GMC Yukon Complaints (1997)

133 consumer complaints on file.

#784933October 9, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE CAR SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AFTER DRIVING 30-35 MILES, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON AND PROBLEM BEGINS, MECHANICS SAID THIS IS A FAULTY VALVE AND WAS REPLACED 4 TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS.*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731788September 18, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY LEAK AT SIDEMOUNT POSITIVE TERMINAL CORRODING CABLE CONNECTION AND BRAKE LINE METAL TO RUBBER LINE CONNECTION. DEALER SAYS THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL BUT NO WARRANTY APPLIES EXCEPT ON BATTERY. BATTERY STORE SAYS THIS IS COMMON WITH DELCO SIDEMOUNT TERMINAL BATTERIES. CORROSSION THROUGH BRAKE LINE CONNECTION COULD CAUSE LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND BRAKING. CORROSION IN CABLE COULD DISABLE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. BATTERY WAS REPLACED WITH DIFFERENT MODEL HAVING REINFORCED CASE AT THE TERMINAL. CORROSION ON OTHER COMPONENTS NEUTRALIZED WITH ANTI CORROSIVE SOLUTION, AND BRAKE LINE TESTED FOR LEAKS. BATTERY CABLE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728343August 18, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726683August 4, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725838July 23, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
LOST CONTROL OF TRUCK MOMENTARILY WHILE MAKING A SLOW TURN. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE INTERMITENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725417July 14, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
TRANSMISSION FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES. AAMCO MECHANIC INDICATES IT WAS A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH GMC AND CHEVROLET VEHICLES AT 35K TO 90K MILES. I HAVE SINCE SPOKEN WITH FOUR PERSONS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TROUBLE. GMC DENIES TROUBLE WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. IS THERE A LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES OCCURRING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865450July 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN STARTED TO SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. PARKED & LEFT THE VEHICLE & IT CAUGHT FIRE NEAR THE FUEL TANK AREA. PRIOR TO IT CATCHING ON FIRE, IT WAS STALLING OUT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. TOWED TO MECHANIC & CAUSE OF FIRE OR STALLING WAS NOT LOCATED. GM DIDN'T ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865194July 11, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EA0013, BATTERY LEAKS ACID; WHILE DRIVING WOULD LOSE POWER. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD CUT OFF. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BATTERY WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING. BATTERY WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725087July 7, 2000
STEERING
STEERING SPEED SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACE TWICE BUT VEHICLE STILL OCCASIONALLY VEERS RAPIDLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, SOMETIMES INTO ONCOMMING TRAFFIC, WHEN SENSOR MALFUNCTIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724676June 28, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER ASSIST CAUSES VERY LOOSE STEERING. COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724677June 28, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER ASSIST CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO BE EXTREMELY LOOSE. COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724678June 28, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER ASSIST CAUSES STEERING TO BECOME EXTREMELY LOOSE. COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864014June 22, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A CARWASH BATTERY DIED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE IN NEED OF A JUMP. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THREE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864005June 21, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
EA00013/BATTERY LEAKS ACID: BATTERY IS LEAKING FROM BOTH NEGATIVE/POSITIVE POST. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#861845May 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL IT FEELS SPONGY, AND CAUSES VEHICLE NOT TO STOP AS QUICKLY AS IT SHOULD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860602April 19, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ELECTRONIC FUEL PUMP IS GETTING HOT AND OVERHEATING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING. DEALER'S SOLUTION IS TO KEEP VEHICLE FULL OF GAS, OR REPLACE FUEL PUMP WITH THE SAME DESIGN PUMP. DEFECT CAN RESULT IN FIRE OR ACCIDENT. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858184March 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 65MH CONSUMER HIT BRAKES BECAUSE VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED VERY FAST. UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE SWERVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND LOST CONTROL. STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING VERY BADLY. FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. CONTACTED DEALER. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL HAD MOVED UNEXPECTEDLY AT HIGH SPEEDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718922February 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP IN MCDONOUGH, GA THAT FIXED THIS TRUCK THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON AT ALL THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM ON THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS OF THE TRANSMISSION - EST COST $2000.00 TO FIX. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718479February 8, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
THE STEERING WHEEL, WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING, WILL SUDDENLY JERK TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT AS IF YOU ARE NOT THE ONE DRIVING. IT WILL JUST ABOUT SEND YOU INTO THE DITCH OR INOT ONCOMING TRAFFIC! I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND THE STATED SINCE MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THERE IS NO RECALL, IT WOULD COST ME $300. NOW, I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND I NEED A LARGE VEHICLE FOR ROOM, BUT THIS STEERING PROBLEM IS BAD! SOME ONE'S GOING TO GET KILLED!!ITS THAT BAD11 MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE YUKON ONE DAY AND HAD TO FIGHT THE WHEEL TO KEEP IT INTHE ROAD. PLEASE HELP, WE NEED A FORMAL RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717364January 15, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
DURING ROUTINE DRIVING WHILE MAKING A TURN AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY PULL IN DIRECTION OF TURN WITHOUT ANY STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT. FRIEND OF MINE WITH SAME VEHICLE (EXCEPT GAS POWERED) HAD SAME PROB. AND WAS ADVISED IT WAS A STEERING RELAY IN THE COLUMN AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED EASILY. CONCERN: DURING CORNERING A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED OR DURING EVASIVE OR DEFENSIVE MANEUVERING - MAY CAUSE VEHICLE ROLLOVER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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