GMC Yukon XL Complaints (2004)

129 consumer complaints on file.

#10212116December 17, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER IS STARTING TO INCREASE IN A TICKING SORT OF WAY, SOMETIMES GETTING STUCK AND/OR PEGGING OUT AT 120MPH THEN FALLING BACK INTO RANGE. IT STARTED WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED ABOUT 45,500 MILES. IT NOW HAS 45,600 MILES ON IT, AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10211765December 12, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER IS READING INCORRECTLY ON 2004 GMC YUKON. IT READS 60 MPH WHEN STOPPED AND OVER 120 MPH AT APPROX 60 MPH. MY ONLINE RESEARCH HAS UNCOVERED THOUSANDS OF THESE FAILURES AND SEVERAL POSSIBLE CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ARE IN THE BEGINNING PROCESS. GMC, TO DATE, HAS ISSUED NO RECALL - THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SAFETY ISSUE - WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD OR NOT - WHAT DO WE DO NEXT? *TR
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0
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#10210070November 27, 2007
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
IN SEPT. OF 2007, I NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE EACH TIME I OPENED THE BACK HATCH. WHEN I INVESTIGATED THE SOURCE, I OPENED THE BACK HATCH WINDOW AND THE HINGES THAT HELD THE GLASS TO THE BODY OF THE CAR WERE SEPARATING CAUSING THE WINDOW TO FALL AWAY ON A TILT. I CAN NO LONGER OPEN THE WINDOW FOR FEAR IT WILL COMPLETELY COME AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. IT IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND I CAN NO LONGER OPEN THE BACK HATCH AT ALL ANY LONGER. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN HIT OR DAMAGED IN ANY WAY AND THE BACK WINDOW HAS RARELY BEEN USED IN THE 3 YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT. I HAVE FOUND WEBSITES WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE HINGES. *TR
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10206645October 23, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
NO INCIDENT RESULTING IN CRASHES OR INJURIES. HOWEVER, FAILURE TO INFORMATION CLUSTER INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE VITAL INFORMATION IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE SAFELY. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10204472September 30, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STICKS ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON XL, IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS. I HAVE "RESET" THE SPEEDOMETER NUMEROUS TIMES BY TURNING THE IGNITION KEY ALMOST TO THE START POSITION BUT AFTER @ 10 MILES, IT WILL BE STUCK AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203397September 19, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER BECOMING ERRATIC ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON XL ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. NOTHING SEEMS TO FIX IT AND IT IS REALLY A SAFETY ISSUE. AS A MEMBER OF THE US MILITARY AND A FIREFIGHTER I FEEL I PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE ENOUGH. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL WEB-SITES WITH LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ON MANY DIFFERENT GM VEHICLES (MOSTLY TRUCKS AND SUV'S). THIS SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT AND SUES GM OR IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES FOR A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY TO GET THE POINT. I HAD THIS PART QUOTED TO ME AT $480 AND DON'T FEEL IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS CONSIDERING ALL THESE OTHER PEOPLES PROBLEMS. *TR UPDATED 10/10/07 *TR
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10201905September 5, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE ABOVE 10 MPH. SHE ADDED OIL TO THE ENGINE AND PLANS TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10196598July 17, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2004 GMC YUKON. THE SPEEDOMETER WORED S ERATICALLY. IT EITHER DID NOT REGISTRAR THE CORRECT SPEED OR DID NOT WORK AT ALL. AT TIMES, APPEARED TO REGISTRAR THE CORRECT VEHICLE SPEED. IN ANY CASE IT HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION BECAUSE OF NOT KNOWING FOR CERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THE SPEED VEHICLEWAS TRAVELING WAS CORRECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10195345July 5, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER OF 2004 YUKON SLOWED WHILE DRIVING ,CAUSING ME TO SPEED UP TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT CRUISING SPEED. AFTER A WHILE I REALIZED I WAS INCREASING VELOCITY WHILE THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED A DECREASE IN VELOCITY. THE PROBLEM CHANGED TO RESULT IN A SPEEDOMETER REGISTERING OVER 120 MPH CONSTANTLY EVEN WHEN STOPPED. RESEARCH SHOWS WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT GMC LINE OF VEHICLES WITH SPEEDOMETERS. *A
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10194732June 27, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IT IS FUNNY WE HAVE HAD TWO GMC YUKON XL IN OUR FAMILY AND THE SPEEDODIMETER HAS STOP WORKING IN BOTH. THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THESES. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL AND WHY NOT? IT SEEMS FROM WHAT WE WERE TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE CARS JUST GO OUT OF WARRANTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10194021June 22, 2007
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
I HAD A TIRE FAILURE WITH A SET OF GOOD YEAR EAGLES LS1. THE TIRE HAD FIVE TO SIX CRACKS IN THE INNER AND OUTER SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST ONE TIRE, BUT, IT ENDED UP BEING ALL FOUR TIRES. I TOOK THE TIRE IN TO GET ANOTHER ONE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THE TIRES WERE FLAWED AND THAT I WOULD AND OR SHOULD REPLACE THEM AS THEY WERE NOW A SAFETY HAZARD. I ENDED UP HAVING TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES. MY QUESTION IS, AT WHAT POINT DOES A TIRE BECOME FLAWED? AND WHO SHOULD BEAR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO LOSE A LIFE BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THESE TIRE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE? I CONTACTED GOOD YEAR AND I GOT THE SUBSTANDARD RESPONSE THAT I HAD GOT A FAIR PRICE FOR NEW TIRES, AFTER ALL, THEY DID PRORATE THEM. AGAIN, AT WHAT POINT IS A TIRE FLAWED? AND SHOULD THE CONSUMER HAVE TO BEAR THE COSTS FOR THESE CORPORATIONS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190121May 8, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILST DRIVING ON I-10 IT WAS NOTED THE INDICATED SPEED WAS LESS THAN POSTED. I ACCELERATED , BUT THE INDICATED SPEED DID NOT INCREASE. BY THE TIME I REALIZED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING INCORRECTLY I WAS ZOOMING PAST OTHER TRAFFIC. I WAS LIKELY TRAVELING 90 MPH IN THE 70 MPH ZONE. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE EVENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILURES WERE VERY COMMON IN 2003 AND 2004 GM/GMC VEHICLES, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . HE TOLD ME IF HE HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY ONE HE REPLACED HE WOULD BE A RICH MAN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190017May 7, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE A 2004 GMC YUKON WITH 46,000 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STARTED STICKING AT RANDOM POINTS ON THE GAUGE. SITTING STILL WITH THE KEY OFF THE SPEEDOMETER CAN READ 10, 50 OR EVEN 70 MPH. AT THE MOMENT THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE INTERMITTENT, AND I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS, AND FOUND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET TAHOE, THE SAME TRUCK AS I HAVE EXCEPT LABELED AS A CHEVROLET . A REPLACEMENT FROM GM IS MORE THAN $500, INCLUDING THEIR INSTALLATION AND RECALIBRATING. I FIND THIS TO BE VERY CONCERNING FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD TO HAVE SUCH A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188030April 16, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
LIKE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND OTHER WEB SIGHTS SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER DO NOT READ CORRECTLY. LAST FRIDAY,I DROVE FROM WICHITA,KANSAS TO WICHITA FALLS,TEXAS AT 100 MPH AND 6000 RPMS ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUMENTS. LUCKILY I HAVE A GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM THAT ALSO GIVES MPH AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE SPEED WITH IT. I ALSO HAD ZERO OIL PRESSURE AT VARIOUS TIMES ACCORDING TO THE GAUGE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MUCH TOO COMMON PROBLEM WITH GMC AND OTHER GM PRODUCTS OF THIS YEAR. I FEEL GM SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND NOT THE PUBLIC THAT HAS SPENT GOOD MONEY TO BUY THESE VEHICLES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187882April 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPOEEDOMETER SHOWS 120 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED. ALSO DOES OPPOSITE AND SHOWS ZERO WHEN IN MOTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186530March 30, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE TOWING OUR BOAT IN HOT WEATHER THE ENGINE STALLS/KILLS LEAVING THE VEHICLE WITH NO POWER STEERING/BRAKES ETC. DEALER CANNOT REPLICATE FAILURE, GM HAS NO FIX HAS KILLED 8 TIMES OVER 3 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. I WANT A FIX. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185120March 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 GMC YUKON XL FROZE AT 60 MPH. AT NEXT USE SPEEDS REGISTERED UP TO 120 MPH. CURRENTLY STILL STUCK AT 60 MPH WHEN PARKED WITH ENGINE OFF. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184969March 13, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD ALL OF THE SUDDEN JUST GO DOWN TO ZERO. ONCE YOU WOULD STOP CAR, TURN OFF AND THEN BACK ON, IT WOULD RESET. IT DID THIS A HALF A DOZEN TIMES, UNTIL THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHILE DRIVING, IT SAID I WAS GOING 70, BUT I SEEMED TO BE PASSING EVERYONE. I SLOWED DOWN, AND NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 70. I STOPPED, TURNED OFF THE CAR AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD TO CONTINUE MY TRIP BY PACING MYSELF WITH OTHER CARS. YESTERDAY, IT SAID I WAS PEGGED OUT GOING OVER 120. IT WOULD NEVER GO BELOW 70. I TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY HAD TO SEND CLUSTER TO BE REPAIRED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SOUNDS LIKE A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. I DON'T THINK THE CONSUMER SHOULD BE STUCK PAYING FOR A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO REPLACE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184107March 3, 2007
STEERING:COLUMN
IN DECEMBER OF 2005, STARTING HEARING A LOUD RATTLE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT SIDE OF MY 2004 GMC YUKON WITH 26,099 MILES. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. THEY WROTE "LUBRICATED BODY MOUNT CUSHIONS". NOW IN FEBRUARY 2007 WITH 46222 MILES THE RATTLE IS BACK. SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I FOUND WWW.TOPIX.NET GMC YUKON SUSPENSION RATTLE WITH COMPLAINTS FROM DOZENS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. GM HAS EVEN CREATED A LUBRICATION KIT FOR IT'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO USE, HOWEVER IT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH IS IN THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALER LIED ABOUT THE SERVICE PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE AND GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE ENTIRE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMNS REPLACED, BUT THE RATTLE CONTINUES. APPARENTLY THERE IS ACTUALLY THE LOWER STEERING COLUMN BEARING THAT NEEDS REPLACED. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IF THE STEERING BEARING WEARS OUT. DOES MY STEERING GO OUT? WILL I HAVE AN ACCIDENT? I HAVE CONTACTED GM REGARDING A RECALL AND NOTHING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10182629February 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, EQUIPMENT
SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT IS COMMON IN THE MODEL AND YEAR I HAVE. SAID IT IS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION AND IT WAS ESTIMATED AT $600 TO REPAIR. THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS SOMETIMES AND STOPS WORKING OTHER TIMES AND GOES HAY WIRE SOMETIMES. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE DEFECT ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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