2003 GMC YUKON XL Complaints

AT 45729 MILES WE HAD TO HAVE THE GEAR BOX REPLACED AT THE COST OF $1044. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHER MECHANICS A GEAR BOX IS A PART THAT IS SELDOM REPLACED ON ANY VEHICLE. I FIND IT RIDICULOUS TO HAVE TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON REPAIRS FOR A NEWER VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE COST WAS OVER $31000. *JB

2003 GMC YUKON XL HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH FRONT SUSPENSION AND STEERING COLUMN SINCE IT WAS NEW. AT APPROX. 4,000 MILES, TOOK TO DEALER FOR THUMPING/POPPING SOUND THAT COULD BE FELT IN STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING, ACCELERATING, STOPPING OR OVER A SPEED BUMP. DEALER PACKED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT WITH GREASE. DID NOT WORK. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. NOTHING MORE FELT IN STEERING COLUMN. AT APPROX. 12,500 MILES TOOK YUKON BACK TO DEALER TO REMEDY POPPING NOISE AND UNUSUAL WEAR/FEATHERING ON INSIDE TREAD OF F. TIRES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE NOISE. SAID ALIGNMENT WAS OFF AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. HAD TO PAY FOR ALIGNMENT/ROTATION. WIFE TOOK VEHICLE BACK WHEN TECH. WAS AVAILABLE TO RIDE ALONG. WIFE WAS ABLE TO GET YUKON TO DUPLICATE NOISE WITH TECH. IN VEHICLE. TSB SAID TO REMOVE BOLTS FROM CROSS MEMBER, BORE BOLT HOLES, LUBRICATE, REPLACE AND TORQUE. DIDN'T GET OFF OF THE LOT BEFORE NOISE RETURNED. NOW AT 25,000 MILES, AFTER MORE UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR AND THE UNRESOLVED POPPING NOISE, TOOK YUKON BACK AT DEALERSHIP. SERVICE MANAGER ORDERED WASHERS AS PER NEW TSB FOR PERMANENT FIX OF POPPING NOISE AND IS EXPERIMENTING WITH ALIGNMENT TOLERANCES. JUST DROVE 10 FEET OUT OF SERVICE AREA PARKING LOT AND POPPING NOISE IS EXACTLY THE SAME. HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK IN ON MONDAY 08/08/05 SO THE SERVICE MANAGER CAN RIDE ALONG TO OBSERVE PROBLEM. TALKED TO A FRONT END SPECIALIST AT WORK AND HE INDICATED THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEMS WITH OUR 2000 & UP G.M. FLEET VEHICLES.(100+) SAID GM REP CAME TO INSPECT, NOTED THE PROBLEM AND LEFT. FRONT-END SPECIALIST SAID THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN GM TORSION BAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM THAT IS CAUSING MOST OF THESE PROBLEMS BUT GM REPS WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE OR REMEDY. *JB

I HAVE TAKEN MY 2003 GMC YUKON XL IN FOR SERVICE ON THE AIR CONDITIONER ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. I RECENTLY MOVED FROM MICHIGAN TO TENNESSEE AND WHILE LIVING IN MICHIGAN I NOTICES A SQUEALING NOISE WHENEVER I TURNED ON MY AC. THE NOISE WOULD LAST A FEW MINUTES AND THEN STOP. I ALSO NOTICED A RATTLING NOISE UPON ACCELERATION WHILE THE AC WAS ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN MICHIGAN AND AT FIRST NOTHING WAS FOUND. I AGAIN TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP IN TENNESSEE AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A RECYCLING SWITCH, AND IT WAS REPLACED. NOW, ALMOST I YEAR LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED BUT UNFORTUNATELY, MY VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY (50,000 MILES) AND I AM NOW TOLD THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR HAS COMPLETELY FAILED. IT WILL NOW COST ME OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR ON A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD. *JB

I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE INTERSTATE FROM A 4 HOUR DRIVE AND HEARD A AWFUL GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IT SOUNDED LIKE "METAL AGAINST METAL". AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A BRAKE PAD, BUT THE PADS APPEARED TO BE FINE. I PARKED IT THAT NIGHT AND ON SUNDAY MORNING (6/6/2005) DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO CALL IN THE MORNING. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME MONDAY MORNING AND SAID THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING HAD GONE BAD. IN MY DISCUSSION WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, HE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SURBURBANS, ENVOY'S AND YUKONS. MY CONCERN IS THAT HOW MUCH LONGER WOULD I DRIVEN BEFORE THE BEARING TOTALLY BUNED UP AND CAUSED THE LOSS OF STEERING? I HAD THE WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY REPLACED AT A $494.70 EXPENSE TO ME AND IT IS CURRENTLY DRIVING FINE. THE VEHICLE HAD 46,369 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC YUKON XL. THE IGNITION KEY HAS THREE DIFFERENT SETTING AUXILIARY, RUN, START AND THE VEHICLE HAS A STOP MECHANISM SO THAT OWNER CANNOT TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK UNLESS STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. HOWEVER, THAT STOP SETTING DID NOT WORK IF THE KEY WAS SET TO THE AUXILIARY. COULD BASICALLY TAKE IT OUT OF PARK AND PUT IT INTO GEAR WITHOUT HAVING TO STEP ON THE BRAKE. UNABLE TO DO IT IF THE KEY WAS SET ON THE RUN POSITION OR IF STARTED VEHICLE. OWNER'S MANUAL DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, AND IT DID NOT TALK DISCUSS THE SAFETY OF THE WAY THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE. WHAT HAPPENED IS HE HAD A 2 YEAR OLD AND A 5 YEAR OLD CHILD WHILE BACKING CAR INTO DRIVEWAY. IS ON A SLANT THEY WERE JUST SITTING THERE THEY HAD THE VEHICLE ON ACCELERATE AND WHEN HE TURNED AROUND 2 YEAR OLD CRAWLED INTO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO DOWN THE DRIVEWAY AND ACROSS THE STREET. THE DOORS WERE LOCKED TO THE VEHICLE HE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH THE WINDOW AND HIT THE BRAKE. AND HE HAS READ THE OWNERS MANUAL FROM FRONT TO BACK AND HE CANNOT SEE ANYWHERE IN THERE TO WERE IT IS POSSIBLE TO WEAR YOU CAN TAKE THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE PARK SETTING WITHOUT HITTING THE BRAKE. HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN THE VEHICLE. HE KNOWS SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAS THIS SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE WITH THIS SAME MECHANISM AND THERE VEHICLE IS THE SAME WAY.*AK

2003 YUKON XL WOULD DIE LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GAS WHEN IT STILL HAD AT LEAST 1/4 TANK OR IT WOULD NOT START WHEN IT HAD AT LEAST 1/4 TANK OF GAS BUT IF YOU ADDED 1 - 5 GALLONS OF GAS IT WOULD START. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE FUEL PUMP HAD LOW PRESSURE AND THEY REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT. SEEMS TO BE FINE NOW. DEALER STATED THEY HAD NOT SEEN ANY OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT I KNOW OF AT LEAST 4 OTHER GM SUV'S THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE SMALL TOWN THAT I LIVE IN

IT WAS RAINING, I EXITED I95 ON TO RT 321 IN SOUTH CAROLINA, DECELERATING SPEED ABOUT 40 MPH ON EXIT RAMP TO THE RIGHT, WHEN CAR IN FRONT ABRUPTLY APPLIED BRAKES, I DID SAME, AND VEHICLE WENT IN TO SKID. KEPT FOOT ON BRAKES, NO ALB ENGAGEMENT. VEHICLE SLIDE OFF ROAD, AND TIRES HIT GRAVE AND VEHICLE SPUN 180 DEGREES COMIN TO REST ON PRECIPICE OF CLIFF. WE WERE NEARLY KILLED. THE ALB DID NOT ENGAGE. THE DEALER SAID HE "TESTED"... AND SIAD THEY WERE FINE?? HOW DID HE TEST ON DRY PAVEMENT THAT DAY? I HAVE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT LIP SERVICE FROM THE DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THERE IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN THE ALB OF THIS VEHICLE, OR AN INTERMITTENT FLAW.. WHO KNOWS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED NOT LIVING TO TELL THE STORY ABOUT THIS DESIGN FLAW. GM IS DENYING ANY PROBLEM AND IS OF NO HELP. THIS IN MY OPINION IS A MAJOR ISSUE, POSSIBLY WITH ALL THESE ALB SYSTEMS. I NEED SOME HELP ON GETTING MY CAR RECALLED AND FIXED. I READ YOUR "SALT STATE" RECALL, BUT IT IT MUCH LARGER THAN THAT. IT IS A FLAW WITH ALL THESE VEHICLES. THE VEHICLE I HAVE IS A 2003 YUKON XL

VEHICLE HAS AUTOMATIC SEATS. THE AUTOMATIC SEAT MODULE WILL NOT RETAIN THE STORED INFORMATION WHICH IS USED TO SET THE SEATING POSITION. THE SEAT WILL NOT GO BACK TO ALLOW THE DRIVER TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE MOTOR THAT OPERATES THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT BEGAN TO RUN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING THE SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE DASHBOARD. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS DEFECT.*AK DEALER STATED THAT UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER CAN FIX THE SEAT MODULE SEAT IT SHOULD BE TURNED OFF AND NOT USED. *BF *NM

POOR BRAKING. 2)POOR STEERING/RIDE CONTROL. 3)VEHICLE SHIFTS-JUMPS INTERMITTENTLY/MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL TWICE. 4)VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL ON RAMP TO RT 25 BOURNE MA, OUTCOME DETAILS : *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION IS IN THE ACCESSORY POSITION THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, NEUTRAL, DRIVE, ETC. WITHOUT THE BRAKE PEDAL BEING PRESSED. MY 3 YEAR OLD WAS SITTING IN MY LAP IN THE DRIVERS SEAT IN A PARKING LOT LISTENING TO THE RADIO IN ACCESSORY MODE HE PULLED THE GEAR SELECTOR DOWN INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL. THINKING THAT THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE, I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THEIR REPLY, "OH THAT'S WEIRD, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD DO THAT". NO FIX, JUST, "WE WILL LOOK INTO IT". *JB