2002 GMC YUKON XL DENALI Complaints

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED WHEN MY WIFE PULLED TRUCK OUT OF DRIVEWAY. ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED VERY BADLY. *TR

BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON COMING DOWN TO FLORIDA. CHECK FLUID AND IT WAS WAY DOWN. TOOK TO MECH. AND DISCOVERED SOME OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. ONE WORST THAN THE OTHER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. THE NHTSA SHOULD GO AFTER THE MANUFACTURE FOR THIS FEDERALLY REGULATED DEFECT. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON MY 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND ONE FAILED WITHOUT A CRASH. *TR

VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, AFTER PULLING OVER THE DISABLED VEHICLE A QUICK INSPECTION REVEALED ROTTED BRAKE LINES RUNNING TO THE ABS CONTROL UNIT WHICH HAD FAILED UNDER BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKING WITH NO WARNING OR ANY MIL LIGHT STATUS PRIOR TO FAILURE. ALL THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY CORRODED AND ALL NEEDED REPLACING BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS USABLE. *KB

THE MAIN REAR METAL BRAKE LINE ON MY 2002 GMC YUKON XL HAS SPRUNG A LEAK DUE TO RUST. THE VEHICLE HAS 63,000 MILES. THERE WAS A SEVERE LOSS OF PEDAL PRESSURE,A LARGE INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCES AND LARGE PUDDLES OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE. *TR

I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE AFTER DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE TODAY. YESTERDAY, I REALIZED THAT TO STOP, I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE MY BRAKES HAD BEEN WORKING JUST FINE. TODAY I NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM AND REPORTED IT TO MY BOYFRIEND, WHO CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION AT THE BRAKE LINES AND UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT RAPIDLY AND WAS PUDDLING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HAD I NOT STOPPED, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AS A RESULT, I CAN NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRAKES ARE NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. *TR

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL UNEXPECTEDLY WENT TO FLOOR & BARELY AVOIDED COLLISION. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER, NOTIFIED DEALER OF BRAKE LINE FAILURE THAT NHTSA & GM ARE AWARE OF, AFTER THERE FOR 2 DAYS & DEALER NOT RETURNING OUR CALLS, WAS EVENTUALLY NOTIFIED 4 CORRODED BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACEMENT AT MY EXPENSE, STILL WAITING FOR ESTIMATE OF REPAIR COST GOING ON 3 DAYS. MY HUSBAND WAS A MECHANIC AT GM DEALERS FOR OVER 12 YEARS & NEVER SEEN 1 STATIC BRAKE LINE RUPTURE NEVERMIND 4 BECOME DEFECTIVE AT THE SAME TIME ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE VEHICLE BARELY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT & HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. DEALER WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE IN SEEKING GM REMEDIATION ASSISTANCE FOR US OR TAKING ANY SELF-INITIATIVE ANYTIME TO KEEP US INFORMED, VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE & HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR GOING ON 3 DAYS NOW, AFTER NOT FOLLOWING UP WITH US NOR RETURNING OUR CALLS JUST REACHED DEALER RIGHT BEFORE CLOSING TIME & WAS INFORMED THEY STILL CANNOT LOCATE PARTS AT FACTORY OR ANYWHERE ELSE, FACT THAT 4 LINES DEFECTIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY & STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE PARTS CLEARLY INDICATES MANUFACTURING DEFECT... NO CAR, NO SERVICE, NO PRICE, NO PARTS, WHEN WILL IT EVER END? RECOMMEND URGENT PRIORITY -IF NOT REMEDIED QUICKLY- MANY LIVES COULD BE LOST! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A STOP THE ABS BEGINS TO ACTIVATE WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRAG TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CURRENT RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND THE WARRANTY BEING EXPIRED, NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE OFFERED BUT HE WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 124,391.

WHINING IN ENGINE-FOUND TO BE BAD BEARINGS AND METAL IN DIFFERENTIAL. WAS TOLD COULD HAVE MADE CAR LOCK UP AT ANYTIME (IMAGINE THAT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC). THIS IS SECOND CAR IN FAMILY WITH EXACT SAME PROBLEM ALTHOUGH WAS TOLD IT WAS "RARE". *TR

VEHICLE LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, FLICKERS CONSTANTLY, HAS BEEN TO REPAIR SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY CHECK OUT FINE. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW AN ANSWER. *TR