2015 GMC Yukon Denali Xl Exterior lighting Problems

The contact owns a 2015 GMC Yukon Denali XL. The contact stated that the passenger’s side taillight failed to illuminate intermittently while depressing the brake pedal. Over time, the driver’s side taillight also would fail to illuminate with the brake pedal depressed. The contact then received a warranty notice from the local dealer about the failure however, the contact was informed when speaking to the dealer that due to the mileage on her vehicle, the vehicle no longer qualified under the warranty program. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 40,000.

NHTSA ID

11426853

Incident

Aug 1, 2017

Mileage

40,000 mi

THE PASSENGER SIDE TAILLIGHT STARTED 'GOING OUT' RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED-MEANING, IT WOULD WORK OFF AND ON AT VARIOUS TIMES. THEN THE DRIVERS SIDE TAILLIGHT HAS STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE GMC TAILLIGHTS AND YET GMC HAS YET TO RECOGNIZE ANY ISSUE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR ANYONE DRIVING THESE MODELS WITH FAILING TAILLIGHTS. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED

NHTSA ID

11222648

Incident

Jun 1, 2017

Mileage

32,000 mi

FAULTY BRAKE-LIGHT AND COSTLY FIX. DEALERSHIP HAS TAILLIGHT ON BACK ORDER SO A REPLACEMENT ISNT EVEN AVAILABLE. DEALERSHIP WANTS $675 JUST FOR THE PART THAT CANT EVEN BE ORDERED. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH NO SOLUTION AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

11218774

Incident

Jun 6, 2019

Mileage

65,000 mi

TAIL LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY

NHTSA ID

11218606

Incident

Jun 7, 2019

Mileage

67,500 mi

WE HAVE HAD BOTH OUR TAILLIGHTS FAIL. THE BLINKERS STILL FUNCTION BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE LED THEY SAY THEY MUST REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT. EACH SIDE COST $672. THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS FOR A TAILLIGHT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO REPLACE EACH PIECE.

NHTSA ID

11216937

Incident

May 30, 2019

Mileage

53,000 mi

VEHICLE HAS UNDER 45,000 MILES AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING LED'S FROM WATER INTRUSION. THIS HAPPENS AFTER WASHING MY CAR AND NOW IT WILL NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION DUE TO DRIVER SIDE DAYTIME LED NOT TURNING ON, AND PASSENGER SIDE DRL NOT TURNING OFF. I CAN NOT GET THIS FIXED BECAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE LIGHT IS ON BACKORDER, YET MY LOCAL DEALER SAID THIS ISN'T A KNOWN PROBLEM. TAKE A LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND IT'S CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING ISSUE (HENCE BACKORDERED HEADLIGHTS)

NHTSA ID

11210566

Incident

May 24, 2019

Mileage

44,500 mi

BOTH REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAVE HAD ISSUES. DRIVERS SIDE WAS FIRST, BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT AND PARKING LIGHT HAVE NOW STOPPED WORKING, JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. PROBLEM COMES AND GOES DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURE. I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE AND BE THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL SINCE IT IS WIDE SPREAD.

NHTSA ID

11209404

Incident

May 1, 2019

Mileage

72,000 mi

DRIVER'S SIDE, REAR TAIL LIGHT FAILED TO LIGHT WHEN PARKED, OR WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALERSHIP QUOTED JUST UNDER $800 TO REPLACE. HAD LIGHT REPLACED, AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. DEALER STATES THAT "LIGHTS GO OUT SOMETIMES."

NHTSA ID

11206599

Incident

Dec 10, 2018

Mileage

120,000 mi

BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT.

NHTSA ID

11197341

Incident

Feb 27, 2019

Mileage

65,000 mi

APPROXIMATELY 51,000 MILES ON VEHICLE: REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT IS INOP. WE WERE ON A TRIP WHEN WE NOTICED, IF YOU TAP THE SIDE OF IT THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR JUST A SECOND. LED STRIP FOR BRAKE LIGHT IS DEFECTIVE. REPLACEMENT COST IS ABOUT $800 DOLLARS. LOTS OF COMPLAINTS AND ONLINE FORUMS REGARDING THIS ISSUE. GMC REALLY NEED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSSUE. THESE RIGS COST WAY TO MUCH FOR THAT POOR QUALITY!

NHTSA ID

11192777

Incident

Mar 29, 2019

Mileage

51,000 mi

THERE IS A FLAW IN THE LED STRIP OF THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS. THE LED STRIP BREAKS OVER TIME DISABLING THE TAIL LIGHTS. THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS SEALED AND MUST EITHER BE REPLACED OR BROKEN INTO SO A JUMPER CAN BE SOLDERED ACROSS THE BREAK TO REPAIR THE TAIL LIGHT.

NHTSA ID

11192167

Incident

Jan 10, 2019

Mileage

71,368 mi

FAULTY, POORLY MADE TAIL LIGHTS THAT NEED TO BE ENTIRELY REPLACED (NOT JUST THE BULB) AT MORE THAN $700 EACH. WHEN SPENDING SO MUCH ON A CAR, THIS IS LITERALLY INSANE NOT TO BE COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. GMC DRIVERS DESERVE MORE THAN THIS POORLY MADE LED LIGHT SYSTEM. THE PLASTIC WINDOW TRIM PIECES ALSO DETACH DUE TO CHEAP PLASTIC CLIPS. I'VE HAD TO LITERALLY USE DOUBLE SIDED TAPE AND GLUE TO STICK THEM BACK ON A $70K+ CAR. IT'S HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE PIECES THAT ARE LITERALLY PART OF THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11184204

Incident

Feb 28, 2019

OUR PASSENGER TAILLIGHT WENT OUT AND THE DEALERSHIP COST TO REPLACE IT WAS $811. I CALLED GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AFTER 4 DAYS AND MULTIPLE PHONE CALLS THE BEST THEY COULD OFFER IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WAS $80. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF I COULD HAVE THE BROKEN LIGHT AND THEY WANTED ME TO PAY $50 TO TAKE IT WITH ME. A GOOGLE SEARCH TURNED UP MANY INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY REPLACE 1-2 PER WEEK. THE TAILLIGHT REPLACEMENT ON THE YUKON FAMILY IS A SCAM. IT IS UNETHICAL FOR THEM TO CHARGE THAT MUCH FOR A REPLACEMENT WHEN IT IS INOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE CAR IS LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 66K MILES AND HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY COLLISIONS. JUST NORMAL ROUTINE USE RESULTED IN A COSTLY REPAIR AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IRRESPONSIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM THE GMC EMPLOYEES WHO WERE IN CHARGE OF HANDLING MY CASE.

NHTSA ID

11175695

Incident

Feb 8, 2019

Mileage

66,000 mi

'TAKATA RECALL' WE JUST PURCHASED OUR 2015 YUKON DINALI XL DECEMBER 20, 2018 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LIGHT ( WHILE IN MOTION ) ON DRIVER-SIDE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, SO WE REPLACED BOTH TAILLIGHTS WITH BRAND NEW ($700) ENCLOSED REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND NOW WE ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH DRIVER SIDE ONCE AGAIN. I'M VERY PROUD TO BUY AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS BUT AFTER SEEING HOW MANY GMC MONTHLY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT GM WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I KNOW MYSELF BEING IN BUSINESS IF I HAD A COMPLAINS MORE THAN THREE TIMES A MONTH I WOULD TRY MY BEST TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM TO KEEP FROM HAVING A BAD REPUTATION AND HAVE A FUTURE CUSTOMERS!! I TAKE PRIDE IN MY WORK FOR WHAT OUR CUSTOMER PAYS, AND EXPECT THE SAME FOR WHAT I PAY!!

NHTSA ID

11173848

Incident

Feb 1, 2019

Mileage

99,000 mi

VEHICLE TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS QUIT WORKING. THE LED CIRCUITS BREAK CAUSING THE CONNECTION TO SHORT OUT. BOTH THE TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK ONCE THE CIRCUIT IS BROKE. THE OWNER CAN'T SIMPLY FIX THE BURNT OUT TAIL LIGHT. ONE MUST COMPLETELY REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY, COSTING UPWARDS OF $1,000 FOR BOTH. THIS IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE AND IS DOWNRIGHT HAZARDOUS WHEN BOTH TAIL LIGHTS GO OUT, FOR BOTH THE OWNER AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RESIST ROAD BUMPS AND VIBRATIONS.

NHTSA ID

11171377

Incident

Dec 18, 2018

Mileage

72,000 mi

THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.

NHTSA ID

11170979

Incident

Jan 17, 2019

Mileage

61,000 mi

LED LIGHTS IN THE REAR ARE REPEATEDLY DEFECTIVE

NHTSA ID

11165732

Incident

Jan 3, 2018

Mileage

60,000 mi

THE PASSENGER SIDE TAILLIGHT HAS FAILED. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO COLLISION, AND IT APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE AFTER READING HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE.

NHTSA ID

11141687

Incident

Mar 1, 2018

Mileage

40,000 mi

TAIL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SOME TIMES THEY ARE WORKING FINE, AND THEN FOR SOME REASON ONE OR BOTH WILL SHUT OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

NHTSA ID

11133173

Incident

Oct 3, 2018

REAR LEFT TAIL LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. YET STARTED HAPPENING AND CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION IN THE STATE OF VA. WHEN NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, BUT HAVE ALSO SEEN WHILE DRIVING.

NHTSA ID

11124662

Incident

Sep 4, 2018

Mileage

67,000 mi

THE REAR LED BRAKE TAIL LIGHT STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A CRACK IN THE CONDUCTIVE PLATE INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY.

NHTSA ID

11123801

Incident

Aug 9, 2018

Mileage

55,000 mi

TAIL LIGHT NO LONGER WORKING. SAFETY HAZARD. IT STARTED FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY AND SMELLING FUNNY NOW IT WON'T WORK AT ALL. THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND OF COURSE IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY AS I'M AT 60K BUT GMC WILL DO NOTHING FOR IT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A WIDELY KNOWN ISSUE. I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING!

NHTSA ID

11121900

Incident

May 3, 2018

Mileage

58,000 mi

TAILIGHT BRAKE LIGHT NOT WORKING, NO REPLACEMENT BULB AVAILABLE, GM SAYS MUST BE ENTIRE UNIT AND HOUSING FOR $701. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND ONEROUS. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE DESIGN AND DEFECTIVE PART. SHOULD BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED FOR FREE.

NHTSA ID

11120100

Incident

Aug 10, 2018

Mileage

60,400 mi

AFTER ABOUT 1 YEAR OF OWNING THIS VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE (BOUGHT IT WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD, IE. 2017) USED FROM A GMC DEALER - THE DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT STARTED WORKING ONLY INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN STOP WORKING ALL TOGETHER. I HAD THE DEALER ESTIMATE THE REPLACEMENT COST AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD BE $1,500 TO REPLACE BOTH TAIL LIGHTS (SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY BECAUSE THEY WERE LED????). THIS IS ABSURD ON SO MANY LEVELS...THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE VEHICLES ON THE MARKET AND WITHIN ONLY A FEW YEARS THE TAIL LIGHTS NEED TO REPLACED...AT AN OUTRAGEOUS COST. MY LAST YUKON (2007) DIDN'T HAVE A TAIL LIGHT GO OUT FOR MANY YEARS...AND I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT BULB FOR $3 AND DID IT MYSELF. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS TO BE A "COMMON" ISSUE FOR THESE GMC VEHICLES...AND THE FACT THAT GMC IS WELL AWARE OF THIS IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT A KNOWN AND PERSISTENT ISSUE IS FRUSTRATING.

NHTSA ID

11120090

Incident

Jun 15, 2018

DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LIGHT SOMETIMES WORKS, SOMETIMES DOESN'T.

NHTSA ID

11118356

Incident

May 15, 2018

Mileage

92,000 mi