Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2001 GMC Yukon submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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
ON JANUARY 3RD, 2021, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON SLUSHY, ICY SECONDARY ROADS. THE REAR END CAUGHT SOME SLUSH, SLID SIDEWAYS AND SENT ME SLIDING ACROSS THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES AND INTO A DITCH WHERE I COLLIDED WITH A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.
ON 01/23/2018 I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED HESITATED FOR A FEW THEN FINALLY TOOK HOLD BUT BY THAT TIME IT WAS TO LATE AND I ENDED UP ON SOMEONES LAWN AFTER CRASHING THROUGH THEIR WHITE PICKET FENCE, THEN ROLLING COMPLETELY OVER ON ITS TOP, TOTALLY THE YUKON. MY CONCERN IS THE NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL. THANKFULLY, I ONLY RECEIVED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES. PLUS, I AM VERY SORE STILL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD OF BEEN A WORSE CASE, WHERE I GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVEN DEATH BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. I HAVE NOTIFIED MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A WRITTEN PAPER TRAIL PERTAINING TO THESE ISSUES WITH THE YUKON. SPECIFICALLY, THE BRAKES NOT CATCHING IN TIME AND THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. I WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE BACK TO THIS MATTER AS SOON AS YOU CAN. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE ACCIDENT MIGHT NOT OF RESULTED IN TOTALING MY VEHICLE IF THE BRAKES WERE WORKING PROPERLY. WHEN I APPLIED BRAKES IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE CATCHING BUT SEEMED TO TAKE FOREVER TO STOP SOON ENOUGH, ALMOST A HESITATION ON THE BRAKES PART. PLUS, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT WORK EITHER. SO I NEED TO KNOW WHERE I CAN FILE A CLAIM PERTAINING TO TOTALING MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF FAULTY BRAKES AND AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THIS COULD OF BEEN A WORSE CASE! THANK YOU
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CRUSHED PELVIS IN THREE AREAS, LEFT LEG AND ANKLE NERVE DAMAGE AND DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND ANKLE, BROKEN JAW AND FRONT AND SIDE TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
LETTER FROM SENATOR SCOTT ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE GMC YUKON. *SMD THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB
TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON WITH A CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE OF 110,000 MILES. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CRASH TOOK PLACE ON A DRY DAY. THE DRIVER BEGAN CHOKING AND PASSED OUT. THE VEHICLE THEN RAN INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. *AK
CRASH WITH A VEHICLE WHO PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF US. WE WERE GOING 60+ MPH ON A 65 MPH MARKED HIGHWAY. OUR FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE'S DRIVER ('89 LINCOLN TOWNCAR) QUARTER PANEL. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALLED BY INSURANCE. NO AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. FORTUNATELY, THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE HELD UP TO THE CRASH AND THERE WERE MINIMAL INJURIES. THE SEATBELT CAUGHT THE DRIVER AND THERE WASN'T ANYONE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OR THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE INJURIES SINCE THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED AND NO REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR WAS DONE.*AK
THE CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT WARNING, ANOTHER DRIVER CUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER VEHILCE. THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE OTHER VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ON THE PASSENGER 'S SIDE AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.THE VEHICLE WAS HIT BROADSIDE, AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHO HAD RUN A RED LIGHT. *SC *JB
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER NOTICED AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHING THROUGHOUT TRAVEL AT ALL TIMES. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED BRAKE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
PULLING OFF FROM A STOP RAN A RED LIGHT AT 45 MPH AND HIT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, AND KNOCKED RIGHT REAR TIRE OFF VEHICLE. NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS IN WHICH NEITHER TIME DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY,DURING ONE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER SAYS SHE ALSO DOESNT REMEMBER THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENING CAUSING HER TO STRICK HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND KNEES TO HIT THE DASH. *MJ
WHILE TURNING LEFT AT 15 MPH\ ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 45 HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE . UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON DRIVER'S DOOR, CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT END AS WELL. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS $ 10000.00. PRIOR TO THIS, CONSUMER OWNED ANOTHER VEHICLE JUST LIKE THIS ONE. IT ALSO HAD A FRONT CRASH AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT 70MPH, AND FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUSTAINED MAJOR BODY INJURIES.*AK
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A DODGE, NEON , SPEED WAS UNDETERMINED. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WITH A FORD ESCORT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BACK INJURY, AND DRIVER RECEIVED BRUISES TO NECK AND HEAD. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL FIRE, CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TOP WIRES WERE MELTED, CLAIM 15-DEC-2000. *SLC
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL / ROLLOVER COLLISION AT 65 MPH IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
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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