1998 GMC Yukon complaints

1998 GMC YUKON NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPLACED, WHICH IS BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND OTHER SUV'S FROM GM. *JB

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. *JB *SCC

DRIVER SIDE SEAT (LEFT FRONT CONNECTION) BROKE WHILE GETTING INTO CAR. THE WELDED CONNECTION BROKE THROUGH THE METAL FRAME ON THE SEAT. A REAR END COLLISION WOULD HAVE ALLOWED THE SEAT TO BREAK INTO THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER AREA IF NOT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*JB

A NOTICEABLE PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN GOING AROUND A CURVE THAT GOES TO THE LEFT, IT WILL STARTLE YOU AT FIRST. POSSIBLY THE STEERING BOX OR RELATED STEERING COLUMN. HAS HAPPENED TO MANY TIMES TO REMEMBER. FREINDS OF MINE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH 98 TAHOE, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MY VEHICLE, THEN I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, WHICH GMC SAYS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR ONLY LIKE 45OO VEHICLES INVOLVED , BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT MORE. PLEASE HELP . *JB

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, THERE WAS TREAD SEPARATION ON REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE. NO DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. P245/75R16, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 30000 MILES, MOUNTED ON A GMC, YUKON. *AK *SCC

MINE PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE (ODI ID: 741897 ) THAT I FOUND POSTED ON YOUR WEB SITE. MY MECHANIC SAID HE WASN'T SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT WE COULD START BY REPLACING THE STEERING BOX AND GOING FROM THERE. HAVE SPOKEN WITH 2 OTHER YUKON OWNERS AND THEY SAID THEY'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THAT GMC BASICALLY FELT THEY WERE FEELING SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST.*AK

NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER, THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A SIR COIL IN THE STEERING COLUMN.*SLC

WIPERS OPERATE IN AN INTERMITENT MANNER. THEY SLOW DOWN AND SOMETIMES STOP TOTALLY, AND THEN START OPERATING AGAIN. THEY MAY OPERATE FINE FOR A TIME AND THE START TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN STOP AGAIN. HAVE READ SOME EARLIER YEAR BLAZER AND TRUCKS HAD THE SAME IDENTICAL PROBLEM. TURNED OUT TO BE A CRACKED CIRCUIT BOARD THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK

FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WARPED AND WORN OUT.*AK

ON RIGHT TURNS STEERING WHEEL/ GEAR FEELS IT IS SLIPING ON OCCASIONS, IT FEELS AS IF THE FRONT WHEELS ARE SLIDING ON ICE FOR A SECOND .GMC GARAGE IN EL PASO REPLACED STEERING PUMP, DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

FUEL TANK LEAKS FROM TOP OF TANK AFTER FILL-UP, ALL FITTINGS APPEAR TO BE OK. THIS ONLY OCCURS AFTER TOPPING OFF, BUT LOSES ABOUT 1 GALLON FROM TOP MID-SECTION OF TANK. ALSO FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN ACTING UP SINCE THIS STARTED GOING FROM FULL TO EMPTY WHILE DRIVING. *AK

BRAKE SYSTEM ON THE YUKON IS A WEAK LINK ON AN OTHERWISE GREAT VEHICLE. WE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE BRAKES TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL. THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS THAT THE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR EVERYTIME IT IS USED AND YOU TEND TO WONDER IF THE TRUCK WILL STOP IN TIME. I READ IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK THAT THE YUKON'S BRAKES ON THE 1999 AND LATER TRUCKS WERE RECALLED AND WOULD BET THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME. EITHER WAY I WANT A COMPLAINT LISTED ABOUT THESE LOUSY BRAKES ON THE 98 MODEL YUKON AND MAYBE GMC WILL DESIGN A FIX FOR THIS LOUSY SYSTEM. *AK

HAVE BAD VIBRATION WHEN IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. *AK

HAVE BAD VIBRATION AFTER HAVING 4-WHEEL DRIVE INSPECTED. *AK

HAVE BAD VIBRATIONS WHEN IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. *AK

THE DRIVE SHAFT HAS TO BE TAKEN IN AND DROPPED TO PUT GREASE IN IT .

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. NO 2ND GEAR OR REVERSE. TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN OFF ROAD OR PULLED A TRAILER. GM IS REVIEWING THE CASE AS IT IS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL 36 MO./ 36,000 MI. WARRANTY.

BRAKE PEDAL REACHED THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED AND BRAKES KEEP ON SQUEAKING EVEN AFTER REPAIR. YH

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES SUDDENLY AND THEN RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THERE IS A JERK TO THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND SAID ITWAS NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRS SPORADICALLY. *AK

CRANK-BEARINGS.

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN VEHICLE SEVERLEY PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DUE TO IMPROPERLY DESIGNED ROOF AND WHEEL WELL WELDS A WATER LEAK OCCURRED,CAUSING WATER TO ENTER INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, RESULTING IN NO ELECTRICAL POWER AND STALLING, AND WILL NOT RESTART. DEALER FIXED THE WELDS, BUT PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. DEALER SAID THERE MIGHT MORE DEFECTIVE WELDS IN THE VEHICLE. ALSO PROBLEM WHEN T A STOP, VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

ANILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE SINCE PURCHASE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY PULL TO THE SIDE WHEN SUDDENLY APPLYING BRAKES, ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. SEVERAL REPAIRS, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES. AW

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ROUGH IDLE. *YC

EXHAUST PIPE (SHIELD) FAILED TWICE. *YC

FUEL PUMP FAILED. *YC

THE SPEED SENSOR IN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM CAUSES THE STEERING TO CHANGE FROM VERY STIFF (I.E., DIFFICULT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL) TO VERY LOOSE (I.E., VERY EASY TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL). THIS PROBLEM ALSO CAUSED THE DRIVER TO NEARLY LOOSE CONTOL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE.

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; 3 0R 4 TIMES A DAY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, UNDER NORMAL BRAKING SITUATIONS, REGUALR ROAD CONDTIONS, THE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR BROAD AND THE ABS DOES NOT KICK IN, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER (6) TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. DEALER ADMITTED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS, BUT COULD NOT RECTIFY. ON 5/12/98, DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH DUE TO BRAKE PROBLEMS. *AK

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK MECHANISM AND DUAL ELECTRIC EXTERIOR DRIVER SIDE MIRROR HAVE FAILED TWICE.

UNIROYAL TIRE BLEW OUT.