2016 GMC YUKON DENALI XL Complaints

BOTH TAIL LIGHTS HAVE CEASED TO FUNCTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. GMC STATES THAT THE ORIGINAL PARTS WERE DEFECTIVE, BUT WILL NOT COVER REPAIR. EACH LIGHT COSTS ~$700 PLUS LABOR. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE.

BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHTS HAVE FAILED UNDER 40,000 MILES. DEFECTIVE! PLEASE RECALL!!!

THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. IT'S MOSTLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE BUT HE BOTH GO ON AND OFF WHEN I'M DRIVING AND PARKED. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO GET REAR ENDED WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I HAVE SEEN MANY VEHICLE JUST LIKE MINE WITH AT LEAST ONE BRAKE LIGHT OUT. WHEN HE LOOKED THIS UP ONLINE IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. MY SISTER HAS THE EXACT SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. SHE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME BRAKE LIGHT ISSUES. SHE OPENED A CASE WITH GM AND THEY WORKED WITH HER TO COVER IT AND CHARGED HER THE DEDUCTIBLE. SHE WAS OVER THE 36K MILES GM CONSTANTLY REFERENCES. THIS IS SO UNSAFE. THE AIR ON THIS VEHICLE ALSO DOES LOT STAY COLD. IT TURNS WARM WHEN I SLOW DOWN.

TAKATA RECALL - THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORK ON AND OFF. SOMETIMES THEY COME ON AND WE'VE BEEN STOPPED MULTIPLE TIME TO SAY THEY ARE NOT WORKING. I'VE ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED AS A RESULT! EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. IT FHAS OCCURRED WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT OR DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN ON A CITY STREET. I HAVE SEEN MANY GMC YUKON XLS ON THE ROAD WITH NO TAIL LIGHT AND MY SISTER OWNS A 2016 YUKON XL AND IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.

DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT, CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD. THREE WEEKS LATER PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY FOR THREE HOURS AS PEOPLE HONKED AND ROLLED THEIR WINDOWS DOWN TO LET US KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE BRAKE LIGHTS. TOOK TO GET FIXED AND THE LIGHTBULBS, WHICH ARE LED AND SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN TWO YEARS, ARE NOT REPLACEABLE, THE ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE PURCHASED AT $700 A PIECE. WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO AFFORD $1400 BEFORE LABOR THEY WILL DRIVE WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS. THIS IS A SERIOUS HAZARD AND A RIDICULOUS MANUFACTURING FLAW TO HAVE LIGHT BULBS THAT ARE NOT REPLACEABLE. GMC SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AT 76,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHUDDER VIOLENTLY AND HESTITATE. DEALERSHIP GMC WANTS ME TO SPEND 400 ON A FLUID UPGRADE AND HOPE IT FIXES IT IF NOT, I WILL HAVE TO BUY A NEW UPDATED TORQUE CONVERTER BECAUSE THEY SHREWDLY TOOK THE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY DOWN TO 60000 MILES MONTHS BEFORE I BOUGHT NEW

FROM PARK ON A FLAT GROUND WITH ENGINE RUNNING WNEN I TRIED TO STOP THE ENGINE IT WENT INT REVERSE ,KNOCKED ME TO GROUND BY DRIVER OPEN DOOR ANDALMOCT KILLEDME. IT WAS TOTALLED BY USAA

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ABSORBING ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE HANDLING WENT FROM SMOOTH TO ROUGH RIDE RESULTING IN INCREASE FOCUS OF DRIVING. REMINDER, THIS IS A 2016 VEHICLE. CONTACTED PRESIDENT OF COMPANY TO NOTIFY OF POTENTIAL DEFECT AS THE CAR ONLY HAD 57,714 MILES. I WAS TURNED OVER TO EXECUTIVE SERVICES WITH MY COMPLAINT AND REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT. $910.36 KINDLY INFORMED THEY WERE UNWILLING TO MITIGATE ANY COST AND WARRANTIES DID NOT APPLY. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 2/27/2018. RECENTLY HAD A BATTER FAILURE AND IM NOW CONCERNED OF COST SHAVINGS BY THE MANUFACTURE. I WANT TO NOTIFY ALL CURRENT OWNERS AND FUTURE BUYERS OF THIS MODEL. IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A LUXERY VEHICLE, YET THE MANUFACTURERS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT DOESN'T APPEAR TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL CONSTRUCTION OF THIS MAKE. THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE SHOCKS IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CAUSE MOMENTARILY DISTRACTION AND A POTENTIAL SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN A STRAIGHTAWAY AND REDUCED SPEED TO A SAFE CONDITION.

ON 2/28/2018 I HAD JUST LEFT THE AIRPORT IN OAKLAND CA, APPROX 8:00PM. I STOP FOR GAS AT THE CHEVRON STATION ON 98TH AVE, AFTER FUELING, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. REMINDER, THIS IS A 2016 DENALI. I HAD A FEMALE ASSOCIATE WITH ME AND WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT IN SAN FRAMSICO AT 8:30PM. THE CAR HAD LOST ALL POWER AND TWO OTHER PEOPLE HELPED ME PUSH INTO ADJACENT PARKING SPACE. THE AREA IS KNOWN FOR HIGH CRIME, BASICALLY WE WERE EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND STRANDED. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT AAA AND SET AN APPOINTMENT TO CHECK OUT THE CAR. WE UBERED TO OUR APPOINTMENT. THE FAILURE OF THE BATTERY LEFT US VUNRABLE AND WE BOTH FEARED FOR OUR SAFETY. THE NEXT DAY, THE LOCAL MECHANIC SAID THE BATTERY SHOULD HAVE LASTED A MINIMUM OF SEVEN YEARS. THEY FELT THE BATTERY WASN'T SUFFICIENT TO HANDLE THE ELECTRONICS THAT WERE BUILT INTO THIS CAR. THEREFORE, POTENTIALLY CREATING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN WITH ANY OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. MY COMPLAINT HIGHLIGHTS THE POTENTIAL SAFETY IMPLICATIONS CAUSED BY THE MANUFACTURES DECISION TO REDUCE COST BY INSTALLING A BATTERY WITHOUT THE CAPACITY TO REASONABLY START THE VEHICLE AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS OF USE. I WOULD HOPE ALL OWNERS OF THIS MAKE AND MODEL ARE NOTIFIED OF THIS POSIBLITY. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS BEING EXPOSED TO THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU!

ELECTRICAL ISSUES: WHILE DRIVING THE INFORMATION PANEL GO'S BLANK. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS TWICE WHILE DRIVING, WE LOSE THE SPEEDOMETER, TECH, AND EVERYTHING ON THE DISPLAY PANEL. RADIO, SKIPS CHANNELS EVEN AFTER THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED. DRIVE TRAIN: DOWN SHIFTS ABRUPTLY WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO INTERSTATE ON RAMPS, EITHER LUNGING FORWARD OR LUNGING BACKWARD. BEEN IN THE GM SHOP THREE TIME TO TRY AND FIX ISSUE. THERE HAVE BEEN BULLETINS ISSUED TO TRY AND FIX WITHOUT SUCCESS TO-DATE. THEY ARE AWARE THAT IS A PROBLEM, BECAUSE FORD AND GM ON THE 2018'S, I WAS TOLD BY THE SALES PERSONS THAT THIS ISSUE WAS FIXED. I AM AWARE OF THE CHEVY TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS MAYBE A SIMILAR SAFETY CONCERN. AS FAR AS I KNOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS NOT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR ON ITS OWN. I AM LOOKING AT A SHOP TICKET AND THEY ARE CALLING THE ISSUE A SHUTTER DURING TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKS UP.