1997 GMC Yukon Problems

VEHICLE KEEPS PULLING TO EITHER SIDE OF TURN ON SPEEDS ABOVE 25MHP, WAS TOLD IS THE STEERING SENSOR BUT HAVE NOT REPLACE IT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT 128K. BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY EVEN AFTER NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS WERE PERFORMED. *TR

AT SPEED, 20+MPH, THE STEERING WILL GO OUT FOR A SECOND OR 2 AS IF IT IS ON ICE. I HAVE NOTICED A RECALL ON 98 GMC YUKONS,(#97V142000), BUT NOT ON 97'S. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT COULD BE MY STEERING BOX. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN IN THIS CONDITION. STEERING WILL BE LOST IF STEERING BOX FAILS COMPLETELY, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES ACCIDENTS. *NM

VEHICLE KEEPS PULLING TO EITHER SIDE OF TURN ON SPEEDS ABOVE 25MHP, WAS TOLD IS THE STEERING SENSOR BUT HAVE NOT REPLACE IT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT 128K. BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY EVEN AFTER NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS WERE PERFORMED. *TR

BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT STOP LIGHT. PUSHED BRAKES TO THE FLOOR AND SEEMED TO PICK UP SPEED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TOTALED THE OTHER CAR. WENT RIGHT UP ON TOP OF HIS BACK END. IT COST ME 200.00 TO FIX MY YUKON. HAD ALREADY REPLACE ABS SYSTEM ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO.THE BACK WINDSHEILD SHATTERED ONE DAY WHEN I GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT.THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEM.REPLACED THE COMPUTER PART TWICE. *NM

I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMORE. AFTER PUSHING THE TRUCK HOME AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CASING WAS CRACKED. THE COST TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A REMANUFACTURED ONE WAS APPROXIMATELY $2200.00 , NOT INCLUDIND LABOR. THE CRACKED TRANSMISSION IS STILL AVAILABLE.*AK

I PUT MY 1 YEAR OLD IN HIS CAR SEAT AND WENT AROUND THE OTHER SIDE TO CONTINUE FASTENING IN MY OTHER TWO TODDLERS, BROOKE, 4, AND MASON, 3, INTO THEIR SEATS AS WELL. ONCE I GOT INSIDE THE DRIVERS SEAT, BEFORE STARTING THE VEHICLE, I HAD REALIZED THAT I HAD BETTER GET ANOTHER BOTTLE OUT OF THE REFRIGERATOR. WHILE I WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE, MY 3 YEAR OLD, MASON, CLIMBED OUT OF HIS SEAT AND JUMPED INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT AND BEGAN PLAYING WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. HE HAD TURNED THE KEY SWITCH A FOURTH OF AN INCH, NOT EVEN TO THE FIRST CLICK (ON POSITION), AND SUCCESSFULLY PULLED DOWN THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL (OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT APPLYING HIS FOOT TO THE BRAKE). AS I WAS COMING BACK OUT OF THE HOUSE, I SEE MY CAR AND THREE CHILDREN GOING BACKWARDS DOWN MY DRIVEWAY WITH MASON BEHIND THE WHEEL, ON HIS KNEES YELLING "UH OH, UH OH!". I RAN, SCREAMING OUT MY CHILDS NAME, IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SO HE COULDN'T FALL OUT BUT DIDNT MAKE IT IN TIME. THEY WENT STRAIGHT UP A BANK AND INTO THE WOODS PLOWING THROUGH THREE TREES. SOUNDS OF GLASS SHATTERING AND CHILDRENS CRY SURROUNDED MY HEAD. FINALLY, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT. IT SAYS ON THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE YOU MUST APPLY BRAKE IN ORDER TO PULL OUT OF PARK. THE SERVICE MANAGERS DIAGNOSIS OF MY VEHICLE BEING OF NORMAL OPERATION IS IN FACT A CONTRADICTION TO WHAT ALL MANUALS STATE. THIS DEFECT ALMOST TOOK THE LIVES OF MY THREE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN. I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE SOME PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND CONCERN IN THIS MATTER. PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF THIS MALFUNCTION TO AVOID FUTURE ACCIDENTS. MY STORY CONTINUES AND IS IN MUCH FURTHUR DETAIL BUT YOUR EMAIL PAGE WON'T ALLOW ME TO CONTINUE. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!

I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY 1997 GMC YUKON TOWED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS DRIVING AND THE ENGINE STARTED MISSING, THEN JUST DIED. NO STEERING, NOTHING. IT WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP AGAIN TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION RECHECKED. GOT THE YUKON BACK AFTER A MONTH, DROVE IT HOME (ABOUT 90 MILES)...IT WAS FINE. THEN THE SECOND DAY AFTER GETTING IT BACK, IT AGAIN STARTED JERKING, MISSING, AND THEN DIED. I WAS ON A HILL IN TOWN WHEN IT STOPPED. MY YUKON STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS, AND I HAD TO FORCE THE WHEEL TO SHARPLY STEER IT INTO A PARKING LOT. I ALMOST HIT SEVERAL CARS THAT DIDN'T KNOW THE VEHICLE HAD LOST POWER. IT HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN TOWED TO THE SHOP. WHAT IS CAUSING IT TO SUDDENLY MISS THEN DIE? *JB

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT IT WE HEARD A ROAR IN THE REAR END. THE REAR END WAS REPLACE UNDER THE 3YR/36000MILE WARRANTY. SOON AFTER THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. JUST RECENTLY WE TOOK A TRIP AND TOWED OUR 18FT. SKI BOAT WITH US. WHEN WE RETURNED MY WIFE NOTICED A PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY. WE HAD NO REVERSE AND THAT PROVED TO BE THE TRANSMISSION. WE CONTACED THE CLOSEST DEALRER TO US: MIKE MORGAN SHREVEPORT, LA. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE SO BACKED UP WITH TRANMISSION PROBLEMS THAT IT WOULD BE AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THEY COULD PICK UP THE TRUCK TO EVEN LOOK AT IT. THEN THEY WOULD TELL ME WHAT THEY THOUGHT. WELL, I PAID $25,000 FOR A VEHICLE TO SIT WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION AND THEY THINK I WILL LET IT SIT WHILE MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WALK!!! I DON'T THINK SO! DURING THE LAST OF JULY, MY BROTHER AND LAW AND I REPLACE THE STARTER ON THIS SAME TRUCK TO THE TUNE OF $250.00 YESTERDAY I FOUND A WATER PUMP LEAK AND WAS TOLD THAT WOULD COST ME AROUND $200.00 TO REPAIR. OH YES, THE TRANSMISSION COST ME $1,400.00 TO REPAIR. AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM HAVING A TON OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. GM HAS THUMBED THEIR NOSE AT ME AND MORE OR LESS SAID "TOUGH LUCK"! WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR. THE TRANSMISSION IS WHAT REALLY UPSET ME. I PAID EXTRA TO HAVE TOWING PACKAGE ON THIS TRUCK AND WE PULLED A BOAT 1 TIME AND THIS HAPPENS. I CAN'T BELEIVE THAT THIS TRUCK CAN'T GET AT LEAST 100,000 MILES ON THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE A BOSS THAT OWNS A 1999 SUBURBAN THAT HAD THE TRANMISSION FAIL ON HIM THIS LAST FRIDAY. HIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 54,000 MILES. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK GM HAS A PROBLEM!!! PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO!

DT: THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS KICKING IN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2003. HAD TAKEN IT VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE FRONT HUB BEARINGS AND THE ABS SENSORS. THE PROBLEM CAME BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2005. HE IS TAKING IT TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS IN OCTOBER. IT IS A CONSTANT AND AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAS FOUND A RECALL BULLETIN NUMBER 05068 FOR SEPTEMBER O 2005. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GM REFUSED TO COVER THE VEHICLE IN THE RECALL. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THAT GM CLAIMED THAT IF HE WANTED THE VEHICLE TO BE SAFE HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK

STEERING WHEEL AND CAR SHAKE VIOLENTLY BETWEEN 20 MPH- 55 MPH. PROBLEM STARTED AT 100,000 MILES. HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND REPAIR BUSINESSES AND ONE TIRE BUSINESS WITH NO RESOLUTION. *LA

ON MY 1997 YUKON THE FRONT WIPER MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY USUALLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE FAILURE IS CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IN THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD. IN 1998 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM ON A NUMBER OF GM VEHICLES, HOWEVER THE RECALL COVERED VEHICLES FROM 1994 TO EARLY 1997. ALTHOUGH GM CONTINUED TO USE THE SAME DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARDS IN AT LEAST THE LATE 1997 AND 1998 MODELS THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WE HAVE HAD 2 1998 GMC SIERRA'S THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVERYONE ELSE I KNOW WITH A 1998 SIERRA HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. IN FACT SOME YEARS AGO A MET A MAN WHO'S WIFE WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THEIR WIPER MOTOR. BECAUSE THEIR VEHICLE WAS ALSO A 1998 AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THERE WAS NO COMPENSATION. BY NOW I AM SURE GM IS WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THEY CONTINUED TO USE THE DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARDS LONG AFTER THE DATES COVERED IN THEIR RECALLS.

BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT STOP LIGHT. PUSHED BRAKES TO THE FLOOR AND SEEMED TO PICK UP SPEED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TOTALED THE OTHER CAR. WENT RIGHT UP ON TOP OF HIS BACK END. IT COST ME 200.00 TO FIX MY YUKON. HAD ALREADY REPLACE ABS SYSTEM ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO.THE BACK WINDSHEILD SHATTERED ONE DAY WHEN I GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT.THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEM.REPLACED THE COMPUTER PART TWICE. *NM

AT 250,000 KM. OEM FUEL ON 97 GMC YUKON QUITE. OCT 2007 PURCHASED A CARTER FUEL SENDING UNIT WHICH GAVE UP JAN/2008 AT LESS THAN 5000 KM. OF SERVICE DURING COLD WEATHER. RETURNED FOR WARRANTY AND INSTALL NEW UNIT FEB 2008 WHICH GAVE MANY STARTING MISSES AND HESITATIONS AND FINALLY LEFT STRANDED DURING MINUS 30 CELSIUS WEATHER DEC 2008. CARTER FUEL PUMPS TESTED FIRST UNIT AND SAID PUMP RUNS FINE SO YOU WILL PAY FOR SECOND UNIT. NEITHER UNIT RUNS CONSISTENTLY WITHOUT BEING RAPPED ON A TIME OR TWO DURING A TRIP TO TOWN. YES I HAD TO MAKE A SPECIAL FLOOR ACCESS TO THE TANK AS THE TOWING FEES WOULD HAVE BEEN ASTRONOMICAL NOT TO MENTION THE REPAIR BILLS. THE SECOND UNIT LASTED 10,000 KM AS IT WAS WARM WEATHER. REMINDED PURCHASED OEMGMC UNIT WHICH PERFORMS FLAWLESSLY IN THIS MINUS 30 WEATHER. *TR

BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT STOP LIGHT. PUSHED BRAKES TO THE FLOOR AND SEEMED TO PICK UP SPEED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TOTALED THE OTHER CAR. WENT RIGHT UP ON TOP OF HIS BACK END. IT COST ME 200.00 TO FIX MY YUKON. HAD ALREADY REPLACE ABS SYSTEM ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO.THE BACK WINDSHEILD SHATTERED ONE DAY WHEN I GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT.THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEM.REPLACED THE COMPUTER PART TWICE. *NM

O-RINGS LEAKING ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. *LA

THE COOLANT IS CAUSING A DETERIORATION IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. THE GASKET BECOMES POROUS, AND CAUSES COOLANT TO LEAK. THE COOLANT IS CALLED "DEX-COOL".*AK

ENGINE: A SPARK KNOCK HAS EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED EVENTUALLY GETTING TO THE POINT THAT IS WAS VERY NOTICEABLE EVEN AT 60 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND, CONTINUALLY. DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPUTER COMPONENTS AND EVENTUALLY SERVICE THE HEADS AND INTAKE BY REMOVING AND CLEANING CARBON. 3,000 MILES LATER THE PROBLEM IS BEGINNING AGAIN. GAS MILEAGE HAS SUFFERED TO 3 MPG LESS THAN WHEN ORIGINALLY PURCHASED. THE DRIVERS SEAT BASE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LOOSNESS. A/C IDLER BELT TENSIONER REPLACED. POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKED. POSER STEERING CONTROL WOULD BE LOST IN RIGHT TURNS AND VALVING HAD TO BE REPLACED. A/C DOES NOT COOL ADEQUATELY AFTER ENGINE WAS LAST SERVICED BY REMOVING HEADS AND INTAKE, REPORTED TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

SEAST TRACK ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS LOOSE AND POPS OUT. ALSO, THE A/C DAMPER ACTUATOR ARM HITS BOTTOM OF FLOOR PAN WHEN A/C IS FIRST TURNED ON.

BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT STOP LIGHT. PUSHED BRAKES TO THE FLOOR AND SEEMED TO PICK UP SPEED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TOTALED THE OTHER CAR. WENT RIGHT UP ON TOP OF HIS BACK END. IT COST ME 200.00 TO FIX MY YUKON. HAD ALREADY REPLACE ABS SYSTEM ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO.THE BACK WINDSHEILD SHATTERED ONE DAY WHEN I GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT.THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEM.REPLACED THE COMPUTER PART TWICE. *NM

ENGINE: A SPARK KNOCK HAS EXISTED SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED EVENTUALLY GETTING TO THE POINT THAT IS WAS VERY NOTICEABLE EVEN AT 60 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND, CONTINUALLY. DEALER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPUTER COMPONENTS AND EVENTUALLY SERVICE THE HEADS AND INTAKE BY REMOVING AND CLEANING CARBON. 3,000 MILES LATER THE PROBLEM IS BEGINNING AGAIN. GAS MILEAGE HAS SUFFERED TO 3 MPG LESS THAN WHEN ORIGINALLY PURCHASED. THE DRIVERS SEAT BASE HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO LOOSNESS. A/C IDLER BELT TENSIONER REPLACED. POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKED. POSER STEERING CONTROL WOULD BE LOST IN RIGHT TURNS AND VALVING HAD TO BE REPLACED. A/C DOES NOT COOL ADEQUATELY AFTER ENGINE WAS LAST SERVICED BY REMOVING HEADS AND INTAKE, REPORTED TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

CONSUMER STATES: WHEN DRIVING IN A HEAVY WIND STORM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WANDERS TO THE LEFT. WHEN STRAIGHTENING IT UP IT OVER COMPOSITES. GRADUALLY GETS WORSE. VEHICLE VEERS BACK AND FORTH LIKE IT ITS GOING TO GO OUT OF CONTROL.*AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, VEHICLE LURCHES EITHER IMMEDIATELY BEFORE COMING TO A STOP OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEN OFF FROM A STOP. IT HAPPENS 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. VEHICLE UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE IS UNSAFE EACH TIME IT LURCHES FORWARD LEAVING DRIVER WITH NO CONTROL. *TT

AIR BAG FAILURE 1997 YUKON. *MR *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB

PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE PARTS AT LOW MILEAGE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT IT WE HEARD A ROAR IN THE REAR END. THE REAR END WAS REPLACE UNDER THE 3YR/36000MILE WARRANTY. SOON AFTER THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. JUST RECENTLY WE TOOK A TRIP AND TOWED OUR 18FT. SKI BOAT WITH US. WHEN WE RETURNED MY WIFE NOTICED A PROBLEM THE NEXT DAY. WE HAD NO REVERSE AND THAT PROVED TO BE THE TRANSMISSION. WE CONTACED THE CLOSEST DEALRER TO US: MIKE MORGAN SHREVEPORT, LA. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE SO BACKED UP WITH TRANMISSION PROBLEMS THAT IT WOULD BE AT LEAST A WEEK BEFORE THEY COULD PICK UP THE TRUCK TO EVEN LOOK AT IT. THEN THEY WOULD TELL ME WHAT THEY THOUGHT. WELL, I PAID $25,000 FOR A VEHICLE TO SIT WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION AND THEY THINK I WILL LET IT SIT WHILE MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WALK!!! I DON'T THINK SO! DURING THE LAST OF JULY, MY BROTHER AND LAW AND I REPLACE THE STARTER ON THIS SAME TRUCK TO THE TUNE OF $250.00 YESTERDAY I FOUND A WATER PUMP LEAK AND WAS TOLD THAT WOULD COST ME AROUND $200.00 TO REPAIR. OH YES, THE TRANSMISSION COST ME $1,400.00 TO REPAIR. AS YOU CAN SEE, I AM HAVING A TON OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. GM HAS THUMBED THEIR NOSE AT ME AND MORE OR LESS SAID "TOUGH LUCK"! WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT IS FAIR. THE TRANSMISSION IS WHAT REALLY UPSET ME. I PAID EXTRA TO HAVE TOWING PACKAGE ON THIS TRUCK AND WE PULLED A BOAT 1 TIME AND THIS HAPPENS. I CAN'T BELEIVE THAT THIS TRUCK CAN'T GET AT LEAST 100,000 MILES ON THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE A BOSS THAT OWNS A 1999 SUBURBAN THAT HAD THE TRANMISSION FAIL ON HIM THIS LAST FRIDAY. HIS TRUCK HAS ONLY 54,000 MILES. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK GM HAS A PROBLEM!!! PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO!

REPLACED 4 TIRES. PH

FRONT TIRES RUB AGAINST SUSPENSION DURING A FULL LEFT/RIGHT TURN, CAUSING THE INNER SIDEWALLS TO BE DAMAGED DUE TO THE RUBBING. *AK

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL THERE IS INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO,AN AIR NOISE WAS COMING FORM FIREWALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

DRIVER SEAT POWER RISER FAILED.

DRIVER SEAT POWER RISER FAILED.

VELCRO HOOK PAD FOR REAR SAFTEY BELT COMFORT GUIDE FAILED. YH