2007 GMC Yukon Denali

Routine

Owners filed 120 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags. No safety recall has been issued.

When it fails
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90,000 milesMedian miles at failure

81 complaints record an odometer reading. Failures cluster around 75,00090,000 miles.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Air Bags40
302
Unknown or Other15
004
Structure › Body10
005
Engine8
001
Structure › Body › Door5
004
Electronic Stability Control (esc)4
000
Electrical System4
010
Steering3
000
Power Train3
000
Latches/Locks/Linkages3
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Air Bags
Filed Mar 5, 2019GA

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). MOORE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP (2255 MARIETTA HWY, CANTON, GA 30114, (470) 615-1485) WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD BE SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. A LOANER VEHICLE WAS NOT OFFERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED 4 TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *PM*JB

Air Bags
Filed Mar 5, 201975,000 milesGA

GENERAL MOTORS SENT ME A RECALL LETTER WITH A RECALL # OF 49151 BACK IN JULY OF 2016. THIS ADDRESSED A DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAG WHICH COULD DEPLOY AND KILL MYSELF OR A FAMILY MEMBER OR CAUSE TERRIBLE INJURIES TO ANYONE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS. I HAVE CALLED GENERAL MOTORS APPROX. (6) TIMES AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SATISFACTORY RESULTS THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE AIRBAG PROBLEM OR TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG. THERE HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF TWO (2) YEARS AND EIGHT (8) MONTHS OF TIME THAT HAS EXPIRED WITH NO REPAIRS OR RESOLVES OF THE PROBLEM. THIS LACK OF CARING AND FAILURE TO ACT IS PUTTING MYSELF AS WELL AS MY ENTIRE FAMILY AT JEOPARDY OF DEATH OR DEBILITATING INJURY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAG. I URGE THOSE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY TO ACT QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...'''''''...

Air Bags1 injured
Filed Feb 7, 2019185,000 milesIL

TAKATA RECALL STARTED VEHICLE ON 2-1-19 AND AFTER TURNING IGNITION ON PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPLODED OUT AND THE SIDE PANELS FOLLOWED. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN A FEW DAYS. IT ALL HAPPENED EXTREMELY FAST BUT I SAW GLOVEBOX BURST OPEN AND SPARKS FLY OUT AND THE AIRBAG SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION! SCARED TO DEATH! I JUMPED OUT UNSURE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE SIDE PANEL BAG GRAZED MY FACE! COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY IF HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.

Air Bags
Filed Jan 10, 2019NJ

RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED 2 YEARS AGO WITHOUT ANY REMEDY. CALLED GM AND STILL NO TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN THEY'LL HAVE THE PARTS.

Air BagsCrash
Filed Oct 15, 2018NV

FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR JS MALFUNCTIONING. IT SHOWS AIR BAG SERVICE NEEDED NO IMPACT WAS MADE THERE. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S A MALFUNCTION. ONE DAY I GO TO START MY CAR AND THE LIGHT SHOWED IT NEEDS SERVICE.

Air Bags
Filed Oct 3, 2018OR

TAKATA INFLATORS IT'S IN OUR 2018 ALMOST 2019 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE FIXED? DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE?

Unknown or Other
Filed Oct 2, 2018120,000 milesAR

DASH HAS CRACKED IN 3 PLACES. SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE TWO OF THEM ARE BY THE AIR BAG. AFRAID IF IT EVER DEPLOYS PIECES WILL FLY AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

Air Bags
Filed Sep 28, 2018112,000 milesOH

TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL NO FIX FOR IT CAN'T SELL IT CAUSE OF PROBLEM

Steering
Filed Sep 25, 2018200,000 milesMD

POWER STEERING FLUID IS POURING OUT OF THE TRUCK. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT IS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION AND THAT THERE IS A TSB ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMMON PROBLEM. WHEN I CONTACTED GM THEY STATED THAT THE TSB COVERED THE MAKE, BUT THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE TSB AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL COVERED BY THE TSB.

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 17, 201880,000 milesKY

I WISH TO ADD COMPLAINT FOR THE DASHBOARD CRACK ISSUE NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, AND SUSPECT THE AIRBAG SUPPORT/FUNCTION MAY BE COMPROMISED. I ALSO HAVE RECEIVED MANY 'PAPER CUTS' FROM INSIDE DOOR HANDLES CHROME OVER THE YEARS BUT WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY GM OR OFFERED WARRANTY REPLACEMENT AS YOUR WEBSITE STATES THEY DID - I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.

Air Bags
Filed Aug 15, 201877,000 milesOR

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE APPROX. 3.5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. LAST DECEMBER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN MUCH BIGGER, AND NOW A SECOND CRACK HAS BEEN NOTED. THIS IS BECOMING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE DASH MAY SHATTER IN A FRONT-END COLLISION WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. UPON DOING RESEARCH ON;INE, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR ISSUES AMONG SIMILAR YEARS AND MODELS. PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE BY REQUIRING GM TO PROVIDE A FIX OR REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU!

Air Bags
Filed Jul 17, 201853,000 milesOR

DRIVING DOWN ROADWAY AND HIT POTHOLE. SUDDENLY ALL CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CHECKED EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED 50 MPH. ---- SEATBELTS LOCKED, ELECTRICAL, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND REAR TAILGATE EXPERIENCED ISSUES AFTER INCIDENT.

Air BagsCrash
Filed May 2, 2018146,000 milesCA

04/27/18 FRI MORNING DRIVING HOME I HIT A MEDIAN WITH DRIVER FRONT TIRE, INWHICH ALL MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IMEDIATLY INCLUDING SIDE AIRBAGS AND CAUSED SUCH A SUDDEN PANIC DISTRACTION THAT I SWERVED AND FLIPPED MY VEHICLE. I WAS PULLED FROM THE WRECK LUCKILY AND TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITOL. MY TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY TOTALLED. MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE ENTIRE TIME UNTIL IT STOPPED ROLLING LEAVING THE FINAL POSITION UPSIDE DOWN. THERE WAS NO REASON THESE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND THEY CAUSED ME TO NEARLY LOSE MY LIFE. NORMALLY JUS A TIRE WOULD BLOW IN SUCH A HIT FROM TIRE. THE FIRST ONES TO DEPLOY WERE ALL FOUR WINDOW AIRBAGS THEN SOON AS I FLIPPED THE OTHERS WENT OFF AND I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. I WAS NOT AWARE THERE WAS A RECALL INPLACE AND JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN JAN. 2018.

Air Bags
Filed Apr 13, 2018GA

TAKATA RECALL I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN GEORGIA WHERE IT IS HOT AND HUMID. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT AIRBAGS BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS NOT PROVIDING THEM AT NO COST. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE AT MY LOCAL GMC CARL BLACK DEALERSHIP (888) 491-7859 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY SON JUST HAD A FRONT END ACCIDENT WITH IT AND THANK GOODNESS THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.

Air Bags
Filed Mar 19, 2018IL

I OWN A 2007 YUKON DENALI AND HAVE HAD THE DASH CRACK BY THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND BY THE DRIVERS CONSOLE I WENT TO GMC AND THEY SAT SO SORRY NOTHING WE CAN DO AS I STATED TO THEM IT WILL AFFECT MY AIR BAG GOING OFF THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE

Air Bags
Filed Feb 7, 2018MD

TAKATA RECALL WITH NO REMEDY

Air Bags
Filed Jan 5, 2018TX

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) WAS RECEIVED IN MAY OF 2017. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER (CLASSIC BUICK/GMC OF CARROLTON, 2700 NORTH I-35, CARROLTON, TX 75007), THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED TO REMEDY THE DEFECT WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

Air Bags
Filed Nov 25, 2017NJ

TAKATA RECALL - STILL NO ONE HAS CALLED US THAT AIRBAGS ARE AVAILABLE TO BE REPLACED IN OUR VEHICLE. EVERYTIME I CALL I GET SOMEONE ELSE SAYING THE RECALL HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED YET. STILL HAVE NOT HAD AIRBAGS REPLACED.

Air Bags
Filed Nov 5, 2017NJ

TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL GMC DEALER AND THEY ADVISE THERE IS NO REMEDY AT THIS TIME. IT HAS BEEN OVER A YEAR AND NO REMEDY. AIRBAGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DEPLOY BY ITSELF.

Air Bags
Filed Nov 1, 2017MO

THE RECALL WAS ISSUES A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND NO REMEDY IS AVAILABLE FROM GMC. HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO DRIVE WITH DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS BEFORE THE RECALL IS TAKEN CARE OF BY GM?

20 of 120 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2007
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20193000Routine
20182000Routine
201712000Routine
201618000Routine
201573000Routine
201329000Routine
201228000Routine
201196020Routine
201053000Routine
200946010Routine
200858000Routine
2007 — this page120010Routine
200621020Routine
200549130Routine
2004109051Fatalities reported
200372110Routine
200229100Routine
200135200Routine
200018000Routine
199927020Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

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.