GMC Yukon Complaints

6,462 consumer complaints on file.

#10558879January 7, 2014
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
INTERMITTENTLY AT HWY AND SIDE ROAD SPEEDS, TRUCK WILL SHUT DOWN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND EXTREMELY ROUGH IDLE AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OCCURS. HAVE FOLLOWED ALL RECOMMENDED FIXES BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. ENGINE CODE 1516, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR OUT F RANGE +- .05 VOLTS. SCARY PROBLEM, AS THIS OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSES IMMEDIATE LOSS OF SPEED. MANY MANY COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE INTERNET OF THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT NO GMC RECOMMENDED FIXES OR ASSISTANCE. REFUSE TO TAKE THIS TO A DEALER AND LET THEM POKE AROUND AT $95 / HOUR AND OR TO THROW PARTS AT TRUCK IN HOPES OF CORRECTING. GMC NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557705December 30, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL AND THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, WHICH RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 213,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557656December 29, 2013
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
REDUCED ENGINE POWER. TRUCK GOES INTO TRACTION CONTROL WHILE DRIVING OR TURNING STABILITY CONTROL IS OFF. CHECK ENGINE LITE GOES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING MASS FLOW SENSOR KEEPS COMING ON. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10557008December 23, 2013
WHEELS, TIRES
MICHELIN LTX M/S P235/55R20 TIRES. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE LOSING AIR (FILLED WITH NITROGEN). OWNER CONSISTENTLY HAVE TO TAKE TO COSTCO TO INFLATE TIRES TO CORRECT AIR PRESSURE. THE SIDE WALLS SHOW EXCESSIVE CRACKS. TIRES TREAD VERY GOOD. WARRANTY WILL NOT ADDRESS MY CONCERN. VEHICLE IS ONLY USE FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAVELING. DOT INFO ON TIRES: REAR B39Y 56EX 2511 AND FRONT B79Y 4FJX 1609/0000. MICHELIN RECALL IS ONLY ON ONE SIZE TIRE: LT 225/75R16. OWNER SUSPECTS OTHER SIZE TIRES MANUFACTURED DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD OF 0210-2512 ARE AFFECTED ALSO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556882December 20, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.WHEN THEY WENT TO EXIT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.AFTER I GOT IT HOME I FOLLOWED THE BRAKE FLUID TRAIL INTO MY GARAGE.HAD IT INSPECTED BY MY MECHANIC AND TWO OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND THE OTHERS WERE ON THERE WAY TO FAILURE ALSO.TOO BIG OF A JOB FOR HIM SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE CHEVROLET DEALER FOR NEXT WEEK AT A PRICE OF AROUND $1300 AS QUOTED.THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE IS A REPAIR KIT FOR THIS BECAUSE OF SO MANY CASES OF PREMATURE RUST FAILURE BUT GM WILL NOT INCUR ANY OF THE COSTS OR ADMIT A SAFETY ISSUE.THE OUTRAGEOUS COST OF THE FIX IS ONE THING BUT THE SAFETY OF MANY IS TOTALLY ANOTHER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10556063December 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
ALL AUTOMOBILES IN NORTH-AMERICA SHOULD HAVE STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES TO PREVENT CORROSION, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE AND ITS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD AS FAR AS COST; BRAKE FAILURE IS PROBABLY THE MOST DANGEROUS THING THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT CAN BE LIFE THREATENING. I AM AWARE THAT AUTO MANUFACTURERS WANT US TO REPLACE COMPONENTS AND MAKE MONEY DOWN THE LINE, BUT BRAKE COMPONENTS SUCH AS BRAKE LINES HAVE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10555814December 12, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BREAK OUT OF ALL FOUR DOOR PANELS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10555147December 7, 2013
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
LOCKS JUST STOPPED WORKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10554354December 2, 2013
POWER TRAIN, SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD ABNORMALLY UPON ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE UNTIL AFTER THE GEAR LEVER WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ON THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION OIL LINE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10554095November 29, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ON RT 22 IN NJ AT 55MPH WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED TO RED AND STEPPED ON BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR ONLY SLOWED SLIGHTLY AND ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION BEFORE IT STOPPED. LUCKY THAT IT WAS IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE THE DISTANCE TO STOP WAS ABOUT 5 TIMES THE NORMAL DISTANCE AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR. THERE WAS A SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINE DUE TO CORROSION, I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC, CAUSING THE PRESSURE TO DROP IN THE SYSTEM. AFTER THE INCIDENT I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I AM A SURGEON AND FIND IT WORRISOME THAT THIS AGENCY HAS NOT RECALLED THIS DEFECT AND THAT GMC HAS NOT NOTIFIED CONSUMERS OF THE POSSIBILITY SO THEY CAN HAVE THE BRAKE LINES CHANGED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10553582November 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I-95 NEAR COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA: AUTO IN FRONT OF ME MADE A SUDDEN STOP AND I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR; NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS, LUCKILY THE CAR IN FRONT PROCEEDED AND I MISSED HITTING HIM BY ABOUT 3 FEET. MADE IT TO THE NEXT EXIT RAMP AND HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKES, USING PARKING BRAKE, AND NOW THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE COMING ON. PULLED INTO GAS STATION, BIG PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE; REAR BRAKE LINE RUSTED OUT AND BLOWN. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPLIT BRAKING SYSTEM, BUT THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD EITHER. HAD THE CAR TOWED 25 MILES BACK TO MY HOME GMC DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THEY INFORMED ME THAT ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES NEEDED REPLACEMENT AS THEY WOULD NOT HOLD PRESSURE AND WERE RUSTED. TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES WAS ABOUT $1,500.00. DUE TO USING THE PARKING BRAKES DAMAGE WAS ALSO DONE TO THE REAR ROTORS AND PARKING BRAKE PADS, THAT WAS ANOTHER $300.00. I'VE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE 2008, IT'S A WEEKEND OR TRIP DRIVER. SINCE I'VE HAD IT HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN IN SNOW OR ON THE STREET UNTIL ALL THE SALT RESIDUE HAD BEEN WASHED AWAY. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A VIRGINIA VEHICLE, NOT IN THE SALT BELT. I ALSO HAVE A 2004 GMC YUKON SLT; WENT UNDER IT YESTERDAY AND THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED ON THAT TOO. FUNNY THE FUEL LINES RUN NEXT TO THEM BUT THEY ARE NOT RUSTED. I WILL ENTER THAT ONE ALSO IN THE DATABASE, THEY WILL SURELY FAIL IF NOT REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10553591November 24, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
NO PROBLEM YET, BUT IS SURE TO HAPPEN. BRAKE LINES RUSTED. HAD SAME PROBLEM ON MY 2005 GMC YUKON DENALI XL WHERE THE METAL LINES RUSTED AND BLEW OUT. ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10553562November 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
COMING TO A STOP TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, LIGHT COATING OF SNOW ON THE ROAD MADE IT SLIPPERY, ABS BRAKING CYCLED I HELD BRAKE PEDAL DOWN AS THE MANUALS SAY TO DO WITH ABS SYSTEM, TRUCK SLOWED ABS CYCLED AGAIN AND THEN PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. MY VEHICLE ENDED UP SIDEWAYS IN ROAD AND THIRTY FEET FROM MY TURN AND NEARLY IN A DITCH, I THEN BACKED UP TO MAKE MY TURN AND BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN AS I STOPPED TO ENTER MY ROAD , FORTUNATELY MY HOME WAS ONLY ABOUT 500 YARDS FROM THIS SPOT. I HAD ALMOST NO BRAKES AT ALL AS I ENTERED MY DRIVEWAY AND PARKED.I THEN INSPECTED FLUID LEVEL IN MASTER CYLINDER WHICH APPEARED FULL , FROM THERE I FOLLOWED LINE DOWN TO THE ABS MODULE TO THE BRAIDED BRAKE LINE AND STILL SAW NO LEAKS, THEN FOLLOWED THE BRAIDED BRAKE LINE TO THE BRAKE LINE TUBING TO THE FRAME BEHIND THE WHEEL WELL WHERE THE LINE CLOSEST TO THE WHEEL WELL WAS LEAKING FLUID AND IT HAD SPRAYED ALL OVER THE LINE AND UNDER CARRIAGE AND FRAME AND WHEEL HOUSING SHROUD. THE LINE IS RUSTED OUT AND BURST THE TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 80000 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL MAINTAINED AND I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW WITH 8 MILES ON IT AND PAID $43000 FOR IT. THIS IS HORRENDOUS AND INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS THERE WAS NO STOPPING POWER AT ALL, HAD THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY OR AT A BUSY INTERSECTION THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552916November 19, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC LIFTGATE WAS OPENED AND THEN ABRUPTLY RELEASED, STRIKING THE CONTACT ABRUPTLY ON THE HEAD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION FROM THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR LIFTGATE HAD ONLY BEEN OPENED THREE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS FOUND THAT ONE OF THE SUPPORT STRUTS HAD DETACHED FROM THE LIFTGATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10552595November 17, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
ON APRIL 19, 2013 I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN WILMINGTON DE TO THE AMTRAK STATION. APPROXIMATELY 3 BLOCKS AWAY FROM ARRIVING, MY BRAKES FAILED AS I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. AS THERE WAS ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER LEFT, I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFTED TO LOW, AND PARTIALLY SLOWED, STOPPED IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE INTERSECTION. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY AUTO SHOP. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING A MAJOR BRAKE FLUID LOSS. HE REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL TUBING AND FITTINGS. I HAD TO PAY $485.35 TO MAKE THIS REPAIR. I NOW KNOW NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THESE DANGEROUS AND DEFECTIVE GMC BRAKE LINES IN THE 'RUST STATES' INCLUDING MY HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE US GOVT SHOULD FORCE GMC TO RECALL THESE INFERIOR CORROSIVE BRAKE LINES TO AVOID THE CHANCE FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS, AND GMC SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR MY COSTS. I WILL NOW FILE A SECOND NHTSA INCIDENT REPORT FOR A SECOND "REAR" BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN OCT 2013. -[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552596November 17, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAVE JUST SUBMITTED A FIRST COMPLAINT # 10552595 FOR DEFECTIVE GMC YUKON BRAKE LINES. I AM NOW SUBMITTING SECOND COMPLAINT FOR A SUBSEQUENT INCIDENT WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. ON OCT. 5, 2013 I WAS DRIVING ALONE TO THE SUPERMARKET IN PENNSYLVANIA. AS I WAS STOPPING FOR AN UPCOMING STOP SIGN, MY BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE, AGAIN! THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. AS THERE WAS ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER LEFT, I AGAIN PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFTED TO LOW, AND PARTIALLY SLOWED, AND STOPPED JUST AFTER THE INTERSECTION. I WAS WITHIN SIGHT OF MY AUTO SHOP, AND I VERY SLOWLY PROCEEDED THROUGH ONE ADDITIONAL INTERSECTION TO THE SHOP. WHEN I PULLED INTO HIS PARKING LOT, I COULD SEE THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT OF THE REAR BRAKE LINE ONTO THE PAVEMENT! MY MECHANIC NOW TOLD ME THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING A MAJOR BRAKE FLUID LOSS. HE REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL TUBING AND FITTINGS. I HAD TO PAY $509.45 TO MAKE THIS ADDITIONAL BRAKE LINE REPAIR. BASED UPON THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THESE DANGEROUS AND DEFECTIVE GMC BRAKE LINES IN THE 'RUST STATES' INCLUDING MY HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE US GOVT MUST NOW FORCE GMC TO RECALL THESE INFERIOR CORROSIVE BRAKE LINES TO AVOID THE CHANCE FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS. GMC SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR MY COSTS, NOW TOTALING $ 994.80. THIS IS NOW THE SECOND NHTSA INCIDENT COMPLAINT I HAVE FILED IN 2013 FOR THE TOTAL FAILURE OF MY CORRODED AND BURST GMC YUKON BRAKE LINES. (PLEASE NOTE THE MILEAGE OF MY VEHICLE ON 4/19/13 WAS 132,593 AND THEN ON 10/5/13 IT WAS 137,813.) -[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552557November 16, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
HARD BRAKE LINES ON FRAME UNDER DRIVERS DOOR RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDER DRIVERS DOOR AND SAW THAT THE HARD BRAKE LINES ON THE FRAME WERE RUSTED THREW. I HAD LOTS OF OLDER VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD THE HARD BRAKE LINES RUSTED THREW ESPECIALLY IN A 9 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552209November 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
LOST ALL BRAKING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR- NO WARNING . BRAKE LINE FROM FRONT TO BACK RUSTED THRU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10552233November 14, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRONT, REAR DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR ACTUATORS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551843November 11, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL TURN ON AND THE INFORMATION CENTER ON MY CLUSTER READS "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" AND "STABILITY SYSTEM DISABLE", THEN MY SPEED IS REDUCED AND ONLY RUNS BETWEEN TEN AND TWENTY MILES PER HOUR. I HAVE TO TURN OFF MY TRUCK AND TURN IT BACK ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES TO CONTINUE, BUT THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED ON A DAILY BASIS. I THINK GMC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND MORE SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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