GMC Yukon Denali Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which GMC Yukon Denali years should you avoid?

Going by 898 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the GMC Yukon Denali years to avoid are 2007 and 2004.

2007120 complaints, 2.4× a typical Yukon Denali year, most often about the airbags.
2004109 complaints, 2.1× a typical Yukon Denali year, most often about the electrical system.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2012 and 2013 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2019	3	0	—	—	Engine	Routine
2018	2	0	—	1	Air Bags	Routine
2017	12	0	—	—	Service Brakes	Routine
2016	18	0	—	1	Exterior Lighting	Routine
2015	73	0	—	2	Exterior Lighting	Routine
2013	29	0	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
2012	28	0	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
2011	96	0	2	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
2010	53	0	—	—	Unknown or Other	Routine
2009	46	0	1	1	Air Bags	Routine
2008	58	0	—	—	Air Bags	Routine
2007Avoid	120	0	1	4	Air Bags	Routine
2006	21	0	2	2	Engine	Routine
2005	49	1	3	2	Electrical System	Routine
2004Avoid	109	0	5	5	Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel	Fatalities reported
2003	72	1	1	6	Electrical System	Routine
2002	29	1	—	2	Service Brakes	Routine
2001	35	2	—	2	Service Brakes	Routine
2000	18	0	—	—	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine
1999	27	0	2	2	Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip	Routine

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2019

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Engine

Routine