GMC Yukon Complaints

6,462 consumer complaints on file.

#740606February 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE YUKON IS A WEAK LINK ON AN OTHERWISE GREAT VEHICLE. WE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT THE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR EVERYTIME IT IS USED AND YOU TEND TO WONDER IF THE TRUCK WILL STOP IN TIME. I READ IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK THAT THE YUKON'S BRAKES ON THE 1999 AND LATER TRUCKS WERE RECALLED AND WOULD BET THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME. EITHER WAY I WANT A COMPLAINT LISTED ABOUT THESE LOUSY BRAKES ON THE 98 MODEL YUKON AND MAYBE GMC WILL DESIGN A FIX FOR THIS LOUSY SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740432February 4, 2001
TIRES
I WAS EXITING THE 5 FREEWAY NORTHBOUND ONTO THE 55 NORTH WHEN MY CARRED SUDDENLY TILTED TO THE LEFT SEVERELY. I DID NOT JERK BACK THE WHEEL AND IT STRATIGHTENED ITSELF OUT. I PULLED OVER AND I HAD A FLAT LEFT REAR TIRE. I DROVE TO THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM IW WANTED NEW TIRES (MY WIFE HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NEW TIRES. THEY REFUSED,, IWENT TO COSTCO BOUGHT NEW MICHELLENS . COSTCO FILLED MY FLAT AND THEY COULD NOT GET THE TIRE TO LEAK. IT LOOKED PERFECT AND NEAR NEW. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 8X72WLT TIRESIZE: 26570R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740435February 4, 2001
SEATS
SEAT FRAME IS BROKE AND IS ABOUT TO RESULT IN TOTAL FALURE TO THE MOUNTING . RESULTS IN A POPPING NOISE AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879677February 2, 2001
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
SPARE ON FIRESTONE IS 16 INCH TIRE,. IN OWNERS MANUEL TIRES SUPPOSE TO BE SAME SIZE. THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740291February 1, 2001
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNED TO HOLD MORE THAN THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE ON MORE THAN AN ELEVEN PERCENT GRADE. THE YUKON XL IS ADVERTISED BY GMC TO BE A VEHICLE CAPBABLE OF TOWING A 7800 LB TRAILER. WITH A BOAT TRAILER OR HORSE TRAILER YOU CAN NOT SAFELY PARK ON ANYTHING BUT LEVEL GROUND WITHOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAILER BEING HELD BY THE TRANMISSION PARK. THIS NOT A SAFELY DESIGNED SYSTEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879613February 1, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED COULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP OR TO REDUCE SPEED, BUT THE PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559277January 31, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, STRUCTURE, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
THE HOOD RAISES IN THE WIND WHILE DRIVING, THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. NLLM. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879396January 30, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER FELT VIBRATION AND IN REARVIEW MIRROR COULD SEE TREAD FLAPPING, THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRE HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE SIZE P265/70R16, DOT # V672WL11800. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879257January 29, 2001
SEATS
PASSENGER'S SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPAIRED. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740040January 28, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER ASSIST SEEMS TO PULL ON ITS OWN, FOR NO REASON TO THE LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, KINDA SCARY WHEN IT HAPPENS. I WOULD THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739970January 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
A LADY SLAMMED ON HER BRAKES IN FRONT OF ME WHEN I PUT ON MY BRAKES THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. I THEN PUMPED THE BRAKES AND FELT THEM CATCH. THEY POPPED AND I STOPPED WITH A SUDDEN JERK. I CAME WITHIN MAYBE A INCH OF HITTNG HER. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BRAKE SYSTEM. I TOOK MY CAR IN THINKING MY BRAKES WERE GOING OUT. I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THEY ARE NOT FINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739910January 25, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
ON 12-27-00 WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WHEN I NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM THE READIN LIGHT/DOME LIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT SEAT. I BLEW OUT THE FLAMES, THEM MY HUSBAND PUSHED THE LIGHT FIXTURE UP AND BLEW OUT THE FLAMES STILL BURNING INSIDE. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE LIGHT FIXUTE, THE HEADLINER, AND MY 7-MONTH-OLD SON'S CARSEAT (WHICH HE WAS IN AT THE TIME). ON 12-29-00, MY HUSBAND TOOK THE YUKON TO TRI-VALLEY GMC. HE SPOKE WITH THE SERVICE DIRECTORE, PATRICK MADRAZO, AND SHOWED HIM THE DAMAGES. MR. MADRAZO SAID HE HAD TO SPEAK WITH HIS AREA SERVICE MANAGER, WENDELL WEIGEL. ON 1-8-01, MR MADRAZO CALLED TO SAY THAT MR. WEIGEL DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE LIGHT BEING LEFT ON TOO LONG. MY HUSBAND HAD TOLD MR. MADRAZO ON 12-29-00 AND AGAIN ON 1-8-01 THAT THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON, BUT HE SAID THAT GMC WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAMAGES. WE ARE SURE THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON BECAUSE THAT LIGHT WAS NOT EVEN WORKING. ON 2-2-98, WE TOOK THE YUKON TO HERRERA GMC (SAME DEALERSHIP, DIFFERENT NAME AND LOCATION) BECAUSE THAT READING LIGHT WOULD STOP WORKING WHEN MOVED IN THE SOCKET. THEY LOOKED AT THE YUKON AND "FOUND THE WHITE WIRE FEEDING POWER TO THE READING LIGHT WAS NOT MAKING CONTACT AT ALL TIMES." THEY "REMOVED THE LIGHT CONTACT AND STRIPPED THE WIRE BACK AND REINSTALLED." THE LIGHT WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR, THEN STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. WE DID NOT TAKE IT BACK FOR REPAIR BECAUSE THE YUKON WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. ON 1-8-01, MY HUSBAND CONTACTED GM. HE EXPLAINED THE SITUATION. ON 1-11-01, MAJA PRUDEN (CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER) CALLED. I EXPLAINED THE ENTIRE SITUATION. SHE ASKED IF THE LIGHT WAS ON, AND I SAID NO. SHE WANTED ME TO TAKE THE YUKON TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT. I ASKED IF ALL THE DEALERSHIPS IN THE AREA WOULD HAVE THE SAME AREA SERVICE MANAGER, BECAUSE IF SO, THAT WOULD NOT HELP. ON 1-16-01, MS. PRUDEN CALLED TO SAY THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE WHO COULD LOOK AT IT, THAT GM WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH MR. WEIGEL'S DETERMINATION
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878870January 23, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WITH A FORD ESCORT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY, AND DRIVER RECEIVED BRUISES TO NECK AND HEAD. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#739297January 13, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
COLD AIR FROM HEATER AT LOWER PASSENGER SIDE ALL SETTINGS-GM SAYS SUPPOSED TO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739094January 9, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED IN UP POSITION. DRIVERS SEATBELT WOULD LOCK IN RETRACTED POSITION IF REMOVED WHILE DRIVING AND COULD NOT BE PULLED BACK OUT UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND TURNED OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739098January 9, 2001
SUSPENSION, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
MY WIFES VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD WHERE SHE TRIED TO CORRECT AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER,KILLING HER AS SHE WAS BY HERSELF. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS A COMPLETE DISASTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#877637January 8, 2001
STEERING
ERRATIC STEERING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738956January 7, 2001
TIRES
I DID NOT SAVE EITHER OF THE FAILED TIRES BUT THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW 13 MONTHS AGO.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738856January 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
>LAST OCTOBER (10-19-2000) WE WERE RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO YOSEMITE WITH THE TRAILER. JUST AS WE. NOSAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#738791January 4, 2001
TIRES
TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 26570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26570R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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