2008 GMC YUKON XL Complaints

MY 2008 YUKON XL ON THE WAY HOME IS POWERED DOWN WITH SEVERAL ERROR MESSAGES. TRACTION CONTROL OFF, STABLE TRAC OFF, AND ENGINE POWER REDUCED. COULD NOT GO MORE THEN 25 MPH. WENT TO FAULKNER GMC DEALER IN TREVOSE, PA NEXT DAY. PAID $122.00 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. IT WAS THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. WAS TOLD THAT THIS PART IS A BACK ORDER AND GMC DON'T HAVE A MANUFACTURER WHO'S GONNA PRODUCE THIS PARTS FOR GM. HAD TO PAY ANOTHER $100.00 TO CLEAN THIS PART AND SERVICE ADVISER TOLD ME IT SHOULD LESS FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS AND UP TO FEW MONTHS. IT TOOK ME ONLY 2 WEEKS. NOW I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT FROM MY DEVELOPMENT. HAVE TO RESTART THE ENGINE EVERY STOP SIGN. I AM IN LIMOUSINE BUSINESS AND CAN'T STAY HOME AND JUST WAIT TILL GM WILL FIND A MANUFACTURER. FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLES. SHOULD THERE BE A RECALL ON THIS PART? *LN

THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BY GM. MY UNCLE HAS A 2008 GMC YUKON XL 4WD. WHEN IT IS PUT IN PARK IT WILL ROLL AWAY ON ITS OWN. WE FIRST NOTICED IT ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, BUT THOUGHT IT HAD TO BEEN THAT IT WAS ON ICE OR SOMETHING AND IT ROLLED ABOUT 40-50 FEET BACK. WELL LAST SATURDAY I WAS HELPING TO UNLOAD GROCERIES OUT OF IT WITH MY MOM AND UNCLE. JUST AS I PULLED THE LAST BAG OUT IT ROLLED BACK. I SEEN THE TIRES ROLLING. IT ALMOST RAN ME OVER, BUT I MOVED JUST IN TIME TO HAVE IT KNOCK ME ON TO MY KNEES. WELL THE DRIVER DOOR WAS OPEN AND IT CAUGHT ME AND DRAGGED ME ABOUT 40-50 FEET. WELL THE TAIL GATE HIT ME IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD THEN THE DOOR GOT MY ARM PRETTY GOOD. I AM NOW GOING TO THE DOCTOR FOR THIS. TODAY, WE MOVED IT TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO AND SURE ENOUGH IT DID IT RIGHT AWAY AS TO WHERE BEFORE IT WOULD TAKE 15-20 MIN. IT WAS JUST PARKED, WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON AND LOW AND BEHOLD IT ROLLED AWAY AGAIN. WHEN IT DRUG ME BEFORE, I GOT IN IT AFTERWARDS AND IT WAS IN PARK. NOT A DRIVER ERROR AT ALL. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE 2 OTHER STORIES SIMILAR TO THIS. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS ISSUE IF IT IS NOT DEALT WITH. IF IT WOULD OF RUN OVER ME, I WOULD OF DIED AND IT CAME [XXX] CLOSE. WE ARE GOING TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT MONDAY TO TAKE IT IN. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW, LIKE WHERE WHEN AND SO ON? IT LEFT ME IN PRETTY WELL CONSTANT PAIN FROM PUTTING MY BACK AND NECK OUT OF PLACE AND MY ARM HURTS ALL THE TIME. SO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED! *LN INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE A 2008 GMC YUKON XL - I HAVE HAD THE DRIVERS DOOR AND THE BACK DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE'S LOCK FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND BACK DOOR LOCKS ARE NOT WORKING. THE ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK THESE DOORS IS TO CRAWL INTO THE VEHICLE AND MANUALLY LOCK AND UNLOCK THEM. *TR

WHILE USING REMOTE START THE VEHICLE MAKES LOUD NOISE AND SHUTS OFF ENGINE. IN ADDITION THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE HEARD IN THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM BUT STATES THERE ARE DOZENS OF VEHICLES THAT WERE MADE INCORRECTLY AND THERE IS NO WAY FOR THEM TO FIX THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY 2008 GMC YUKON XL HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TWO SEPARATE DEALERSHIPS HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION SEALS TWICE. THE CAR KICKS BACK UPON ACCELERATION QUITE FREQUENTLY, AT ALL SPEEDS. THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS MERGING ONTO THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND THE CAR ACCELERATED ONLY WITHOUT KICKING INTO GEAR, CAUSING ANOTHER CAR TO ALMOST HIT ME. AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS THE GEAR FINALLY KICKED IN REALLY HARD THROWING MY SON AND MYSELF FORWARD. IT WAS VERY SCARY. I HAD THE SECOND DEALERSHIP COME AND FLAT BED TOW THE CAR IN OUT OF FEAR OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THE SEALS WERE LOSE AND TIGHTEN AND NOTHING ELSE WAS WRONG. ONE WEEK LATER I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE VEHICLE IS KICKING BACK AND SOMETIMES DOES STOPS SHIFTING INTO GEAR AS I AM TRYING TO ACCEL, THE VEHICLE MOVES THEN IT STOPS BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE. I AM CALLING THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN TODAY. I AM WONDERING IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLES YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. WHAT SHOULD I DO CONTINUE TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND TAKE A CHANCE OF HAVING SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING TO MYSELF AND THREE CHILDREN. THIS IS REALLY BECOMING SCARY AND QUITE BOTHERSOME. I PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR ITS SAFETY AND SIZE AND HAVE TO KEEP DOWNSIZING WHILE THIS IS BEING INEFFECTIVELY REPAIRED. WHAT SHOULD I DO? *TR

2008 GMC YUKON XL .NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM AIR VENTS AND SMELLING HOT. THEN FEW DAYS PAST, WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WE PULL OVER TO SIDE. WAITED 15 MINUTES THEN STARTED. DROVE ANOTHER 10 OR 15 MILES SHUTS OFF AGAIN WAIT 10 15 MINUTES FINALLY MAKE IT HOME . WE TRY TO START ENGINE AFTER TWO DAY PASS .THE ENGINE WILL TURN OVER AND TRY TO START BUT WILL NOT. CALLED A DEALER, HAD IT TOWED UP TO THEM ,THEY DECIDE IT IS THE FUEL CONTROL MODULE . I HAVE LOOKED FOR A RECALL FOR THIS BUT ON A 2008 I COULD NOT FIND ONE BUT ON THE 2009 I DID FIND ONE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM I AM DESCRIBING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 GMC YUKON XL 1500. THE CONTACT ORDERED A VEHICLE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO TOW A TRAILER. THE VEHICLE CAME EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR PASSENGER TIRES, SIZE P26570R17. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE SWAYED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THE CONTACT ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE BELIEVED THAT THE PASSENGER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE INSUFFICIENT FOR TOWING A TRAILER. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES WERE STANDARD FOR THAT MODEL. THEY ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE TRAILER WAS OVERLOADED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE TOWS UP TO 8,100 LBS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500. UPDATED 05/19/08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE EXPERIENCED SEVERE SWAYING PROBLEMS WHILE TOWING HIS TRAILER. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES WERE DESIGNED WITH SOFT SIDEWALLS FOR A SMOOTH RIDE IN A PASSENGER CAR AND NOT FOR THE TRAILER TOWING WHICH REQUIRED TIRES WITH STIFF SIDEWALLS TO DISCOURAGE SWAYING. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE LIGHT TRUCK TIRES. UPDATE 05/20/08. *JB

WINDSHIELD HAS A DISTORTION ACROSS THE MIDDLE. CAUSING EVERYTHING TO LOOK DISTORTED AND MAKING YOU DIZZY. *TR