GMC Yukon Complaints

6,462 consumer complaints on file.

#759983March 29, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY POSITIVE TERMINAL CRACKED AND PULLED OUT OF BATTERY CAUSING ACID TO LEAK AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE SEEN ALOT OF THIS SAMETHING HAPPENING TO BATTERIES INSTALLED AT FACTORIES. THIS HASN'T HAPPENED JUST TO YUKON BUT ALSO OTHER GMC PRODUCTS*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006022March 20, 2002
SEAT BELTS
PASSENGER SAFETY BELT DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, LOCKING MECHANISM IS TOO SENSITIVE. PASSENGER WILL SLIGHTLY MOVE FORWARD AND SEAT BELT WILL LOCK AND PLACE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO PASSENGER . ONLY WAY IT WILL LOOSEN UP OR RELEASE IS IF PERSON REMOVES SEAT BELT AND REAPPLIES IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759440March 16, 2002
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005613March 13, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE UP, IT LURCHES FORWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PARK POSITION IT LURCHES FORWARD. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759035March 7, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT POSTED SPEED, WHEN TIRE BELT SEPARATED. BELT CAUGHT UP IN FENDER WELL AND LOCKED BOTH REAR WHEELS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE LEFT AND ROLL SEVERAL TIMES. MY WIFE AND I ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE. BF GOODRICH CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY, DUE TO THEIR INSPECTION OF THE TIRE THEY NOTED A PUNCTURE. I WONDER HOW MANY THOUSAND OF TIRES OUT THERE HAVE A NAIL OR FORIEGN OBJECT IN THEM RIGHT NOW, THAT WILL CAUSE THE B.F.GOODRICH TIRE TO FAIL AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND RECOVER DAMAGES, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, AND OF COURSE BF GOODRICH TAKES NO RESPONSIBLITY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: AP70HK1145 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#759015March 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
RUSTED PARTS UNDER THE DASHBOARD OF 2002 YUKON'S, GMC SIERRA, CHEVROLET SUBURBANS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AND POSSIBLY THE US AND ABROAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004985March 5, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD ENGINE MAKES A KNOCKING NOISE AND IS SLUGGISH. DURATION OF THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED CURRENTLY AFFECTING VEHICLE WHEN IT WARMS UP. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE ENGINE HAS PISTON PROBLEMS.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004814March 1, 2002
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, STRUCTURE:BODY
INTERMITTENTLY DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY BECAUSE IT WILL NOT ALIGN UP TO THE STRICKER PLATE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY SEVERAL DEALERS. MANUFACTURER NOT NOTIFIED. *AK VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, IN AN ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS, THE DEALER CAUSED THE DOOR TO WARP AND ALSO BEND, THIS IS WHY THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004365February 21, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON DRIVER'S DOOR, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT END AS WELL. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 10000.00. PRIOR TO THIS, CONSUMER OWNED ANOTHER VEHICLE JUST LIKE THIS ONE. IT ALSO HAD A FRONT CRASH AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#758464February 21, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
THE VIN NUMBER IS [XXX] ON FEBRUARY 12, 2002, AT 9AM I HAD AN APPOINTMENT AT CLYDE REVORD TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED AND MY EMERGENCY BRAKE ADJUSTED ON MY 2001 GMC YUKON XL WITH 22400 MILES. AFTER CHANGING THE OIL THE SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN WORN DOWN DUE TO THE FACT IT HAD BEEN LEFT ON. I PROCEEDED TO TELL THEM THAT IT HAD NOT BEEN LEFT ON. AT THAT POINT THE MECHANIC CHIMED IN AND STATED THAT HE COULD PROVE THAT IT WAS LEFT ON. HE TOOK ME OUT TO THE SHOP AND POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF BRAKE DUST INDICATING IT HAD BEEN LEFT ON. HE THEN STATED HOWEVER THAT HE PERSONALLY HAS SEEN A LOT OF THESE IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. OF COURSE WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THAT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. I CONTACTED GMC AND THEY CALLED THE DEALER AND THROUGH THEIR CORRESPONDENCE THEY DETERMINED THAT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE NO SERVICE BULLETINS AND NO ACTIVE RECALLS AND BY WHAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT CLYDE REVORD TOLD THEM ! THAT THEY COULD NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. I DID SOME INVESTIGATING OF MY OWN BY CALLING SPEEDWAY CHEVROLET, THE SERVICE WRITER THERE TOLD ME THAT INDEED THERE IS AN ISSUE OF THE EMERGENCY BRAKES BEING OVER TIGHTENED FROM THE FACTORY AND THAT HE PERSONALLY HAS SEEN 40 OR SO VEHICLES IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE AND THAT HIS OWN VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED FOR THE SAME THING. I THEN CALLED CLYDE REVORD BACK AND SPOKE WITH FRANK THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE STATED THAT HE HAS NO EVIDENCE OF THERE BEING A PROBLEM WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SPEEDWAY CHEVROLET WAS GETTING THEIR INFO AND THAT "THAT'S A BUNCH OF BOLOGNA" HE ALSO STATED THAT CONTRARY TO THERE POLICY OF PROVIDING EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO HELP ME OR COVER THIS ISSUE UNDER WARRANTY. I THEN CONTACTED SMOKEY POINT PONTIAC GMC AND THEY TOO HAVE SEEN ISSUES WITH THESE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY ON FEBRUARY 25, 2002. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFOR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004110February 15, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT 70MPH, AND FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUSTAINED MAJOR BODY INJURIES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8003789February 8, 2002
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS, P265/70R16, DOT 8X72WLI, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2001, GMC, YUKON WITH 19000 MILES, DURING TIRE ROTATION DEALER NOTICED BOTH REAR TIRES AND FRONT RIGHT TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT PROBLEM WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9005669February 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DUE TO ELECTRICAL LOCKS FAILED AND CAR TOTAL LOSS
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757860February 6, 2002
TRAILER HITCHES
ON 8/7/2001 I TOOK MY GMC YUKON XL TO THE DEALER AND REQUESTED THEY REPLACE MY FACTORY INSTALLED HEAVY DUTY TRAILER RECEIVER HITCH DUE TO IT BENDING UP APPROXIMATELY 3" DUE TO THE TORSION BARS PULLING UP ON THE HITCH TO PUT MORE WEIGHT ON THE FRONT WHEELS. I AM TOWING A 26' HI-LO TRAVEL TRAILER THAT IS CONSIDERABLY LESS WEIGHT THAN THE GMC HITCH IS DESIGNED FOR. I HAVE PULLED THIS SAME TRAILER WITH THE SAME TRAILER HITCH BALL, TORSION BARS, SWAY BARS PULLING IT WITH MY 1997 FORD EXPLORER. THE TRAILER HITCH RECEIVER NEVER BENT LIKE THE GMC RECEIVER HITCH DID ON MY FIRST TRIP TO CANADA. I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, MR. HOLZHAVER, AND SHOWED HIM BOTH THE GMC BENT RECEIVER HITCH AND THE FORD EXPLORER UNDAMAGED RECEIVER HITCH. HE REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TRAILER HITCH AND SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. THE DESIGN OF THIS TRAILER RECEIVER HITCH IS UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BEND UP 3 INCHES WHEN THE TORSION BARS ARE INSTALLED. IF THE HITCH BREAKS LOOSE THIS 26' TRAILER COULD COME LOOSE CAUSING A DEVASTATING ACCIDENT ON OUR HIGHWAYS. YOUR CO-OPERATION IN GETTING THIS HITCH REPLACED AND REDESIGNED WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003654February 6, 2002
STEERING
WHEN TRAVELING AT 55MPH OR HIGHER AND GOING OVER A LITTLE BUMP/ HILL VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S FLOATING. DRIVER FEELS THAT IT'S HARD TO STEER. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757720February 4, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS DUE TO INCOMPATIBILITY WITH DEXCOOL COOLANT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757682February 2, 2002
SEAT BELTS
WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE WE NOTICED THE HEAD LINER PLUGS WERE MISSING THEY TOLD US TO BRING THE CAR BACK AND THEY WILL PUT THEM IN.THEY ATTEMEPTED TO INSTALL THE PLUGS AND NOTICED THERE WERE NO CLIPS INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE. NEVER INSPECTED ,ALSO ON 2-1-02 WE WERE DRIVING IN THE VEHICLE WERE MY DAUGHTERS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT WITH THERE SEAT BELTS ON AND MY HUSBAND STEPPED ON HIS BRAKES MY 10 YR. OLD FELL FORWARD AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE SAID MY SEAT BELT CAME OUT WE TURNED AND SAW THAT THE BOLT OF THE SEAT BELT WAS ALL THE WAY OUT.WE THINK THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN PROPERLY INSPECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757253January 23, 2002
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
HORRIBLE ODOR EMITTED THRU VENTILATION SYSTEM. DON'T KNOW IF ASSOCIATED BUT MY FAMILY HAS BEEN ILL WITH ALOT OF RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, WALKING PNEUMONIA (2OUT OF 4) IN SAME WEEK , AND MY 5YR OLD HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY VIOLENT VOMITING. I TOOK YUKON TO MARTIN GMC SAID ODOR WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY EITHER MOLD/FUNGUS IN THE EVAPORATOR & COILS. THE SMELL IS VERY STRONG AND NAUSEATING . THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS THRU GMC ON THIS PROBLEM. I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY FAMILIES HEALTH SINCE I HAVE CHRONIC ASTHMA AND MY CHILDREN HAVE ALLERGIES. THE DEALER IS GOING TO PUT A COATING OF CHEMICALS ON THE EVAPORATOR COILS THAT WILL (KILL?) MOLD AND FUNUS, THEN THEY WILL INSTALL AN ELECTONIC EVAPORATOR DRYER. I HOPE THIS IS GOING TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION AND NOT BE JUST A TEMPORARY FIX BECAUSE MOLD IS VERY HARD TO ERRADICATE IF YOU DO NOT GET TO THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. I AM UPSET THAT A NEW CAR CAN HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND I'VE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY HEALTH RISKS DUE TO THIS? THE SMELL IS AWFUL AND STRONG EVEN WITH THE A/C OFF. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY OTHER POSSIBLE REMEDIES TO THIS PROBLEM. YOU CAN EMAIL ME @ [email protected] .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002501January 18, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
CONSUMER APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND PEDAL WENT TO THE GROUND, RESULTING IN EMERGENCY BRAKE MALFUNCTIONING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002502January 18, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
EMERGENCY PARK BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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