GMC Yukon Complaints (1997)

133 consumer complaints on file.

#550367January 11, 2000
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SUSPENSION FAILURE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE / VIBRATE UNCONTROLABLY. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716458December 26, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ERRATIC POWER STEENING CONTROL WHILE IN TURNS AND HIGHWAY DRIVING, NOT ALWAYS PRESENT, BUT ABLE TO REPRODUCE WITH PATIENTS OF DEALER ON TEST DRIVE. SINCE NEW DEALER HAS SAID IT WAS TIRE BALANCING AND ALIGNMENT WHICH THEY ATTEMPED TO CORRECT SEVERAL TIME. AFTER ONE OF THESE CORRECTION IN AUG 99, PROBLEM BECAME MORE APPARENT . WIFE IS DRIVER AND I ALWAYS TOOK THEIR WORD FOR CORRECTION UNTIL I INSISTED THERE IS OTHER PROBLEM AND FIND IT. SO FAR THEY HAVE REPLACED STEERING BOX, PUT ON 4 NEW TIRES AND WHEELS AMONG A HOST OF BALANCING/ALIGNMENTS ETC , NO CORRECTIONS AS OF YET. STEERING WHEEL PULLS ERADICTLY/SHUDDERS FEELS GONE AT TIMES. IS INTERM AT TIMES BUT MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED OF LATE. BRAKES; THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OCCASIONS WHERE THE BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN APPLIED HEAVILY, I LEARNED THIS BY ASKING WIFE AND DUPLICATED IT ON NURMEROUS OCCASIONS WITH ERRATIC REACTION OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716225December 19, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
RE: TRANSMISSION. REPLACED WHEN THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON IT, THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILED, I WAS TOLD, AS THE DIRECT RESULT OF TOWING A 7,300 POUND RV ON FLAT TERRAIN IN OVERDRIVE. MY OWNER'S MANUAL STATES I MAY TOW IN OVERDRIVE. I PAID. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716010December 13, 1999
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 30 MPH AND OVER , THE STEERING RELEASES FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THE VEHICLES WANDER ALL OVER THE PLACE . ALSO THE STEERING FEEL LOOSE AT ALL TIMES. ALSO WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES SOMETIMES THE TRUCK DOESN'T STOP , I ALSO DON'T THINK THE ABS IS WORKING PROPERLY. I TRIED IT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND I NEVER FELT THE PEDAL SHAKE . I HAD A 1995 YUKON BEFORE AND IT WORKED FINE. 8AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851239November 26, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY STEERING WAS SO SENSITIVE THAT THE CAR WOULD SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852607November 5, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-55MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PLAY IN IT. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE IS UNCONTROLLEABLE AT TIMES. HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH DEALERSHIP, BUT WILL CALL SOON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714210November 2, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
EOV SENSOR FAILED CAUSING ERRATIC STEERING--SCARY STUFF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713963October 27, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THIRD TIME IN SIX MONTHS FOR FUEL INJECTION PROBLEMS BARELY RUNS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548890October 5, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER VARIABLE ASSIST STEERING IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL DUE TO STEERING WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849228September 29, 1999
STEERING
STEERING SYSTEM MALFUNCATIONED WHILE MAKING A TURN. STEERING WAS VERY LOOSE, IT FELT LIKE DRIVING 'ON ICE" WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUS EOF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712499September 29, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SEATS
ENGINE: A SPARK KNOCK HAS EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED EVENTUALLY GETTING TO THE POINT THAT IS WAS VERY NOTICEABLE EVEN AT 60 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND, CONTINUALLY. DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPUTER COMPONENTS AND EVENTUALLY SERVICE THE HEADS AND INTAKE BY REMOVING AND CLEANING CARBON. 3,000 MILES LATER THE PROBLEM IS BEGINNING AGAIN. GAS MILEAGE HAS SUFFERED TO 3 MPG LESS THAN WHEN ORIGINALLY PURCHASED. THE DRIVERS SEAT BASE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LOOSNESS. A/C IDLER BELT TENSIONER REPLACED. POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKED. POSER STEERING CONTROL WOULD BE LOST IN RIGHT TURNS AND VALVING HAD TO BE REPLACED. A/C DOES NOT COOL ADEQUATELY AFTER ENGINE WAS LAST SERVICED BY REMOVING HEADS AND INTAKE, REPORTED TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712101September 25, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE TRANSMISSION STILL CLUNKS EVERYTIME I START DRIVING THE CAR FROM A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848541September 23, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED, INDICATING ENGINE MISFIRING. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS BEING CAUSED BY FUEL INJECTORS CLOGGED UP CAUSED BY GASOLINE FORMULA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846498September 22, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHENEVER TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, IT WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY. WOULD ALMOST LOSE CONTROL. HAD HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711415September 15, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY MOVED COUNTER CLOCKWISE SLIGHTLY. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN A SPAN OF ABOUT 5 MINUTES DURING A 5 HOUR TRIP. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM. IT FELT AS IF I LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847280September 9, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, STEERING, STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY TURNS EITHER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE GEAR BOX, THE STEERING SENSOR AND THE COMPUTER MODULE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710744August 31, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING STICKS AT ANY SPEED. OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN YOU MAKE RIGHT TURNS OR GO INTO RIGHT CURVES. POWER STEERING HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT A FEW TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710571August 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED TO ADEQUATELY ENGAGE AND STOP THE YUKON UNDER SUDDEN STOP SITUATIONS. THE BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE ADEQUATELY AND THE VEHCILE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT COULD BE SUMMARIZED AS FLOATING FORWARD FOR AT LEAST 30 FEET WHICH HAS RESULTED IN 2 CRASHES INTO THE REAR OF OTHER VEHICLES. WHEN THE DEALER WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, A SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH ALL GMC/CHEVROLET SUVS. GMC'S ONLY SUGGESTION WAS TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER TO HAVE THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EXAMINE IT. I BELIEVE THAT YOUR RECENTLY NEGOTIATED RECALL WITH GM SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE 1997 MODELS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#782857August 25, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
DRIVESHAFT FAILURE CAUSES VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD. *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844548August 6, 1999
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING JERKS AND STEERS BY ITSELF. DEALER NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. NO REPAIRWORK DONE. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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