GMC Yukon Complaints
6,462 consumer complaints on file.
- #11243033August 10, 2019AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL GM AND TAKATA HAVE NOT RESOLVED THIS REMEDY. I'VE CHECKED TWICE A YEAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND GET NOWHERE ON REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE RECALL FROM THE GM DEALER.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11242621August 8, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
PURCHASED VEHICLE (USED) FROM DEALER LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO. DRIVER TAILLIGHT WENT OUT. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT ACCORDING TO SEVERAL FORUMS IN A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE TAILLIGHT IS ARCHITECTED, ENGINEERED, AND BUILT IN SUCH A WAY AS TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE, BREAK OFTEN, AND DISCOURAGE DIY OR NON-DEALER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE PROBLEM WAS NOTICED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11242686August 8, 2019AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V383000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241924August 6, 2019AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL CAN NOT GET A GM DEALER IN THE DAYTON OHIO REGION TO REPLACE MY AIRBAG RECALLED SINCE MAY 2016. HAVE CALLED DEALERS A FEW TIMES. LAST CALLED AUGUST 6TH 2019 AND THEY STILL CAN NOT GET IT FIXED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11242044August 6, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BRAKE LIGHTS & TORQUE CONVERTER 2016 YUKON DENALI. THE BRAKE LIGHT IS OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND IT IS WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF THE WARRANTY EXPIRING. THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART BECAUSE THERE'S A NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR THE ASSEMBLY. SO CLEARLY I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS IS APPARENTLY AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A HASSLE FROM THE START. I'M BEGINNING TO BELIEVE THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AS WELL. I HAD A BATTERY ISSUE THAT THE DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIGURE OUT EVEN AFTER SHOWING THEM THE ONSTAR ALERT. ORIGINALLY I WAS TOLD ONSTAR WAS PROBABLY JUST SENDING IT AS A MILEAGE ALERT. TURNS OUT AFTER I INSISTED THEY PUT THE VEHICLE ON A MACHINE AND IT SHOWED THE BATTERY WAS INDEED FAULTY. MULTIPLE THINGS HAVE GONE OUT ON A VEHICLE WITH BARELY 30,000 MILES ON IT. THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS ALSO A MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE IT 'SHED' METAL PIECES WITH THE CAR HAVING LESS THAN 20,000 MILES THEY ONLY DRAINED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BULLETIN TOLD THEM TO DO. HOW IS THIS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN? MY YUKON DROVE LIKE A LAWNMOWER VIBRATING AND HOPPING. THIS IS THE WORST VEHICLE I'VE EVER PURCHASED, AND WITH THE ISSUES THAT KEEP PILING UP IT LOOKS LIKE WE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE PROBLEMS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241610August 4, 2019AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES. MAINLY AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241457August 3, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SOMEONE WHO WAS DRIVING BEHIND ME TOLD ME MY DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT. I CHECKED IT WITH THE HELP OF SOMEONE ELSE A COUPLE TIMES AFTERWARDS AND IT WORKED. THEN A WEEK OR SO LATER A CO-WORKER TOLD ME THE SAME THING, THAT IT WAS OUT. I CHECKED IT AGAIN LATER AND IT WORKED, SO THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1/7/2019 AND BEFORE IT WAS OFFERED FOR SALE THE PASSENGER-SIDE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS ALSO REPLACED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241558August 3, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT FAILURE. TAIL LIGHT FAILS PREMATURELY WITHOUT ANY MEANS TO WARN DRIVER SHORT OF DIRECT OBSERVATION. PROBLEM KNOWN TO GMC GIVEN HIGH NUMBER OF FAILURES AND COMPLAINTS OF PREMATURE FAILURES. TAIL LIGHT IS EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241314August 2, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT AND PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT WERE BURNED OUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ED BOZARTH CHEVROLET (2001 S HAVANA ST, AURORA, CO 80014, (720) 746-2716) AND JOHN ELWAY CHEVROLET (5200 S BROADWAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80113, (720) 259-0391), BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241057August 1, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
BRAKE LIGHT/TURN SIGNAL FAIL WITH NO WARNING TO DRIVER. THE FAILURE REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMPONENT. DEALER QUOTED $826 TO REPLACE ASSEMBLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE HAVE A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE. ALONG WITH THE LACK OF WARNING TO THE DRIVER THAT THEIR REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT WORKING THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE FAILURE RATE IS SO HIGH THAT SEVERAL INDEPENDENTS ARE REPAIRING THEM
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241066August 1, 2019SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE SITTING STILL AT A DRIVE THROUGH, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AS IF IT HAD NO PRESSURE. HAD NO BRAKES! NO MATTER HOW HARD I STOOD ON PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT COME TO COMPLETE STOP WHEN ROLLING. BLEW THROUGH STOP SIGNS AND LIGHTS BECAUSE EVEN AT 10 MPH COULD NOT STOP VEHICLE FROM ROLLING. HAD JUST GOT OFF INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH. DOWN HILL GRADE WAS IMPOSSIBLE. FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE BY GM INVOLVING FAILURE OF VACUUM PUMP BOOSTER. MANY REPORTS, HOPEFULLY NOT MANY DEATHS CAUSED.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11241163August 1, 2019SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES THE LIGHTS WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11240533July 30, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT/BREAKLIGHT WORKS INTERMITTANTLY OR NOT AT ALL.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11240737July 30, 2019ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TAIL LIGHT MALFUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY. THE TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS OCCASIONALLY WILL GO OUT AND COME BACK ON RANDOMLY. GMC KNOWS ABOUT THE ISSUE AND REPLACEMENTS COST ABOUT $750 PER UNIT WHICH EVEN THESE REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL WITHIN A YEAR. THE FACT THAT THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND SO INTERMITTENTLY THIS BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE. I'VE HAD IT IN THE SHOP AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH WORKING. I GET HOME AND THEY ARE NOT. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE GMC REPLACE THESE VIA A SAFETY RECALL?
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11240746July 30, 2019EQUIPMENT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
2015 GMC YUKON DENALI REAR TAIL LIGHTS FAIL DUE TO DEFECTED PARTS. GMC WILL NOT REPLACE THE FAILED PARTS WHICH IS A KNOW SAFETY ISSUE. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH THE GMC YUKON 2015-2019 MODELS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11240377July 29, 2019STEERING
2019 GMC YUKON DENALI. 6408 MILES. DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED A WARNING APPEARS THAT SAYS SERVICE POWER STEERING. IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER STEERING ON THE VEHICLE AND BY THE TIME WE GOT IT TO THE OFF RAMP THE STEERING WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED IN THE STRAIGHT POSITION. VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON ONE OF THE MANY CURVED ROADS WHERE WE LIVE. WE HAD NO WARNING.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11240173July 28, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
REAR TAIL/BRAKE/TURN LIGHTS RANDOMLY DON'T WORK. THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON AND COMPLAINED ABOUT REPEATEDLY ON THE INTERNET. I HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH MY LEFT TAIL LIGHT.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11235148July 26, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING OUR 2015 GMC YUKON DENALI, HAVING ONLY DRIVEN UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAYS AND SURFACE STREETS FOR 15K MILES, THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL / BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR WARRANTY AND REPLACED BY THE DEALER. APPROX 6 MONTHS LATER THE DRIVER'S SIDE TAIL / BRAKE LIGHT DID THE SAME THING, AND WAS ALSO REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP. NOW APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER THE REAR PASSENGER LIGHT IS OUT AGAIN AND DEALER WANTS $600.00 TO REPLACE THE FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT LAMP, BUT CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SUCH DEMAND BASED ON THE DEFECTIVE PART, THAT THEY ARE BACKORDERED. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH INDICATES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11234559July 24, 2019UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS THE DASH HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND THE PAINT ON THE HOOD AND ROOF HAS CRACKED AND FADED. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE HOOD REPAINTED BUT THE ROOF IS MORE EXTENSIVE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPAINTED AFTER ONLY 6 YEARS. THE DASH IS CRACKED NEAR THE AIRBAG SO IF I'M IN AN ACCIDENT THE DASH WILL SPLINTER INTO THE FACES OF THE PASSENGERS.
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0
- #11234367July 24, 2019EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TAIL LIGHTS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY
- Crash:
- No
- Fire:
- No
- Injuries:
- 0
- Deaths:
- 0