2003 GMC Yukon Denali complaints

MY 2003 GMC DENALI IS KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE AND DEALER SAY'S IT'S NORMAL AND WILL NOT REPLACE MOTOR AND MY EXTENDED WARRANTY IS GOING TO BE UP IN A FEW HUNDRED MILES WHAT DO I DO??? *JB

HINGE ON GLASS IN TRUNK DOOR BROKE. *TR

BRAKE FAILURE AT 34000 MILES. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT PROBLEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT PERIODICALLY GOT N STUCK, AND ONE HAD TO UNBUCKLE IT AND TRY AGAIN. THIS FAILURE HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED 50 TIMES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE BOTH 10,0000.*AK

HEADLIGHT FLICKER HAD DEALER WORK ON IT AND REPLACE ONE HEADLIGHT BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL. NOTICE THE FLICKER WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS OR WHEN CORNERING TO THE LEFT. *NM

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 GMC YUKON DENALI, WITH 40,000 MILES, HAS QUIT WORKING. THROUGH RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT MANY GM OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND GM INSISTS ON REPAIR COSTS RANGING FROM $500 TO $1000 DOLLARS. THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY VEHICLE HAS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THEN HIGH WAY. THIS FAILURE CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL BURDENS WHEN HAVING TO PAY FOR SPEEDING TICKETS DUE TO THE FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED. AT THIS POINT NOTHING HAS BEEN REPAIRED AS I REFUSE TO PAY GM TO REPAIR A DEFECTIVE PART, WHICH THEY ARE AWARE OF. I UNDERSTAND THAT A FATALITY HAS TO OCCUR BEFORE THE NTHSA AND/OR GM TO TAKE ACTION TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *NM

I HAVE A 2003 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY VEHICLE IS FAULTY. AT ONE POINT I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND MY SPEEDOMETER DISPLAY SHOWED THAT I WAS TRAVELING 120 MPH. MY WIFE RECEIVED A SPEEDING FOR TRAVELING 70 MPH IN A 50 MPH ZONE. AT THE TIME THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED THAT SHE WAS ONLY TRAVELING 50 MPH. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM BECAUSE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WE NEVER REALLY KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW WE ARE ACTUALLY TRAVELING. HAVE SPOKE WITH OTHER CONSUMERS WHO OWN GMC YUKON AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT THEY HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THEIR SPEEDOMETER. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 YUKON WITH 70000 MILES. MY SPEEDOMETER HAS BECOME VERY ERRATIC. AT A FULL STOP IT READS ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 70 MPH. WHEN DRIVING IT FREQUENTLY EXCEEDS THE 120 MPH MAXIMUM LIMIT EVEN THOUGH I AM TRAVELING WITH THE FLOW OF NORMAL TRAFFIC. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH GM SUVS AND TRUCKS MANUFACTURED IN THE 2003/2004 TIME FRAME. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE AS NOT RELIABLY KNOWING YOUR SPEED CAN AND WILL CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. THE GMC DEALER SAYS THE SOLUTION IS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER (IPC) AND TO INSTALL A NEW OR RECONDITIONED ONE AT A COST OF OVER $700.00. *JB

I OWN A 2003 GMC YUKON DENALI. I'M HAVING A PROBLEM WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER AND HORN ARE INTERMITTENTLY GOING OUT. I CAN DRIVE THE TRUCK ONE DAY AND IT'S FINE AND LATER THAT DAY OR DURING ANOTHER DRIVE, THE HORN WILL NOT WORK AND THE SPEEDOMETER WITH EITHER DO A 'JUMPING' MOTION OR WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CRASHES TO DATE. I CALLED MY LOCAL GMC DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE DENALI BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HORNS ON THE SIERRA TRUCKS...*NM

AFTER NOTICING THAT MY 2003 YUKON DENALI HAD INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHTS/DASH LIGHTS DIMMING, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. THEY PRESENTED ME WITH A DOCUMENT THAT STATED THE GM STATED THIS WAS NOT A MALFUNCTION AND WAS A NORMAL CONDITION. THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THIS THAT IS "NORMAL". ANY TIME, AT NIGHT, A CURVE IS TAKEN AT ABOVE 35 MPH THE LIGHTS FLICKER. I HAD ALREADY PINPOINTED THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH THE VSES SYSTEM BECAUSE WHEN THE VSES IS TURNED OFF, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN. WHEN A CURVE IS TAKEN AND THE FLICKERING OCCURS, THE VOLTAGE METER FOR THE BATTERY DROPS SUBSTANTIALLY AND THEN GOES RIGHT BACK TO NORMAL. THIS IS A DISTRACTION FOR THE DRIVER (MYSELF), ANY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND ANYONE THAT I AM BEHIND. THIS ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE IT CAUSES INJURY. *JB

THE STEERING COLUMN OF MY 2003 YUKON DENALI WITH 50,910 MILES GOT LOOSE. I TOOK VEHICULE TO A GMC DEALER TO GET IT CHECK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE UPPER STEERING BEARING WAS FAILING AND RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE REPAIRS THAT WOULD COST ME $698.12. I CONTACTED GMC AND THEY DECIDE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE TO ME. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICULE TO GET THE STEERING COLUMN FIX I MENTIONED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE THAT MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO GET TIGHT DURING TURNS AND IF THIS PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE OTHER ONE. THEY INSPECTED VEHICULE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS FAILING TOO. I CALLED GMC AGAIN TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM AT NO CHARGE BECAUSE THEY JUST FIX THE OTHER ONE AT NO CHARGE AND THAT I HAVE NOT SPEND A LOT OF MONEY OUT OF MY POCKET YET FOR REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICULE.

MY CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT THERE WAS FOUR ALIGNMENTS DONE ON MY CAR AND ONE THAT I PAID AND STILL PULLS LIKE CRAZY. *AK

THE FRONT LEFT BRAKE WOULD LOCK UP DURING RIGHT TURNS. WOULD HAVE TO RELEASE BRAKE PEDAL TO CONTROL STEERING. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO GMC DEALER. UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

HEAD LIGHT FLICKER WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS. APPEARS TO MAKE DRIVERS THINK I AM FLASHING MY HIGH BEAMS. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. VERY DISTRACTING WHILE DRIVING, NOT ONLY TO ME BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE AHEAD OF ME. DEALER WAS NOT VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PROBLEM AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS NOT AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE AT NIGHT. *JB

HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. SEATS WILL MOVE WHILE DRIVING,HEATER IN SEATS COME ON WITH OUT LIGHT INDICATING THAT THEY ARE ON. AIR CONDITIONING SPEEDS WILL VARY.THERE ARE TO MANY PROBLEMS. BUT THE MAIN ONE WAS PUTTING THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD GO INTO REVERSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS FLICKER OFF AND ON. THIS CONDITION ONLY OCCURS WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MPH AND WHEN HITTING A BUMP OR MAKING A CURVE. THIS CONDITION IS NOT ONLY DISTRACTING, BUT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WITH NO OTHER AMBIENT LIGHT I AM UNABLE TO SEE ADEQUATELY AHEAD OF MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD DRIVERS AHEAD OF ME PULL OVER THINKING THAT I WAS FLASHING MY LIGHTS AT THEM AND OTHER DRIVERS GET IRATE BELIEVING THAT I AM "BRIGHT LIGHTING THEM". THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT APPEARS TO BE WIDESPREAD ON THE DENALI'S WITH STABILITRAK. GM STATES THAT THIS CONDITION IS "NORMAL". I BELIEVE THAT HEADLIGHTS ARE MEANT TO BURN STEADY AND NOT FLICKER OFF AND ON. I AM REQUESTING THAT NHTSA INVESTIGATE THIS WITH THE AUTO MANUFACTURER TO MANDATE A FIX BEFORE THERE ARE INJURIES ATTRIBUTED TO THIS CONDITION.*AK

HEADLIGHTS FLASH WHEN TURNING AT SPEEDS OVER APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THESE INCIDENTS HAVE CAUSED ROAD RAGE WITH OTHER DRIVERS. APPARENTLY, OTHER DRIVERS FEEL I'M FLASHING MY BRIGHT LIGHTS AT THEM. *JB

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A HILL AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKES CONSUMER NOTICED BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED HARD AND TRAVELED TO FLOORBOARD. CONSUMER REPEATEDLY DEPRESSED BRAKES TO COME TO A NORMAL STOP. *AK

'03 YUKON DENALI - WHILE DRIVING IN COMPLETE DARKNESS WHILE MAKING A LEFT SWEEPING TURN EVERY VISIBLE INTERIOR LIGHT TURNS OF AND ON FOR 1-2 SEC. THIS INCLUDES HEADLIGHTS. THIS IS BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS AND DISTRACTING TO OTHER DRIVERS. THE DEALER BLAMES IT ON A LOOSE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. THEY REPLACED IT. THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ON ANOTHER NIGHT TRIP, THE SAME EVENT OCCURED AGAIN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ALTENATOR. IT STILL DOES IT. THE DEALER SAYS THEY NOE HAVE NO IDEA. I REALLY NEED HELP. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLETE LOSS WHILE IN DARKNESS AND SUBSEQUENTLY HITTING A DIVIDER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH DRIVER'S REAR TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER STATED THAT TIRE EXPLODED DUE TO TREAD WEAR. *AK

THERE ARE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 YUKON DENALI. FIRST, THE DASH TRIM IS CREAKY AND MAKES ALOT OF NOISE. THE AIR CONDITIONER IS NOT VERY COLD. WHEN I BREAK AND SLIGHTLY RELEASE I GET THIS MOANING LIKE NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK. FINALLY, ON ONE OF THE RUNNING BOARDS THE PAINT IS PEALING OFF. I AM NOT VERY PLEASED BY ALL THESE DEFECTS, ESPECIALLY FROM A 50,000 DOLLAR TRUCK.*AK

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER DRASTICALLY ON WIDE TURNS TRAVELING OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, AND ALSO TO OTHER DRIVERS DRIVING IN FRONT. *NLM