GMC Yukon Complaints (1999)

231 consumer complaints on file.

#718064January 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES PULL LEFT, EXCESS PEDAL TRAVEL - SERVICED 3 TIMES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854779January 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ATLESS THAN 5MPH LIGHT SNOW FELL ON GROUND. COUNSUMER WAS MANEUVERING AROUND BACKYARD AND APPLIED FOOT TO THE BRAKES, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR FURHTER THAN THE ACCELERATOR,CAUSING CONSUMER TO KEEP MOVING/ DIDN'T STOP, AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. CONSUMER WAS NOT HURT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND CHECKED BRAKE SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855338January 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED THE ANTI-SKID BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAD TO STAND ON THE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BEFORE VEHICLE FINALLY CRUISED TO A COMPLETE STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717669January 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OWNER APPLIED BRAKES QUICKLY AND ABS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. OWNER HAD TO APPLY FULL WEIGHT TO PEDAL USING BOTH FEET TO EVENTUALLY STOP VEHICLE TO AVOID COLLISION. IN MY 25 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER FELT SO UNSAFE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855164January 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS SWITCHING LANES. CONSUMER WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES, AND VEHICLE KEPT GOING, WENT INTO THE MEDIAN. ALSO, WAS PULSATING WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715935December 11, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES PULL HARD TO LEFT. SALESMAN SAID IT WOULD "GO AWAY" AFTER 1000 MILES. IT DIDN'T. HAD SERVICED. STILL DIDN'T FIX. MADE IT WORSE. FRONT BREAK PADS ARE WEARING ALSO. YOUR DATABASE SAID THE SAME/SINILAR PROBLEM EXISTS WITH SUBURBAN. NO MENTION OF YUKON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853931December 9, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
OWNER APPLIED BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549776December 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852743November 9, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND GOING FORWARD NOTICED THAT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE LEFT AND HEARD A NOISE. CONTACTED DEALET WHO SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED. PRESENTLY, WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE JERKS TO LEFT. DRIVER HAS TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT OR ELSE IT WILL JUMP OUT OF HIS HAND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713642October 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LOCKED UP WHILE AVOIDING HITTING A DEER. ALTHOUGH I STOMPED/STAYED AND STEERED TO THE LEFT, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED FORWARD, SLIDING INTO A HILL AND GENTLY ROLLING OVER ONTO DRIVER SIDE. TIRES TRACKS ON DIRT ROAD SHOW THAT TIRES WERE TURNED AND LOCKED - PUSHING THE DIRT AND SLIDING, WHEREAS THEY SHOULD'VE PULSED. HAD THE ABS WORKED I'M SURE ACCIDENT WOULD'VE BEEN AVOIDED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#712934October 7, 1999
TIRES
NOTICEABLE VIBRATION AT SPEEDS GREATER THAT 60 MPH. REPLACED TIRES WITH NO REDUCTION. ALL OTHER MODELS ON DEALER LOT HAS SIMILAR VIBRATION PROBLEMS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849989October 5, 1999
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE DARTS OFF TO THE RIGHT. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847218September 8, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN EMERGENCY STOPPING THE PEDAL NEARLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845461August 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE FRONT BRAKES WOULD OVERHEAT & BECOME SLUGGISH. ALSO, VEHICLE'S WOULD STALL OUT AFTER BEING IDLED OR STOPPED. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845311August 18, 1999
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHILE MAKING RIGHT TURNS. STEERING WHEEL WOULD JERK AND VEHICLE WOULD WANDER. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL, AND NO SERVICE BULLETIN WAS AVAILABLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709781August 9, 1999
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
STEERING BECOMES ERRATIC/ VERY LOOSE/ MUCH MOVEMENT IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN BUMP IN THE ROAD IS ENCOUNTERED. VERY HARD TO KEEP IN A LANE. BEEN TO DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM TWICE/NO RESULTS! I FEEL IT IS PUTTING MYSELF AND OTHERS IN DANGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709660August 6, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN REVERSE BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. IT WAS PLACED BACK IN PARK AND LEFT RUNNING IN MY GARAGE. I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO LOOK OVER THE EXTIERIOR FOR PROBLEMS; NONE FOUND. I THEN KICKED/PUSHED THE BACK BUMPER AND IMMEDIATELY HEARD A CLUNK, THE VEHICLE WAS THROWN INTO REVERSE AND HEADED AT ME. IT CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, MY OTHER VEHICLE PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND MY HOUSE. I WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY THIS DRIVER-LESS VEHICLE. I DO HAVE A WITNESS THAT SAW THE VEHICLE CHARGING AT ME.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844209August 3, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. HAD TO APPLY BRAKES (ABS) QUICKLY, WHICH FAILED TO WORK. VEHICLE THEN DOVE INTO CONCRETE COVER. UPON IMPACT, THE DUAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT JERKED HARD ON DRIVER, CAUSING BRUISES. GMC FILE NUMBER 99-153-17801. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#709400July 29, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A SNOW FURRY I THE SNOW PACKED UP ON THE HIGH-BEAM HEAD LAMPS THAT WERE NOT IN USE IN THE HEAVY PART OF THE SNOW STORM. THESE LAMP'S COLLECTED THE WET SNOW AND IT PACKED OVER THE LAMP SO MUCH SO WHEN THEY WERE ACTIVATED "NO LIGHT' OF WHICH, WOULD BE OF USE, ON WET ROADS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAME ON THE HIGH-BEAM WAS OF NO USE AT ALL !!! THE PROBLEM; WHEN YOU ACTIVATE THE HIGH-BEAM THE HEADLAMP PROGRAM IS FOR THE "L0W-BEAM' TO GO OUT **** THIS LEAVES YOU THE DRIVER WITH-OUT ANY HEAD-LIGHTS AT ALL AND IN THIS CASE I MEAN NO LIGHT AT ALL . I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 ON A 2 LANE ROAD IN NEVADA, IN A SLOW LEFTHAND CURVE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THANKFULLY I NOW THE ROAD VERY WILL AND I DRIVE CLASS A TRUCKS FOR A LIVING FOR THE PASSED 18 YEARS SO " I' DIDN'T FREEZE-UP WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SOMETIME SOON IF NOT CORRECTED (GMC CAN DO A SIMPLE WIRE RE-CONFIGUREATION AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM TOMARROW ) SOMONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED OR INJURED. I HAVE 1.75 "MILLION MILES' OF SAFE DRIVING UNDER MY BELT AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EVER FELT SO STRONG ON A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WRITTEN ANYONE. I WROTE GMC AND THE LETTER I GOT BACK DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL THEY WILL ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AT ALL. PER VEH THIS IS SUCH A LOW COST CORRECTION. BUT IF LEFT UN-CORRECTED THE COST CAN BE SO HIGH, NOT JUST IN MONEY BUT IN LIVES. THANK YOU FRANK B. RUSTAD CC ABC, NBC, CBS, L. A. TIMES, SALT LAKE TRIBUINE, SAN FRANCISCO-CRONICLE, .
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709213July 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ALL FOUR FRONT BRAKE PADS WAS COMPLETELY WORN AND DAMAGED. THE FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT GMC INSIST THAT BRAKES WERE NOT PART OF WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH WHEN I TOOK VEHICLE INTO GMC DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION GMC DEALER INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A KNOWN FACT AT GMC THAT THE ORIGINAL BRAKES ON THE YUKON ONLY LASTED 10,000 TO 17,000 MILES. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN TO THE CONSUMER EVEN THOUGH IT IS WIDELY DOCUMENTED WITHIN GMC. THIS IS A KNOWN HAZARD THAT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED AND FIXED VIA A VEHICLE RECALL BY GMC. INSTEAD GMC PUTS THE EXPENSE OF THE REPAIR ON THE CONSUMER WHO IS UNFAIRLY, AND UNREASONABLE CAUGHT OFF GUARDS PAYING UPWARDS OF $35K FOR A NEW 1999 VEHICLE UNAWARE THAT THEY WILL NEED TO SPEND ADDITIONAL MONIES TO REPLACE THE BRAKES EVERY 10,000-17,000 MILES. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE SQUEAKING OF MY BRAKES IS THE ONLY WARNING SIGN THE VEHICLE GIVES THE UNSUSPECTING OWNER THAT THE BRAKES HAVE DETERIORATED. THIS CONDITION IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT WILL ENDANGER LIVES AND GMC SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES AND BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE BRAKE REPAIRS NOT THE UNSUSPECTING CONSUMER WHO BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN GOOD FAITH AND IS NOW "STIFFED WITH A BILL" FOR COSTLY REPAIRS ON A NEW VEHICLE 1999 THAT HAS BY ALL STANDARDS HAS LOW MILEAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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