GMC Yukon Complaints (2003)

308 consumer complaints on file.

#10565437February 22, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
DRIVING ALONG WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I NEEDED TO BRAKE FOR CURVE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I RAN OFF INTO A GRASSY FIELD TO PREVENT A SERIOUS INJURY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10564747February 18, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, SHE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER DISPLAYED AN ERRONEOUS READING OF ZERO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000. UPDATED 04/17/14 MA *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10563226February 6, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING ON HWY GOING APRX 65MPH. VEHICLE SAID REDUCED ENGINE POWER AND STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I HAD TO PULL TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. I MANAGED NOT TO BE REAR ENDED. THIS HAS HAPPENED OFTEN. IT IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. GMC KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO FIND THE PROPER FIX. SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE DUE TO THEIR LACK OF ACTION. IT'S NOT SAFE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10559845January 14, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TO WORK AND I HIT THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS NOT FIRM. I HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD A HARD TIME STOPPING THE BIG SUV AND WOULD HAVE HIT ANOTHER CAR HAD THIS HAPPENED AT A STOP LIGHT OR ANYWHERE WHERE I HAVE TO RELY ON MY BRAKES AS THE STOPPING DISTANCE WAS EASILY QUADRUPLED IF NOT MORE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#10543184September 11, 2013
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING TO WORK AND "REDUCE ENGINE POWER" CAME ON. ENGINE STALLED OUT AND WOULD NOT GAIN SPEED. I WAS IN A LOT OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPEN AND MY VEHICLE CAUSE A INCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ENGINE REDUCED ALL SPEED. GMC SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND INFORM THE PUBLIC OF ALL THE DANGERS THESE VEHICLES ARE CAUSING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THIS IS LUDICROUS THAT GMC DOES NOT HAVE THESE VEHICLE OFF HE STREETS AND DESTROYED KNOWING THAT THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE LIVES IN DANGER. I WILL NEVER EVER BUY A GMC VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10542404September 7, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN; BRAKES JUST COMPLETELY GAVE OUT. I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET TO THE SHOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10538363September 2, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT AFTER GETTING GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAS SHORTAGE DURING THE MAJOR SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH EASTERN UNITED STATES. AS I WAS APPROACHING A LIGHT I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES AND IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I THEN BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC AND WHEN IT WAS PLACED ON A LIFT THEY NOTICED THE ENTIRE BOTTOM OF THE CAR WAS RUSTED INCLUDING THE BRAKE LINES. THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE SYSTEM DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536748August 22, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKE LINES CORROSION CAUSED TOTAL BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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