2007 GMC Yukon Xl 1500 Owner Complaints

TAKITA RECALL. I DID A VIN SEARCH AND FOUND THERE HAS BEEN AN OPEN RECALL FOR JUST SHY OF 3 YEARS WITH NO REMEDY AVAILABLE. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?

NHTSA ID

11209544

Incident

May 23, 2019

Mileage

180,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON XL. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT FIRST EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE TWO YEARS AGO AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BRAEGER CHEVROLET (4100 S 27TH ST, MILWAUKEE, WI 53221). THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.

NHTSA ID

11084995

Incident

Apr 13, 2018

Mileage

185,000 mi

CRACKS IN DASHBOARD. DIGITAL DISPLAY WENT OUT AND WONT SHOW ANYTHING.

NHTSA ID

11053964

Incident

Oct 3, 2017

Mileage

130,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL MY WIFE FILED A COMPLAINT FOR THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS SHARED AND REGISTERED TO BOTH OF US BUT REALIZED AFTER FILING SHE TYPED 2017 INSTEAD OF 2007. RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS. TAKATA WAS TO REPLACE. CALLED OUR DEALERSHIP, SILVEIRA IN HEALDSBURG, SEVERAL TIMES BUT PART WAS NEVER PROVIDED TO OUR DEALERSHIP BY TAKATA. STILL NO REPLACEMENT AND HAVE SAME DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS IN CAR!

NHTSA ID

11047639

Incident

May 9, 2016

TAKATA RECALL. WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM GMC IN JULY 2016. THEY STILL DO NOT HAVE PARTS TO REPAIR THIS RECALL. HOW CAN THEY MAKE AN ENTIRE YEAR'S WORTH OF NEW CARS AND STILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE CURRENTLY OWNED CARS SAFE. THIS KIND OF DELAY IS UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT CAN LEAD TO DEATH.

NHTSA ID

11041896

Incident

Jul 15, 2016

TAKATA RECALL NOT FULFILLED!

NHTSA ID

11039777

Incident

Oct 25, 2017

AFTER RECEIVING A TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL NOTICE, I CONTACTED JACK WILSON GMC TWICE REQUESTING THAT ALL TAKATA INFLATORS BE REMOVED FROM MY VEHICLE AND THEY REFUSED. GMC SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT ME WHEN THEY HAD REPLACEMENT PARTS, BUT HAVE NOT. I TOLD THEM I DID NOT CARE IF NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE OR IF I HAD WORKING AIRBAGS, BUT I WANTED THE DANGEROUS INFLATORS OUT! THEY SAID NO.

NHTSA ID

11035385

Incident

Jul 1, 2016

TAKATA RECALL RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION IN JULY 2016 YET TO DATE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE LETTER STATES THE MANUFACTURE DEEMS THEM UNSAFE. WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN REPLACED. OTHER CAR COMPANIES HAVE COMPLETED THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS.

NHTSA ID

11033503

Incident

Jul 1, 2016

Mileage

38,476 mi

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND SERVICE STABILITRAC LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET NEAR HOME. THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY LOSS POWER AND I HAD TO LIMP BACK HOME. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, I'M TOLD THAT THE ENGINE HAS A COLLAPSED LIFTER IN CYLINDER SEVEN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW AN ENGINE CAN EXPERIENCE THAT TYPE OF FAILURE WITH ONLY 44.000 MILES. I CONTACTED GM AND THEIR STANCE IS REGARDLESS OF LOW MILEAGE, THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTEE. THIS ISSUE PRESENTS A SERIOUS HAZARD, BECAUSE A FAILURE LIKE THIS, IF OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY COULD CAUSE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. NOT TO MENTION THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AS IT COST ME $3700 TO HAVE THE ENGINE REPAIRED. IN CHECKING CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THE GM 5.3L ENGINE IS NOTORIOUS FOR THIS MALFUNCTION. WHEN TALKING WITH A GM CORPORATE REP I STATED, I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW, OR DEFECT PART, BUT WAS BLOWN OFF BECAUSE I'M OUT OF WARRANTEE. WHAT HAPPENED TO STANDING BEHIND YOUR PRODUCT?

NHTSA ID

11033502

Incident

Jun 4, 2017

Mileage

44,060 mi

TAKATA RECALL I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY DASHBOARD STARTED TO CRACK ON THE DRIVER SIDE & PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT WHERE THE AIRBAGS ARE LOCATED AT THE TIME I WAS ON LOCAL STREETS GOING ABOUT 22 MPH

NHTSA ID

11011932

Incident

Jul 3, 2017

Mileage

121,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL AND DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD. 2007 GMC YUKON WAS PURCHASED USED WITH OVER 100K. SHORTLY AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN 2015 THE DASHBOARD LITERALLY CAVED IN WHILE DRIVING ON A PAVED STREET. AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND SPEAKING WITH FELLOW YUKON AND TAHOE OWNERS, I DETERMINED THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF CRACKING AREAS AND MAGNITUDE. I CALLED GMC AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CONSIDER SUBSIDIZING A PORTION OF THE REPAIR COST BUT I HAD TO GET AN ESTIMATE FROM A LOCAL GMC SERVICE CENTER. AFTER CONTACTING THE GMC SERVICE CENTER I WAS TOLD A DIAGNOSTIC FEE WOULD APPLY FOR A REPAIR QUOTE, TO WHICH I DISAGREED GIVEN THE NEED FOR AN ESTIMATE ONLY. I SPOKE ONCE MORE WITH GMC STATING I WOULD NOT PAY A DIAGNOSTIC FEE GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST AND UNKNOWN REMEDY. AT THE PRESENT MOMENT THE AIR BAGS ARE ALSO UNDER RECALL BUT UNAVAILABLE. THE CRACKING DASHBOARD AND DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS CREATE A VOLATILE SAFETY SITUATION FOR MY FAMILY AND I. ALL THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN SHARED WITH GMC VIA A CERTIFIED LETTER, TO WHICH THEY SENT A LETTER STATING I SHOULD CALL IF MY REQUEST HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THE CALL RESULTED IN A NOTICE THAT I ALONE AM FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE AND HAZARDOUS DASHBOARD AND NO ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED. I COMPLETELY ACKNOWLEDGE THE STATE OF THE WARRANTY, HOWEVER, THE SHEER NUMBERS OF THIS OCCURRENCE CLEARLY INDICATE THE DASHBOARDS ARE DEFECTIVE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10946652

Incident

Nov 1, 2015

Mileage

100,800 mi

WHEN I'M DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LIGHTS FLICKER THIS INCLUDES EVERY LIGHT OUTSIDE BEAMS INSIDE DASH EVERYWHERE. IT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S IN MOTION OR NOT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THE FLICKERING IS A DISTRACTION TO OTHER DRIVERS INCLUDING YOURSELF. WHEN FOCUSING ON ROAD ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY START FLICKERING AND IT DISTRACTS EVERYONE DRAMATICALLY. I ALMOST WRECKED TWICE BECAUSE OF THIS AND HAVE TOLD MY DEALER SHIP "TRINITY AUTOMOTIVE" AND THEY HAVE YET TO FIX IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10945726

Incident

Jan 16, 2017

DASH CRACKED BY PASSENGER AIR BAG AND ABOVE DASH BOARD ON DRIVERS SIDE-CONTINUING TO GROW IN SIZE ON DRIVERS SIDE--REPLACE ONE ALREADY IN 2011 UNDER WARRANTY(CAR WAS 5YEARS OLD)- NOW FIVE YEARS LATER SAME CRACKS-- STARTED CLAIM WITH GM ASSISTANCE, WAS TOLD TO GO TO DEALER FOR PICTURES AND TO DETERMINE IF IT WAS A DEFECT OR MY FAULT-- SERVICE MANAGER PROCEEDED TO TELL ME WHEN I WENT IN THAT HE HAD THE SAME 2007 YUKON WITH THE SAME DASH CRACKS-A WEEK LATER I WAS TOLD SORRY YOUR VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY WE CAN DO NOTHING FOR YOU. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT EVEN IF THEY COULD DO SOMETHING THE PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE-- I CALLED THE SAME DEALERSHIPS PARTS DEPARTMENT AND GUESS WHAT I COULD GET THE REPLACEMENT THE NEXT DAY!! CALLED THE 800 NUMBER TO LET THEM KNOW--THEY SAID SORRY YOU WHERE TOLD THAT BUT STILL WE CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FOR YOU. I PROCEEDED TO ASK IF THEY THOUGHT A DASH SHOULD ONLY LAST 5 YEARS, TO WHICH SHE SAID NO BUT STILL COULD NOT HELP ME. I HAVE OWN A CHEVY TAHOE, A CHEVY SUBURBAN AND NUMEROUS CHEVY VEHICLES- I THINK WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE LIKE THERES IT IS TIME TO TAKE MY MONEY ELSE WHERE!

NHTSA ID

10909801

Incident

Sep 26, 2016

CRACKED DASH AT AIRBAG AND ACROSS BOTTOM OF HUMP AT STEERING WHEEL. CRACK AT STEERING WHEEL KEEPS GROWING. ITS EMBARRASSING AND NOW MAKES A RATTLING SOUND.

NHTSA ID

10863005

Incident

Mar 10, 2014

Mileage

78,000 mi

MY 2007 GMC YUKON XL; SELF COMBUSTED WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. MY WIFE DROVE IT ON AN ERRAND, RETURNED TO OUR HOME, PARKED AND LOCKED THE VEHICLE. WITHIN 20 MINUTES OR SO, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE EVENTUALLY THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, OFF, KEY WAS OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNATTENDED. LUCKILY, THE HORN BLEW WHICH ALERTED US TO THE FIRE. OTHERWISE, ADDITIONAL PROPERTY LOSS OR INJURIES COULD HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED. WE HAVE A SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO EVIDENCE (FROM OUR NEIGHBORS SECURITY SYSTEM) OF THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. WHILE I AM UNCERTAIN AS TO THE EXACT CAUSE; STATE FARM INVESTIGATED THE VEHICLE AND IS GIVING A SETTLEMENT CHECK FOR THE ESTIMATED VALUE. THE TRUCK WAS EQUIPPED WITH A "WASHER FLUID HEATER" AND THERE WERE TWO RECALLS BY GM BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF FIRE.

NHTSA ID

10851266

Incident

Feb 29, 2016

Mileage

142,000 mi

MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRBAG. MY PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN WHEN SOMEONE IS SITTING IN THE SEAT. MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I NOTICED THERE WAS AN OPENING IN THE DASHBOARD.

NHTSA ID

10818107

Incident

Dec 3, 2015

STAB, ABS LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHTS EITHER GOING ON ONE AT A TIME OR SIMULTANEOUSLY. CAR WOULDN'T START & WHEN IT DID ALL OF THE DASHBOARD GAUGES WERE AT "ZERO" CAR SEEMED OFF BUT DRIVE-ABLE--GAS, MPH, RPM, GAS/OIL GAUGES REMAINED AT ZERO WHILE DRIVING. LATER THAT DAY WHEN CAR WAS RESTARTED-THE GAUGES WERE AT NORMAL READINGS. STABILTRACK LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON & OFF. ELECTRICAL DOESN'T WORK WELL, ALMOST EVERY POWER DOOR HAS FAILED & ACTUATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED, REAR BACK HATCH DOOR WILL NOT OPEN & WE HAVE NO ACCESS TO OUR CARGO/TRUNK AREA. KEYLESS ENTRY WORKS OCCASIONALLY. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR CHROME HANDLES HAVE SHARP EDGES.

NHTSA ID

10806278

Incident

Nov 9, 2015

Mileage

107,000 mi

DRIVER SIDE FRONT ROTOR OUTER SURFACE HAS FULL METAL TO METAL CONTACT WITH ZERO BRAKE PAD MATERIAL AND HAD TO BE PRIED OUT. DRIVER SIDE FRONT ROTOR INNER HAS UNEVEN PARTIAL SURFACE CONTACT WITH ROTOR AND IS JAMMED IN THE CARRIER (UNABLE TO REMOVE BY HAND, HAD TO BE HAMMERED OUT OF THE CARRIER). PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE ROTOR OUTER HAS PERFECT SURFACE BUT BRAKE PAD LOOKED BRAND NEW... NO WEAR ON IT AND IS JAMMED IN THE CARRIER. PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE ROTOR INNER SURFACE HAS PARTIAL CONTACT WITH BRAKE PAD... HEAVY THICK RUSTY RIDGE FORMED AND BRAKE PAD SHOWED RIDGE IMPRESSION ON IT. CUSTOMER SAID THE BRAKE WAS DONE BY DEALER TWO YEARS AGO. THE MAIN CULPRIT IS THE BRAKE PADS ARE JAMMED IN THE CARRIER BECAUSE THE BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE IS TOO LONG TO INSERT OR TO MOVE FREELY. THERE IS SOME KIND OF DESIGN FLAW/SPECIFICATION PROBLEM. THE DRIVER SIDE REQUIRED MUCH MORE SHORTENING OF THE NEW BRAKE PAD BACKING PLATE THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. BRAKE PAD TAB WIDTH WAS PERFECT AND MOVES EASILY WITH NO PLAY. IT IS ONLY THE LENGTH OF THE BRAKE PAD TABS ARE THE ISSUES. I AM NOT SURE IF THE BRAKE PAD/CALIPER CARRIER IS AT FAULT... POSSIBILITY OF BENDING OR TWISTING THAT MAY CAUSE THE ISSUE OF BRAKE PAD BEING JAMMED, OR TOO LONG TO INSERT. IT IS SUCH A STRONG METAL THAT THERE IS NO WAY ANY HUMAN CAN PHYSICALLY BEND IT NOR SIMPLY DROPPING IT. IT WOULD TAKE A SEVERE FORCE TO ACTUALLY BEND THE CARRIER SUCH AS THE VEHICLE ITSELF UNDER REPEATED BRAKING. I THINK THIS IS THE MOST PLAUSIBLE REASON FOR THIS SITUATION. NEW BRAKE PADS HAS SAME PROBLEM... THE LENGTH OF THE BACKING PLATE TABS ARE TOO LONG TO INSERT INTO CARRIER ON DRIVER SIDE AND THEY DO FIT TOO TIGHT IN PASSENGER SIDE CARRIER. WE HAD TO SHORTEN THE BRAKE PAD TABS TO ALLOW THE PADS TO MOVE SMOOTHLY IN THE CARRIER.

NHTSA ID

10761818

Incident

Sep 4, 2015

Mileage

78,600 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON XL 1500 EQUIPPED WITH DEFINITY DAKOTA H/T TIRES, SIZE: P265/70R17. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON A WET ROAD, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000.

NHTSA ID

10759042

Incident

Jul 15, 2015

Mileage

169,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING TODAY AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH IN SOMEWHAT HEAVY TRAFFIC MY SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRACK INDICATOR CAME ON AS WELL AS A MESSAGE ON THE DASH SAYING THE SAME. AT WHICH TIME MY VEHICLE CAME TO SLOW DOWN AND I LOST POWER. I PULLED OVER AND AND SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND UPON RESTART NOTICED THAT NOT ONLY DID WHITE SMOKE COME FROM MY EXHAUST BUT THE CAR HAD A ROUGH IDLE THE SAME INDICATORS WERE STILL ON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD NOW COME ON AS WELL AND WAS FLASHING. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME WITH A ROUGH LIMP HOWEVER WHEN I CAME TO A STOP FELT AS THOUGH THE CAR WAS HESITANT TO KEEP RUNNING OR TAKE OFF. WHEN APPLYING GAS THERE WAS A THUMP FROM THE REAR WHEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SURE HOW TO ENGAGE.

NHTSA ID

10747247

Incident

Aug 9, 2015

Mileage

157,947 mi

CHROME IS COMING OFF THE WHEELS CAUSING TIRES TO LEAK AIR. ALL FOUR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF DUE TO A WEAK PLASTIC DESIGN.

NHTSA ID

10735016

Incident

Jul 6, 2015

Mileage

140,000 mi

DASH BOARD CRACKED AROUND AIR BAG 3/2/15 THE A WEEK LATER A MAJOR CRACK OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. GM SAY'S PART IS NOT AVAILABLE. CALL DEALERSHIP DID THAT DEALERSHIP CANT GET PART FROM GM BECAUSE NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10702687

Incident

Mar 2, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON XL 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIFTGATE FAILED TO OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID

10679547

Incident

Aug 23, 2014

DASH BOARD CRACKED AROUND AIR BAG LAST YEAR AND NOW A MAJOR CRACK OVER THE STEERING WHEEL THAT IS CAVING THE DASH BOARD IN I CAN SEE DOWN UNDER IT! *TR

NHTSA ID

10616060

Incident

Apr 25, 2013

Mileage

98,000 mi

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED, BUT UNDER WARRANTY FROM THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN ALWAYS MAINTAINED AND SERVICED, UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, BY THE SAME DEALERSHIP. AS SOON AS WE NOTICED THE CRACKS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAG AREA, WE CHECKED WITH THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE, SINCE GMC DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL ISSUED, HOWEVER THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTS IN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GMC VEHICLES AND THERE IS OVERWHELMING DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. THERE ARE CUTS AROUND THE AIRBAG AREA WITH SHARP EDGES AND IN CASE OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENTS, THEY WOULD BE FLYING LIKE DAGGERS AND ARE VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10588198

Incident

Jan 1, 2014