that the headlights randomly shorted out more than twice. The contact replaced the #46 fuse for the relay due to the failure but was uncertain if the low beams would fail again. The manufacturer excluded the vehicle from a recall. The recall details were unknown. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10968726
Electrical systemLights

Both headlights abruptly stopped working. Low-beam headlamps and daytime running lights did not function. While researching possible causes and solutions, I discovered a gm safety recall (no. 14291) Which precisely described the problem. Upon presenting the vehicle for repairs, the servicing dealer indicated the recall did not cover my vehicle. Given no other viable options, I approved the repair, the cost of which was $278. I contend that my vehicle should have been covered under said recall and am asking nhtsa to review this matter.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10956547
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc envoy. While driving approximately 65 mph, there was a sudden loss of power and a warning indicator illuminated for limp mode. The vehicle drastically reduced speed to less than 35 mph. The contact had to slowly drive in the emergency lane. The vehicle was turned off and back on, but the limp mode failure continued. The contact was unable to drive over 35 mph. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who kept the vehicle for longer than two weeks. The dealer cleared multiple codes, but was...

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unable to provide a solution. In addition, months later, the engine locked and failed to function. The vehicle was unable to be driven. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The vin and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10954577
Electrical system

FRONT HEADLIGHTS OUT. ALL OTHER LIGHTS WORKING.

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 10954136
Electrical system

Battery dying everyday. Parasitic draw from the power seat.

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 10954133
Fuel systemElectrical system

When vehicle is stationary, or in motion, the fuel gauge gives inaccurate gas reading. Fuel gauge modulates from empty to full continuously. Empty light comes on when gas is in car when driving. Check engine light comes on when empty light comes on. It is impossible to drive this car with a peace of mind given this problem. Please note that this exact problem with 2007 envoy is all over the internet. *Tr

Filed Incident Fuel system, gasoline · Electrical systemNHTSA 10949496
Electrical systemLights

For many, many, months my low beam lights have been going out while driving. All other lights including the high beams will work. It is very unsafe to be driving at night and have your lights go out. I have taken the vehicle to several different auto shops, but they can't find anything wrong. I have seen many complaints about this issue, so I know it is the vehicle. Gmc needs to do the right thing and fix this problem. If gmc won't do it on their own, the nhtsa needs to get involved and get gmc to recall these vehicles and fix this problem. This is a very serious safety issue.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10899090
Electrical systemLights

Takata recall was driving home at night lost the low beams they would keep going off having me with no lights at all the high beams would work but no low beams at all driving with high beams on is not safe and can get pulled over for this I have had this before and turned it in and nothing I would like somthing done about this it is safty issue and should be taken care of by the manufactures of this car or suv

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10893840
Electrical system

I ATTACHED A LETTER BELOW.

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 10892339
Electrical systemLights

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 gmc envoy. The contact stated that the low beam lights failed to illuminate randomly. The vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 15v519000 (exterior lighting). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no repair solution. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who was unable to replicate the failure. The vin and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 10892156
Electrical systemFire

Window power module caught fire, shut down engine, stranding us. Recall replaced the module but gmc will not address the fact that the high current draw never blew a fuse first to prevent the fire and not shut down the engine. Car started up and we started driving when smoke came out of door and engine stopped. Calls and e-mails to gmc have not been answered other than the basic recall to replace the module then later added sealer on 2nd recall. No electrical fixes. Electrical issue killed my remote engine starter...

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but they refuse to reprogram or replace as it was an after market remote starter that came with the car..Their electrical problem killed it, then they should be responsible and replace it.

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 10860033
Electrical systemFire

On saturday 4/2/16 our area eastpointe (detroit) mi a snow storm was in the area. As I entered my vehicle snow fell on the drivers side window door module. I bushed off the snow and proceed to drive my vehicle. After about 5 minutes while on i-94 at 70 mph all four power windows started to go up and down. After two or three times of this action all four windows stayed in the down position. At that time I noticed sparks and smoke coming from the switch positions on the module. I pulled over to side of the expressway...

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and since this module is just a snap in, I removed it and disconnected the cables. Since the passenger side window was conveniently down and module was still smoking and emitting sparks I tossed it out the window into the snow. After about five minutes I retrieved the module and drove the secondary roads back home. Part number on the module label is 25811557. I did receive a recall on this vehicle (12180) and it was taken to the dealer for repair on 04/11/13. The work order indicates the recall was completed, but no indication of what was repaired or replaced. After contacting gm customer service and explaining what happen (case number 8-1915535761). I received a call from the dealer (ed rinke). The gentleman explained that the drivers door module on my vehicle was already repaired and that recall 12180 did not apply to my vehicle. Since there are a total of five recalls for this module on the 2007 envoy's I would hope that this module would be covered.

Filed Incident Electrical systemNHTSA 10859743

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