2005 GMC YUKON DENALI Complaints

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO IT STARTED SKIPPING. IT WOULD STAY STUCK ON 60MPH NO MATTER IF I WAS GOING 10MPH OR 75MPH. NOW THE GAUGE IS STUCK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AND DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL! *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON MY 2005 YUKON DENALI. NEEDLE GETS STUCK AND WONT RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION. AUTO MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLING SPEEDOMETERS IN CARS FOR OVER 100 YEARS. VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAS 50,000 MILES. GMC WONT RECALL BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED, BUT YET 03-05 WERE RECALLED IN THE SAME MODEL. I FEEL THIS CREATES A COSTLY REPAIR PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO MAKE ON SUCH NEW VEHICLES AND SHOULD BE PART OF A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 DENALI SHIFTING. I GO TO STOP AND THEN TAKE OFF AND IT ACTS LIKE ITS SLIPPING AND THEN ALL OF SUDDEN IT GRABS WITH A CLUNK. THIS HAS HAPPEN AT ALL TIMES OF IT BEING DRIVEN. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALER PUT UNLESS THEY CAN DUPLICATE IT THEN THEY CANT FIX IT. WELL GM WILL NOT PAY THEM FOR WARRANTY WORK UNLESS. NOW IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT IT MADE A LOUD CLUNK AND THEN WAS SLIPPING AS YOU PUSHED THE GAS, SO RIGHT THEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER SO THEY COULD DRIVE IT. THE TRANSMISSION TECH DROVE IT AND LOOK AT THE TRANS FLUID AND IT WAS 1 1/2 QTS LOW. NO LEAKS EVER AND IT HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES AND 3 IN THE LAST 2 1/2 MONTHS AND THE FLUIDS, I HOPE WERE GOOD. TECH TOPPED IT OFF AND IT SHIFTED FINE FOR THE WEEKEND. THEN THE NEXT MONDAY IT STARTED SLIPPING AND HARDLY ACCELERATING AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK IN AND THE TECH CHECKED CODE AND IT HAD SOME TORQUE CONVERTER CODES. THEY REPLACED A WIRING HARNESS IN THE TRANSMISSION. I WORK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS THEN IT STARTED AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK IN AND THE SERVICE DEPT. CALLED GM AND THEY HAD THEM CHANGE THE IGNITION SW (MODULE I THINK). I WILL POST CODE AND EXACT WHEN I GET THE INFO FROM THE DEALER. I WILL SEE IF THIS FIXES IT. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY 2005 GMC YUKON DENALI XL WHEN BOTH THE PASSENGER TIRES WENT FLAT. WE PUT AIR IN THE TIRES AND DROVE HOME. THE NEXT MORNING ONLY THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WAS FLAT SO I USED MY COMPRESSOR TO AIR THE TIRE UP AND WENT TO FIRESTONE TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. WHEN FIRESTONE REMOVED THE TIRE AND LOOKED AT IT, THEY FOUND MULTIPLE SPLIT ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. SO I HAD THEM CHECK ALL THE TIRES AND EACH ONE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. I HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES NOW BUT SOMEONE HAS SOLD A BAD TIRE AND I WANT THEM RECALLED AND ALSO MY MONEY BACK. *TR

WHEN DIVING ON A HOT DAY I HAD THE A/C TURNED ON WITH THE DRIVER SIDE, REAR AIR AND PASSENGER TEMP ABOUT 70 DEGREES. THE DRIVER SIDE AND REAR AIR WOULD ONLY BLOW OUT HOT AIR LIKE THE HEATER WAS ON BUT THE PASSENGER WAS WORKING JUST FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. IT HAS BEEN TAKE IN TO THE DEALER AND ONE OF THE SERVICE GUYS SAID THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH HI YUKON. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED. WE WILL SEE WHAT THE WIFE SAYS ABOUT IT. *TR

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.

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

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

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START MOST OF THE TIME...IT JUST MAKES A CLICKING SOUND. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TO BE REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS STILL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *JB