GMC Yukon XL Complaints (2003)

206 consumer complaints on file.

#10257247February 2, 2009
VISIBILITY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON XL 1500. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, ACTIVATED THE HEATER, AND CLOSED THE DOOR. HE STEPPED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND, UPON RETURNING, HE NOTICED A FIVE INCH HOLE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND DOOR AND THE GLASS SHATTERED IN HIS WIFE'S FACE. THE FAILURE HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONCE, BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVES IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE A SEVERE INJURY COULD HAVE RESULTED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 97,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10256628January 28, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE READ INCORRECTLY OR NOT ALL . INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE ISSUE COMES ON GRADUALLY SO THERE IS A PERIOD OF TIME WITH THE SPEEDOMETER YOU REALLY DOT NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE TRAVELING. WITH SOME SIMPLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT IS OBVIOUS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACROSS GM LINE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254727January 12, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC AND BECOMES STUCK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE DIAL WOULD DROP DOWN TO 0 MPH AND DISPLAYS INACCURATE SPEEDS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE (RECALL NUMBER 07187) FROM GMC, WHICH STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS SEVEN YEARS OR 70,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS OVER 70,000 MILES; HOWEVER, NO FAILURES WERE OCCURRING AT THE TIME THE RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10243410September 25, 2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE YUKON JUST SHUT DOWN AND THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. GOT TO SHOULDER OF ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK, TURN OF THE IGNITION AND STARTED IT RIGHT BACK UP. DID IT AGAIN, 15 MINUTES LATER - SAME RESULTS. THE NEXT 7 TIMES, THE CAR AT LOW SPEED (15-20 MPH) STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WASN'T GETTING GAS AND RUNNING ROUGH, NOT PULLING. PULLED OF ROAD. WOULD TURN OVER AND TRY TO START AND IF IT STARTED, WAS VERY ROUGH. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THE YUKON STARTED LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG AND WOULD RUN FOR 10-15 MINUTES. THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME IN JUNE. TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. HAPPENED TO MY PARENTS IN 2006 IN THIS VEHICLE TRAVELING TO MISSISSIPPI. GMC DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. CURRENTLY THE DEALER WANTS TO CHANGE THE FUEL PUMP. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND IT DOESN'T STOP HAPPENING. SPEEDOMETER JUST FAILED TOO. WONDER IF IT COULD BE AN ELECTRONICS/ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10242456September 16, 2008
STEERING
WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH STEERING KNUCKLE/COLUMN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. DEALER WOULD DIAGNOSE AS "JUST THE WAY THOSE CARS ARE, NOTHING IS WRONG". STEERING DOES NOT FEEL SAFE FOR A LARGE CAR LIKE THE YUKON. I PURCHASED AN SUV TO FEEL SAFER WITH FAMILY. BUT STEERING ALWAYS FEELS LOOSE ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. NOISES ALSO WHEN TURNING. OVER TIME IT JUST GETS WORSE. IT OCCURS EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE A NEWER MODEL YUKON BUT REFUSE TO WASTE MONEY IF THIS IS HOW THEY DRIVE. I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY MANUFACTURER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10241397September 8, 2008
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE, POWER TRAIN
FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILS ON AWD VERSIONS OF YUKON/DENALI MODELS. UNUSUAL FRONT DRIVELINE NOISE IS EXPERIENCED ESPECIALLY DURING LIGHT ACCELERATION OR LOAD. NOISE IS A WHINE TYPE OF LOAD. THIS ONE FAILED @ 54,000 CAUSING DEALER TO REBUILD FRONT DIFFERENTIAL WITH NEW BEARINGS AND SEALS. OLD BEARINGS WERE BADLY SCORED AND ONE OF THEM BROKEN TO MANY PIECES. I ASKED FOR PARTS AND WAS GIVEN WHAT COULD BE PULLED OUT. INTERNET SEARCH INDICATES MANY OWNERS WITH AWD SYSTEMS WHICH WERE ALSO AVAILABLE ON YUKON AS WELL AS DENALI MODELS HAVE HAD SIMILAR FAILURES. COST TO REPAIR AS WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 40,000 MILES WAS APPROX. $1000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10240309August 30, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
THE REAR HINGE ON THE LFT GLASS CAME AWAY FROM THE GLASS, LEAVING THE REAR WINDOW UNSAFE. FORTUNATELY I NOTICED AND HAD IT REPAIRED (REPLACED) BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10237874August 12, 2008
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2003 YUKON XL REAR GLASS HINGE (DRIVER'S SIDE) FAILED WHILE DRIVING. HEARD WHISTLING SOUND, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, STOPPED AT HOME DEPOT AND REAR GLASS HATCH WOULDN'T CLOSE AFTER I'D OPENED IT. HINGE ITSELF APPEARS TO BE INTACT, JUST DEBONDED/DEWELDED FROM THE GLASS. GM WANTS $1100 TO REPLACE WITH A DIFFERENT WINDOW- THE ORIGINAL DESIGN LIKE THE ONE THAT FAILED HAS BEEN 'IMPROVED UPON' AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. WHAT'S FUNNY IS THAT THERE'S A RECALL FOR SUBURBANS OF THE SAME YEAR, BUT NOT YUKON XLS EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME PART... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10225158April 20, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. I HAVE HAD NO LUCK GETTING IT FIXED AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAME ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10224940April 18, 2008
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
WHEN IT RAINS WATER LEAKS IN THROUGH THE SUNROOF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10224513April 14, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 GMC YUKON XL AND SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEED ODOMETER STICKING AT DIFFERENT MPH OR JUST NOT WORKING ALL THE WAY AROUND. IT WAS NEVER THE WHOLE CLUSTER THAT WENT OUT, JUST THE ODOMETER. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE I KNOW THAT OWN ANYTHING FROM THE GMC YUKON TO THE CHEVY SUBURBAN (TOTAL OF 9 PEOPLE FROM TEXAS TO OKLAHOMA) AND EACH ONE OF THEM HAVE ALSO HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE RECENTLY GOT THE PROBLEM FIXED. TO WHICH THE RECEIPT FROM THE DEALERSHIP STATES THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE CLUSTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10223868April 9, 2008
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
DEFECT. RIGHT PASSENGER AIR BAG SIDE MODULE (FRONT SEAT) WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED AT MY TOTAL COST OF $476.10 ON 4-20-07. THE DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT ALERTED ME AROUND 4-2-08 THAT THE PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED (THE REPLACEMENT PART IS DEFECTIVE), AFTER ONLY 5,500 MILES OF VEHICLE USAGE. A PASSENGER IS IN THE SEAT FOR SOMEWHAT LESS THAN HALF OF THOSE MILES--A DEFECT AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR AND LESS THAN 2,300 MILES OF EQUIVALENT SERVICE. THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED BY AN INDEPENDENT EXPERIENCED SERVICE TECHNICIAN. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAD THE FIRST PROBLEM, LET ALONE THE 2ND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10223610April 7, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, TACHOMETER STOPPED WORKING. TACHOMETER WOULD EITHER SHOW 8,000 RPMS OR ZERO RPMS NO MATTER WHAT SPEED OR PAYLOAD WAS ON VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10219016February 24, 2008
STEERING
WE PURCHASED OUR YUKON OUT OF THE SHOWROOM. IT HAS QUAD STEERING, A FEATURE WE PAID EXTRA WITH THIS VEHICLE. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER WE HAD THE VEHICLE, THE QUAD STEERING WOULD DROP OUT OF QUAD MODE AS INDICATED BY THE LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD, AS WELL AS THE FEEL OF THE DRIVE, AND ON OCCASION NOT LOCK INTO POSITION EITHER. THE WHEELS WOULD THEN TURN SIDEWAYS AND WE TEMPORARY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE UNTIL WE PULL OVER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE WHEELS IN ORDER TO LOCK THEM IN POSITION. WE'VE SINCE HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT 5 OR 6 TIMES WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR ON MANY OCCASION, HOWEVER IT CONTINUES TO BE UNRELIABLE. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO CRASH SOMEDAY BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM... OF WHICH IS UNEXPECTED AND DANGEROUS. AFTER GREAT CARE OF THIS VEHICLE, FAILURE OF THE QUAD FEATURE CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS UNRESOLVED DEFECT. THE IMPACT ON OUR SCHEDULE TO DROP THE VEHICLE OFF FOR SEVERAL DAYS, RENT A CAR, AND STILL HAVE NO SOLID REPAIR IS VERY UPSETTING AND BECOMING A HARDSHIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10217824February 12, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR SETTLES AT VARIOUS PLACES WHEN STOPPED, AND INDICATE INACCURATE FORWARD TRAVEL SPEED. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE SPEEDO WILL INDICATE 90MPH WHEN ACTUALLY TRAVELING 55MPH. THE SETTLE POINT, AND RESULTING INDICATOR POSITION AT ANY SPEED IS RANDOM. I HAVE BEEN READING SEVERAL FORUMS ABOUT THE HIGH RATE OF THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IN GMC VEHICLES, AND FEEL THAT IT IS CERTAINLY A RECALL ITEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10216871February 4, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER READING AS MUCH AS 50MPH OVER ACTUAL SPEED, CAUSING SAFETY ISSUE. OTHER GAUGES OCCASIONALLY SHOWING INCORRECT VALUES (FUEL, ALTERNATOR, ETC). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215953January 24, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215575January 21, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, SPEED OF VEHICLE UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND CITY ROADS.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10215486January 20, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
(1) THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. (2) RPM GAUGE GETS STUCK ON AN RPM AND WILL STAY THERE AND SPEEDOMETER WONT GO TO 0 LOWEST IT GOES IS 10MPH (3) HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10214313January 9, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED ZERO AND THEN INCREASED TO OVER 100 MPH. THE FUEL AND WATER GAUGES INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EMPTY WHEN THE CONTACT FILLS IT UP. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT ONLY VEHICLES WITH 70,000 MILES OR LESS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. HE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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