NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 GMC Envoy Recalls
The 2003 GMC Envoy has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 5, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 GMC Envoy. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 394
- Crashes reported
- 42
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 GMC Envoy, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2003 GMC Envoy
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 05V198000
- Reported
- May 5, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 286,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Envoy, 2 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer
- Campaign
- 04V046000
- Reported
- February 4, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 581,394
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Envoy, 3 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Envoy, 10 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 03V151000
- Reported
- April 23, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,653
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 03V075000
- Reported
- March 6, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 511,167
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Envoy, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Envoy, 9 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 07E014000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004–2006 Envoy
2003 GMC Envoy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 394 owner complaints about the 2003 GMC Envoy, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 42 describe a crash (11%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 37 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2003 GMC Envoy, the component group named most often is the electrical system (20%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (16%) and the air bags (9%).
2 of the 2003 GMC Envoy's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2003 GMC Envoy owners gave the mileage (297 complaints), the median was 73,134 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System77
- Fuel System, Gasoline64
- Air Bags37
- Power Train37
- Structure33
- Visibility32
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 44 | |
| 2004 | 38 | |
| 2005 | 27 | |
| 2006 | 20 | |
| 2007 | 27 | |
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 24 | |
| 2010 | 25 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 19 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 22 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2003 GMC Envoy peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 44. 34% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 GMC Envoy drew 2.8× the complaints of the median GMC Envoy year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the GMC Envoy years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 394 complaints about the 2003 GMC Envoy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Envoy by model year
Other 2003 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted