Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2004 GMC Yukon Denali submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 57 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 57, in the owner's own words
THIS IS THE 2ND GM ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING AFTER 50000 MILES . WHEN I RESEARCH ON MINE THERE ARE A BUNCH OF OWNERS THAT ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. AND IT'S THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED
FIRST THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE 2008. MY SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED THE WRONG SPEED. MY SETTINGS FOR THE SEAT AND MIRRORS QUIT WORKING OVER TIME.HOT AIR WOULD COME OUT OF MY VENTS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON RANDOMLY. RADIO, NAVIGATION, HEAT, AIR CONDITIONER AND MIRRORS WOULD TURN ON/OFF RANDOMLY WITHOUT TOUCHING CONTROLS. THE LAST 3 YEARS WENT THROUGH 3 BATTERIES IN 3 YEARS. TESTS SHOWED AT LEAST 5 THINGS ARE ACTIVELY DRAINING BATTERY IN THE FUSE BOX. ISSUES HAPPENED MOSTLY WHEN CAR WAS ON BUT MIRRORS WOULD RANDOMLY MOVE WHEN CAR WAS NOT ON, VERY CREEPY.
THE ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY STAYS ON AND I'VE TAKEN IT TO A MECHANIC BUT IT COMES RIGHT BACK ON AGAIN. THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. WHEN YOU FILL THE TANK TO FULL THE ARROW ONLY GOES TO THE HALFWAY MARK.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM KNOWING HOW FAST THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY ON THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER REPLACEMENT ENDED IN 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS, ON THE 2004 GMC DENALIS. IT'S LIKE IT STARTS SLOW YOUR GAUGES GO OUT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING! THEN THE OIL, TEMP FOR ENGINE, AND TRANSMISSION. WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE. THEN THE BRAKES GET A MIND OF THEIR OWN. RECENTLY THE RADIO & LIGHTS ARE ACTING UP WHICH IS SCARY, I HAVE A 7 YR. OLD. THE HEAT IN THE BACK DOESN'T WORK FOR HER, SO I HAVE SEVERAL BLANKETS FOR HER. THE TELEVISION QUIT LONG AGO, IT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE BOUGHT THE CAR, SO KIDS COULD WATCH TELEVISION ON LONG TRIPS, OR WHENEVER. WE PAID A LOT FOR THIS VEHICLE, I WOULD THINK GMC WOULD STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND CORRECT THE PRODUCT THEY STAND BY,AND ARE VERY PROUD OF. I WOULD LOVE TO JUST PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. I DO NOT HAVE THAT LUXURY, I LOST MY JOB, WE ARE PAY CHECK TO PAY CHECK WITH MY HUSBANDS INCOME. I CAN'T FIX OR REPLACE THIS CAR, THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVED BEFORE ALL THE MALFUNCTIONS/DEFECTS. I HAVE A GARMIN SO I CAN TELL MY SPEED, AND HAVE TO HIT THE SIDE INSIDE THE CAR WHEN THE LIGHTS WON'T WORK. I PRAY, YOU WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT, AS SO MANY HAVE REPORTED THE SAME COMPLAINTS. ONE GENTLEMEN GAVE YOU A WEBSITE I'VE SEEN MYSELF OF PEOPLES COMPLAINTS. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP US!! *TR
DRIVING VEHICLE AT 30 MPH. LOST ALL POWER AND ENGINE. NO BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING, NO DASH LIGHTS, ENGINE QUIT RUNNING, NO EXTERIOR LIGHTS. PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT. NO POWER AT ALL. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF WAITING VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN AND HAD MINIMAL ACCELERATION/POWER. *TR
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:54 PM I WAS LEAVING WORK AND I DIDN'T GET ABOUT 1,000 FEET WHEN I BEGAN TO SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA WHERE THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS. I PULLED OVER INTO A GAS STATION AND TOOK THE CUP HOLDERS OUT TRYING TO SEARCH WHERE THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM. I THEN SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS ON THE DASHBOARD. I ALSO SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED THE HOOD AND MORE SMOKE WITH COMING FROM THE VENT. I OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND SAW THAT BEHIND THE CENTER CONSOLE JUST UNDER THE CD PLAY, THE WIRES WERE ON FIRE AND THE FIRE CONTINUED TO BECOME LARGER. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT 1:56 PM AND AGAIN AT 1:59 PM WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS BURNING. THE VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETELY MELTED ALONG WITH THE CONTROLS ABOVE BY THE SUNROOF. THE VEHICLE IS A COMPLETE LOSS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED AT MY JOB FOR MORE THAN 6 HOURS BEFORE I TOOK IT TO GO HOME. I SUSTAINED SMOKE INHALATION AND HEAT BURNS ON MY FACE. I WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, TREATED AND RELEASE. *TR
I HAVE A 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI AND AS I SEE FROM THE MANY COMPLAINTS BEFORE ME MY CLUSTER HAS WENT OUT. I HAVE NO USE OF MY DASHBOARD AT ALL. NO USE OF GAS GAUGE. NO USE OF SPEEDOMETER. NO USE OF OIL GAUGE. NO USE OF ANYTHING ON DASH. WHY AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS HAS GMC NOT DONE ANYTHING. IF THIS CAUSES AN ACCIDENT LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON NOW WITH IGNITION SWITCH THEY WILL PAY SO MUCH MORE WITH LAWSUITS. I WILL BE THE FIRST IN LINE, CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE RAN OFF THE ROAD FOR LACK OF GAS
I STARTED MY CAR AND WHILE I WAS IN PARK THE SPEEDOMETER SAID 70MPH. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT WOULD REGISTER OVER 120MPH. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT SPEED I WAS TRULY GOING. THIS IS A SCARY FEELING ESPECIALLY WITH MY THREE CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I TRIED TURNING OFF THE CAR PUTTING IT IN DRIVE AND BACK TO PARK THINKING PERHAPS IT WAS STUCK, BUT NOTHING WORKS. I SEE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM...HELP?? *TR
WHEN WE TURN LEFT, THE VEHICLE TURNS OFF ,LOSES POWER STEERING, BRAKES, GAUGES LIGHT UP, THIS ONLY HAPPENS WHEN TURNING LEFT BETWEEN 3-5 MILES HOUR, THE GARAGE SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND THE STABILITY CONTROL IS ON TO. *TR
THE "STABILITY CONTROL DISABLED" SENSOR COMES ON FOLLOWED BY "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND MY VEHICLE WON'T GO FASTER THAN 5MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ONLY UPON START UP OF THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES, IF I WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND RESTART MY CAR, IT'LL START JUST FINE BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I FIRST BROUGHT IT INTO HENDRICK CHEVROLET ON 10/15/12. THEY CHARGED ME ALMOST $700 TO REPLACE "APP SENSOR ASSEMBLY". THEN I BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN ON 11/6/12 FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THEY REPLACED THE "CONNECTOR AT THE THROTTLE BODY" AND CHARGED ME $223.09. THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY WENT AWAY. I THEN BROUGHT IT BACK ON 12/20/12 WITH THE SAME ISSUE BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE WON'T TURN OFF AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCED ENGINE POWER-STABILITY CONTROL DISABLED WARNING. THEY SIMPLY RESET THE WARNING AND THAT WAS IT. TIL THIS DAY, I CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE GOING INTO REDUCED ENGINE POWER/STABILITY CONTROL DISABLED. THIS HAS BECOME A CONSTANT ISSUE AND THORN ON MY SIDE AND EACH TIME I BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE, THEY ALWAYS TELL ME IT'S SOMETHING ELSE. I HAVE READ MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD. WHY HAVEN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS??? *TR
MY HUSBAND'S 2004 YUKON DENALI CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HOME. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS BEFORE IT SPONTANEOUSLY IGNITED. I CALLED 911 WHILE MY HUSBAND TOOK THE HOSE AND SPRAYED WATER ON THE FIRE, WHICH WAS IN THE DASHBOARD OF THE SUV. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED A FEW MINUTES LATER AND PUT THE FIRE OUT. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT IT IS UNKNOWN WHY THE VEHICLE IGNITED AND WAS ON FIRE. I CONTACTED GMC VIA ONLINE CHAT, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THE 2004 YUKON DENALI. AFTER SOME PRELIMINARY SEARCHES ONLINE, I FOUND NUMEROUS CLAIMS OF THE SAME THING OCCURRING TO OTHER OWNERS OF YUKON AND TAHOE SUVS IN THE U.S.. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS READING INACCURATELY. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD FLUCTUATE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW FAST OR SLOW HE WAS TRAVELING. THE GASOLINE GAUGE FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE; HE COULD POTENTIALLY BE DRIVING ON AN EMPTY FUEL TANK WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSUME THE REPAIR COST IF THE VEHICLE HAD 80,000 MILES OR LESS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,775 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
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
WHEN DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GET STUCK. THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS THEN IT ALL STOPPED WORKING ALL THE GAUGES ARE NOW NOT WORKING. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS PROVIDING INACCURATE SPEEDS TRAVELED AND READING A MUCH HIGHER SPEED THAN THE CONTACT WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000.
INSTRUMENT PANEL SOMETIMES WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED AN INACCURATE READING. THE FAILURE NORMALLY WOULD OCCUR ONLY DURING THE COLD WINTER TEMPERATURES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE INTERMITTENTLY DURING HOT TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
SPEEDOMETER OPERATES ERRATICALLY IF AT ALL. VEHICLE HAS 100,000 MILES AND GM WILL ONLY REPLACE THE CLUSTER IF UNDER 70,000 MILES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK. *TR
NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. MALFUNCTIONING/ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER, RESULTING IN SPEED 30 MPH OVER ACTUAL SPEED VERIFIED VIA GPS NAVIGATION. NO REPAIRS COMPLETED. *TR
MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR THIS FOR MODEL YEAR 2003-2006, BUT ONLY UP TO 80,000. I HAD 104,000 WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE. IT COST ME $600 TO GET THIS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A LIMIT ON MILEAGE. NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. BY DRIVING TO SLOW, ONE CAN CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO ERRATICALLY PASS AND ZOOM BY YOU OR DRIVING TO FAST CAN CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO HURRIEDLY GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS. THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE CAUSE OF A SPEEDING TICKET I GOT BACK IN MAY 2009. IT POSSIBLY WAS ACTING UP, BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY FAIL UNTIL JULY 2009. *TR
SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILED. GM IS COVERING THE MALFUNCTION UP TO 70,000 MILES. I HAVE 80,000...IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON MALFUNCTION. GM WON'T COVER OVER 70,000 MILES. ITS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOUR SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING. *TR
FLASHING ABS LIGHT AND THEN ALTERNATING FLASHING TC (TRACTION CONTROL) LIGHT. THEN THE VEHICLE LOCKS UP THE LEFT SIDE FRONT BRAKE AND PULLS THE VEHICLE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. CAUSE BY THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILING ON THE VEHICLE. REPLACEMENT OF PART REMOVES ISSUE. *TR
IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON, THE SPEEDOMETER HANGS UP INDICATING A HIGHER SPEED THAN ACTUALLY TRAVELING. INITIALLY, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT INTERVALS GREATER THAN 6 MONTHS BUT SEEMS TO BE RECURRING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY - EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO. UPON INITIAL PROBLEM BEING NOTICED, I FOUND THAT OTHER MODEL YEAR YUKONS HAD THIS ISSUE AND WERE REPAIRED, POSSIBLY UNDER RECALL BUT MY MODEL YEAR WAS EXCLUDED. *TR
THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. THE SPEEDO SEEMS TO STICK AND READS INCORRECTLY. IT HAPPENS DAILY AND HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. *TR
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