2001 GMC YUKON XL Complaints

LOST STEERING AND BRAKES. SHAFT IN PUMP SNAPPED OFF INSIDE HOUSING. TOWED TO GM GARAGE AND NEW PUMP INSTALLED. HAPPENED WHEN BACKING AND TURNING SHARPLY OVER ROUGH GROUND. NIGHT. 70 DEGREES. RETURNED TO CAMPGROUND USING TWO HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL AND PARKING BRAKE. ON 4000 MILE TRIP PULLING 3 TON TRAILER. WAITED 4 DAYS FOR REPAIR TO BE COMPLETED. *NM

GOT IN MY VEHICLE ONE MORNING AND LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS( DAYTIME RUNNINGS) DID NOT COME ON BUT THE HIGH BEAMS WOULD NOR WOULD THEY COME ONE MANUALLY. I DROVE FOR AWHILE THEN THEY CAME ON. I WOULD DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND THEY WILL FLICKER.THEY DO SCOME ONE EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE AS OF YET. *AK

2001 YUKON/XL PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK. FAILED INSPECTION TWICE, FIRST REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY AT ~15K MILES, SECOND FOR $225 AT ~65K MILES. NEVER HAS HELD. LAST TIME WAS ADJUSTED TO HOLD, DRAGS BRAKE WHEN RELEASED AS TOO TIGHT. OBVIOUS POOR DESIGN AND SAFETY HAZARD. CAN NEVER ASSUME PARKING BRAKE WILL HOLD. *JB

I OWN A 2001 YUKON XL AND HAVE A PARKING BRAKE PROBLEM. WHEN THE PEDAL IS PUSHED, IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I RAISED THIS ISSUE WITH THE SERVICE DEPT. IN THE FIRST 3,000 MILES, I WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL, BUT HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED OTHERWISE. I NOW HAVE 46,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I JUST PAID $125.00 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BY ANOTHER DEALER WHO TOLD ME OF THE DESIGN DEFECT. GM NEEDS TO RECALL ALL THE VEHICLES AND CORRECT THE DESIGN FLAW.*JB

INTERIOR ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THEN A HUMMING NOISE HEARD UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE COMPARTMENT. GMC DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS FAILURE OF THE ABS ELECTRONIC MODULE UNIT. THEY ADVISED ME THAT IT WOULD BE $1200.00 DOLLARS($800.00 PARTS AND $400.00 LABOR COST) TO REPAIR. THIS BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 74,000 MILES. I'M PRESENTLY OPERATING THE VEHICLE ON JUST THE MAIN BRAKE SYSTEM, AFTER HAVING DISCONNECTED THE ABS SYSTEM. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND A CHEAPER AFTER MARKET REPLACEMENT ABS ELECTRONIC MODULE UNIT. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINT ON YOUR WEB SITE ABOUT THIS TYPE OF BRAKE FAILURE. HOPEFULLY THIS WILL RESULT IN A RECALL CAMPAIGN.*AK

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. RESULTING IN DEATH OF 4 YEAR OLD CHILD. PLEASE SIGN MY PETITION IF YOU HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WWW.STARINTI.COM. *JB

INCONSISTENT TIRE WEAR ON 2001 YUKON XL, THE FRONT TIRE WEAR ALONG THE INNER SIDES (2 INCHES) FASTER THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE TIRE. TIRES ARE STOCK FIRESTONE 265R16 SIZE. THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT WAS CHECK SEVERAL TIME BY GM DEAL AND BY THIRD PARTY. EVERY TIME THE ALIGNMENT WAS WITH IN SPECS. THE TIRE HAVE BEEN ROTATED EVERY 10,000 MILES TO INCREASE USABILITY. TIRES FAILED AT 62000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND YUKON I HAVE OWNED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE PARKING AND EMERGENCY BRAKE ON THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK AND HAS BEEN SERVICED TWICE. *JB THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL FRONTWARDS AS WELL. *SC

THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATES CONSISTENTLY AT LOW SPEEDS ON MY 2001 GMC YUKON XL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. THEY PLACE THE BLAME ON RUST AFFECTING THE SENSORS BUT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM ON ANY OTHER ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM I HAVE HAD, NOR HAVE I EVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM RESULTS FROM THE SYSTEM'S DESIGN AND BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I STOPPED DRIVING MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE FIRST OCCURENCES WERE STARTLING AND I NEARLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE SITUATION DID NOT CALL FOR A PANIC STOP BUT I WAS STARTLED WHEN IT ACTIVATED AND CONFUSED BY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A PEDESTRIAN AND CAUSED INJURY EVEN AT LOW SPEED. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN FOR REPAIR, WHICH WILL COST A MINIMUM OF $200 PLUS REPLACEMENT OF ANY SENSORS WHICH MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE CLEANED. I CONTACTED GM AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I BELIEVE THE LIABILITY IS THE MANUFACTURER'S AND THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE MODIFIED OR CORRECTED TO PERFORM SAFELY IN ALL CLIMATES IN WHICH THEY MARKET VEHICLES. ESPECIALLY SINCE MANY OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE MARKETED WITH 4-WHEEL AND ALL-WHEEL DRIVE PERFORMANCE AS A SELLING POINT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.*AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 35,000 MILES ON 2001 GMC YUKON XL, THE CAR BEGAN STALLING WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE OR WHEN IDLING AT RED LIGHTS, ETC. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINT. WE WERE TOLD IT NEEDED THE FUEL INJECTION SERVICE. WE HAD THIS DONE AT A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE NEXT TIME WE REFUELED THE VEHICLE, WE SMELLED GAS AND NOTICED THE CAR WAS LEAKING FUEL. NOW ANY TIME WE COMPLETELY FILL THE VEHICLE WITH GAS, IT LEAKS AND YOU CAN SMELL GAS FOR A FEW DAYS. WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS COMPLAINT, THE CAR WAS THEN OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTED $250 JUST TO LOOK AT THE GAS TANK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. WE DENIED THAT SERVICE. WE WERE MADE AWARE OF A POSSIBLE PROBLEM THROUGH AN ARTICLE IN THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ON 9/14/04.*AK