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2015 GMC Yukon XL complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2015 record →

Power Train
Filed Jun 14, 20161,800 milesFL

REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH DEALER 2 TIME

Structure › Body
Filed Mar 1, 20165,000 milesCA

MY 2015 GMC YUKON XL WITH 5000 MILES EXHIBITS A BUFFETING / PRESSURE SENSATION THAT CAN BE FELT PREDOMINATELY IN THE EARS BETWEEN 30 AND 70 MPH WHEN ONLY THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE DOWN . AFTER A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IT BEGINS TO CAUSE DIZZINESS, EAR PAIN, AND HEADACHES. SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG AND MUST BE FIXED

Unknown or Other
Filed Feb 18, 2016SC

ON THE DAY I TEST DROVE MY YUKON MY HUSBAND AND I NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE. WHEN WE RETURNED TO DEALER NOTICED ONE OF THE RIMS WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER THREE SO WE ALL BELIEVED IT WAS THE CAUSE. WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE HANDLED. SO WE CAME BACK TO PICKUP AND THAT'S WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. THIS VEHICLE HAS SEVERE REVERBERATION AND VIBRATIONS. REVERBERATION CAUSES SEVERE HEADACHES AND NAUSEA. MY DRIVING LEG GOES NUMB FROM THE VIBRATION THAT COMES THRU THE GAS PEDAL. SO UNSAFE. SEVERE TUNNELING VIBRATION THEY HAVE DONE THE TIRES NOT THE PROBLEM. REPOSITIONED UPPER AND LOWER REAR CONTROL ARMS TO CHANGE PINION ANGLE &CHECKED AND ADJUSTED TRANSMISSION CROSS MEMBER AND MOUNT. PICKED IT UP IMMEDIATELY NOTICED NOTHING HAD CHANGED. WHEN RIGHT BACK TO DEALER AND SERVICE MANAGER DROVE WITH ME. HE ALSO AGREED THAT IT WASN'T FIXED. BROUGHT BACK AGAIN. AFTER DOING ANOTHER SERIES OF THINGS GMC REP DROVE VEHICLE AND SAID THAT PICO SCORES FALL UNDER SPECS. OFFERED ME A ADDITIONAL 2YR/24000 MILE WARRANTY. HAHA I TRADE EVERY THREE YEARS AND PUT 6000 MILES PER YEAR ON MY SUV. SO ON 1/28/16 THE PICO SCORE WAS 20 BEFORE THE REPAIRS CLAIMED THEY GOT IT DOWN TO 5. PICKED IT UP BROUGHT IT BACK TO DEALER 2/3 (I'VE PUT 45 MILES ON BETWEEN SERVICES) TAKE IT BACK OUT ON ROAD PICO BACK AT 20 DID MORE STUFF GOT IT BACK DOWN TO 6. SO GM REP SAYS IT'S WITHIN GM SPECS?? THIS IS CRAZY. JUST TOOK DISABLED HUSBAND TO DR AND HE COULD HARDLY MAKE IT HOME IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SEVERE HEALTH CONCERN. DOES

Structure › Body
Filed Jan 26, 2016FL

WITH ALL WINDOWS UP, VEHICLE EXHIBITS A BUFFETING / PRESSURE SENSATION THAT CAN BE FELT PREDOMINATELY IN THE EARS BETWEEN 30 AND 50 MPH. SIMILAR TO WHEN ONLY THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOWS ARE DOWN IN MANY VEHICLES. I SECOND THE FACT THAT AFTER ANY AMOUNT OF TIME AT THESE SUSTAINED SPEEDS IT BEGINS TO CAUSE DIZZINESS, EAR PAIN, AND HEADACHES. GM FORUMS ARE FLOODED WITH COMPLAINTS. THIS VEHICLE OBVIOUSLY WAS MANUFACTURED WITH A SIGNIFICANT, KNOWN FLAW THAT THEY CANNOT CURRENTLY FIX. THIS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE A SAFETY ISSUE STRICTLY BASED UPON THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS ONSET BY THE FEELING WITHIN THE VEHICLE.

Unknown or Other
Filed Dec 16, 201520,000 milesMI

HORRIBLE CABIN PRESSURE AND BUFFETING ABOVE SPEEDS OF 40MPH. PASSENGERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF HEADACHES, DIZZINESS, EARS POPPING, ETC. OCCURS WITH ALL WINDOWS AND SUNROOF CLOSED. DURING LONG PERIODS IT CAN SOMETIMES CREATE NAUSEA AND SICK FEELING EVEN HOURS AFTER EXITING TRUCK.

Structure › Body
Filed Dec 13, 2015200 milesDE

VEHICLE EXHIBITS A "BUFFETTING" OR PRESSURE SENSATION THAT CAN BE FELT PRIMARILY IN THE EARS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. AFTER ANY AMOUNT OF TIME AT THESE SUSTAINED SPEEDS IT BEGINS TO CAUSE DIZZINESS, EAR PAIN, AND HEADACHES. THIS CONDITION WAS CONFIRMED BY THE DEALER WITH 3 SEPARATE DRIVERS INCLUDING A TECH, THE SALES MANAGER, AND THE OWNER. GM HAS A TECHNICAL PI ISSUED, AS THE PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY RELATIVELY COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES. SUGGESTED REPAIRS INCLUDE RE-BONDING THE ROOF SHEET METAL TO THE FRAME, REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, REPLACEMENT OF THE PROPSHAFT, REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF WHEELS AND TIRES, REMOVAL AND "RELAXING" OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND MORE. NONE OF WHICH APPEARS TO SOLVE THE ISSUE. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH TURNED UP DOZENS OF CASES WITH THIS ISSUE IN JUST ONE WEBSITE. GM HAS MANUFACTURED A VEHICLE WITH A SIGNIFICANT, KNOWN FLAW THAT THEY CANNOT CURRENTLY FIX. THIS FLAW SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE STRICTLY BASED UPON THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS TRIGGERED BY THE SENSATION WITHIN THE VEHICLE.

Power TrainCrash
Filed Sep 10, 20153,000 milesNJ

WIFE AND THREE KIDS IN VEHICLE, STOPS ON HILL SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. GOES BACKWARDS DOWN HILL FLIPS OVER LANDS ON ROOF. NO INJURIES THANK GOD! VEHICLE HAD BEEN BACK FOR TRANSMISSION RECALL TWICE, THE LAST TIME THEY SAID THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR PARTS... MIND YOU THE VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET THESE OFF THE ROAD NOW!

Service BrakesCrash4 injured
Filed Sep 6, 20153,000 milesNJ

...WIFE STOPPED ON HILL TO SPEAK TO SON.. I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE WENT TO NEUTRAL, WHEN SHE TRY TO GO FORWARD, IT WENT DOWN THE HILL HIT A POLE AND ROLLED OVER.

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