2004 GMC YUKON Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE REAR AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING AIR. THE CONTACT, WHO WAS AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION LOCATED BEHIND A PLASTIC PANEL IN THE HOOD LATCH WAS OVERHEATED BY THE ELECTRICAL WIRES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON. WHILE MOVING FROM THE PARK POSITION, THE BRAKE SYSTEM DISABLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO OPERATE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKES ALSO FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID EVIDENT UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V045000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, WATER ENTERED THE HVAC SYSTEM AND CAUSED THE BLOWER RESISTER MODULE TO CORRODE. AS A RESULT, THE WIRING HARNESS HEATED UP, WHICH COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CAUSED A FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, HIT THE BRAKES WHEN A COUPLE OF DEER JUMPED ONTO ROAD AND THE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING ACTION AT ALL. HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HIT THE PARKING BRAKE IN TIME BEFORE REACHING INTERSECTION TO BUSY HIGHWAY. INSPECTION AFTERWARD SHOWED BRAKE FLUID ON THE FRAME NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WHERE THE PROPORTIONING VALVE IS LOCATED. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE FAILURE AND HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AROUND TOWN MOST OF THE DAY. HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURES ON VEHICLES BEFORE AND ALWAYS HAD HALF THE SYSTEM REMAIN OPERATIONAL ENOUGH TO STOP WITHOUT PROBLEM. THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SINGLE FAILURE MODE THAT CAUSED THE LOSS OF BRAKING OR A SIMULTANEOUS FAILURE OF MULTIPLE SYSTEMS WHICH SHOULD BE UNLIKELY BUT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH IMPROBABLE REGULARITY BASED ON COMPLAINTS POSTED.

ENGINE LOSING COOLANT, WITH NO APPARENT SIGNS OF LEAKAGE. COOLANT APPEARS TO BE LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE OIL, CAUSING IT TO SLUDGE, THEREBY CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. GM IS AWARE OF AN ISSUE AND ISSUED TSB 06-06-01-019B FOR DEFECTIVE CYLINDER HEAD CASTING. I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED LAST YEAR AND NOW OWE 10000 FOR A CAR THAT NEEDS A 6000 ENGINE REPLACEMENT. GM SHOULD BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS SINCE THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE, PER THEIR OWN DIRECTIVE.

ON MARCH 12 MY FAMILY WAS IN A BAD ACCIDENT. WE WERE CUT OFF BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS RAINING..THE YUKON SLID..HIT THE BARRIER..FLIPPED 3 TIMES..FINALLY STOPPING UPSIDE DOWN..BY THE GRACE OF GOD WE ARE ALIVE TODAY...THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY..WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 60 MILES WHEN THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED.

SURGE HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, THEN ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, DECREASED ENGINE POWER OCCURS, TRACKTION STABILITY INDICTORS COMES ON. CAR LOOSES POWER. I HAVE TO PULL OVER OFF THE ROAD, PUT INTO PARK,CUT IGNITTION OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTART THE CAR. THIS COULD HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING.THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND THIS IS A DRIVING HAZARD AND BIG SAFETY ISSUE, IT HAS HAPPENED ON CITY STREET AND ON A HIGHWAY. IT HAPPENS DAILY.

BRAKE LINES RUSTED IN TO CAUSING THE LINES TO WEAKEN. DRIVING TO MY HOUSE , PUSH ON BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT TO THE FLOOR LOOK UNDER VEHICLE AND THERE WAS A POOL OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN TRAFFIC.

I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS MAKING A RATTLING SOUND. AT LOW SPEEDS YOU CAN HEAR IT AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT IS IDLING. SEEMS TO COME FROM THE EXHAUST NEXT TO THE GAS TANK.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN ON RAMP I BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD NO BRAKING CAPABILITY AND THE BRAKE WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH. I PUMPED THE BRAKE AGAIN AND STILL HAD NO BRAKING CAPABILITY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKE LINES, THERE WAS A MAJOR LEAK ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE, AND A SMALLER LEAK FROM ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.