1999 Chevrolet Yukon

Fatalities reported

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor1
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
100
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers1
000
Air Bags › Frontal1
100
Air Bags1
105

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air BagsCrash5 injured1 killed
Filed Oct 17, 2016190,000 milesSC

*TAKATA RECALL * MY BROTHER DIED AS A RESULT OF A MVA APRIL 2016. HE WAS DRIVING HIS GREEN CHEVY YUKON ON HWY 5 IN LANCASTER,SC HEADED TOWARD ROCK HILL SC WHEN THE CAR TRAVELING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND DROVE STRAIGHT INTO MY BROTHERS' PATH. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN HIS VEHICLE, EVEN AFTER FLIPPING END OVER END MULTIPLE TIMES. PLEASE CONTACT ME CONCERNING THIS RECALL AT [XXX] MY NAME IS [XXX]. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR PROMPT ATTENTION INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Nov 16, 2005176,900 milesCA

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO COME ON. THEN WILL START OR MAY NOT START. *NM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Sep 30, 2005129,000 milesNY

MY 1999 CHEVROLET TAHOE'S VIN # IS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECENTLY ISSUED RECALL (CAMPAIGN # 05V379000). THE EXACT SYMPTOMS OF MY BRAKING PROBLEM MATCH THE REASON FOR THE RECALL AND YET MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED. *NM

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jul 4, 200566,000 milesMD

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING BACK FROM VISITING FAMILY ON 895N APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES FROM THE HABOR TUNNEL WHEN OUR 1999 CHEVY TAHOE LOST ALL POWER. ALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS WERE LIT ON THE DASHBOARD. WE WERE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH WITH THE A/C ON AND THE SATELLITE RADIO ON. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND WE KNEW THAT THE ECMB FUSE HAD BLOWN. WE REPLACED THE BLOWN FUSE AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEMS. WE WERE ABOUT 2 MILES OUT OF THE TUNNEL WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AGAIN. THE SAME FUSE WAS BLOWN. THIS HAPPENED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES IN THE COURSE OF 30 MINUTES. WE WERE IN MODERATELY HEAVY BELTWAY TRAFFIC AND WERE VERY LUCKY THAT NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES OCCURRED IN THE 5 TIMES THE VEHILCLE LOST POWER.

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer
Filed Oct 27, 200470,000 milesTN

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS THE CIRCUIT BOARD. *JB CONSUMER FILED COMPLAINT BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL WITH VEHICLES WITHT THE SAME PROBLEM. *TC

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jan 13, 2003790,000 milesNY

AFTER REAR-ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 40MPH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2003
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200314000Routine
20026000Routine
20016000Routine
20008000Routine
1999 — this page6001Fatalities reported
19985000Routine

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Reading this record

1 death reported in complaints filed with NHTSA.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.