2005 GMC YUKON Complaints

SPEEDOOMETER FAILURE, GAUGE WORKED SOMETIMES, AND OTHER TIMES SHOWED SPEEDS OF 12O MPH WHEN GOING ONLY 30 MPH.. GAUGE STUCK AND ACTED M ERRATICALLY.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD WAS STRUCK JUST BELOW THE WIPER BLADE BY A MARBLE-SIZED ROCK. THE ROCK CAUSED FRAGMENTS OF GLASS TO SHATTER ON THE PASSENGER'S MOUTH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NOTHING PENETRATED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 23,553 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,443.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC YUKON. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AT 1,800 RPMS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH. THE VEHICLEWAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION WILL EITHER BE TORN DOWN OR REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 45,180, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD INDICATORSWERE NOT VISIBLE WHEN DRIVING IN THE SUNSHINE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN DEFECT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000. *AK

TL*- THE CONTACT HEARD A BEEPING NOISE AT THE REAR OF THE 2005 GMC YUKON WHEN SHE SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A TURN WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH. SHE HEARD THIS NOISE FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY LUBRICATED THE COLUMN BOOT. THE CONTACT STATED THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD 18000 MILES. *AK

PURCHASED NEW YUKON DENALI XL ON 3/19/05. INITIALLY MY HUSBAND AND I NOTICED THE SEAT POSITION MEMORY WAS FAULTY. PROBLEM WAS MINOR DID NOT REPORT IT. REPLACED THE HEAD LIGHTS EVERY 2 MONTHS ~ DROVE US CRAZY BUT WE DID NOT COMPLAIN. LESS THAN 8 MONTHS PAINT ON THE CONSOLE AND ACCESSORY BUTTONS PEELED. FINALLY ON 3/2/07 I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND GOT A TRANSMISSION HOT MESSAGE. FURIOUS AND CONCERNED I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. LATER THAT DAY I FIND OUT THAT MY LESS THAN TWO YEAR OLD TRUCK COSTING ABOUT $50,000 NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR AND COOLANT SYSTEM, REPLACED RADIATOR HOSES UPPER AND LOWER,HEATER HOSES, REPLACED COOLANT JUG, REPLACED THERMOSTAT, REPLACE BYPASS HOSE AND TRUCK NEEDED AN EXTENSIVE ENGINE BLOCK COOLING FLUSH, FURTHER INDICATING THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR FLUID MIXED - TOTALING $2,100. TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP ON 1/12/07 FOR REGULAR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, WHICH INCLUDED INSPECTION OF THE RADIATOR, COOLANT SYSTEM AND HOSES. ON 3/6/07, CALLED TO CHECK ON MY TRUCK TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THE ADVISOR STATED " I WOULD NOT GET THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED RIGHT NOW, JUST BEGIN A SERVICE FOR A NEW VEHICLE" JUST THE WORDS YOU WANT TO HEAR AFTER WASTING YOUR MONEY ON A LUXURY SUV. I CONTACTED GMC CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY INDICATED THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THE ISSUE. AFTER DOING AN IN DEPTH ONLINE SEARCH I AM NOW AWARE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. GMC AS WELL AS THE DEALER ACT AS IF IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL SO OWNERS HAVE NOT PRESSED THE ISSUE. MANY OWNERS STATE THAT THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE RUN AROUND SO THEY GET THE CAR REPAIRED AND DON'T PURSUE THE ISSUE. THIS MATTER NEEDS IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND POSSIBLE RECALLS. NO AUTOMOBILE SHOULD HAVE TRANSMISSION / RADIATOR/ COOLANT/ ELECTRICAL (HEAD LIGHT) /MEMORY MALFUNCTION OR CHEAP INTERIOR ISSUES WITHIN 2 YRS. GMC NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND EXCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR POORLY MANUFACTURED YUKON DENALI. *JB

CAR: 2005 GM YUKON DENALI OCCUPANTS: FATHER, DRIVING; 16-YEAR OLD SON, PASSENGER FRONT; MOTHER, LEFT WINDOW SEAT MIDDLE ROW; 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LYING ON RIGHT AND MIDDLE SEATS, OF MIDDLE ROW. (DAUGHTER HAS CEREBRAL PALSY; UNABLE TO WALK UNASSISTED; WHEELCHAIR STOWED IN REAR. ) BOTH REAR SEAT HEATERS ON. TIME: 9 A.M. 2/3/07 OUR FAMILY WAS ALMOST 2 HOURS INTO A 3-HOUR TRIP, WHEN I SMELLED AN UNUSUAL ODOR. THINKING IT WAS FROM OUTSIDE, I TRIED TO IGNORE FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN BECAME OVERWHELMED BY A NOXIOUS ODOR, AND OPENED ALL WINDOWS. MY HUSBAND PULLED INTO A REST AREA ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ABOUT A MILE LATER. IMMEDIATELY WHEN WE PARKED, SMOKE BEGAN POURING OUT FROM UNDER MY DAUGHTER'S SEAT. WE FRANTICALLY UNBUCKLED HER, AS SHE HAS A DISABILITY. THE SMOKE WAS VERY THICK W/I A FEW SECONDS. WE SAFELY EXTRACTED HER AND ALL OF US. MY HUSBAND LIFTED HER PILLOW, WHERE SHE HAD BEEN RESTING ON THE SEAT, ONLY TO FIND IT CHARRED UNDERNEATH, AND TWO GAPING, STILL BURNING HOLES IN THE ACTUAL SEAT. HE WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO CUT THE SEAT HEATER CORD AND REMOVE THE CUSHION FROM THE FRAME. ONLY 2 INCHES OF PILLOW SAVED OUR PRECIOUS DAUGHTER FROM BEING BURNED. IN HER WORDS LATER, WITH LIMITED SPEECH, SHE TOLD US SHE COULD SMELL THE BURNING, BUT AS UNABLE TO EXPRESS IT. THE SEAT CUSHION HAD BEEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR NEARLY 30 MINUTES, AS WE WERE TALKING WITH EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, AND INCREDIBLY, IT BEGAN TO SMOKE AND BURN AGAIN! THEY TOOK NO CHANCES AND DOUSED IT COMPLETELY WITH WATER. GMC IS NOW INVESTIGATING. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASH ILLUMINATED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. EACH TIME, A REPAIR WAS MADE THAT DID NOT AFFECT THE AIR BAG LIGHT. ON THE FORTH OCCURRENCE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM.

THE HEADLAMPS ON BOTH SIDES HAVE BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES. THE DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HEADLAMP ASSEMBLY TO THE TUNE OF $450 THAT, WE WERE TOLD, WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS ARE INTERMITTENTLY ON AND OFF AND REPLACEMENT OF BULBS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES FAILED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER, BUT THIS HAD NOT CORRECTED THE ISSUE. THE BRAKES HAD FAILED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS, BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM.