Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 GMC Yukon Xl submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
My driver side back glass (quarter panel long glass) spontaneously exploded this morning with my young child in her car seat. No one was nearby, the car was in park. Nothing caused the glass to break it just randomly occurred.
WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 MONTHS. THERE IS A CRACK BEGINNING OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE (THE BEGINNINGS ARE THERE AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE CRACK UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE DASHBOARD) AND ON THE DASHBOARD INTO THE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING WHEN WE NOTICED THE CRACKS. WE WENT TO CRANK THE VEHICLE ONE MORNING AND NOTICED THEM. *TR
INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES - CHROME PLATING IS PEELING AWAY FROM PLASTIC UNDERNEATH ON THE FRONT PASSENGER HANDLE. THIS PEELING CHROME CUTS FLESH. IT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON 'SOME' 2007 MODELS, HOWEVER, SINCE THIS IS CAUSING INJURY I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE RECALLED/REPLACED ON ALL MODELS WITH CHROME PLATED HANDLES THAT INCUR THIS PROBLEM. IT SHOULD NOT MATTER THE YEAR/MAKE/MODEL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A DEFECT ACROSS THE BOARD. *TR
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY YUKON 2008 DASHBOARD, IT IS CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE THE AIRBAG IS LOCATED AS WELL AS TODAY A BIG CRACK APPEARED OVER THE DRIVER SIDE WHERE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HUMP IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE. I AM WORRIED THAT THE SAFETY DURING A COLLISION OR AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FROM SHARP PLASTIC EXPOSED DUE TO THE CRACKS IN THE DASH CUTTING THE AIRBAG OR SHARDS OF PLASTIC BECOMING PROJECTILES POTENTIALLY CAUSING INJURY TO OCCUPANTS. I KEEP MY YUKON VERY CLEAN AND WELL MAINTAINED AND IT IS ALWAYS STORED IN MY GARAGE AND KEPT IN METICULOUS CONDITION AND LOOKS AND SMELLS NEW AND USE RIGOROUSLY A WINDSHIELD SUN GUARD TO PROTECT MY STEERING WHEEL AND DASHBOARD . I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BACK IN 2008 AND BELIEVE IT WAS USED BY THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT HAD MILES ON IT. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL POSTS REGARDING THIS MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF THE POOR MANUFACTURING MATERIALS USED ON THE DASHBOARD THAT MAKES THEM ALL CRACK ON THE SAME EXACT AREA I AM SPEAKING AS TO HAVE HAPPENED ON MINE. THE COST TO REPLACE IS APPROXIMATELY 800.00 WHICH INCLUDES PARTS AND LABOR. THIS SHOULDN'T BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CUSTOMER BUT OF THE MANUFACTURER AS THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART. THIS IS RIDICULOUS TO HAVE PAID SO MUCH FOR A SUPPOSED QUALITY VEHICLE AND I WAS NEVER EXPECTING THIS HAPPENING AND THINK THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE; AND SEEING BY SO MANY COMMENTS ON THE SAME ISSUE THAT IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM BECAUSE IT HAPPENS SO OFTEN IN THE SAME EXACT AREAS DUE TO THE SAFETY DURING A COLLISION CAUSING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT FROM SHARP PLASTIC EXPOSED DUE TO THE CRACKS CAUSING THE PLASTIC TO PROJECT CAUSING POSSIBLE INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS. *JS
DASH BOARD CRACK AT LEFT CORNER OF AIRBAG, CAN RESULT IN SHRAPNEL OR IMPEDE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. ALSO A CRACK ON THE DASH BOARD AT THE LEFT CORNER OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME. *TR
DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK WITH THE KEY FOB OR THE DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR. THIS CREATES A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR
CHROME OVER PLASTIC IS COMING OFF OR PEELING AND THIS PROBLEM RESULTED IN SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVING THEIR FINGERS CUT WHILE OPENING THE DOOR. THE CHROME COVERING WHERE IT HAS PEELED IS LIKE A RAZOR BLADE WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO UNLATCH THE DOOR. *TR
THE VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES OF DOOR LOCKING MECHANISMS. MOST RECENT FAILURE HAS AFFECTED THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS WHICH ARE NOT KEYED FROM THE OUTSIDE, SO ONLY WAY TO UNLOCK IS TO CRAWL OVER SEATS TO UNLOCK. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN SINCE WE HAVE HAD SMALL CHILDREN IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE THAT CAN NOT EXIT THEIR SEATS ON THEIR OWN. THIS COULD INCREASE THE CHANGE OF BODILY INJURY IN AN ACCIDENT AND RESULT IN EXTRA TIME NEEDED TO EXTRICATE PEOPLE FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE AND OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME BODY STYLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS FIXED ONE OF THE ACTUATORS AND INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE FAILURES, WHICH MEANS GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THESE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE DOOR LOCKING MECHANISMS. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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