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2002 GMC Yukon 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 2002 record →

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Jul 3, 2002MA

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB

Air Bags › Frontal › Sensor/Control Module
Filed Jun 11, 2002CA

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND EACH TIME PROBLEM REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Mar 13, 2002NC

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE UP, IT LURCHES FORWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PARK POSITION IT LURCHES FORWARD. *YD

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed Mar 6, 2002TX

RUSTED PARTS UNDER THE DASHBOARD OF 2002 YUKON'S, GMC SIERRA, CHEVROLET SUBURBANS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AND POSSIBLY THE US AND ABROAD.*AK

Steering
Filed Feb 6, 2002CA

WHEN TRAVELING AT 55MPH OR HIGHER AND GOING OVER A LITTLE BUMP/ HILL VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S FLOATING. DRIVER FEELS THAT IT'S HARD TO STEER. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Feb 6, 2002TX

SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DUE TO ELECTRICAL LOCKS FAILED AND CAR TOTAL LOSS

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 2, 2002CA

WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE WE NOTICED THE HEAD LINER PLUGS WERE MISSING THEY TOLD US TO BRING THE CAR BACK AND THEY WILL PUT THEM IN.THEY ATTEMEPTED TO INSTALL THE PLUGS AND NOTICED THERE WERE NO CLIPS INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE. NEVER INSPECTED ,ALSO ON 2-1-02 WE WERE DRIVING IN THE VEHICLE WERE MY DAUGHTERS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT WITH THERE SEAT BELTS ON AND MY HUSBAND STEPPED ON HIS BRAKES MY 10 YR. OLD FELL FORWARD AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE SAID MY SEAT BELT CAME OUT WE TURNED AND SAW THAT THE BOLT OF THE SEAT BELT WAS ALL THE WAY OUT.WE THINK THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN PROPERLY INSPECTED. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Auxillary Tank
Filed Dec 23, 2001NV

38.5 GALLON GAS TANK CAN ONLY BE FILLED TO 2/3 TO 3/4 LEVEL BECAUSE THE DUAL GAS TANK DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW GASOLINE VAPORS TO EVACUATE, TRAPPING THE GAS VAPORS IN THE TANK WHERE THEY COULD CONCEIVABLY EXPLODE. ALTHOUGH THE DESIGN OF THIS CHASSIS IS TWO YEARS OLD, THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER WAS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC CONTACTED GM, AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM, WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO REMEDY IT, OR WHEN CUSTOMERS CAN EXPECT THE DESIGN DEFECT TO BE FIXABLE.

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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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