1999 GMC Yukon complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED AWAY FROM THE CONSUMER WITHOUT WARNING. *AK THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE (EVO) EXHAUST VALVE OPENING. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH CONSUMER DROVE ACROSS A RAIL ROAD CROSSING. AFTER CROSSING THE TRACK CONSUMER FELT THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FRAME WAS CRACKED ON PASSENGER'S SIDE NEAR THE UPPER CONTROL ARM. DEALER CONFIRMED THE LOCATION OF THE CRACK, BUT WOULD NOT ASSIST THE CONSUMER IN FIXING THE PROBLEM.*AK

I BOUGHT A NEW GMC YUKON THAT CAME WITH BF GOODRICH LONG TRAIL SIZE P245/75 R16 NEW ON THE YUKON. THE SUMMER OF 2000 WITH AROUND 12000 MILES ON THE TIRES I HAD A BLOW OUT GOING AROUND 70 ON A REAR TIRE. ABOUT A YEAR AGO I HAD ONE OF THE TIRES GO BAD/ HAD A BUBBLE DEVELOP ON THE TREAD. THIS LAST WEEKEND I HAD ANOTHER TIRE DEVELOP A BUBBLE ON THE TREAD. LAST YEAR THE SERIAL NUMBER FROM THE BAD TIRE WAS AP70HK11478. THE BLOWOUT I DID NOT GET THE SERIAL NUMBER AND THE ONE OVER THE LAST WEEKEND I HAVE NOT GOT THE NUMBER FROM THAT TIRE AT THIS TIME. *JB

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INDICATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT WERE RUSTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

VEHICLE HAD A RUSTED REAR AXLE THAT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE RIMS AND TIRES WERE OVERSIZED TO MUFFLE THE SOUND AND HIDE THE NOISE WHICH WOULD HAVE SENT OUT A SIGNAL THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE HAD A RUSTED REAR AXLE THAT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT SOLD THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE RIMS AND TIRES WERE OVERSIZED TO MUFFLE THE SOUND, AND HIDE THE NOISE WHICH WOULD HAVE SENT OUT A SIGNAL THAT THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING FUEL SMELL WAS COMING THROUGH AIR CONDITIONER VENTS. DEALER HAD INSPECTED VEHICLE THREE TIMES, BUT AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT SHEARED TWICE IN THREE MONTHS, MAKING A SLOW SPEED SHARP LEFT U-TURN. 1999 GMC YUKON.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT A YEAR. *AK

WINDSHEILD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLYON A FAMILY TRIP HAD TO GET OUT AND TAP THE WINDSHIELD MOTOR BOX ON THE FIREWELL, AND THEN THEY WORK. I LEARNED OF A RECALL,BUT IT DIDN'T EXTEND TO THE YEAR 1999 I THINK IT SHOULD,AND IF YOU THINK IT SHOULD PLEASE SEND ME A RECALL. THANK YOU.*AK

QUICK CHANGE CONNECTOR ON THE MANIFOLD IS MANUFACTURED FROM A DISSIMILAR METAL CAUSING PREMATURE DETERIORATION OF THE FITTING RESULTING IN A LOSS OF COOLANT. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPER MALFUNCTION IS A PROBLEM IN MY 1999 YUKON. GMC DOES NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUSE PROBLEM.

THE FUEL PUMP OVERHEATED TO THE POINT WHERE IT MELTED THE WIRE TO THE TOP OF THE TANK, THEN PROCEEDED TO MELT A WHOLE IN THE CONNECTOR GOING TO THE GAS TANK. *JB

DRIVER SIDE ELECTRIC SEAT HEATER OVERHEATED CAUSING A BURN TO THE SEAT COVER (NOT TO MENTION MY BACKSIDE). PH

SPEEDOMETER AND BRAKING LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. ALSO VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT ABOVE 2ND GEAR. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE(ECM) WAS FLOODED WITH GASOLINE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR. DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT CONSUMER REPLACE ALL 8 INJECTORS BECAUSE THEY ARE EXHIBITING THE SAME POTENTIAL TO FAIL/LEAK.*AK HARNESS, CPI FUEL, METER, VCM, CORE RETURN, SEAL AND SWITCH ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED. *TT

ALIGNMENT SHOP REPORTED TREAD SEPARATION ON ONE TIRE; HAD TIRE TREAD SEPARATION ON ANOTHER TIRE CONFIRMED BY DEALERSHIP BACK IN DEC. 2002; REPLACED A THIRD TIRE APPROX. SUMMER OF 2001 DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. ALL TIRES ARE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 1999 GMC YUKON WITH APPROX. 35,000 MILES: B.F. GOODRICH RADIAL LONG TRAIL T/A - SIZE 245/75R16

THE COMPLETE TIRE ID IS 31520EXBM2030T-2. THE TIRE SEPERATED IN THE SIDEWALL AT 70 MPH ON A STRAIT RURAL HIGHWAY AT 60F TEMPERATURE. I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACE THE TIRE WITHOUT INCIDENT. JUST THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT IT. THERE IS ALMOST NO VISABLE WEAR ON THE TIRE PRIOR TO THE BLOWOUT. DT

NO DESCRIPTION GIVEN. NLM

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. TRANSMISSON DOES NOT SHIFT TO 4TH (OD). INTERMITTENT PROBLEM BUT HAPPENS MOST OFTEN AFTER DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS OR USING ENGINE BRAKING ON DOWNGRADES BY SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS. SEEMS TO BE MORE FREQUENT IN WARM/HOT WEATHER. VEHICLE IS ALWAYS LIGHTLY LOADED.*AK

ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT POSTED SPEED, WHEN TIRE BELT SEPARATED. BELT CAUGHT UP IN FENDER WELL AND LOCKED BOTH REAR WHEELS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE LEFT AND ROLL SEVERAL TIMES. MY WIFE AND I ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ALIVE. BF GOODRICH CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY, DUE TO THEIR INSPECTION OF THE TIRE THEY NOTED A PUNCTURE. I WONDER HOW MANY THOUSAND OF TIRES OUT THERE HAVE A NAIL OR FORIEGN OBJECT IN THEM RIGHT NOW, THAT WILL CAUSE THE B.F.GOODRICH TIRE TO FAIL AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO TRY AND RECOVER DAMAGES, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY, AND OF COURSE BF GOODRICH TAKES NO RESPONSIBLITY. *AK (DOT NUMBER: AP70HK1145 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE PULLS STRONGLY TO THE RIGHT. THIS HAS BECOME VERY NOTICEABLE OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS. THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE IS PREMATURELY WORN DUE TO UNEVEN PULL. HAVE HAD ALIGNMENT DONE, WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. TAKING BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS WEEK. *AK

WE CONTINUE TO REPLACE THESE FAILING PART ON 1997 TO 1999 CHEVROLET AND GMC FULLSIZE C/K1500 TRUCKS, TAHOE'S AND SUBURBAN'S. THE FAILURE OF THIS PART CAUSES A DRIVING HAZARD. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

ORIGINAL 1999, YUKON, P245/75R16, DOT#AP70HK11019, FRONT RIGHT AND REAR RIGHT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AT 70MPH. MANUFACTUR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. REMAINING 3 TIRES STARTED TO SEPARATE FROM TOP OF TREAD.*AK CONSUMER STATES IT LOOKED AS IF THE TREAD HAD SLID RIGHT OFF, CONSUMER CONTACTED BF GOODRICH BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO ASSIST.*JB

FUEL TANK LEAK FROM TOP OF TANK. AFTER FILLING TANK (NOT TOPPED OFF), GAS BEGAN POURING OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE. TANK HAD TO BE REPLACED (NEAREST DEALER WAS 30 MILES AWAY) MECHANIC BELIEVED LEAK CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE TANK.*AK

ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POWER AND STEERING WAS LOST WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE CONSUMER HAS HAD AN EXHAUST SYSTEM PROBLEM, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE LOUD NOISES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BUBBLE BUT DID NOT SEPARATE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: AP70HL1144 TIRESIZE: P24575R16)

COMPLAINED TO DEALER OF SOFT BRAKES! DEALER REPLACED BRAKE PADS WHICH ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. NO WEAR OR CHATTER PROBLEMS. BRAKES ARE SO SOFT THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUS. DEALER HAS BEEN OBLIVIOUS TO COMPLAINTS. ALL ARE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!*AK

ENGINE WAS SLUGGISH, AND IT JERKED HARD WHEN CHANGING OVER. CONSUMER ASSUMED THAT SOUND WAS BECAUSE OF V8 ENGINE. DELAER STATED MOTOR WAS SHOT, BUT CONSUMER WAS WAITING FOR A WRITTEN DIAGNOSIS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TENSIONER THAT ADJUSTS MAIN BELT HAD BROKEN. EVER SINCE WOULD BE MAKING CLICKING NOISE. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR REPAIRS, AND EACH TIME REPAIRS WOULD FAIL AFTER A WHILE.*AK

DEALER VERIFIED PROBLEM WITH DRIVELINE AT STARTUP OR STOPPING. DEALER STATED THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH YUKON,TAHOE, ESCALADE, AND GMC/CHEVROLET FULL SIZE TRUCKS.PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS WITH NO CORRECTIVE ACTION.DEALER WILL CHARGE CUSTOMER TO LUBE THE "SPLINE" AS A TEMP FIX. HOOD FLUTTER IN WIND, SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED FOR 2000 DENALI, NEEDS TO INCLUDE 1999 YEAR(SAME BODY STYLE) SEE BULLETIN #000863007. HOOD "CROWL" WAS REPLACE BY DEALER, NEW REPLACEMENT DOES NOT FIT CORRECTLY, DEALER RECOMMENDED GLUING IN PLACE. NOT CORRECT FIX.*AK

MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS. DEALER HAS PROVIDED REPAIRS UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL LAST TIME. CONSUMER HAS HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC TO INSPECT BRAKES, AND MECHANIC FOUND THAT ROTORS WERE WEARING OUT UNEVENLY, CAUSING OTHER PARTS TO DAMAGE. *AK THE BRAKES WERE POOR AND NOT SAFE. *YH

BRAKING SYSTEM HAS HAD TO BE REPAIRED/WORKED ON 4 TIMES SINCE JUNE OF 1999. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR BRAKE SERVICE ON FRONT DISC BRAKES DUE TO WEAR ON DISC. WORK AFTER 15000 MILES HAD TO BE PERFORMED AGAIN DUE TO DISK WEARING OUT. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT BRAKES WERE NOT HEAVY ENOUGH FOR VEHICLE. *AK DISC WARPED CAUSING VIBRATIONS AND BRAKE FAILURE. THE DISC WAS TURNED A T 15K MILES AND WAS REPLACED AT 28K. TRANSMISSION DOES NOT HOLD ON HILLS. FRONT END WAS LEAKING DUE TO FRONT PINION SEAL FAILURE .. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO STOP ON WET OR SLIGHTLY MOIST PAVEMENT BRAKES FAIL.*AK THE VEHICLE GOES EXTENDED DISTANCE AFTER APPLYING BRAKES. THE PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. *YH

BRAKES LOCK WHEN APPLIED IN WET RAINY CONDITIONS. *AKY

CONSUMER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE FILL IN ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED COULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP OR TO REDUCE SPEED, BUT THE PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A VIBRATION PROBLEM WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH OR MORE AND IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BE PULLED TO THE LEFT, DEALER HAS TRIED MANY SOLUTIONS TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, 3 SETS OF TIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED (DIFFERENT BRANDS AND SIZES), STEERING KNUCKLES, DRIVE LINE BALANCE, AND ROTATIONS HAVE BEEN DONE AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, POSSIBLY A SUSPENSION PROBLEM. *SLC

TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH WITH MY TWO CHILDREN AND HUSBAND, AND THE TREAD COMPLETELY AND FULLY SEPERATED AT THE SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE. A POLICEMAN STOPPED RIGHT BEHIND US AND REMARKED THAT WE MUST HAVE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON IT BECAUSE JUST ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE AN EXPIDITION HAD 4 FATALATIES BECAUSE OF A BLOWOUT WITH THE SAME TIRES, ABOUT 1 MILE UP THE ROAD. NO ONE IN OUR VEHICLE WAS INJURED IN OUR VEHICLE. WE HAD CONTACTED OUR DEALER, CHEVROLET, OTHE TIRE STORES, AND FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE. ALL BASICALLY SAID THAT IT WAS OUR PROBLEM AND THAT WE HAD BETTER GET THEM CHANGED BECAUSE THEY ARE "DEATH TIRES" AND BRIDGESTONE HUNG UP ON US AFTER THEY REMARKED THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEIR TIRES, IT WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE A SUV. (TIRESIZE: P26575R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P26575R16 )

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMERS WAS HAVING PROBLEMS ON RIGHT SIDE OF VEHICLE. BRAKE PADS CHEWED INTO ROTORS IN SEPTEMBER 1999. DEALER HAD NO EXPLANATION FOR PROBLEM. ALSO, BOLT BROKE TO TENSION BAR AT RIGHT FRONT. DEALER WAS INSPECTING VEHICLE AT THIS TIME.*AK

FIRESTONE FIREHAWK LS TIRE P265 70 R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL STALL AND LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER AND POWER STEERING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO A TECHNICIAN. TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT CAUSE MAY HAD BEEN WITH FUEL INJECTOR STICKING, AND HAD HAPPENED FOUR TIMES, JUST LIKE SAFETY BULLETIN G99066B, MAY 2000.*AK

REAR PASSENGER SEATBELT WHICH BOLTS TO FLOOR FRAME CAME OFF, WOULD NOT PROTECT AN OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. ALSO CENTER REAR SEAT ADJUSTER BROKE IN PIECES WHICH DID NOT HOLD THE CSS IN PLACE WHICH IN EVENT OF A CRASH. CSS WOULD NOT BE PROPERLY INSTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN ENGINE WILL STALL WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING JUST DIE, NO POWER/NO ELECTRICITY WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *AK

POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSING SECURITY LIGHT TO COME ON WHICH THEN CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL AND NOT START, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *SLC