2001 GMC Yukon Xl Denali Problems

THE MOTOR ON THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHEN DENALI WHEN THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. I HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY FOR IT TO STOP RUNNING

(RECALL 05V-379) ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS NOW. WE HAVE TAKEN TO NUMEROUS MECHANICS TO NO AVAIL. NOW AFTER LOOKING INTO RECALLS, I FIND THAT THERE ACTUALLY WAS A SOLUTION, BUT WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED BECAUSE WE DON'T LIVE IN THE CORRECT AREA OF THE COUNTRY. BUT WE DO LIVE CLOSE TO THE AFFECTED AREA. I PURCHASED THE CAR USED ONLY 3 YEARS AFTER IT WAS MADE. THIS VEHICLE COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE AFFECTED AREA PRIOR TO OUR PURCHASE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER DROVE THIS VEHICLE TO SCHOOL AND DROPPED OFF OUR 8 YEAR OLD TO SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS. THIS RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXPANDED SO THAT I WAS AWARE OF IT TO KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE. *TR

I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY SPARE TIRE WAS MISSING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SEAR AUTO CENTER THAT HAS BEEN SERVICING IT. WHEN THEY LOOKED UNDER THE CAR THEY SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR THE YUKON SPARE TIRE CABLE TO RUST AND SNAP OFF. SO I LOST THE SPARE TIRE, SPARE WHEEL, AND CABLE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE SPARE UNDER THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE WHERE OR WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT IT WAS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT SERVICE. HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS A NUMBER OF TIMES (AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT), AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE A/C UNIT REPAIRED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD THE WRONG CONTROL HEAD. ALSO, WHENEVER I HIT A BUMP I MOMENTARILY LOSE POWER STEERING. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2001 YUKON DENALI XL ON NOVEMBER 22, 2006 AND WHEN I WAS DRIVING IT HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP IT DIED AT A RED LIGHT. IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT. THE VERY NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE DIED DURING ACCELERATION WHEN I WAS AT ABOUT 20 MPH. I HAD A HARD TIME RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. IT SPIT AND SPUTTERED. WHEN I DID GET IT STARTED I TRIED TO DRIVE AND WHEN I USED THE BRAKES IT WANTED TO DIE OR IT WOULD IDLE UP AND MAKE BRAKING DIFFICULT. I COULD NOT MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SPEED AND THE ENGINE KEPT DYING. THERE IS NO WAY I COULD DRIVE THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT CRASHING IT. AT THIS POINT I DECIDED THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. ITS OBVIOUS THERE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT IS INTERMITTENT. IT IS NOW SITTING AT A DIFFERENT MECHANICS SHOP TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE SIMILAR VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES LIKE YUKON, YUKON XL, YUKON DENALI, YUKON DENALI XL, OR JUST DENALI. THE COMPLAINTS ARE ALSO LISTED IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF "COMPLAINT TYPE". NOBODY KNOWS WHAT "COMPLAINT TYPE" TO LIST IT UNDER BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS CAUSING IT. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH UNKNOWN ORIGIN AND RESOLUTION. AND WITH THE COMPLAINTS BEING BROKEN DOWN INTO DIFFERENT VEHICLE AND TYPE CATEGORIES, MAYBE IT ISN'T REALIZED THESE VEHICLES ARE ALL BUILT ON THE SAME PLATFORM AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I CAN'T EVEN DRIVE MY NEW VEHICLE. *JB

I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY SPARE TIRE WAS MISSING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SEAR AUTO CENTER THAT HAS BEEN SERVICING IT. WHEN THEY LOOKED UNDER THE CAR THEY SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR THE YUKON SPARE TIRE CABLE TO RUST AND SNAP OFF. SO I LOST THE SPARE TIRE, SPARE WHEEL, AND CABLE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE SPARE UNDER THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE WHERE OR WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT IT WAS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT SERVICE. HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS A NUMBER OF TIMES (AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT), AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE A/C UNIT REPAIRED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD THE WRONG CONTROL HEAD. ALSO, WHENEVER I HIT A BUMP I MOMENTARILY LOSE POWER STEERING. *TR

01 GMC YUKON DENALI XL - SPARE TIRE HOIST CABLE BROKE AND SPARE TIRE FELL FROM VEHICLE WHILE IN OPERATION. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND NOBODY WAS HURT BUT THIS COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN VERY SERIOUS. *TR

I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY SPARE TIRE WAS MISSING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SEAR AUTO CENTER THAT HAS BEEN SERVICING IT. WHEN THEY LOOKED UNDER THE CAR THEY SAID THAT IT WAS COMMON FOR THE YUKON SPARE TIRE CABLE TO RUST AND SNAP OFF. SO I LOST THE SPARE TIRE, SPARE WHEEL, AND CABLE SYSTEM TO HOLD THE SPARE UNDER THE VEHICLE. NOT SURE WHERE OR WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT IT WAS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS COMPLAINT SERVICE. HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS A NUMBER OF TIMES (AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT), AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE A/C UNIT REPAIRED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD THE WRONG CONTROL HEAD. ALSO, WHENEVER I HIT A BUMP I MOMENTARILY LOSE POWER STEERING. *TR

INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THEY HAD RECALLS ON SAME SUV BUT OF DIFFERENT YEARS, BUT FAILED TO INCLUDE THE 2001 YUKON XL DENALI. STEERING WHEEL COMES LOOSE!!!*JB

VEHICLE ROLLS WHILE IN PARK. HAD PARKING PAWL REPLACED, PROBLEM PERSISTED. PROBLEM IS MORE OBVIOUS THE GREATER THE INCLINE. VEHICLE IS NOT FREEWHEELING BUT HAS SOME RESISTANCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON XL DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILED, BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED BY A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THE FAILURE REOCCURRED ON THREE OCCASIONS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH WHEN I BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST OIL SPILLED ON EXHAUST SYSTEM. THEN THE SMOKE GOT WORSE AND HAD A TERRIBLE ODOR. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE CENTER CONSOLE AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM AROUND THE EDGES AND THE ASH TRAY AREA. I STARTED LOOKING FOR A PULLOFF AS I WAS ON A COUNTRY ROAD. AS I FOUND ONE FIRE STARTED COMING UP THROUGH THE GAPS. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT I HAD A FIRE THAT WAS GOING TO DESTROY THE VEHICLE. SO, ONCE I WAS STOPPED I LOOKED FOR MY FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT COULDN'T FIND IT AND THEN I REMEMBERED THAT I HAD BOTTLED WATER IN THE VEHICLE. I GRABBED 4 OF THEM AND WENT BACK TO THE DRIVERS SIDE AND BEGAN TO POUR WATER DOWN THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE CONSOLE THAT HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE FIRE MELTING IT. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT QUICKLY. I THEN PUT ON GLOVES AND REMOVED THE TOP PART OF THE CONSOLE THAT HAD BEEN MOSTLY DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. IN LOOKING INTO THE BOTTOM IT APPEARS THAT SMALL BITS OF PAPER, RECEIPTS, ETC. HAD FALLEN DOWN ONTO THE WIRING HARNESS BELOW. MY GUESS IS THAT SINCE I HAD PLUGGED MY XM RADIO INTO THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER IT HAD HEATED UP THE WIRES WHICH HAD HEATED UP THE PAPERS UNTIL THEY BEGAN TO BURN. I CONSIDER THIS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF THE CONSOLE, THE CAUSE BEING THE CRACKS IN THE CONSOLE/ASH TRAY WHICH WOULD ALLOW PAPER OBJECTS TO FALL ONTO THE WIRING HARNESS BELOW AND CAUSE A FIRE. THE FIRE MELTED ABOUT SIX INCHES OF INSULATION OFF THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE WIRES TOUCHING EACH OTHER RESULTED IN FUSES BEING BLOWN. THE VEHICLE IS STILL DRIVABLE BUT AS OF THIS WRITING DOES NOT HAVE OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTING AVAILABLE & THEIR IS AN INTERMITTENT IGNITION ISSUE. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT WIRING HARNESS BUT SUSPECT THAT WHEN I DO IT WILL COST AN ARM AND A LEG. I AM TRYING TO REPAIR THE WIRING BY REINSULATING EACH WIRE AND THEN RE-BUNDLING THEM. *TR

MY COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO HEATED SEATS - I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM PA ON 3/16/08 IN THE EARLY AM. MY 17 YR OLD SON WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND A FRIEND OF HIS, MIKE WAS ASLEEP ON THE MIDDLE ROW OF SEATS. HE HAD A BLANKET WRAPPED UP TO MAKE A PILLOW AND LAID IT ON THE SEAT. MY SON AND I BEGIN TO SMELL A FOUL ODOR AND ASSUMED IT WAS THE MANF. PLANTS THAT WE WERE PASSING BY. IT WASN'T UNTIL MIKE WAS AWAKENED BY THE HEAT ON HIS HAND, THAT WE REALIZED THE SEAT WAS SMOLDERING. MIKE DID RECEIVE MINOR BURNS ON HIS HAND/ARM. WHEN MIKE MOVED THE BLANKET, IT WAS BURNT ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND RESEMBLED "SWISS CHEESE". THE SEAT HAS A BURN IN IT THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. WE WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE SMOLDERING WITH WATER BOTTLES THAT WE HAD IN THE CAR. HAD THE BLANKET NOT BEEN FLAME RETARDANT, I HATE TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MIKE'S FACE AND HEAD! ALSO, THE THOUGHT OF A BABY OR SMALL CHILD SITTING IN THAT BACK SEAT, MAKES ME ILL. *TR

FIRST THERE WAS A TIRE BLOWOUT, TIRE SEPARATED WITH 11/32 THREAD LEFT. SECOND AT LEAST 1 SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. THIRD NO AIRBAGS WENT OFF. FOURTH THE ROOF CAVED IN LIKE A "V" SHAPE IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT, BY THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

FIRST THERE WAS A TIRE BLOWOUT, TIRE SEPARATED WITH 11/32 THREAD LEFT. SECOND AT LEAST 1 SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD. THIRD NO AIRBAGS WENT OFF. FOURTH THE ROOF CAVED IN LIKE A "V" SHAPE IN THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT, BY THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH 2001 DENALI XL/ SUV DIED AND THERE WAS LOSS OF BRAKES, STEERING AND ACCELERATION.*MR VEHICLE WAS AT IDLE WHEN IT DIED THE FIRST TIME. DEALERSHIP COULDN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BUT KNEW IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FUSE. CONSUMER WAS GIVEN FUSES BUT THEY ALL FAILED WITHIN 50 MILES. VEHICLE RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. THIRD FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THE BRAKES, STEERING AND ACCELERATION FAILED. THE CONSUMERS ESCAPED UNHARMED. THEY REQUESTED AN INVESTIGATION AND RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. *PH