2002 GMC YUKON Complaints

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. THEY DO NOT STOP PROPERLY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO WORK OR NOT. MY WIFE HAS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS ON THE FREEWAY APPLIED THE BRAKES QUICKLY AND THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, THANK GOD THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY LANE WHERE SHE SWERVED OUT TO. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME. WE ARE TOLD THAT YOU DO NOT PUMP THE BRAKES ON AN ABS BRAKING SYSTEM, WELL MY WIFE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME BY PUMPING THE PEDAL THE BRAKES SEEM TO STOP A LITTLE BETTER. NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS TELLING YOU??? I HAVE BEEN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, AND SINCE THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME IN ON A HOOK AND OR WAS NOT IN A ACCIDENT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKES SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GMC AGAIN, AND I AM LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THIS. HOPE YOU CAN HELP OR HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THIS MATTER. MANNY. *NM

DT: THERE IS A AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION ON THE ISSUE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING ,NHTSA INVESTIGATION PE05020. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS UNDER 5 MPH ABS ENGAGED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR IMPROPERLY RESPONDED WITH PEDAL DEPRESSED AND A LOSS OF BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. SINCE THIS REPAIRS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. CONSUMER DID CONTACT GM, WHO NOTED NO RECALL IN THE US. *AK

FAILURE OF ANTILOCK BRAKES SENSOR AT LOW SPEEDS. RESULTING IN MULTIPLE NEAR MISSES WITH STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO MY TEXACO WHICH DIAGNOSED THIS AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A TEXACO BULLETIN ON THE ISSUE. I GOOGLED AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY GM AND CAUSED A RECALL IN CANADA. REFERENCE DETROIT NEWS ARTICLE "AGENCY CHECKS BRAKE SENSORS ON 1.3 MILLION GM TRUCKS, ROAD SALT BUILDUP IN COLDER STATES MAY HAVE LED TO AN ANTILOCK SYSTEM MALFUNCTION." (HTTP://WWW.DETNEWS.COM/2005/AUTOSINSIDER/0505/03/C01-169774.HTM). I PHONED MY LOCAL GM WHICH OFFERED TO "TAKE A LOOK" BUT THAT "THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY SITUATION WITH THESE VEHICLES." TEXACO REPLACED THE FRONT SENSORS AT A COST OF $520.40. *NM

DURING ACCELERATION, TRANSMISSION LURCH AND SLIP OCCURRED CAUSING ENGINE TO OVER-REV RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF THIRD GEAR, FORTH GEAR, AND REVERSE. CAUSE WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE INSIDE TRANSMISSION @ ONLY 46K MILES. TRANSMISSION RE-BUILD WAS NECESSARY. *NM

WANDERING ON ROAD EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM TIRES WEARING ON INSIDE. CUPPING OF TIRES CAUSED BY WORN IDLER AND PITMAN ARMS AT 42000 MILES. *JB

AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN MAKING LOUD NOISE WITH ACCELARATION, THAN WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS BEGAN BLOWING HOT AIR. THE COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH WERE REPLACED AND WITHIN 1 WEEK THE PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN. I KNOW 7 PEOPLE WITH GM VEHICLES AND THEY ALL ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR AC'S. IT SEEMS TO ONLY BE A PROBLEM WHEN THERE IS HIGH HUMIDITY. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO RETURN THE FAULTY COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH I HAD PURCHASED IT SEEMS THEY ARE ON NATION WIDE BACKORDER. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE.

DT: 2002 GMC YUKON, THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORRODED. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 3.7 MPH, BUT LESS THAN 10 MPH, THE CORROSION CAUSED THE ABS TO ACTIVATION. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR WHERE STOPPING DISTANCE IS LIMITED A CRASH MAY OCCUR. VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION PERMITTING CORROSION TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE FRONT HUB-BARRING ASSEMBLE IN THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THIS IS THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING WITH HIS VEHICLE. IT IS ALSO, THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IS INCLUDE IN A MANUFACTURES RECALL IN THE NATION OF CANADA. RECALL DATE JAN. 25, 2005 PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL I.D. 04094 AND THE DOCUMENT I.D. 1587153. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALER THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE HE PAID FOR THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET. THEY DEALER ALSO TOLD THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL IN CANADA. THE CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE, WHICH TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE RECALL IS IN CANADA. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN IT TO THE FOLLOWING THREE DEALERSHIPS: DENOOYER CHEVEROLET 518-458-7700, DEPAULA CHEVEROLET 518-489-5551, GOLDSTEIN GMC 518-869-2291, ALL THREE ARE LOCATED IN ALBANY, NEW YORK. CONSUMER ALSO, FOUND A NHTSA ACTION NO. PE05020 THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO HIS COMPLAINT. *NM

I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON. IT HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. I RECENTLY TRIED TO GET IT INSPECTED. IT FAILED BECAUSE OF THE PARKING BRAKE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL GM PRODUCTS THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TOLD ME THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PARKING BRAKE AND IT HAS BEEN RE-DESIGNED. THEY ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS NOT RE-CALLED BEAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISUE.(ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT GET A SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF IT). I AGREED WITH THE DEALER TO PAY 50% OF THE COST TO FIX IT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED I NOTICED ON THE RECEIPT, AND THE CASHIER ACKNOWLEDED IT, THAT IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER CALLED WANTING TO COLLECT $150.00 FOR THE REPAIRS. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND E-MAIL ME THE RESULTS.

(1) VEHICLE FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION (2) EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NON-OPERABLE (3) ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES REPLACED AT REPAIR SHOP

DT: CONSUMER GOT IN AN ACCIDENT AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH AND HIT HEAD ON AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED 4 TIMES. *AK *SB