GMC Yukon XL

Which GMC Yukon XL years should you avoid?

Going by 2,446 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the GMC Yukon XL years to avoid are 2015, 2021, 2023 and 2016.

• 2015308 complaints, 3.4× a typical Yukon XL year, most often about the headlights.
• 2021230 complaints, 2.5× a typical Yukon XL year, most often about the engine.
• 2023226 complaints, 2.5× a typical Yukon XL year, most often about the engine.
• 2016202 complaints, 2.2× a typical Yukon XL year, most often about the headlights.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

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 →