2004 GMC Yukon XL problems
Owners have filed 118 complaints about the 2004 GMC Yukon XL with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 26.3% of them — far more than any other system, ahead of steering at 10.2%.
Complaints118
Crashes10
Fires3
Injuries4
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 26.3% · 31
Steering 10.2% · 12
Engine and engine cooling 8.5% · 10
Service brakes 6.8% · 8
Service brakes, hydraulic 5.1% · 6
Air bags 4.2% · 5
Equipment 4.2% · 5
Power train 3.4% · 4
Severity
Of those complaints, 10 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 4 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 11 model years of the GMC Yukon XL in this data, 2004 draws comparatively few complaints; 2015 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 13 in the last three years against 10 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 45,250 miles.
In owners' own words
Speedometer is reading incorrectly on 2004 GMC yukon. It reads 60 mph when stopped and over 120 mph at approx 60 mph. My online research has uncovered thousands of these failures and several possible class action lawsuits are in the beginning process. GMC, to date, has issued no recall - the consumer should not be financially responsible for this safety issue - within warranty period or not - what do we do next? Electrical system · reported at 68,000 miles
Speedometer of 2004 yukon slowed while driving ,causing me to speed up to maintain constant cruising speed. After a while I realized I was increasing velocity while the speedometer registered a decrease in velocity. The problem changed to result in a speedometer registering over 120 mph constantly even when stopped. Research shows widespread problems throughout GMC line of vehicles with speedometers. *A Electrical system · reported at 45,000 miles
I own a 2004 GMC yukon. The speedometer wored s eratically. It either did not registrar the correct speed or did not work at all. At times, appeared to registrar the correct vehicle speed. In any case it has created an unsafe condition because of not knowing for certain whether or not the speed vehiclewas traveling was correct. Electrical system · reported at 47,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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