2003 GMC YUKON XL Complaints

SPEEDOMETER IN OP MOST OF THE TIME, WORKS SOMETIMES BUT WILL NOT READ CORRECT SPEED, CHECKED WITH DEALER BUT HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM, HAD SYSTEM REPROGRAMED STILL NO LUCK AND NOT COVERED UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY, TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH GM TRUCKS SAME PROBLEM

INCORRECT SPEEDOMETER READING. SOMETIMES READS ZERO ON THE HIGHWAY, SOMETIMES MIGHT READ 40 OR 50 WHILE DOING 55 (CHECKED WITH GPS). SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE ON REALLY HOT DAYS, BUT ALSO SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN AT ANY TIME (THOUGH IT DOES NOT DO IT ALL OF THE TIME, IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE MID-2006). *TR

SPEEDOMETER FIRST EXCEEDED ACTUAL SPEED BY 20 TO 50 MPH THEN WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. CALLED IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER - RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND SAID WAS FIXED. 2 WEEKS LATER PROBLEM RECURRED - NOW THEY WANT $500 TO $1000 TO FIX. ASKED IF THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM THEY DENIED ANY ISSUE HOWEVER INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THIS IS VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE AND HAS POTENTIALLY SERIOUS HAZARDOUS IMPACT. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE 2003 GMC YUKON DENALI XLWAS ACTING ERRATIC. IT PERIODICALLY DISPLAYS SPEEDS MUCH LOWER THAN ACTUAL, AND THE NEEDLE JERKED AS IT ROSE AND FELL.. COULD YOU INVESTIGATE THI. (IT SEEMED TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND PUSH GM TO MAKE THIS A RECALL.*AK

2 INCIDENTS. 1) ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, RESTARTED AND THE PROBLEM WAS TEMPORARILY RESOLVED. 2) WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FAILED. SAME CORRECTIVE MEASURES TAKE, AND PROBLEM WAS TEMPORARILY RESOLVED. INTERNET SHOWS THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, BUT THERE IS NOT TSB OR RECALL. WHY? *TR

HAD MY TRUCK INSPECTED WITH 16,700 MILES ON IT. WAS TOLD IT NEEDED TO HAVE THE REAR ROTORS TURNED OR REPLACED. THE MECHANIC SAID GM HAD A PROBLEM WITH BAD METAL ON A FEW MODELS THAT CORRODED PREMATURELY. THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY. MY TRUCK IS A03 YUKON XL ONLY DRIVEN ON SOME WEEKENDS AND NEVER BEEN IN ANY TYPE OF CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT. *TR

2003 GMC YUKON XL COMPLAINT #1. SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. ODOMETER READS ONLY 79,000 MILES. A FEW MONTHS AGO, AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO 60 MPH WHICH CAUSED THE NEEDLE TO READ 120 AT THE ACTUAL 60. IF YOU SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND RESTARTED THE CAR, THE NEEDLE WOULD DROP ABOUT 5 MPH EACH TIME. IF YOU REPEATED THIS PROCEDURE (STARTING ENGINE, SHUTTING OFF ENGINE) AFTER 10-12 TIMES THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ ZERO AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. YESTERDAY AS I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY, WHERE THE SPEED IS 75 MPH, AND PULLED ONTO OUR LOCAL ROAD WHERE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 50, I NOTICED THAT I WAS HOLDING UP TRAFFIC ALTHOUGH THE SPEEDOMETER READ 50. I FELT AS IF I WAS NOT ACTUALLY DOING 50 SO I SPED UP EVEN THOUGH THE NEEDLE READ 65MPH. I PULLED OVER TO SEE IF INDEED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING INACCURATELY, AND IT WAS. THIS TIME STUCK AT 15 MPH. I AGAIN REPEATED THE ENGINE OFF/ON PROCEDURE TO GET THE NEEDLE BACK TO ZERO, BUT NOTICED IT JUMPING AND NOT RESPONDING QUICKLY AT STOP SIGNS. I HAVE READ REVIEWS ABOUT COMPLAINTS WITH THE SPEEDOMETERS BUT DO NOT SEE YUKON XLS AS PART OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. THIS IS A VERY FRIGHTENING ISSUE AS I HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD THAT WILL BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ON HER OWN IN JUST A FEW MONTHS. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE'S DRIVING RECORD IS TARNISHED FOR UNINTENTIONAL SPEEDING RESULTING IN TICKETS AND INSURANCE INCREASES...AND POSSIBLY EVEN ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN DEATH. COMPLAINT #2. FUEL GAUGE STICKS AT FULL MARK UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TANK OF GAS IS USED, THEN GAUGE WILL DROP. ALSO STICKS AT 1/4 TANK THEN DROPS AGAIN TO EMPTY. DUE TO INABILITY TO PROVE THE PROBLEM AT THE DEALERSHIP WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR. *JB

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR HAS GONE OUT A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES AND ONLY HAS 70K MILES. FIRST TIME WAS AROUND 12K MILES, SECOND TIME WAS AROUND 33K MILES AND NOW IT IS NOT WORKING AT ALL AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *JB

SPEEDOMETER READS HIGH, SOMETIMES UP TO 60 MPH WHEN CAR IF NOT RUNNING STANDING STILL. WORSE CASE WAS PEGGED AT 120 MPH +. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 YUKON XL DISPLAYS TOTALLY ERRONEOUS READINGS. JUDGING FROM ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS CONDITION ON SEVERAL MAKES OF GM VEHICLES THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL.*AK