NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 GMC Envoy Recalls
The 2005 GMC Envoy has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 GMC Envoy. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 488
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 GMC Envoy, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 GMC Envoy
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V417000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 794
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Envoy, 10 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 05V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,815
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 07E014000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004, 2006 Envoy
2005 GMC Envoy complaints by year
NHTSA has received 488 owner complaints about the 2005 GMC Envoy, the newest on January 28, 2026. Of these, 27 describe a crash (6%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 34 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2005 GMC Envoy, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (34%) and the exterior lighting (9%).
1 of the 2005 GMC Envoy's 3 recalls also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2005 GMC Envoy owners gave the mileage (384 complaints), the median was 78,300 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System183
- Fuel System, Gasoline164
- Exterior Lighting45
- Fuel System, Other41
- Fuel/Propulsion System30
- Air Bags28
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 31 | |
| 2010 | 62 | |
| 2011 | 137 | |
| 2012 | 42 | |
| 2013 | 27 | |
| 2014 | 32 | |
| 2015 | 23 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 GMC Envoy peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 137. 16% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 GMC Envoy drew 1.9× the complaints of the median GMC Envoy year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 488 complaints about the 2005 GMC Envoy are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Envoy by model year
Other 2005 GMC models
Newest record on this page: January 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted