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2015 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 2015 record →

Service BrakesCrash
Filed May 2, 201990,000 milesMS

DRIVING THE 2015 GMC YUKON, TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR AND NO BRAKING AVAILABLE. HAD TO JUMP A MEDIAN IN THE ROAD TO GET CAR STOPPED. CALLED DEALERSHIP, THEY WERE AWARE AND SAID DRIVE IT THERE, ALMOST WRECKED AGAIN PULLING INTO PARKING OT AT DEALERSHIP. YOU CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR LIKE THIS, VERY DANGEROUS. BEING TOLD ITS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT GMC KNOWS ABOUT BUT WILL ONLY FIX IF ITS 70,000 OR 6 YEARS. NOT OK, FIX THE PROBLEM MY CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 100,000 MILES! VACUUM PUMP, VACUUM PUMP BELT, BRAKE BOOSTER, MASTER CYLINDER AND VACUUM PIPE ALL NEED REPLACING!!!!!! MAKE A RECALL BEFORE MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT!!!!

Electrical System
Filed May 2, 201944,000 milesCA

REAR TAIL LIGHTS CUT IN AND OUT. WORK ON AND OFF AND HAVE FAULTY PARTS.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 30, 201975,000 milesTN

BRAKES BECOME HARD TO PUSH WHEN GOING BELOW 5MPH AND DOESN'T WANT TO STOP WHEN PRESSED. SOMETIMES YOU PRESS BRAKES AND PUSH AS HARD AS YOU CAN AND IT JUST KEEPS MOVING UNTIL HE SLOWLY COMES TO A STOP. IT HAPPENS WHEN TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED OR EVEN AT A STOP AND YOU NEED TO BARELY MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. MAKES IT HARD TO PARK IN TIGHT SPACES, MOVE IN TRAFFIC, AND IN A DRIVE-THRU. IT WILL HAPPEN MOVING FORWARD OR BACKWARD - THAT DOESN'T MATTER IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP AND BARELY MOVE AGAIN AND NEED TO STOP - BRAKES BECOME HARD AND IT STOPS ON ITS OWN TIME. I EVEN HAD IT HAPPEN WHEN I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT ON DOWNWARD HILL AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME STARTED MOVING AND SUDDENLY STOPPED AGAIN AND MY CAR DIDN'T WANT TO STOP. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME SINCE AROUND NOV 2018. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 29, 201960,000 milesNY

TAIL BRAKE LIGHT IS OUT. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 29, 201992,000 milesMN

THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORK SOMETIMES AND THEN DON'T, THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE. IF THEY STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING THIS COULD KILL ME OR ANOTHER DRIVER OR SOMEONES PASSENGER(S).

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Apr 27, 201979,500 milesMN

HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 2018 AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND WHEN TRIED TO STOP AND PUSHED ON MY BRAKE PEDAL, IT WAS LIKE IT FROZE AND I WAS STILL MOVING. I WAS DRIVING 37MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 25, 201910,000 milesCA

ON REPEATED OCCASIONS (FROM 2015 TO 2019) I HAVE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT LOW SPEEDS AND SUDDEN JERKING MOTIONS. THE TRANSMISSION AND SPEED CONTROLS ARE UNPREDICTABLE AND DANGEROUS. THIS IS HAZARDOUS AND MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS ISSUES WITH THE BRAKES INCLUDING A STUCK CALIPER AT APPROXIMATELY 42,000 MILES. I REPORTED THESE ISSUES AND NUMEROUS OTHER ISSUES TO GMC CORPORATE, TUSTIN BUICK GMC ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT IT WAS A SOFTWARE ISSUE AND THINGS ARE SATISFACTORY AND SAFE. GMC CONTENDS THAT THE VEHICLE IS FINE AND DECLINES TO ASSIST WITH ISSUES. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. THE DATE BELOW IS APPROXIMATE. THE MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATE ON ALL ENTRIES.

Unknown or Other
Filed Apr 23, 2019109,000 milesGA

THE AC CONDENSER STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BEEN REPLACED. FIRST UNDER WARRANTY, SECOND IS NOT. IT IS FUNNY HOW EVERY PERSON AT DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS THE CONDENSER IS A FAULTY PRODUCT, BIT GMC WON'T RECALL. EVEN NON GMC REPAIR SHOPS KNOW THIS.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 22, 201978,000 milesCO

I PURCHASED A 2015 GMC YUKON AND AM THE SECOND OWNER. LAST WEEK, MY DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. I NOTICED IT WHILE DRIVING WHEN SOMEONE BEHIND ME TOLD ME IT WAS OUT. SIX MONTHS AGO, I REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WHICH COST $875 TO FIX (THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED, NOT JUST A BULB). A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE HAS PROVEN THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MANY OTHER GMC YUKON OWNERS. LED LIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR THAT SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRODUCT IS DEFECTIVE. THIS IS SIMPLY OUTRAGEOUS AND GMC KNOWS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM.

Electrical System
Filed Apr 22, 2019CA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. SHORTLY AFTER THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND THE RADIO FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE DEALER (PENSKE BUICK GMC OF CERRITOS, 17720 CRUSADER AVE, CERRITOS, CA 90703, (877) 886-6265) REPLACED THE RADIO WITH A WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. ALSO, THE VENT CONTROLS FAILED FOR THE AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AND A U TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY SERVICED THE VEHICLE PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V586000 (STEERING) AND WAS AWARE THAT THE RECALL REMEDY FAILED. THE CONDITION PROGRESSED TO THE POINT THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MULTIPLE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 21, 2019CA

BRAKE LED LIGHTS GO OUT AND ON, SOMETIMES ONE SIDE WORKS, THEN OTHER TIMES THE OTHER SIDE GOES OUT, AND SOMETIMES BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. SOMETIMES BY BANGING THE COVER, IT TURNS ON AND WORKS, BUT THEN THEY GO OUT.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 19, 201978,600 milesME

ALL BREAK LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AT THE SAME TIME ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE. TURN SIGNAL, BACK UP LIGHTS, BLINKERS ALL STILL WORK. I WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE BREAK LIGHT HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR A COST OF APX 2K. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND THE COST OF REPAIR IS ASTRONOMICAL.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 19, 201980,000 milesLA

REAR LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. YOU CANT JUST CHANGE THE BULB. BEING LEDS THE WHOLE PIECE HAS TO BE CHANGED. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND GM KNOWS ABOUT IT, YET THERES BEEN NO RECALL??

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 18, 2019AR

LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT (LED) AND BREAK LIGHT FAILURE. NOT A BULB BUT THE CIRCUIT FAILED. BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER BULBS, BUT THIS WAS NOT A BULB FAILURE! I WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL THIS DENIAL

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 18, 201964,000 milesCA

RIGHT SIDE /PASSENGER BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. DEALER SAYS IT'S A CRACKED ELECTRICAL BOARD. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE SEEN TONS OF THESE AND IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY. $1300 DEALER REPAIR ESTIMATE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 16, 201989,000 milesTX

BRAKES GET HARD WHEN TOWING MY BOAT AND SOMETIMES IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 15, 201935,000 milesPA

BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD IN SLOW MOVING AND STOP & GO DRIVING CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE HARD TO STOP WITH NO BREAK POWER. THIS SITUATION GETS WORSE WHEN TOWING A TRAILER IN TRAFFIC AN DOWN HILL WHERE YOU NEED THE BRAKE POWER

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 14, 2019TX

I HAVE REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE TAILIGHT AND NOW THE DRIVER SIDE TAILIGHT IS NOT WORKING. THE TURN SIGNAL AND REVERSE LIGHT WORK BUT THE RED PART OF THE LIGHT WILL WORK AND THEN GO OUT.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 13, 201986,200 milesPA

REAR PARKING/BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. DEALER SAYS THE FIX IS $800 PLUS LABOR TO FIX.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 12, 201921,000 milesCA

MY GMC YOUKON DENALI HAS BRAKE LIGHTS THAT ARE KNOWN TO DEALERS TO FAIL. YET THERE IS NOT A RECALL. I LOOKED ON THE INTER NET AND SAW THAT THERE HAS BEEN THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2015 TO 2018. BECAUSE OF A JOINT THAT WAS SOLDERED INSTEAD OF A WIRE. I KNOW WHY WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN FOR RECALL THAT THE SERVICE MAN LOOKED AT MY STOP LIGHTS.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 6, 201990,000 milesCO

THE LED BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT THERE SEEMS TOO BE FAULTY ELECTRICAL AND COMPANY KNOWS IT

Power Train
Filed Apr 5, 2019SC

THE 8 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY GMC YUKON DENALI HAS A SLIPPAGE ISSUE THAT HAS PERSISTED IN OUR VEHICLE FOR A WHILE UNRESOLVED. GM HAS REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER, MODULE AND NOW THEY ARE CLAIMING THROUGH DEALER THAT THE ISSUE RESIDES WITH AT FLUID. THIS SLIPPAGE IS BAD BECAUSE CAR JERKS AND SOMETIMES HARD. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM AS THEY KNOW THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH THIS 8 SPEED AT. THE ISSUE HAPPENS AT STOPS AND AT SLOW SPEEDS.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 4, 2019139,777 milesTN

BRAKES ARE UNRESPONSIVE AND STUFF BRAKE PEDALS AT LOW SPEEDS. WHILE DRIVING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKES WILL NOT ENGAGE AND STOP THE VEHICLE. I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING STOP AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND UNLESS I STOMPED ON THEM GOING LESS THAN 5MPH. IT HAPPENS OFTEN WITH THE SAME SCENARIO. DRIVING AT A VERY LOW RATE OF SPEED AND MY VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKES ARE PRESSED.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 3, 201984,000 milesCA

REAR BREAK TAILIGHTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL TIMES. MOST OF THE TIME THEY REQUIRE TAPPING ON THE TAILLIGHT TO GET THEM TO LIGHT THE TAIL LIGHT. NOT A BULB ISSUE AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL YUKON'S OF THIS MAKE. VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE THEM WORK INCONSISTENTLY . SOMETIMES ONE LIGHT OUT AND SOMETIMES BOTH.

Service Brakes
Filed Apr 3, 201968,000 milesTX

WITHIN THE LAST YEAR ON MY 2015 MY AC COMPRESSOR HAS GONE OUT, RADIO SCREEN QUIT WORKING, BRAKE PUMP/BOOSTER FAULTY, AND NOW REAR BRAKE LIGHT QUIT WORKING. ALL SEEM TO BE VERY COMMON IN THIS YEAR MODEL. MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 70000 MILES ON IT!! GM IS EITHER DOING A CRAPPY JOB ON THEIR $60000 VEHICLES OR A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE.

Engine
Filed Apr 2, 2019AZ

2015 GMC YUKON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. *LD *TR

Electrical System
Filed Apr 1, 2019TX

PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE AND TAIL LED STRIP LIGHT SHORT AND GOES OUT AND STOPS WORKING. WILL WORK SOMETIMES WHEN BACK HATCH SHUTS AND JARS IT OR I HIT A BUMP. DEALERSHIP SAYS LIGHT IT OUT AND NEEDS REPLACING. NOT SURE WHY THE LIGHT STILL COMES ON WHEN JARRED. HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COVER ALL THIS ESPECIALLY BEING ELECTRICAL. SEEMS TO BE ON GOING PROBLEM

Exterior Lighting
Filed Apr 1, 201950,000 milesAZ

DRIVER SIDE TAILLIGHTS ARE BROKEN. PASSENGER SIDE TAILLIGHTS ARE FAILING NOW. NEITHER TAILLIGHTS NOR BREAK LIGHTS ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE TAIL LIGHTS ARE STARTING TO FAIL ON THE PASSENGER SIDE

Fuel/Propulsion System
Filed Mar 31, 2019TX

I HAVE 47,000 MILES ON MY YUKON SLT. I REPLACED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO FOR A PRICE OF $1,400. NOW MY DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. DEALER IS TELLING ME NEARLY $800 TO FIX. I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS CAR AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 28, 201944,000 milesCA

LEFT BACK TAILLIGHT DEFECTIVE. IT WAS REPLACED BY GMC IN 2017 UNDER WARRANTY (BELOW 36,000 MILES) NOW AT 44000 IT FAILED AGAIN. LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE POSTING THE SAME ISSUE ONLINE. BAD DESIGN OR JUST PLAIN BAD QUALITY. SEE ONE OF THE POSTS HERE: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T53845_DS768963 SEE VIDEO HERE EXPLAINING ISSUE ON HOW INTERNAL BOARD CRACKS AND CAUSES THE ISSUE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=NNLDJPYMDZC ANOTHER VIDEO: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=2LJXUQME3TU DEALER CHARGES $844 PARTS AND LABOR TO REPLACE, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR GMC, THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THE ISSUE IS SO WELL KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ON EBAY MAKING A BUSINESS TO REPAIR IT. A SIMPLE TYPE IN EBAY YUKON TAIL LIGHT WILL SHOW MULTIPLE LINKS.

Steering
Filed Mar 26, 201951,000 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN AFTER BEING REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V586000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BRUCE LOWRIE CHEVROLET (817-264-7776, LOCATED AT 711 SW LOOP 820, FORT WORTH, TX 76134) WHERE THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN RE-FLASHED THE COMPUTER AND STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000.

Electrical System
Filed Mar 26, 20197,600,000 milesVA

HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS QUIT WORKING

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 24, 201967,000 milesKS

BRAKE LIGHT IS NOT WORKING ON PASSENGER SIDE. WENT TO REPLACE BULB AND FOUND OUT THAT ONE HAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TAILLIGHT ENSEMBLE WHICH IS $700-800. IT IS SAD THAT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO SAFETY LIKE A BRAKE LIGHT HAS TO COST THAT MUCH TO REPLACE. I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS TENDS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. SO MUCH FOR LED LIGHTS--THIS IS ALSO POOR ENGINEERING!

Exterior Lighting › Tail Lights
Filed Mar 19, 201966,000 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LED TAIL LIGHTS BURNED OUT PREMATURELY. THE CONTACT CALLED [XXX] AT 817-264-7746 (LOCATED AT 501 TX-114, GRAPEVINE, TX 76051) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TAIL LIGHT WAS A SEALED UNIT THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS A WHOLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS TOO COSTLY FOR A SIMPLE BURNED OUT BULB. THE CONTACT CALLED IT A DESIGN FLAW. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE, AND OFFERED THE CONTACT A SMALL DISCOUNT FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 66,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. *DT INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 16, 201948,320 milesPA

BRAKE LIGHTS FOR PASSENGER REAR LAMP ASSEMBLY IS NOT WORKING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN 25 MONTHS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE ENTIRE LAMP ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600+. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 49,000 MILES, AND IT IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. ONLINE FORUMS INDICATE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS IN THE LAMP ASSEMBLIES. IT APPEARS THE CIRCUIT BOARDS FOR THE LED BRAKE LIGHTS ARE BREAKING.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 15, 201951,000 milesTX

THE LED REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AREN'T WORKING.

Engine
Filed Mar 13, 2019OH

2015 GMC YUKON SLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PRESSURE BOOMING SENSATION WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *LD *TR

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 9, 2019120,000 milesTX

PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW HAS STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE BRAKE LIGHT UNIT IS A SEALED UNIT THAT CAN NOT BE SERVICED, IT MUST BE REPLACED ENTIRELY. VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL DUE TO A FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. FAILURE OF BRAKE LIGHTS PUTS THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY IN JEOPARDY.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Mar 8, 201960,000 milesGA

TAIL AND BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CONDUCTIVE PLATE BETWEEN THE LEDS HAD CRACKED/BROKEN IN BOTH ASSEMBLIES.

Electronic Stability Control (esc)
Filed Mar 4, 201991,000 milesFL

ENGINE SHUTS OFF, STEERING ASSIST DISAPPEARS AND STEERING WHEEL IS JERKED OUT OF MY HAND, STABILITRAK WARNINGS ON DASH, HVAC SCREEN GOES BLANK, CHIMES START GOING OFF. THIS OCCURRED AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT NO MORE THAN 10MPH.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Feb 27, 2019CA

THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT WITH ONLY 42000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE READ ON MESSAGE BOARDS ACROSS THE NATION THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. DEALER WANTS 800 TO FIX IT.

Service Brakes
Filed Feb 18, 201940,000 milesIL

BRAKING BECOMES "HARD" AFTER BRAKING WHILE MOVING (E.G. IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC OR SLOWLY GOING DOWN A HILL).THIS STARTED WHILE GOING DOWNHILL IN AN ANIMAL RESERVE. I WAS INCHING FORWARD TO GET BETTER VIEWS OF THE ANIMALS. HALFWAY DOWN THE HILL THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED. I HAD TO LITERALLY STAND UP ON THE BRAKE, AND IT STILL WOULDN'T STOP THE CAR. AFTER TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE FOR A BIT, THE PROBLEM FIXED ITSELF. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS A FAULTY VACUUM PUMP ($500 REPAIR), BUT ONLINE RESEARCH SAYS REPLACING THE VACUUM PUMP DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM. NOTE, THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO PERSIST.

Electrical System
Filed Feb 18, 2019GA

ALL LED LIGHTS HAVE WENT OUT ON RIGHT SIDE, AS WELL AS BREAK LIGHTS. THIS IS A KNOW ISSUE TO GMC, AND YET THEY WILL NOT CORRECT IT. MY QUOTE TO HAVE IT FIXED WAS 2493.00 FROM LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THAT IS CRAZY. LED LIGHTS SHOULD LAST A WHOLE LOT LONGER THAN THIS. ALSO CONDENSATION IS IN THE FRONT HEADLIGHT WITH NO HOLES OR CRACKS. IF THIS HAPPENS WITH HOUSE WINDOWS, THEY ARE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS, I WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. GMC KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE MODELS.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Feb 6, 2019LA

TAILLIGHTS WORKS INCONSISTENT NO BRAKE LIGHTS TOOK TO DEALER THEY SAID THE BOTH LIGHTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND MY WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER IT THEY SAID THESE VEHICLES ARE KNOWN FOR HAVING THIS PROBLEM NEED FOR HELP WITH THIS

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Feb 3, 201942,000 milesFL

WIRING TO RADIATOR FAN CAUGHT ON FIRE. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN I SMELLED SMOKE. WHEN I PULLED OVER SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE HOOD I OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS OPEN FLAMES ON THE FAN WIRING WIRING.

Service Brakes
Filed Feb 2, 201981,000 milesMI

WHEN SLOWLY TURNING INTO GARAGE, BRAKE PEDAL BECAME "HARD" AND REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT FOOT FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONDITION HAS NOT IMPROVED AND I WILL HAVE TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

Electrical System
Filed Jan 25, 201951,000 milesCA

WE OWN A 2015 GMC YUKON WITH ONLY 51,000 MILES ON IT. THE REAR TAILLIGHTS ARE BOTH INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES THEY WORK, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. I RECENTLY TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND THEY SAID REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE LIGHT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE ISSUE. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT THEY HAVE SERVICED MANY VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE SERVICE PERSON ADVISED THAT THERE IS A CIRCUIT THAT OVER TIME BREAKS AND THE CONNECTION BECOMES LOOSE. WHEN THE METAL TOUCHES AND A COMPLETE CIRCUIT IS MADE, THE LIGHT WILL TURN ON. WHEN IT DOESN'T TOUCH (FAULTY), THE TAILLIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS ISSUE IS VERY COMMON AND GM DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE DOING ANYTHING TO ADDRESS IT. BECAUSE IT INVOLVES THE BRAKE LIGHTS, THIS IS VERY CONCERNING. NOT TO MENTION, THAT A REPLACEMENT IS $800. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $800 FOR ONE SIDE, NOW THE OTHER SIDE IS OUT AS WELL. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE SINCE IT'S AN OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT IS CAUSED BY FAULTY PARTS. HERE IS JUST ONE OF THE LINKS THAT DESCRIBE THIS ISSUE IN DETAIL: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T53845_DS768963

Service Brakes
Filed Jan 24, 201983,000 milesOH

FAULTY BRAKE VACUUM PUMP CAUSED VEHICLE TO NOT BRAKE AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP IN DRIVE THRU RESTAURANT AND STOP LIGHT ON STATE ROUTE.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Jan 23, 201960,000 milesNM

DRIVER SIDE REAR TAIL GAVE OUT TWICE AND DEALERSHIP OR GMC WON'T OVER WITH. THE DEALERSHIP THEM SELF SAID IT WAS FAULTY AND THEY BEEN HAVING LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THERE INVENTORY

Exterior Lighting
Filed Jan 22, 201937,000 milesCA

REAR TAIL LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. I HAD JUST OVER 37K MILES ON MY VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENED, WHICH IS OUTSIDE GM'S WARRANTY. CALLED DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME ITS BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, BUT NO PLANS FOR GM TO RECALL OR REPAIR PART. WAS QUOTED OVER $700 TO REPLACE THE PART. ITS A FAULTY, CHEAP DESIGN AND MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND BEEN DRIVEN ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS ONLY. IT LOOKS BRAND NEW. HERE IS JUST 1 FORUM OF PEOPLE DISCUSSING THE SAME PROBLEM & A WORKAROUND FIX. HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T53845_DS768963

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