2008 GMC YUKON DENALI Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON DENALI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE IDLED, BUT FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

RECEIVED NOTICE OF A RECALL POSSIBILITY FOR AIRBAG RECALL. DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF CRACK POPS WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE.

CRACKS ALL ALONG THE DASHBOARD. ONE ALL THE WAY UP TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ONE DOWN THE CENTER. SEVERAL AROUND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. I'M AFRAID THE AIRBAG WON'T WORK PROPERLY BECAUSE OF THE INSTABILITY OF THE DASHBOARD FRAME AROUND IT, OR THAT PLASTIC PIECES FROM THE DASH COULD COME FLYING OFF IN A WRECK...

CRACKS IN THE DASH HAVE APPEARED. ONE CRACK IS ABOVE LEFT OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE OTHER IS FORWARD OF AND NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS STAYED UNDER COVERED PARKING. NOTICED THE CRACKS AS I WAS DRIVING AND DASH NOW RATTLES.

DASH CRACKED IN 2 PLACES: ABOVE DRIVING WHEEL AND AROUND AIR BAG. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I WILL HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THIS PART IN 2 YEARS. AFTER THE FIRST REPLACEMENT, I HAD BEEN FAIRLY DILIGENT ABOUT USING A WINDSHIELD/DASH REFLECTIVE COVER WHEN PARKED OUTSIDE, BUT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE HELPED PREVENT SAME SITUATION FROM OCCURRING AGAIN WITH CRACKS IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACES. CRACKS ON REPLACED DASH ARE GETTING WORSE AND ENTIRE DASH VIBRATES AND RATTLES WHEN DRIVING AS OTHER ATTACHMENT PIECES SEEM TO BE CRACKING UNDERNEATH. SIMILAR COMPLAINTS SUGGEST CONTINUED CRACKING AND PROGRESSION COULD EXPOSE PARTS UNDER DASH, POSSIBLY EVEN EFFECT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. THE QUOTE FOR PARTS AND LABOR I RECEIVED FROM MY LOCAL GMC SERVICE WAS $1,000 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. DUE TO THE NUMBER OF GM CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME THING, THIS APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY COMPONENT TO AN OTHERWISE GOOD VEHICLE, AND SHOULD BE ISSUED A RECALL AND REPLACED WITH A DASH THAT LASTS SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN 1.5-2 YEARS.

CRACKED DASHBOARD, DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT AIRBAG SAFETY IF DEPLOYED DUE TO PROXIMITY TO CRACK AND SHARP EDGES ADJACENT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. DOOR HANDLES FALLING OFF, EVEN AFTER REPLACEMENT. FEAR OF UNLAWFUL ENTRY INTO CAR. GM UNWILLING TO CORRECT SUBSTANDARD PARTS.

I NOTICED WHILE DRIVING MY DASHBOARD HAS TWO CRACKS ONE ON THE HUMP WHERE STEERING WHEEL IS AND THE OTHER ON PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE CRACK ON DRIVE SIDE IS HUGE. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF DASHBOARD WHERE THE AIR VENT IS THERE IS NOW STARTING TO BE A SEPARATION.

THE DASH HAS SEVERELY CRACKED ON THE DASHBOARD SURROUNDING THE AIRBAG AND I FEAR IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THIS WOULD TURN INTO SHRAPNEL.

OUR 2008 GMC YUKON DENALI XL HAS DEVELOPED 3 SEPARATE CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. ONE IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOP OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, ONE IS A VERY LARGE CRACK NEAR THE WINDSHIELD AND RUNNING UP OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ONE IS ON DRIVER SIDE NEAR LARGE CRACK AT INSTRUMENT PANEL. WE HAVE CONCERNS IF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG EVER DEPLOYS, SHARP PIECES OF THE BROKEN DASH MAY BREAK LOOSE AND INJURE PASSENGERS IN OUR VEHICLE.

OUR 2008 GMC YUKON DENALI XL HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF THE AIRBAG. WE HAVE CONCERNS IF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG EVER DEPLOYS, SHARP PIECES OF THE BROKEN DASH MAY BREAK LOOSE AND INJURE PASSENGERS IN OUR VEHICLE.