2001 GMC YUKON XL Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES AT LOW SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE HEARD AS THE BRAKING OCCURS. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO BE DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING WILL OCCUR. THERE IS AN NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

LOW SPEED BRAKE FAILURE RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. I WAS APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AS THE 5 VEHICLE IN LINE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE LIGHT. I WAS BRAKING LIGHTLY TO CONTROL MY SPEED AS TO ASSUME MY POSITION IN LINE TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I DID NOT NEED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WAS APPROACHING THE FOURTH CAR. THE THIRD CAR IN THE LINE SUDDENLY BRAKED HARD IN THE INTERSECTION CAUSING THE FOURTH CAR IN FRONT OF ME TO BRAKE HARD. I ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY STOP BUT I EXPERIENCED A HARD BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO BRAKES AND THE INABILITY TO SLOW DOWN. THIS RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION FOR WHICH I WAS AT FAULT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF VEHICLE SIMILAR TO MINE WHICH ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR FAILURE BUT WITHOUT THE CRASH. I HAVE FAILED IN SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF GM THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP AND A PRODUCT ALLOCATION REQUEST. MY ONLY AVENUE NOW IS THROUGH YOUR ORGANIZATION OR A LEGAL CLASS ACTION MATTER. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GASOLINE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE SPUTTERS AND STALLS AT INTERSECTIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE PART. THE PROBLEMS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVEN AFTER THE PART WAS REPLACED. THERE IS A RECALL, # 05V155000 FOR THE PROBLEM BUT A RECALL LETTER HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

2001 YUKON PARKING BRAKE WAS PRE-MATURELY WORN. MY OWN RUDIMENTARY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS IS BECOMING A PERVASIVE PROBLEM FOR MANY LATE MODEL GM SUV/TRUCK OWNERS. BRAKE SHOE WAS GONE, SCRAPING METAL TO METAL WITH ROTOR. PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL AND POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS IF RELIED UPON FOR PARKING ON AN INCLINE. DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SHOE ALONE WAS $250 TO REPAIR + $200 TO REPLACE THE ROTOR DAMAGED BY THE FAULTY BRAKE SHOE. GM HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS PROBLEM WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE VOLUNTARILY. *JB

WE OWN A 2001 GMC YUKON XL WHICH IS UNDER RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 100,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR ORIGINALLY CAME FROM MICHIGAN; HOWEVER, WE LIVE IN TN. THE CAR DOES NOT STOP WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS INSTANCES WHERE OUR CAR HASN'T STOPPED AND WE HAVE TRAVELED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THANKFULLY, WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING ANOTHER VEHICLE YET. WHEN DRIVING MY SON TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING, WE HAD ICE ON OUR ROADS AND IT WAS EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP...I WORRY THAT WITH WINTER CONDITIONS, AND THE NEED TO DRIVE SLOWER, THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE WILL INCREASE. I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL MONTHS AGO ON THE LOCAL NEWS AND WAS WORRIED WHY WE HADN'T RECEIVED OUR NOTICE. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE CALLED GMC DEALERSHIPS IN TN REPEATEDLY, BUT NO ONE WOULD HELP US UNTIL WE RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM GMC. WHEN I RETURNED HOME THIS MORNING, ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, I CALLED THE GMC RECALL INFORMATION LINE AND SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE THERE. I WAS FIRST INFORMED THAT MY CAR DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL BECAUSE IT HAS HIGH MILEAGE AND IS NOT PRESENTLY IN A NORTHERN STATE. THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO GMC MAINTENANCE RECORD ON FILE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE. I FELT THAT THE MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT IN A NORTHERN STATE NOW SHOULDN'T AFFECT WHETHER THE CAR QUALIFIES, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T THOSE FACTORS AFTER ALL, AND THAT THE VIN NUMBER ON OUR VEHICLE IS TRACED AND THEY FELT NO DEFECTIVE PART HAD BEEN PLACED IN OUR PARTICULAR VEHICLE ORIGINALLY. I WAS INFORMED THAT ANY HELP FROM GMC FOR REPAIRS WOULD BE ON A GOODWILL BASIS ONLY AND THAT I WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER OFF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A CHEAPER, INDEPENDENTLY OWNED CAR REPAIR SHOP AND HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE MYSELF. I FEEL GMC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE REPAIRS. I FEEL IF WE LIVED IN MICHIGAN, OUR CAR WOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND THAT GMC IS USING THAT FACT TO GET OUT OF FUNDING THE WORK. *JB

2001 GMC YUKON ABS SYSTEM ENGAGING AT SLOW SPEEDS. CREATING DANGEROUS NORMAL DRIVING STOPPING DISTANCES, NUMEROUS NEAR COLLISIONS. GM WILL NOT COVER REPAIRS IN THE STATE OF WI. *JB

I HAVE A 2001 GMC YUKON XL. RECENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL FOR A FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKE SENSORS WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKES TO PUMP RAPIDLY AT LOW SPEEDS DUE TO THE SEALS OF THE BEARINGS GOING BAD AND ALLOWING DIRT AND ROAD SALT TO GET TO THE SENSORS. WELL IN EARLY JULY I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. SOMETIME IN LATE JULY I STARTED GETTING THE PULSING OF THE BRAKES. I WAS TOLD TO WAIT FOR THE RECALL, AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE THE ABS DISABLED BY LOOSENING ONE OF THE SENSORS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN, THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH SENSORS IN THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS, BUT THEN STATED THE BEARINGS HAD GONE BAD AND I NEEDED A NEW WHEEL HUB. NOW THE CAR STILL HAS NO ABS, AND HAS A FUNNY FEEL FROM THAT WHEEL HUB. THE TRUCK HAS APPROX 53,000MILES ON IT. HOW CAN THE RECALL SAY IT IS BASED ONA FAULTY SEAL OF THE WHEEL BEARINGS GOING BAD, AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE TO REPLACE THE SEAL OR THE BEARINGS IF THEY GO BAD DUE TO THEIR DEFECT? I HAVE CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE A NUMBER OF TIMES AND ALL THEY SAY IS "THE RECALL COVERS THE SENSORS ONLY, THE WHEEL HUB IS A WEAR AND TEAR PART" AND DO NOT SHOW HOW THEIR DEFECT IS NOT THE CAUSE. *NM

2001 GMC YUKON. ABS MODULE FAILED CAUSING PUMP TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY. RATHER THAN PAY $1,000 FOR REPAIR, OPTED TO HAVE FUSE PULLED (SUGGESTED BY GMC SERVICE MANAGER). ABS LIGHT ON DASHBOARD STAYS LIT CONSTANTLY NOW. SO DOES THE BRAKE LIGHT. PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS NOT WORKED FOR THREE YEARS NOW. TWO WEEKS AGO THE TRACTION ASSIST OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW IT STAYS LIT UP TOO. FROM WHAT I READ IN THE OWNERS MANUAL, THIS PROBLEM MAY POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO THE ABS. AFTER MUCH INTERNET RESEARCH, I HAVE COME TO LEARN THAT PROBLEMS REFERENCED ABOVE ARE QUITE COMMON WITH GMC VEHICLES. SINCE THE PROBLEMS ARE RELATED TO THE BRAKING CAPABILITY OF THE VEHICLE I BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I WILL LOSE APPROXIMATELY $1500-$2000 VALUE WHEN I TRY TO SELL THIS VEHICLE. *NM

DT: DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID #05V379000 CONCERNING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CORRECTIONS MADE TO THE VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. *NM

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR (2) RECALLS DURING WHICH TIME AN INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES REQUIRED COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF FOUR (4) ROTORS AND LININGS. BRAKE LINING HAS LESS THAN 25% WEAR EXCEPT FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINING WAS DESTROYED, MAKING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE NON-FUNCTIONAL. DEALER STATED THAT EXCESSIVE CORROSION CAUSE DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY BRAKE AND UNSAFE CONDITION OF ALL FOUR ROTORS. DEALER REPLACED ROTORS AND BRAKE LININGS AT COST OF $900.00. CONTACTED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE TO REPORT SAFETY ISSUE AND FILE CLAIM. REIMBURSEMENT DENIED. *NM