2001 GMC YUKON DENALI Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FIRST AND SECOND GEARS OPERATED AT DECREASED SPEEDS AND THE REVERSE GEAR DID NOT ACTIVATE. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THE REPLACEMENT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED.

I HAVE A YUKON DENALI 2001. I HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS. I SAW THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION # PEO5-020 UNDERWAY SINCE A RECALL WAS IN EFFECT IN CANADA. THE ACCIDENT WAS MINOR AND INVOLVED NO INJURTY. IT WAS DUE TO INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE WHERN APPROACHING MY GARAGE, I HAD THE VEHICLE REAIRED AND AM BRINGING IT IN TO GMC TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE: RESULTS FROM ONE TIME DRIVING OFF WITH THE PARKING BRAKE ON OR SIMPLY TOWING A TRAILER AND PARKING IT ON A HILL AND SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE. THE PARKING BRAKE ON THESE 1999-2002 GMC TRUCKS AND SUVS ARE A DANGEROUS. THEY GIVES NO INDICATION THAT THE PARKING BRAKE IS WORKING BECAUSE THE PEDAL FEELS THE SAME, NO RESISTANCE, WHEN WORKING AND WHEN NOT. OUR FRIENDS OWN A 2002 DENALI AND WE WERE AT A BOAT RAMP, HE BACKED THE DENALI WITH THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER ON THE BOAT RAMP, PARKED IT AND LOADED THE BOAT. CLIMBED BACK IN TO LAUNCH IT AND THE TRUCK'S TRANSMISSION HAD TORQUE LOCKED BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED. WE HAD TO GET OUR CAR TO TOW HIM SLIGHTLY FORWARD TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TO RELEASE. IF THE PARKING PIN IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO OVER EXERSION FROM LACK OF A FUNCTION PARKING BRAKE, IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE. WHEN WE TRIED TO FIX OUR PARKING BRAKE IN OUR DENALI, WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE HUB AS WELL BECAUSE THE PADS HAD DESTROYED THE INSIDE OF THE HUB TO THE POINT THAT IT WOULD NOT WORK EVEN IF THE PADS WERE REPLACED. THIS IS THE CASE IN EVERYONE THAT WE KNOW WHO OWNS A GM TRUCK.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR LOCKED UP AND WOULD NOT RELEASE FOR MORE ROOM. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

MY 2001 YUKON DENALI HAS A KNOCKING ENGINE NOISE EVERYTIME YOU START THE THE ENGINE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, CONSUMER INTENDED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND VEHICLE DIDN'T RESPOND AND WENT STRAIGHT FORWARD. DEALER REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE GEAR BOX TWICE/STEERING PUMP, AND THE SUSPENSION. BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

ON APRIL 9, 2003 THE CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 28 MPH WITHOUT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO SEVERAL OBJECTS BEFORE IT STOPPED. GMC SENT AN ENGINEER TO ASSESS THE PROBLEM WHICH COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THAT TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE BODY CONTROL MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE WIRES FROM THE VEHCILE SENDING UNIT TO THE FUEL TANK, BURNT OUT. WHICH RESULTED IN THE FUEL TANK BEING INOPERATIVE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE AIR BAR SENOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED HIM THAT AIR BAG ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WAS FAULITY. HAD PART REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. MR