2003 GMC YUKON Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL JANUARY 2005. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED THERE IS A POPPING AND GRINDING NOSE. THERE IS ALSO AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE SHAFT WAS GREASED. THIS DID NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE SHAFT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE NHTSA RECALL INFORMATION IS NOT AVAILABLE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A T-BONE COLLISION AT 10MPH AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO PRE-BRAKING PRIOR TO IMPACT. ALTHOUGH THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS, MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE AGENCY. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION.

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN MAKING TURNS THERE WAS A SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. IN SNOWY CONDITIONS WHEN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WAS ENGAGED THERE WAS DIFFICULTY DRIVING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SCREECHING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM AUTOMATIC TO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER OVERHAULED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, BUT NOTED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE OFF BALANCE AND VARIED IN SIZE. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE CULPRIT OF THE SCREECHING NOISE WHEN TURNING. THE TIRES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. *AK

DT: CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE FAILED. THE NEEDLE ON THE SPEEDOMETER MOVED, BUT IT SAID 100 MPH WHEN GOING ONLY 5 MPH. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND USUALLY HAPPENED AT 30,000 MILES. THEY WERE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE. HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH MY HOOD FLEW UP AND CRASHED INTO MY WINDSHIELD. AFTER INVESTIGATING WHY... THE RIVETS PULLED OUT OF THE HOOD ALLOWING IT TO RELEASE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE NO HELP AT ALL. TURNED IT IN TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS REALLY HARD TO SWALLOW WHEN ITS NOT YOUR FAULT AND COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. I ALMOST CRASHED! *NM

DEALER REPORTED THAT THE ROTORS WERE FULL OF CORROSION AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED INSTEAD OF CUT, HOWEVER BRAKES WERE STILL GOOD BUT BECAUSE OF ROTOR PROBLEMS BRAKES WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED ALSO. ROTORS HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED ALONG WITH BRAKES BUT NOT BY DEALER, DID ON OWN TO SAVE MONEY. *NM

I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 GMC YUKON. IT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004 WITH MY REAR AIR NOT WORKING, IT WAS INOPERABLE; AND, A POPPING NOISE IN MY STEERING, THE STEERING FELT LOOSE. THE REAR AIR WAS TEMPORARILY FIXED IN OCTOBER OF 2004 BUT CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM NOW IN SEPTEMBER OF 2005, ONE YEAR LATER. I'VE NEVER REALLY HAD REAR AIR SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, IT WORKS OCCASIONALLY. I STILL HAVE NO REAR AIR AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MORE THAN 7 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT TOOK UNTIL JANUARY OF 2005 TO FIX THE STEERING PROBLEM. I'VE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY SPEEDOMETER, WHICH QUIT WORKING IN DECEMBER OF 2004 AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN AND LEAVE FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO SEND THE SPEEDOMETER TO CALIFORNIA FOR REPROGRAMMING, THIS PROBLEM WAS FIXED IN JANUARY OF 2005. *NM

I TOOK DELIVERY OF MY 2003 GMC YUKON SLT ON 22 DECEMBER 2003. IT HAS CHASSIS PROBLEMS SINCE IT HAD 500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING CHASSIS RELATED COMPLAINTS MULTIPLE TIMES: FRONT END VIBRATION AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS (50+ MPH), STEERING WHEEL PULL AT ALL SPEEDS, AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. IN THE PAST, GM SERVICE HAS ALIGNED THE FRONT END, BALANCED WHEELS, REPLACED TIRES, REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP, AND REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR. VEHICLE SERVICE HISTORY IS AVAILABLE. THE MOST RECENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED ON 29 JULY 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 P.M. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A TUBBY'S RESTAURANT PARKING LOT IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN RIGHT ONTO GARFIELD ST. MY ATTEMPTED RIGHT TURN FAILED AS MY VEHICLE STEERING LOCKED MID WAY INTO MY TURN, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO GO INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO REMOVE MY VEHICLE FROM TRAFFIC, AND WRESTLED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN RIGHT TO GET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD A NEAR MISS AS THERE WAS TRAFFIC COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS ON A ROAD WITH A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MPH. AFTER THE NEAR MISS, I REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD LOST POWER STEERING, ONLY TO THE RIGHT. I CAREFULLY DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO RINKE PONTIAC GMC SERVICE ON 1 AUGUST 2005 FOR SERVICE. THE SERVE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE THE PAY FOR IT SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *JB

I TOOK DELIVERY OF MY 2003 GMC YUKON SLT ON 22 DECEMBER 2003. IT HAS CHASSIS PROBLEMS SINCE IT HAD 500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING CHASSIS RELATED COMPLAINTS MULTIPLE TIMES: FRONT END VIBRATION AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS (50+ MPH), STEERING WHEEL PULL AT ALL SPEEDS, AND SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. IN THE PAST, GM SERVICE HAS ALIGNED THE FRONT END, BALANCED WHEELS, REPLACED TIRES, REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP, AND REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR. VEHICLE SERVICE HISTORY IS AVAILABLE. THE MOST RECENT LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED ON 29 JULY 2005 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 P.M. I WAS PULLING OUT OF A TUBBY'S RESTAURANT PARKING LOT IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN RIGHT ONTO GARFIELD ST. MY ATTEMPTED RIGHT TURN FAILED AS MY VEHICLE STEERING LOCKED MID WAY INTO MY TURN, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO GO INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO REMOVE MY VEHICLE FROM TRAFFIC, AND WRESTLED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN RIGHT TO GET ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD A NEAR MISS AS THERE WAS TRAFFIC COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS ON A ROAD WITH A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MPH. AFTER THE NEAR MISS, I REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD LOST POWER STEERING, ONLY TO THE RIGHT. I CAREFULLY DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO RINKE PONTIAC GMC SERVICE ON 1 AUGUST 2005 FOR SERVICE. THE SERVE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE THE PAY FOR IT SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATES WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH VEHICLE LOSES COMPLETE POWER. THE SERVICE DEALER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, AND THEY WILL TRY TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM, THINKING THIS WAS THE REMEDY, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. VEHICLE IS AT THE SERVICE DEALER, AND HAS BEEN THEIR ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS.*AK