2000 GMC Yukon complaints

AT .155" DEPTH OF TREAD AND EVEN WEAR, TIRE DEVELOPED 30 TO 40 DEEP RADIAL CRACKS, 1" TO 2" LONG, BETWEEN THE TIRE OUTSIDE EDGE TREAD BLOCKS AND PROCEEDING TOWARD THE SIDEWALL. THE TIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPERLY INFLATED TO 36 - 50 PSI (80 PSI COLD MAX) AND WAS IMEADIATELY REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE APON DISCOVERY OF DEFECT. THERE IS NO VISIBLE EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE TIRE AND IT NEVER BEEN OFF THE RIM. THE TIRE STILL HOLDS AIR. (DOT NUMBER: V611 TIRESIZE: LT245/R16)

THE SEAT TRACK FOR THE FRONT SEATS ARE SHARP AS KNIVES. I LARCERATED MY FINGER WHEN VACUUMING CARPET. THERE SHOULD BE A CAP OR 'END' DEVICE ON THE END OF THE TRACK TO PREVENT THIS.*AK

FIRST FAILURE AS NOTED IN FORM, SECOND FAILURE OF SAME COMPONANT ON 08/03/01 @ 65 MPH PULLING 5000LB BOAT, 20503 MILES. THIRD FAILURE 08/17/01 SAME COMPONANT, SITTING STILL IN A PARKING LOT. 20700 MILES. THIS ELECTRONIC FAILURE IS BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS AS THE ENGINE WILL STOP RUNNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE HARD TO HANDLE

BLOWOUT OF RIGHT, REAR TIRE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING FREEWAY SPEED (WITH 3 KIDS IN CAR)IN LOS ANGELES. CRASH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL, BECAUSE WE VEERED INTO LANE TO THE RIGHT, BUT DRIVER(MY HUSBAND) HANDLED TRUCK PROFESSIONALLY (NO BRAKING) AND WE DRIFTED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: NA TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

INITIA FUNCTION OF PASSSENGER SEAT BELT INOPERTIVE. ONCE SEAT BELT IS LATCHED THE PASSENGER IS RESTRAINED IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. INORDEER TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE COMPATMENT MUST RELEASE BELT 9 UNLATACH. SAFTY ISSUE MAY RESULT IF PERSON UNLATCHES AT A TIME WHEN AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. ATTEMPTED ON SIMILAR VEHICLE ( PASSENGAER SIDE) WITH SAME RESULTS (MALFUNCTION.) DEALER HAS ALL BUT GIVEN UP. I CANNOT ACCEPT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO RIGHT THE PROBLEM THANK YOU R. B. LICCARDO.TED SAME FUNCTION ON NEW SIMILARVEHICLE SIMILAR. *AK

STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT RETURN TO CENTER STICKSWHEN MAKING HARD LEFT TURN AND RIGHT TURN HAS BEEN IN SHOP I WAS TOLD IT DID THAT AND THE NEW 2001 WILL NOT DO THAT IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TWO OR THREE TIMES I FEEL THAT SOME ONE WILL GET HURT IF THIS IS NOT CORRECTED THANK YOU. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILS TO INERTIA RELEASE: EXPLANATION FOLLOWS: WHEN ATACHING SEAT BELT NO FUTHER MOVEMENT IS ALLOWED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE INERTIA RELEASE MALFUNCTIONS LOCKING THE PASSENGER IN ONE POSITION ANY FURTHER MOVEMENT RSTRAINS THE PASSENGER INTO LOCKED POSITION REQUIRENG TO RELAEQSE THE BELT ENTIRELY TO MOVE ABOUT THE COMPARTMENT. ASAFTY ISSUE IF RELEASING TO PERFORM SOME DUTY A THE SAME TIMEAND ACCIDENT OCCURS CAN BE SERIOUS.OSITIONK MODE REQUIREING THE ENTIRE RELEASE OF THE BELT TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE NTTHER RTHER MOVEMENT WILL LOCK THE PASSENGERRSE FUNCTION OF THE LOCKING ACTION OF THE BELTT LOCKS INPLACE THEREBY TO MOVE ABOUT IN THE VEHICLE REQUIRS THAT DISENGAGE THE BELT. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE VIEW MIRROR VIBRATES AND POPS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BLURRING ANY IMAGES. DEALER HAS TIGHTENED MIRROR ONCE, AND REPLACED TWICE, AND PROBLEM HAS WORSENED. DEALER REFUSES TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE FLOOR DURING HARD BRAKING WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH DUE TO FAILURE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM TO ENGAGE. ALSO, DURING LIGHT BRAKING, BRAKES ENGAGE AT FIRST. THEN , BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR. DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS ACTIVITY WAS CONSIDERED TO BE NORMAL OPERATION OF THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE, AND THERE WAS NO NEED FOR CORRECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES, P265/70R16, WERE REPLACED DUE TO RECALL, HOWEVER TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH OTHER FIRESTONE TIRES THAT CAUSED TREMBLING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH, DEALER STATED TIRES WERE FINE, CONSUMER FEELS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE THE BRAND OF REPLACEMENT TIRES AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH VEHICLE PASSED UNDER POWER LINES COMING FROM A TOWER WHICH CAUSED RADIO/ GUAGES, AND ENGINE TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY AND THEN STOP FUNCTIONING. THIS EVENT HAS OCCURRED TWICE WHEN PASSING UNDERNEATH THESE POWER LINES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH TIRE SHREDDED. LEFT REAR TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 21,000 MILES MOUNTED ON A 2000, GMC, YUKON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WANTED TO PRORATE THE TIRE.*AK CONSUMER STATES FIRESTONE IS COMPLETELY NEGLIGENT HAD REPORTED UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR TO FIRESTONE.*JB

CONSUMER STATES HE TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR AN INSPECTION OF THE RECALLED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE (P265/70R16) TIRES, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS ONE OF THE RECALLED TIRES AND ALL 5 TIRES WOULD BE REPLACED, CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME BACK TO HAVE TIRES REPLACED, HOWEVER WHEN THE DEALERSHIP TOOK VEHICLE TO A FIRESTONE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT ONLY ONE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT CONTINUALLY RETRACTS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION PINNING THE PASSENGER TO THE SEAT. TO RELEAVE PRESSURE PASSENGER MUST UNBUCKLE AND REPOSITION BUCKLE. TO COMPENSATE DEALER INSTALLED AN EXTENSION BUT STILL DIDN'T CORRECT PROBLEM AND CREATED A NEW ONE FOR PASSENGERS UNDER 200LB. WITH EXTENSION BUCKLE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OCCUPANTS ABDOMIN ALONG WITH THE SHOULDER BELT. LEAVING ONLY THE LAP BELT TO RESTRAIN PASSENGER. *AK

SPARE ON FIRESTONE IS 16 INCH TIRE,. IN OWNERS MANUEL TIRES SUPPOSE TO BE SAME SIZE. THIS COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK

THE PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT DESIGNED TO HOLD MORE THAN THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE ON MORE THAN AN ELEVEN PERCENT GRADE. THE YUKON XL IS ADVERTISED BY GMC TO BE A VEHICLE CAPBABLE OF TOWING A 7800 LB TRAILER. WITH A BOAT TRAILER OR HORSE TRAILER YOU CAN NOT SAFELY PARK ON ANYTHING BUT LEVEL GROUND WITHOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAILER BEING HELD BY THE TRANMISSION PARK. THIS NOT A SAFELY DESIGNED SYSTEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER FELT VIBRATION AND IN REARVIEW MIRROR COULD SEE TREAD FLAPPING, THE LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRE HAD EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, TIRE SIZE P265/70R16, DOT # V672WL11800. *SLC

PASSENGER'S SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS APPLIED. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER PROBLEM CANNOT BE REPAIRED. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED IN UP POSITION. DRIVERS SEATBELT WOULD LOCK IN RETRACTED POSITION IF REMOVED WHILE DRIVING AND COULD NOT BE PULLED BACK OUT UNLESS THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND TURNED OFF.

MY WIFES VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD WHERE SHE TRIED TO CORRECT AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER,KILLING HER AS SHE WAS BY HERSELF. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS A COMPLETE DISASTER. *AK

I DID NOT SAVE EITHER OF THE FAILED TIRES BUT THEY WERE BOTH REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW 13 MONTHS AGO.*AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

TREAD SEPARATION AND BLOWOUT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 26570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 26570R16 )

REAR WINDOWS INOPERABLE 3 TIMES/RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT LOCKS UP, HAVE TO UNBELT TO GET SLACK SO PASSENGERS RELUCTANT TO USE BELT/TRANSMISSION HAS TROUBLE FINDING FIRST GEAR/REAR END HUMS/FRONT END FEELS "LOOSE" AFTER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED TWICE/TIRES SQUEAL AT VERY LOW SPEEDS/ACCEL PEDAL STUCK TO FLOOR, THEN STARTED COMING APART/AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON UNTIL 3RD REPAIR/LEATHER SEATS SPLIT AT SEAM, REPAIRS SLOPPY.

THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A HEAD ON COLLISION RESULTING IN INJURIES. NLM

LACK OF LUBRICATION IN TIR ROD ENDS CAUSED RUBBING/GROWLING NOISE IN THE FRONT END ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING, EACH ROD TOOK 10 SHOTS OF GREASE AS COMPARED TO THE USUAL 2 SHOTS, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE CORRECTIVE ACTION INDICATES LACK OF OR NO LUBRICATION EXISTED AT TIME OF DELIVERY. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED IN THE UP POSITION WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER.N *AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. VEHICLE LOST CONTROL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND GAS TANK THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THIS VEHICLE IN THREE MONTHS. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED AT THE NECK OF THE TANK, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON THE GROUND.*AK

NO SUMMARY

BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS INOPERATIVE. *AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM . ALSO, WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN IT LOSES POWER AND STALLS, CAUSE UNKNOWN/ PASSENGER'S ARM REST FELL OFF. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED WITHIN A DAY OF EACH OTHER. THE WINDOWS WERE STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION.

PEE0 020, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS WOBBLING. LEFT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TREAD SEPARATED FROIM THE RIM. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM: AT 40 MPH GOING DOWNHILL UNKNOWINGLY WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND ACCELERATING TO MAINTAIN SPEED WENT OVER 3000 RPM. NORMALLY AT THAT SPEED 1400 RPM. TRANSMISSION BOLT MISSING. FOUND BY OWNER AFTER DEALER PERFORMED OIL CHANGE. NO PAINT SCRATCHED WHERE BOLT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THERE WAS A BOLD THERE FROM MANUFACTURER. DEALER REPLACED BOLT AT NO CHARGE. HOT FRONT BRAKE LEFT SIDE & TIRE FEELS HOT - NOTICED BY SMELL FROM LEFT SIDE - RIGHT SIDE FRONT NO HEAT OR SMELL. FOUND AFTER TRAVELING 60 MPH AND WHEEL & TIRE HOT TO TOUCH. DEALER EXAMINED ALL BRAKES, CLAIMED ALL NORMAL, EVEN BRAKE PAD WEAR ON ALL BRAKES AND FOUND NO ABNORMAL CONDITIONS, BUT NO PROBLEM SINCE THEY DEALER LOOKED AT THIS.*AK (TIRESIZE: 265/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/16 )

THE REAR WINDOWS WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN AND SOMETIMES THE PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT WRORK EITHER. I HAVE ALSO HAD A GRINDING OR RUBBING OISE FROM THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AREA THAT NO ONE CAN FIND IT ONLY DOES IT OCCASIONALLY. I CAN LIVE WITH THAT BUT THE WINDOWS NOT WORKING IS A REAL PAIN..I HAVE TALKED WITH 3 OTHER FRIENDS IN FREDERICK WHO HAVE PURCHASED NEW SUBURBANS AND THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS..WHAT IS GENERAL MOTORS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT..

TIRE BLEW OUT @35MPH-VEHICLE PURCHASED 7/6/00.GM SAYS NOT GOING TO REPLACE TIRES.WILDNERNESS LE TIRES AREN'T IN THE RECALL. WANT ALL FIRESTONE TIRES OFF MY VEHICLE!!! I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING ON ANY FIRESTONE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 1155MS TIRESIZE: P265/70R16)

30 TO 40 MPH CROSS WIND. WINDOW FAILED SHOWERING DRIVER WITH GLASS. *AK

TIRE BLOWOUT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P26570R16 )

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED , INDICTATING A DEFECT AND EITHER INOPERATIVE OR SUDDEN DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY TRAFFIC BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. CONSUMER STATED THAT A HARD SPOT CAME INTO THE BRAKE, AND BRAKES WERE LOCKED, CONSUMER COULD NOT STOP, AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH CAUSED A CHAIN REACTION. *AK

MY 2000 GMC HAS HAD A STALLING ISSUE FROM THE DAY IT WAS DELIVERED. IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO GET IT FIXED. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THEY WILL REPLACE A COMPUTER CHIP BY SEPT. 30, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM.. I WILL FILE A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPURCHASED IF IT IS NOT FIXED BY SEPT. 30TH. THE DEALER ADMITS THAT THERE ARE "SEVERAL" OF THESE YUKONS AND PICKUPS" THAT HAVE THIS STALLING PROBLEM, HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY ARE NOT MAKING POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, PERHAPS THAT WOULD HURT "THEIR BOTTOM LINE"!! ALSO, THESE YUKONS ARE SOLD WITH FIRESTONE LE TIRES, BY REVIEWING THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND SOME OF THE OTHER CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, I SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT HAD THE TIRES BLOW, MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHECK ON THESE TIRES AS WELL AS THE ONES ALREADY RECALLED . *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE DRIVING WOULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP ON TIME, CAUSING IT TO PASS THROUGH INTERSECTIONS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVEN TIMES. DEALER COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT AT 65 MPH (~60 DEGREES) WHEN THE PASSENGERR REAR TIRE SEEMED TO FALL A PART. BY THE TIME I PULLED OVER THE TIRE WAS COMPLETLY DESTROYED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIRE DO THAT BEFORE. WHEN I TOOK THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE THEY COULDN'T TELL WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE TIRE. THEY SAID THAT I PROBABLY HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. I DON'T REMEMBER HITTING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO DOT NUMBER ON THE FIRESONE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS MADE IN MEXICO WITH THE FOLLOWING NUMBER ON IT 3156 EX BM 20562-3.*AK( DOT NUMBER: BM 20562-3 TIRE SIZE: P265/70R16 )

BOTH REAR POWER WINDOWS APPEAR TO HAVE SHORTED OUT. THEY ARE STUCK IN THE UP POSITION. *AK

CONSUMER HAS 2000, GMC YUKON WITH ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, WILDERNESS LE TIRES WITH APPROXIMATE MILEAGE 300. TRAVELING AT 65MPH IN COLD CONDITIONS PASSENGER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. NO DAMAGES OR INJURIES. TIRE SIZE P265/R1670 AND DOT# UNKNOWN. TIRE WAS REPLACED AT DEALER WITH NO PROBLEM.*AK

SLOWING TO A STOP ON SLIGHT DOWNHILL GRADE, THE BRAKES FAILED FOR APPX 3-4 SECONDS. THE BRAKE PEDAL RAISED UP TOWARDS ME AND COULDN'T STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 20 TIMES(ALWAYS ON DRY ROADS).IT ALSO OCCURS AT SLOWING DOWN SPEEDS, IF ROAD IS EVER SO SLIGHTLY ROUGH. * NOT OVERLY BUMPY !! *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES REAR BRAKE WILL LOCK UP BEFORE THE FRONT BRAKE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK LOCK UP OF REAR BRAKE COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL ON WET OR ICY PAVEMENT. TIRES LEAVE BLACK MARKS ON PAVEMENT. BRAKE PROPORTIONING SYSTEM NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. *YH

THIS TIRE, ALTHOUGH NOT IN THE RECALL GROUP PERFORMED JUST AS THE OTHERS WHEN IT BLEW AT 65MPH. I STILL HAVE THE TIRE AND WILL ALSO TAKE PICTURES. I WILL BE HAPPY TO KEEP THE TIRE FOR YOUR INSPECTION. PLEASE ADVISE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P70/R17 )

DEALER REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. SAID WRONG SPACER PUT IN AT MANUFACTURE PROCESS. OPTIONAL 4.10 REAR.