GMC Yukon Complaints (1999)

231 consumer complaints on file.

#10065146March 29, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN SUDDEN ACCELERATION, THEN, VEHICLE WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061286March 3, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH CONSUMER DROVE ACROSS A RAIL ROAD CROSSING. AFTER CROSSING THE TRACK CONSUMER FELT THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME WAS CRACKED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE NEAR THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. DEALER CONFIRMED THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK, BUT WOULD NOT ASSIST THE CONSUMER IN FIXING THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058363February 17, 2004
TIRES
I BOUGHT A NEW GMC YUKON THAT CAME WITH BF GOODRICH LONG TRAIL SIZE P245/75 R16 NEW ON THE YUKON. THE SUMMER OF 2000 WITH AROUND 12000 MILES ON THE TIRES I HAD A BLOW OUT GOING AROUND 70 ON A REAR TIRE. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I HAD ONE OF THE TIRES GO BAD/ HAD A BUBBLE DEVELOP ON THE TREAD. THIS LAST WEEKEND I HAD ANOTHER TIRE DEVELOP A BUBBLE ON THE TREAD. LAST YEAR THE SERIAL NUMBER FROM THE BAD TIRE WAS AP70HK11478. THE BLOWOUT I DID NOT GET THE SERIAL NUMBER AND THE ONE OVER THE LAST WEEKEND I HAVE NOT GOT THE NUMBER FROM THAT TIRE AT THIS TIME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048719November 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT WERE RUSTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047819November 12, 2003
STEERING
WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT IT WOULD FEEL REAL LOOSE. CONSUMER WOULD LOSE CONTROL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO SECONDS. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042896October 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE HAD A RUSTED REAR AXLE THAT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE RIMS AND TIRES WERE OVERSIZED TO MUFFLE THE SOUND AND HIDE THE NOISE WHICH WOULD HAVE SENT OUT A SIGNAL THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042897October 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
VEHICLE HAD A RUSTED REAR AXLE THAT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE RIMS AND TIRES WERE OVERSIZED TO MUFFLE THE SOUND, AND HIDE THE NOISE WHICH WOULD HAVE SENT OUT A SIGNAL THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040379September 23, 2003
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING FUEL SMELL WAS COMING THROUGH AIR CONDITIONER VENTS. DEALER HAD INSPECTED VEHICLE THREE TIMES, BUT AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037491September 8, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT SHEARED TWICE IN THREE MONTHS, MAKING A SLOW SPEED SHARP LEFT U-TURN. 1999 GMC YUKON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024757June 23, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021064June 5, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHEILD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLYON A FAMILY TRIP HAD TO GET OUT AND TAP THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR BOX ON THE FIREWELL, AND THEN THEY WORK. I LEARNED OF A RECALL,BUT IT DIDN'T EXTEND TO THE YEAR 1999 I THINK IT SHOULD,AND IF YOU THINK IT SHOULD PLEASE SEND ME A RECALL. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018533May 12, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
QUICK CHANGE CONNECTOR ON THE MANIFOLD IS MANUFACTURED FROM A DISSIMILAR METAL CAUSING PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE FITTING RESULTING IN A LOSS OF COOLANT. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10011011March 25, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTION IS A PROBLEM IN MY 1999 YUKON. GMC DOES NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUSE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009325February 25, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THE FUEL PUMP OVERHEATED TO THE POINT WHERE IT MELTED THE WIRE TO THE TOP OF THE TANK, THEN PROCEEDED TO MELT A WHOLE IN THE CONNECTOR GOING TO THE GAS TANK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005444February 7, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER
DRIVER SIDE ELECTRIC SEAT HEATER OVERHEATED CAUSING A BURN TO THE SEAT COVER (NOT TO MENTION MY BACKSIDE). PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10004719January 27, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
SPEEDOMETER AND BRAKING LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. ALSO VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT ABOVE 2ND GEAR. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE(ECM) WAS FLOODED WITH GASOLINE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR. DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT CONSUMER REPLACE ALL 8 INJECTORS BECAUSE THEY ARE EXHIBITING THE SAME POTENTIAL TO FAIL/LEAK.*AK HARNESS, CPI FUEL, METER, VCM, CORE RETURN, SEAL AND SWITCH ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000885January 9, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ALIGNMENT SHOP REPORTED TREAD SEPARATION ON ONE TIRE; HAD TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON ANOTHER TIRE CONFIRMED BY DEALERSHIP BACK IN DEC. 2002; REPLACED A THIRD TIRE APPROX. SUMMER OF 2001 DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. ALL TIRES ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999 GMC YUKON WITH APPROX. 35,000 MILES: B.F. GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A - SIZE 245/75R16
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003930December 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
REFUSAL TO HONOR NATIONALLY ADVERTISED WARRANTY PROGRAM FOR REPAIRS WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE FIRE. WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRED SO THE CONSUMER ASSUMED. SIX HOURS THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. THE CONSUMER LATER LEARNED, THE FIRE WAS DUE TO IMPROPER REPAIRS BY THE DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#770273November 30, 2002
TIRES
THE COMPLETE TIRE ID IS 31520EXBM2030T-2. THE TIRE SEPERATED IN THE SIDEWALL AT 70 MPH ON A STRAIT RURAL HIGHWAY AT 60F TEMPERATURE. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACE THE TIRE WITHOUT INCIDENT. JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT IT. THERE IS ALMOST NO VISABLE WEAR ON THE TIRE PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUT. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008556November 15, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
UNINTENDED POWER ASSIST TO THE RIGHT OCCURS WHEN EITHER TURNING LEFT OR GOING STRAIGHT. OCCURS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS.---- DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS-----------------769741. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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