2000 GMC YUKON XL Complaints

PROBLEMS WITH 2001 YUKON XL'S ABS EQUIPMENT.*MR THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT DEFECTIVE EMERGENCY BRAKES, HOWEVER THEY FELL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE REPAIRS WERE VERY EXPENSIVE. PLEASE HELP IN COMPENSATING THE CONSUMER FOR DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED *CB *JB

EMERGENCY BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE. I DO NOT NORMALLY USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, AND ONLY NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *NLM

NOTICED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE LEAKING FUEL WHEN PARKED AND TURNED OFF. MOST RECENT CASE OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS A "CRACKED FUEL SENDING UNIT". APPARENTLY THIS ALLOWS FUEL TO BE SPEWED OUT OF THE TANK WHEN PARKED. DEALER INDICATED THAT IT WASN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE. CO-WORKER DISCUSSED ALMOST IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH HIS YUKON XL (EXCEPT HIS SPEWED MORE FUEL INTO HIS GARAGE AND NEED TO BE CLEANED-UP BY HAZMAT TEAM). THIS APPEARS TO BE MORE THAN A RANDOM OCCURRENCE OF A PROBLEM THAT HAS SIGNIFICANT SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS. I BELIEVE FURTHER INVESTIGATION (BY THE NHTSA AND GENERAL MOTORS) IS WARRANTED. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BAD BARE WIRES INSIDE OF FUEL PUMP. THE WIRES SHORTED WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL. *JB

I OWN A 2000 GMC YUKON XL. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE CONTINUALLY BLOWING A FUSE (ECM B FUSE). UPON MY OWN RESEARCH INTO THE CIRCUITRY, I DETERMINED THE LIKELY PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL PUMP. I REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND UPON REMOVING AND INSPECTING THE OLD COMPONENT, I DISCOVERED THE HOT WIRE (GRAY WIRE) WHICH OPERATES THE PUMP MOTOR HAD BEEN HOT ENOUGH TO MELT THE INSULATION OFF THE WIRE. MOREOVER, THIS HOT WIRE HAD MELTED INTO ONE OF THE WIRES OF THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT, WHICH IS A GROUND CIRCUIT. THE PROBLEM I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO LIGHT HERE IS THAT THE FUEL PUMP UNIT IS INSIDE THE FUEL TANK. WHEN THIS HOT WIRE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE OTHER WIRE, I ASSUME THERE WAS A SPARK, OR THE POTENTIAL FOR ONE. WHY DIDN'T MY VEHICLE EXPLODE? I KNOW THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY SUCH EXPLOSIONS. I DO KNOW OF ANOTHER GM VEHICLE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OF EXPOSED WIRES IN THE FUEL TANK. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF THE DANGER LEVEL SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU. *NLM

I DISCOVERED TWO GAPS IN THE REAR SEALS ON THE LIFT GATE OF MY 2000 GMC YUKON XL. THE GAPS ARE AT THE BOTTOM CORNERS OF THE LIFT GATE (RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES) AND ARE APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 3 INCHES LONG AND ABOUT 1/16" WIDE. THESE GAPS WILL ALLOW EXHAUST GASSES TO COME INTO THE VEHICLE, OR WATER IN THE EVENT OF A HEAVY RAINSTORM. WE PLAN TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST DEALER VERY SOON, AS WE HAVE 35,990 MILES ON IT AND WE WANT IT FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SEALS APPEAR TO BE INADEQUATE, I.E. INSUFFICIENT IN SIZE OR THICKNESS TO ADEQUATELY SEAL THE BOTTOM CORNERS OF THE LIFT GATE. THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND BY INSPECTION BY MYSELF, AS I WAS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO ALLOWING THE WARRANTY TO EXPIRE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO SEE LIGHT COMING THROUGH EACH CORNER, BEFORE ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAP IN THE SEALS.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 72MPH, WHICH HAD BEEN ON AND IN PLACE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THAT THE CAR WAS NOW GOING 85 - EVEN THOUGH I HAD NOT TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR. I DECIDED THAT I WOULD HIT THE BRAKE A LITTLE TO DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE AND RESET IT. AFTER TOUCHING THE BRAKE, BUT BEFORE I PUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR WAS BACK UP TO 80 - 85. I PLAYED AROUND WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH, HOPING TO STOP THE PROBLEM. NOTHING WORKED IN THAT REGARD, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, TURN THE CAR OFF (WHICH WOULD RESET EVERYTHING), AND START OVER. WHILE TRAVELING TO THE EXIT, WHICH WAS ABOUT TWO MILES, I HAD TO KEEP SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES TO KEEP THE CAR AT AN ACCEPTABLE HIGHWAY SPEED. ONCE I PULLED OFF ONTO THE EXIT RAMP, I REALIZED THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. I WAS STANDING ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET TO GET IT SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN OFF THE RAMP. SINCE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP, I TRIED PUTTING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO GET THE PULL OFF THE WHEELS, AT WHICH TIME THE RPMS RED-LINED. I TRIED ALL THE DIFFERENT GEARS, WHICH HAD THE SAME RESULT. I BRACED MYSELF FOR THE JOLT AND THREW THE CAR INTO PARK, NO JOLT - THE RPMS WENT TO RED-LINE. AT THIS POINT I WAS HEADED FOR A GAS STATION AND I TURNED THE CAR OFF. UPON SHUTTING THE CAR OFF, A HUGE PUFF OF BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND EVERYTHING SMELLED LIKE BURNING RUBBER. A TOW TRUCK TOWED US BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN OF NO HELP WHAT SO EVER.

PURCHASED USED YUKON XL ON 10.17,02, ON JAN 6,2003 COMPUTER MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED, CHEVY DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE IT FOR $800 PLUS LABOR, AFTER NEGOTIATIONS THE FINAL PRICE WAS $465, I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH OF COURSE DOESN'T COVER THE COMPUTER MODULE....IN TWO YEARS THE MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT? THE COMPUTER MODULE IS THE MAJOR PART, I DON'T LIKE THIS TRUCK, I WAS STUCK AND EVEN RECEIVED A TICKET BECAUSE IT WAS ON A SUNDAY NIGHT AND COULDN'T GET IT TOWED UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.....I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A DEPENDABLE CAR, WAS I MISTAKEN OR WHAT......TS

WEATHER STRIPPING BETWEEN DRIVER'S FRONT DOOR AND REAR PASSENGER'S DOOR ALLOWS WATER TO SEEP INTO VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INORMATION.*AK

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE ABS BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN TOTAL BRAKE LOSS. *YH