GMC Yukon Complaints

6,462 consumer complaints on file.

#10551705November 10, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WAS BACKING UP INTO PARKING SPACE AND APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING CAPABILITY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SERVICE FACILITY AND THEY REPORTED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING FLUID TO BE PUSHED OUT. I THOUGHT THAT THESE VEHICLES HAD A DUAL BRAKE CYLINDER SO THAT THERE WOULD BE BRAKING CAPABILITY ON THE REAR BRAKES BUT THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. FORTUNATELY WAS GOING SLOW AND APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. PAID REPAIR FACILITY TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE LINES. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER, 2013 WHERE I APPLIED BRAKES PRIOR TO MOVING TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE WHILE ON A HILL. WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING CAPABILITY. I DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT REAR BRAKE LINE IS SPEWING FLUID. AGAIN, NO BRAKING CAPABILITY IN THE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. I ASSUME THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES HAVE ALSO RUSTED THROUGH. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS INCIDENTS ON INTERNET ABOUT GMC BRAKE LINES RUSTING. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AS THERE IS NO BRAKING ABILITY AT ALL EXCEPT FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IF ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES RUSTS. FIRST, THESE LINES SHOULD BE MADE OF MATERIALS THAT DO NOT RUST. I HAVE MULTIPLE 60'S AND 70'S VEHICLES WHERE THE BRAKE LINES ARE NOT RUSTED. SECOND, THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE DUAL MASTER CYLINDER OF THESE VEHICLES WHERE THEY FAIL TO WORK WHEN EITHER THE FRONT OR THE REAR LINES FAIL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551638November 9, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
IN A CAMPING SITUATION WE COULD ONLY EXIT FROM THE REAR HATCH AND IT COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO UNLOCK THE MECHANISM WOULD NOT UNLOCK THE HATCH. THIS WAS A VERY UNSAFE SCENARIO - LOCKED IN THE CAR WITH NO DOOR EXIT. FINALLY, CLIMBED FROM THE WINDOW. ONCE HOME WE REALIZED HOW THIS WAS SUCH A BAD ISSUE SO WE DID RESEARCH. APPARENTLY SINCE 2006 ALL SUBURBAN, YUKONS, AND DENALIS HAVE THIS RECURRING ISSUE COMPOUNDING THE ALREADY UNSAFE DESIGN OF NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN REAR HATCH FROM THE INTERIOR. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. IT IS A DESIGN FLAW ALONG WITH A POORLY FUNCTIONING LOCKING MECHANISM. THIS WILL END UP IN A FUTURE FATALITY. IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY. THERE ARE HOMEMADE FIXES ON THE INTERNET THAT MAY ALSO CAUSE NEW ISSUES. HERE IS A LINK OF JUST ONE: HTTP://WWW.CHEFSEATTLE.COM/BLOG/SITE-NEWS/SUBURBAN-REAR-LIFTGATE-WONT-UNLOCK-HOW-TO-FIX/ PLEASE DEAL WITH GM QUICKLY AND GET THIS RESOLVED. [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
#10551371November 7, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
BOTH REAR DOOR HANDLES OF MY YUKON DENALI ARE LOOSE FROM THE DOOR. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY FALL OFF AND MY KIDS ARE STUCK IN THE BACK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND HE HAS FIXED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. HOWEVER SINCE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE THERE IS NOT A BULLETIN. I THINK HAVING EASY AND SAFE ACCESS TO OUR KIDS IS PRETTY IMPORTANT, BUT SINCE THE DOOR WERE SO POORLY MADE AND ENGINEERED THAT IS NOT THE TRUE ISSUE. I HAVE GONE ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND TO MY SURPRISE THERE IS A YOU TUBE VIDEO ON HOW TO FIX THIS COMMON ISSUE AND THERE ARE BLOGS AND BULLETINS THAT THIS IS COMMON. IF THIS IS TRULY COMMON AND DEFECTIVE, HOW COME GM IS NOT MANDATED TO ADDRESS AND FIX THIS MATTER? THIS IS UNFAIR THAT I NEED TO TAKE MONEY OUT FROM MY POCKET TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIGNED POORLY. I HAVE HAD PLENTY OF VEHICLES AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE AND LET ME REMIND YOU THIS IS NOW MY 2ND DOOR IN A MATTER OF WEEKS! PLEASE HELP! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551061November 6, 2013
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE
I HAVE THE INEVITABLE CRACKED GMT900 DASHBOARD BY THE AIRBAG COVER. THERE ARE 2 CRACKS IN THE DASH WHERE THE AIRBAG COVER IS HELD IN PLACE AS WELL AS ANOTHER CRACK ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL HUMP. I'VE CONTACTED GM REGARDING THIS AND THEY HAVE NOT OFFERED TO REPAIR IT. THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL, I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW HOW UNSAFE THE CRACKS ARE BY THE AIRBAG COVER BUT ESSENTIALLY EVERY 2007-2013 TAHOE, YUKON, ESCALADE, SUBURBAN, SIERRA, ETC... HAS OR WILL HAVE THE EXACT SAME CRACKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10551009November 5, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
ROUGHLY 30 TIMES SINCE MARCH MY 2007 GMC YUKON XL 5.3 SLT HAS HAD THE DREADED STABILITRACK OFF, SERVICE STABILITRACK, REDUCED ENGINE POWER PROBLEM. YOU CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND THE ERROR WILL COME ON AND YOU WILL BE COMPLETELY UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. LEAVING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY FAMILY. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN PULLING A CAMPER AND WITHOUT PULLING ANYTHING EITHER. GM REFUSES TO HELP THE MANY FAMILIES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10550660November 3, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
BRAKE ROTOR AND PAD KIT PURCHASED FROM ROCK AUTO WAS THE WRONG DIMENSION AND THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE IMPROPER FIT, THE FOLLOWING RESPONSE FROM ROCK AUTO: :[XXX] I HAVE RECEIVED A REPLY FROM THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMING THAT PART NUMBER KOE 1970, THE ROTORS YOU RECEIVED, ARE THE CORRECT ROTORS FOR A 1999 GMC YUKON 5.7L V8 WITH 4WD AND 6 LUG WHEELS. THE PART NUMBER FOR THESE ROTORS SHOULD BE AR8609XPR. IF THIS IS NOT THE NUMBER STAMPED ON THE ROTOR YOU RECEIVED, YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED A MIS-BOXED PART. IF THAT IS THE CASE, PLEASE RESPOND WITH THE NUMBER THAT IS STAMPED ON THE ROTOR YOU RECEIVED. IF THIS NUMBER MATCHES THE ROTORS YOU RECEIVED, YOU CAN SIMPLY FOLLOW THE RETURN INSTRUCTIONS I HAVE EMAILED TO YOU. IN THIS CASE WE WOULD BE UNABLE TO REFUND YOU THE ORIGINAL SHIPPING, BUT WE WILL COVER THE RETURN SHIPPING IN THE FORM OF A SHIPPING LABEL. WHEN THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THAT THE FIT IS CORRECT AND THE CUSTOMER SAYS IT IS NOT, IT IS OUR POLICY TO SPLIT THE SHIPPING ON THE ORDER. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION WHERE THE AFTERMARKET "BROKERS" LIKE ROCK AUTO ARE SELLING PARTS THAT ARE THE WRONG SIZE AND THEN SUPPORTING THE MANUFACTURER (PROFITING). THE THICKNESS OF THE ROTOR PLATE PUSHED MY ROAD WHEEL OUT BEYOND FULL WHEEL LUG NUT ENGAGEMENT AND NO ENGAGEMENT OF THE ROAD WHEEL CENTER HOLE WITH THE BEARING HUB. THE ONLY CONTACT WAS THE LUG NUTS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION. 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
#10549746October 28, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WIFE DRIVING TRUCK TO WORK " REDUCED ENGINE POWER", MESSAGE CAME ON THE DASH, AND ALSO SAID TRACTION CONTROL WAS DISABLED. POWER WAS REDUCED GRADUALLY TO TEN MILES PER HOUR. SHE FLOORED THE GAS, NOTHING. TURNED IT OFF, RESTARTED IT, NOTHING. ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION DISABLED LIGHTED WERE ILLUMINATED. ALSO THE REAR MIRROR TEMPERATURE DISPLAY FLICKERS ALL THE TIME. DRL BURN OUT ALMOST DAILY. GMCS HAVE MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES BEFORE PEOPLE START DYING. IMAGINE A CAR SHUTTING DOWN ON YOU WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THAT AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THE REAR WIPER WORKS WHEN IT FEELS LIKE WORKING, THERE IS ALSO A MESSAGE ABOUT FIXING THE RIDE CONTROL. FOR ALL THE BAIL MONEY GMC GOT, THEY SHOULD RECALL THESE MISTAKES THEY MADE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10549194October 23, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE FLUID LEAKING - BRAKES WENT OUT. FOUND A PREMATURE LEAK IN A BRAKE LINE ABOUT 12 INCHES BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER. ALL LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10549223October 23, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE DASHBOARD EXHIBITED SEVERAL CRACKS NEAR THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548784October 21, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING IN A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, SHE WALKED AROUND TO REMOVE A SMALL CHILD FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN IT STARTED TO ROLL AWAY IN REVERSE. THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE WAS SECURED IN PARK. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL AWAY UNTIL CRASHING INTO A FENCE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS STILL OPEN AND WAS PUSHED UNTIL ABNORMALLY BENDING THE DOOR FORWARD. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED ANKLE WHEN THE DOOR SLAMMED INTO HER. THE CHILD WAS NOT INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 20,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10548613October 20, 2013
STRUCTURE
MY SUV WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW HAS A COUPLE OF CRACKS IN THE DASH BOARD NEXT TO THE AIRBAG SECTION. MY CONCERN IS IF THERE WOULD BE A ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED COULD CAUSE THE PLASTIC PIECES OF THE DASH TO BREAK OFF AND BECOME AIRBORNE AND INJURE ME OR A PASSENGER. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD PUT OUT A WARNING ABOUT THIS AND REPLACE THE DASH OF EVERY VEHICLE AFFECTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548618October 20, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE HEARD OF SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF REDUCED ENGINE POWER. IT SLOWS THE VEHICLE DOWN AND PEOPLE BEHIND THEM REARENDED THEM BECAUSE IT IS A SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED AND THERE IS NO TIME TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES PLEASE GET THIS FIXED BEFORE A CHILD IS INJURED OR KILLED THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548538October 19, 2013
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH UPHILL WHEN MY ENGINE AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. MY SPEED WAS IMMEDIATELY REDUCED TO ABOUT 35 MPH EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I DROVE HOME ABOUT 8 MILES AT A REDUCED SPEED BECAUSE I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE TRUCK AND IT WAS RAINING. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND HE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. I PICKED UP THE TRUCK THAT EVENING AND AS I WAS DRIVING HOME THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE MECHANIC, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TC LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN HOWEVER HE SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. HIS THOUGHT WAS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN. TWO REPLACEMENTS LATER, THE PROBLEM REMAINS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548439October 18, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
3 OF THE DOOR ACTUATORS BROKE AND WEREN'T ABLE TO BE LOCKED USING THE KEYPAD OR THE AUTOMATIC LOCKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548310October 17, 2013
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
REDUCED ENGINE POWER FORCED THE VEHICLE TO REMAIN UNDER 25 MPH ON A BUSY ROAD WHERE I WAS UNABLE TO PULL OFF DUE TO LACK OF SHOULDER. RESTART OF THE VEHICLE AFTER I CAME TO A PLACE I COULD STOP, YIELDED THE SAME ERROR AND LACK OF POWER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547979October 15, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY FOB NON FUNCTIONAL DESPITE NEW EQUIPMENT AND MULTIPLE REPROGRAMMING. COUPLED WITH TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10548036October 15, 2013
ENGINE
SINCE GETTING THIS CAR IN 2005, MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE EXPERIENCED REDUCED ENGINE POWER. WHETHER GOING 40MPH ON A 2 LANE ROAD OR 70 ON THE INTERSTATE, THIS CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE "FIXED" TWICE, SPENT ABOUT $1000 ON 2 SEPARATE "REPAIRS," YET THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW SCARY IT IS TO BE GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND THEN HAVE YOUR ENGINE POWER REDUCED. TO BE GOING 70 AND THEN FORCED BELOW 70 IS DANGEROUS. WE COULD HAVE BEEN HIT AND KILLED TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND PASS SOMEONE. THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I KNOW NUMEROUS GM OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ACROSS NUMEROUS VEHICLES. WHY HAVEN'T YOU FORCED THEM TO FIX IT? IS IT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT BAILED THEM OUT, AND IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE ECONOMY? SAFETY AND RELIABILITY ON ROADWAYS SHOULD BE IMPORTANT, TOO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547837October 14, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER IN THE VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED AND BEGAN STEADILY DECREASING UNTIL IT REACHED 0. LUCKILY I HAD MY GPS TO GO BY FOR MY VEHICLE SPEED, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE HAD KNOW CLUE OF HOW FAST OR SLOW I WAS GOING. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL VEHICLES REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE, OR DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547862October 14, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE REAR STEEL BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. I KNOW THE CAR IS 10 YEARS OLD, BUT I LIVE IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA WHERE WE VERY RARELY GET SNOW AND THEY NEVER SALT THE ROADS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10547620October 11, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AT 60,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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