2002 GMC Yukon Problems & Complaints

No warning while exiting, I was able to hit the brakes. Then, when I reached for the brakes again, it didn’t break. There was no signals on the car. The car is total damage air bags came out.

Front passenger seatbelt has always locked up after being put on, which does not allow the passenger the ability to move more than a couple of inches at best.

The contact owns a 2002 GMC Yukon XL. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 MPH, the contact started to slow for traffic and depressed the brake, and felt no braking. The contact had to depress the brake pedal to the floorboard. The contact stated that the brake warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to safely stop and drove the vehicle to his residence. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer who diagnosed that there was a fractured parking brake spring. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 189,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HE DROVE THE VEHICLE AT A VERY LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) ACTIVATION. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS FORCED TO DRIVE AT A HIGHER SPEED IN ORDER TO AVOID THIS ISSUE. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE DEALER, CABLE DAHMER BUICK GMC OF KANSAS CITY ADDRESS: 907 W 104TH ST, KANSAS CITY, MO 64114) HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE AND OFFERED LITTLE ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. THE CONTACT REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VIN WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER THIS RECALL HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED.

AS VEHICLE COMES TO A SLOW STOP THE BRAKES FEEL AS IF THE RELEASE AND STILL ROLL ALSO WHEN PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING SPOT THIS HAS HAPPED OFTEN.

I SWERVED TO MISS A DEER AND I HIT A TREE RUNNING 47 MPH AND MY AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHY. MY HUSBAND AND I WERE VERY LUCKY BUT WHY DIDN'T THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY? MY HUSBAND WAS OUT OF WORK FOR 5 MONTHS DUE TO TORN LIGAMENTS IN HIS SHOULDERS AND STILL HAS TO HAVE SURGERY.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ONE FRONTAL CAR ACCIDENT. NOT FOR SURE OF THE SPEED BUT IT WAS OOVER 50 MILES AN HOUR. I HIT BRAKE GOING AROUND THE CURVE AND FLIIPED OVER OVER FIVE TIMES AND NOT YET THE AIRBAG DIDNT DEPLOY. FORCED CAUSE OF THE SEAT BEALT TO STRECCH AND LOCK IN PLACE. POLICE AND TOW TRUCK WAS SURPRISE THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLYED. NOW THE TRUCK IS TOTAL WHICH MEAN CANT BE FIX DESTROYED AND NOT REPAIRABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN POUND.

BRAKES WENT. BOUGHT A CT CAR IN SC. LUCKILY DRIVING 5PMH WHEN THEY WENT. WAITING AT THE SHOP NOW TO GET FIXED. SPENT THE NIGHT IN MY CAR AS I WAS MOVING TO CT

MY VEHICLE IS BEING TAMPERED WITH, INTENTIONALLY REPAIRS IMPROPERLY PREFORMED STEERING WHEELS ENGINE NORTHSTAR ALL. AFFECTED.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THEN I CAME TO MY STOP WHEN I NOTICE MY CAR WAS TRYING TO START AGAIN WHILE IT WAS IN PARK AND I NOTICE THAT MY CAR THEN STARTED SMOKING WHILE TRYING TO START ON IT OWN AFTER THAT HAPPEN MY CAR HAS NEVER STARTED AGAIN PLEASE HELP

EARLY IN THE MORNING I START UP THE TRUCK TO WARM IT UP. I PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND AS SOON AS I PUT THE TRUCK IN DRIVE THE "REDUCE ENGINE POWER" LIGHT COMES ON, THEN THE TRUCK GOES "LIMP MODE" (NOT ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO GO NO MORE THAN 20 MPH IN MOTION). I HAVE TO RESTART THE TRUCK 5 TIMES FOR THE "REDUCE ENGINE POWER" LIGHT TO TURN OFF. LEAVING THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT ON. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY MORNING, NO MATTER HOE LONG I WARM UP THE TRUCK. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK 3 YEARS AGO FROM A USED CAR LOT, AND I DIDNT START HAVING ISSUES UNTIL 1 YEAR AGO. THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE WITH ALL GM VEHICLES.

I WAS DRIVING ON 58 WEST IN STUART VA WHEN WE CAME AROUND A CURVE AND AN 18 WHEELER WAS BROKEN DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR LANE. TWO VEHICLES WERE STOPPED BEHIND THE TRUCK. I QUICKLY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER BETWEEN THE STOPPED TRAFFIC AND THE ONCOMING VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSING LANE TO AVOID A CRASH. A BRAKE LINE HAD BLOWN CAUSING THE BRAKE FAILURE. I HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE IN ANOTHER GM MODEL, AND WAS QUESTIONING HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT ONE PERSON COULD HAVE TWO SEPARATE BRAKE LINE FAILURES ON TWO SEPARATE BUT SIMILAR VEHICLES. AS I RESEARCHED IT BECAME CLEAR THAT THIS TYPE OF BRAKE FAILURE WAS COMMON ON THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES. I'VE LIVED IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I HAVE OWNED 30-40 VEHICLES OF ALL MAKES AND MODELS, BUT I HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED NEAR CATASTROPHIC VEHICLE FAILURE ON TWO OF THOSE VEHICLES, A 2001 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND A 2002 GMC YUKON. TO SAY THAT THESE BRAKE LINE FAILURES COULD BE AVOIDED THROUGH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE IS A BRAZEN ATTEMPT TO DEFLECT CULPABILITY TOWARDS A CONSUMER MARKET NEITHER DESIGNED NOR EQUIPPED TO DIAGNOSE PENDING FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. THESE VEHICLES HAVE INNUMERABLE SENSORS TO INDICATE ALL TYPES OF OF POTENTIAL ISSUES, EVEN SO FAR AS TO REMIND THE DRIVER WHEN THE OIL NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. IF THE MANUFACTURER FEELS THE OWNER IS SO INEPT AS TO TRACK OIL CHANGES EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES, HOW ON EARTH DO THEY EXPECT THOSE SAME PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE DEGRADATION OF BRAKE LINES, MOST OF WHICH ARE HIDDEN? I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A SHOP AND BEEN ASKED AS PART OF THE MANY SERVICES THEY OFFER, INCLUDING STATE SAFETY INSPECTIONS, "WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TEST YOUR BRAKE LINES FOR POTENTIAL FAILURE?" CV AXLES, BALL JOINTS, BRAKE PADS, ALL ARE INCLUDED IN INSPECTIONS. NOT BRAKE LINES, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT MAINTENANCE PARTS. GM IS WHOLLY RESPONSIBLE.

ADD ME TO THE CHECK YOUR AIRBAG LAWSUIT

THE FIRST OCCURANCE WAS A YEAR AGO WHEN DRIVING TO PLAY GOLF. WHEN I WAS ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE COURSE, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE TO THE COURSE AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. THE REPAIR WAS MADE BY THE LOCAL DEALER. HE ASKED ME IF I LIVED AT THE COAST DUE TO THE CORROSION FOUND ON THE BRAKE LINE. I DO NOT LIVE NEAR THE COAST AND THE VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT WITH ONLY 102,000 MILES ON IT. MOST RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WAS VERY SLOW TO STOP. IN MY ESTIMATION, THIS IS VERY POOR WORKMANSHIP ON BEHALF OF GENERAL MOTORS! I HOPE THAT NO PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED DUE TO THIS DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS CEASED TO FUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ODOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, AND VARIOUS GAUGES WERE NOT VISIBLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 231,256.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS PROVIDED CASE NUMBER 8-3140697651. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A LONG HISTORY OF NEEDED BRAKE WORK. BRAKES WERE RECENTLY CHANGED AGAIN AND IT STILL HAS SOFT BRAKING AS WELL AS PULSATING BRAKING. BOTH OF THESE FACTORS LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY SLOW STOPPING EVEN WITH PRACTICALLY NEW PARTS.

VEHICLE JUST STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WITH NO CODES ON DASH OR IN MEMORY. WILL RESTART AFTER 4-5 MINUTES BUT WILL STALL INTERMITTENTLY AFTERWARD.

WHILE COMING TOWARDS AN INTERSECTION, THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HIT HER BRAKES SUDDENLY. I REACTED BY HITTING ME BRAKES AND WHILE I WAS SLOWING DOWN MY BRAKE PETAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 5-10 MPH WHEN I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER MOVING OUR VEHICLES FROM THE ROAD, I DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING FROM UNDER MY ENGINE. I INSPECTED THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR AND THE MASTER CYLINDER... BOTH LOOKED NORMAL. I GOT UNDER THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK AND I COULD SEE BRAKE FLUID HAD BEEN SPRAYED ALL OVER THE LOWER FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND FRONT BUMPER. I COULD SEE THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE VERY RUSTY. BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THERE WASN'T ANY INDICATION THAT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. I SEEMS AS THOUGH THE BRAKE LINE JUST FAILED. I WAS TRAVELING ON A LOCAL ROAD IN A STRAIGHT LINE APPROX 30-35 MPH WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

GOT HOME AROUND 11:30PM. AT 2:30AM WAS AWAKEN BY A HONK, TO FIND OUT MY GMC YUKON WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES AROUND THE HOOD. THE VECHICLE WAS PARKED ON OUR DRIVE WAY DOING NOTHING ON JUST SITTING THERE.

WHEN BRAKING, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES KICK IN NO MATTER IF NEEDED OR NOT. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS ON BOTH CITY STREETS & HIGHWAYS. THE CAR WAS ALREADY RECALLED AND FIXED FOR FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORROSION, 05V379000, AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. THE SENSOR WAS NOT REPLACED, JUST CLEANED AND PUT BACK IN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM WHEN THE CORROSION CAN COME BACK AND DID. IT WAS JUST 30,000 MILES LATER. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO A DEALER AND HAVE CALLED GM. WE WERE TOLD THE RECALL IS FIXED AND IT WILL COST US $423.00 PER SIDE TO FIX PLUS TAX. PLEASE HELP AND LET US KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.

THIS VEHICLE CAME WITH FACTORY TOW PACKAGE. BRAKE LINES, REAR, WERE REPAIRED A YEAR AGO. TOWING A HORSE TRAILER WITH HORSE ( APPROX 6500 LBS TOTAL ), THE FRONT BREAK LINE FROM THE ABS MODULE BROKE AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHILE EXITING 90W ONTO 84W. TRAILER BRAKES FINALLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE A FEW INCHES FROM THE AUTO IN FRONT OF US . THIS WAS ON NEW YEARS EVE THIS YEAR, AND 2:00PM IN THE AFTERNOON. FOUND A GARAGE/MECHANIC TO REPAIR THE FRONT LINE. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT INVOLVING A NUMBER OF CARS AND TRUCKS. I HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT EVERY OIL CHANGE, AND HAVE IT REPAIRED WHEN NEEDED. I HAVE READ OF MANY ISSUES WITH THE (CHEAP ) BRAKE LINES GM HAS USED IN THESE VEHICLES( 1999 TO 2003 ), AND AS THEY GET OLDER, THEY ARE JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. GM SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES, AND FIX THE PROBLEM WITH CORRODING BREAK LINES. ESPECIALLY WITH THEIR " PROFESSIONAL GRADE" ADVERTISEMENTS. VERY MISLEADING. *TR

TAKATA RECALL TRAVELING AT SPEED OF 50 MPH ON A COUNTY HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF YUKON. FRONT OF YUKON IMPACTED THE REAR OF OTHER VEHICLE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF YUKON. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. YUKON WAS TOTALLED.

FOR THE SECOND TIME IN AN APPROXIMATE 12 MONTH PERIOD, I HAD TO REPLACE A BRAKE LINE FAILURE. UNTIL NOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT GM HAS A "REPLACEMENT REBUILD KIT". HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME MY SISTER WAS DRIVING AND HAD A BRAKE FAILURE WITH A CAR LOAD OF FAMILY ABOARD, IN JACKSONVILLE FL. A NATIONALLY KNOWN COMPANY REPLACED THE PORTION OF THE BRAKE LINE THAT RUPTURED, BUT THEY DID WARN ME THAT RUST WAS RAMPART BECAUSE OF THE SALT. YESTERDAY, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON I495, D.C. BELTWAY AT 50 MPH, WHERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TRAVEL DAILY AND I HAD ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE AT 50 MPH. THAT SCENARIO, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT AGAIN, SCARED ME HALF TO DEATH AND I JUST FIXED THE SAME THING LAST YEAR FOR 600.00+ AND UNEXPECTEDLY IT HAPPENS AGAIN. ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD, NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED OR HAD SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. WHAT I FOUND OUT LATER AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM, AND THE SAME COMPANY WHO REPLACED THE FIRST BRAKE LINE SAID IT WOULD BE 1500.00 TO FIX A PORTION OF THE BRAKE LINE. THIS ISSUE IS WELL KNOWN BY GM AND HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR 5 YEARS AND GM DID NOT DO A RECALL BECAUSE MOST WARRANTIES HAVE EXPIRED. HOWEVER, WITH THE SNOW-BELTS STATES SALTING THE ROADS HAVE DAMAGED MANY GM AND OTHER VEHICLES. FROM 1999 TO 2007 GM TRUCKS AND SUVS WERE USING NON-PV COATED BRAKE LINES. BY THESE BRAKE LINES NOT BEING COATED WITH PROTECTANT, CORROSION RUNS RAMPART ON YOUR BRAKE LINE SYSTEM, THIS IS PROBABLE IN ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLES. I THINK THAT EVERY DEALER SHOULD DO THIS REPLACEMENT FOR THE GM RECOMMEND PRICE. I TALKED TO MY SERVICE MANAGER AT CHEVY/GM TODAY AND HE SAID GM DOESN'T OWN THIS DEALERSHIP AND THE RECOMMENDED TIME TO INSTALL (4.5 HOURS) @ 100.00 PER HOUR IS NOT REALISTIC. I SAID YOU SALE AND SERVICE THESE VEHICLES, YET NO ONE WANTS TO STEP UP TO FIX THEM UNTIL SOME GETS KILLED, THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND TOWING A BOAT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COME TO A STOP. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY RUSTED BRAKE LINES. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

TWO YEARS AGO I HAD A SEVER ACCIDENT THAT CAUSE ME TO HIT ANOTHER CAR AND SPIN AROUND. THE GMC DEALER SAID THE CAUSE WAS RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINES. TODAY IT HAPPENED, BUT I WAS LUCK ENOUGH TO BE JUST PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPOT WHEN IT HAPPENED. THE BRAKE LINE MUST HAVE RUSTED OUT AGAIN BECAUSE I PUMPED THE BRAKE AND NOTICED IT COMING OUT OF THE LEFT REAR LINE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT WILL LIKELY ONLY HAPPEN WHEN YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THERE IS NO PRE WARNING. IT WILL JUST HAPPEN. PERHAPS THEY ARE MAKING THE BRAKE LINES OUT OF THINNER MATERIAL BECAUSE WE HAVE MANY VEHICLES MUCH OLDER, AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ISSUE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST FIVE CAR LENGTHS. THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ONLY AFTER THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED SEVERAL TIMES. THE HYDRAULIC PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME PARALLEL PARKING WITHOUT THE VEHICLE ROLLING AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

I DROVE APPROX. 30 MILES TO MY DESTINATION WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE. I SPENT ABOUT 2 HOURS THERE THEN STARTED MY 2002 YUKON XL TO HEAD BACK HOME. UPON MOVING THE VEHICLE I REALIZED I HAD VERY LIMITED BREAKING POWER. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I DREAD THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE HEADING HOME. MY MECHANIC SAID THE BRAKE LINE FAILED CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO LOSE ALL STOPPING POWER. HE SAID HE HAS SEEN SEVERAL CASES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM ON EARLY 2000'S GMC TRUCKS AND SUV'S. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE. GMC SHOULD STAND BEHIND THIS AND PAY TO REPAIR THIS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PART REPLACEMENT. THIS WILL BE AN $800 REPAIR FOR ME AND A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT IN GMC IF THEY DON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES.

TREAD SEPARATED FROM COOPER TIRE DISCOVERY H/T AND THEN BLEW OUT AS THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO AUTO ACCIDENT, BUT THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERED.

WHEN BRAKING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED IT FEELS LIKE MY ABS IS TRYING TO ENGAGE. PULSATIONS IN BRAKE PEDAL AND SLOW TO STOP. THIS OCCURS IN ANY TYPE OF WEATHER. I READ THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. WHEN I CONTACTED THE RECALL HELP LINE I WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. ODD. ALL THE SYMPTOMS ARE THERE AND IT STARTED RIGHT AT THE TIME MY VEHICLE TURN 65,000 MILES. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AND I HAVE CALLED AROUND TO GMC DEALERS AND THEY WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS MATTER. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKE IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DRIVER, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANT WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRED ON BOTH WET AND DRY PAVEMENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT INDEPENDENTLY REMOVED THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE FUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET AND APPLIED MY BRAKES. SUDDENLY THEY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I COULD NOT STOP AND HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY OF A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME TO AVOID A COLLISION. I EVENTUALLY STOPPED BY APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP THE YUKON IT FAILS TO STOP AND THEN ABS KICKS IN CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO VIBRATE AND LOSS OF PRESSURE IN BRAKE PEDAL THEN TRUCK DOES NOT STOP IT SLIDES. I HAVE REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER DID NOT HELP, TRUCK NEEDS ALL NEW BRAKE LINES DUE TO RUST. I HAVE QUICKLY MOVE AROUND CARS TO PREVENT A ACCIDENT, DUE TO THIS BRAKE FAILURE. SINCE I AM IN SOUTH FLORIDA GM WON'T FIX THIS KNOWN MANUFACTURE DEFECT BECAUSE SF IS NOT A "SALT BELT" STATE, BUT I LIVE ON THE BEACH AND THE SALT WATER HAS STARTED TO HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT JUST LIKE THE NORTHERN STATES ON THESE FAULTY BRAKE LINES. THE BREAK LINES ARE COVERED IN RUST AND THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND GM SHOULD FIX ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS KNOWN DEFECT NOT JUST SOME. THIS 2002 YUKON IS SLE WITH A 5.3L VIN Z. *TR

MICHELIN LTX M/S 2 P265/70/16R DATED 2412 & 2512; TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION, CRACKING BETWEEN TREADS AND NOT HOLDING AIR. THESE ARE THE SAME TIRES THEY HAVE RECALLED BUT NOT THE SAME SIZE, HAVE SAME DEFECT; I HAVE CONTACTED MICHELIN AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE THESE TIRES EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY HAVE 25,000 MILES ON THEM AND ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK AND SHOULD BE EVALUATED. *TR

MICHELIN LTX M/S 2 P265/70/16R DATED 2412 & 2512; TIRES HAVE TREAD SEPARATION, CRACKING BETWEEN TREADS AND NOT HOLDING AIR. THESE ARE THE SAME TIRES THEY HAVE RECALLED BUT NOT THE SAME SIZE, HAVE SAME DEFECT; I HAVE CONTACTED MICHELIN AND THEY REFUSE TO REPLACE THESE TIRES EVEN THOUGH THEY ONLY HAVE 25,000 MILES ON THEM AND ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK AND SHOULD BE EVALUATED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL REPEATEDLY IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 246,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A COLLISION, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DETAILS OF THE COLLISION WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 225,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WITHOUT WARNING WE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND IT CAUSED OUR VEHICLE TO LOSE TOTAL SPEED CONTROL. *TR

DURING LOW SPEED THE ABS KICKS IN ON NO SLIP CONDITIONS CAUSING IT TO TAKE LONGER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS STARTED OCCURRING IN JUNE 2014. I SEE A RECALL ON 2002 YUKON XL VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE VIN REPORT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ABS AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HUB ASSEMBLIES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DRIVER SIDE HUB ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED BUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 07E106000 (WHEELS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 240,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE ABS WOULD ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATE CAUSING THE BRAKING DISTANCE TO BE EXTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000. UPDATED 12/22/14*LJ UPDATED 05/26/2015 *JS

I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY 2 MECHANICS THAT THE MY BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED/CORRODED AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS TO GMC REGARDING THIS ISSUE. NHTSA HAS RECOMMENDED A RECALL. DESPITE GMC CORPORATE STATEMENTS THAT THE FIX/REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE LINES WILL COST $500 (PARTS AND LABOR) THE GMC DEALER IN MY AREA (DANVERS, MA) HAS QUOTED ME OVER $1,200 AND CLAIMS IGNORANCE TO THE $500 CLAIM. I BELIEVE THIS REPAIR SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECALL AND CORRECTION BY GMC AT NO COST TO ME THE OWNER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND FRACTURED DUE TO DEFECTIVE METAL. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 01/15/15*LJ THE BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT AND CAUSED FLUID TO LEAK, WHICH IN TURN CAUSED THE BRAKES TO FAIL. UPDATED 03/03/15*JB

I HAVE HAD 2 INCIDENTS WITH MY 02 GMC YUKON WHERE THE BRAKE LINES HAVE FAILED DUE TO EARLY AND UNEXPECTED/UNREASONABLE CORROSION WHERE THEY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING ALMOST CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH ABOUT 76,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND APPLIED THE BRAKES AS I APPROACHED THE EXIT RAMP AND THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT THE VEHICLE STOPPING. WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR I DRIFTED PAST THE EXIT AND APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 1 MILE BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. AFTER GETTING THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES RUSTED THROUGH AND THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY SEE ON GM VEHICLES. THEY WERE SURPRISED I WAS NOT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND I PAID $500 TO HAVE THE REPLACEMENT LINES FABRICATED. ABOUT A YEAR LATER WITH ABOUT 85,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY CHILDREN ACROSS A BRIDGE AND ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE AND AGAIN THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND SHE HELD DOWN THE HORN TO WARN PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER CARS. THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED AFTER RUNNING 2 RED LIGHTS. THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT ALL THE LINES COMING OUT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER/BOOSTER WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT. AGAIN HAVING TO FABRICATE AND REPLACE ALL THE LINES OUT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS EXPENSIVE, THIS TIME COSTING $1,500. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO DO A FULL INVESTIGATION OF THIS PROBLEM AS I HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES THAT THIS IS A FAULTY DESIGN AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS REQUIRING A RECALL. I TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY CARS, HAVE THE UNDERCARRIAGE CLEANED FREQUENTLY AND ASK MY MECHANIC TO INSPECT EVERYTHING ON THE CAR ON A BI-ANNUAL BASIS AND THESE INCIDENTS HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING. I HOPE GM WILL REIMBURSE ALL THOSE LIKE ME WHO SPENT THOUSANDS FIXING THE VEHICLE AFTER A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

WHILE TURNING INTO A MALL PARKING LOT FROM A MAIN STREET, APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN INTO THE PARKING LOT FOR A VEHICLE TO PASS IN FRONT OF ME. WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING THE BREAK PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP EVEN FROM A SLOW SPEED. LUCKLY I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE THE BREAKS SEEMED TO FAIL ABOUT 95%. I PUMPED THE BREAKS A FEW TIME AND GOT INTO THE CLOSEST PARKING SPACE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE DO TO SUDDEN BREAK FAILURE. THE REPAIR GARAGE CERTIFIED MECHANIC SAID THE BREAK LINE HAD RUSTED THRU AND THE BREAK FLUID WAS RAPIDLY LEAKING. I HAD THE GARAGE REPLACE ALL THE ENTIRE RUSTED BREAK LINES ($646.00) TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY AND AVOID ANOTHER SUDDEN BREAK FAILURE DUE TO RUSTED BREAK LINES. OTHERWISE THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE FOR AND IN EXCELLENT RUNNING CONDITION. MY MECHANIC SAID THEY HAD REPAIRED SEVERAL GMC VEHICLES WITH THIS IDENTICAL PROBLEM. I BELIEVE GMC HAS SOLD A CAR WITH DEFECTIVE SAFETY PARTS WHICH HAVE WORN PREMATURELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH, APPLIED BRAKES FOR UPCOMING STOP SIGN AND BRAKES FAILED. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT BRAKE LINE BROKE AS THE RESULT OF CORROSION TO LINE AT REAR AXLE. MECHANIC STATES ALL BRAKE LINES DEMONSTRATING UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF RUSING, ALL BRAKE LINES REPLACED. MECHANIC STATES FRAME WILL BE RUSTED THROUGH SOON IF NOT BLASTED AND RUSTPROOFED; ALSO STATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON NEARLY ALL GM TRUCKS HE SEES. *TR

I COMPLETELY LOST THE BRAKES. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED. *TR

HIT BRAKES TO STOP PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR TRUCK DID STOP BUT TOOK ALT LONGER THAN USUAL WENT TO GARAGE RUSTED BRAKE LINES ONE HAD BROKE THIS IS SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO HAD ONE LINE REPAIRED SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. I PUMPED THEM REPEATEDLY WHICH DID NOT HELP MUCH AT ALL. I WAS NOT ABLE TO SLOW DOWN, MUCH LESS STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. WITH NO CHOICE, I ROUNDED THE TURN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THANKFULLY THE APPROACHING VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO AVOID ME. HAD I ARRIVED AT THE INTERSECTION A FEW SECONDS LATER THE RESULT WOULD HAVE LIKELY BEEN DIFFERENT. AS THIS OCCURRED LATE AT NIGHT WITH ALMOST NO TRAFFIC, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED WITH HEAVY BRAKE PUMPING. UPON INSPECTION IN MY DRIVEWAY I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT A CORRODED BRAKE LINE THAT LEADS TO THE REAR BRAKES HAD BURST. THE PLACEMENT OF THIS PART ON TOP OF THE FRAME RAIL PREVENTS INSPECTION BY OWNERS. *TR

TODAY MY WIFE TOOK OUR VERY GOOD CONDITION WELL MAINTAINED GARAGE KEPT 2002 GMC YUKON TO DUNKIN DONUTS TO GET COFFEE. SHE WAS STOPPED IN THE DRIVE THRU LINE WHEN SHE HEARD AN AIR SOUND AS HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR, SHE WAS ABLE TO LIMP HOME, ABOUT A MILE, BY PUMPING THE BRAKES AND IT WAS EARLY SO NOBODY WAS ON THE ROAD. INDEED THE BRAKE LINE ABOVE THE FUEL TANK WAS BROKEN, I KNOW BECAUSE I DROPPED THE FUEL TANK. WE WERE LUCKY SHE DIDN'T GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND WE WEREN'T ON VACATION FAR AWAY. I ALSO FLUSH OUT THE BRAKE LINES WITH NEW FLUID EVERY TIME I CHANGE THE BRAKE PADS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH CARS MUCH OLDER THAN OURS AND NO BRAKE LINE ISSUES. WE ALSO HAD BRAKE LINE ISSUES WITH A 2003 GMC YUKON XL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SINCE THIS IS NOT NORMAL. AND THIS HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS STOPPED IN LINE, NOT AFTER A HARD EMERGENCY BRAKING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2002YUKON DENALI WITH 105,000 MILES WE HAD BRAKE FAILURE FOR THE SECOND TIME. WE WERE TOWING OUR 21 FOOT GULF STREAM AMERILITE TRAVEL TRAILER AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US STEPPED ON THEIR BRAKES MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO BEGIN SLOWING DOWN. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, WE HAD NO BRAKES. IT IS A MIRACLE THAT WE WERE NOT KILLED. THIS IS THE SECOND BRAKE LINE RUPTURE WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS SINCE WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS EXTEMELY WELL MAINTAINED. WE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. IT HAS BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE OUR VEHICLE TOWED TWICE AND REPAIRED. I WILL BE CONTACTING GMC AND ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT. OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN PUT IN DANGER HERE. WHY IS THEIR NOT A RECALL WITH SO MANY POSTINGS OF THE THIS PROBLEM? ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL LINES THAT WILL NOT RUST. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE PRIOR TO CONTACTING AN ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. *TR

THE REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AND IS LOCKED IN PLACE. IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY AND I COULD NOT GET MY LUGGAGE OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN AND THERE WAS NO MANUAL SWITCH TO UNLOCK THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. *JS

WHILE BRAKING FROM A SPEED OF 45 MPH TO STOP FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THE BRAKES FAILED. I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SEVERAL FEET PAST THE STOP LINE. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT RESULTED FROM THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD FAILED AT A 90 DEGREE BEND DUE TO CORROSION. UPON RESEARCH, THE SHOP SAID THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN HAD BEEN ISSUED STATING THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS SUBJECT TO CORROSION AT EVERY POINT WHERE THERE IS A MOUNTING BRACKET ATTACHING IT TO THE VEHICLE. *TR

DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON MY 2002 YUKON DENALI, HEAVY RUST/CORROSION WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED ON THE BRAKE LINE THAT RUNS UNDER THE RADIATOR. AS I FOLLOWED IT BACK, MORE RUST/CORROSION IS VISIBLE. THEY ARE RUSTING/CORRODING IN EXPOSED AS WELL AS PROTECTED AREAS. CONCERNED FOR SAFETY AND A POTENTIAL FAILURE I STARTED TO INVESTIGATE, ON LINE, AND FOUND THAT THIS ISSUE HAS AFFECTED MANY TRUCKS AND SUV'S IN AND AROUND MY MODEL YEAR. I ALSO FOUND THAT GM IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT HAS FAILED TO INITIATE A RECALL. VEHICLES OF THIS SIZE ARE PURCHASED FOR LARGE FAMILIES, TOWING AND HAULING HEAVY LOADS. ALL THE MORE REASON FOR GM TO RECOGNIZE THE POTENTIAL DANGER AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. *TR

IN DECEMBER 2012 WE WERE TRAVELING WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT TO HIT THE BRAKES, THEY COMPLETELY GAVE WAY AND STUCK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOOR. IN PANIC HE TRIED EVERY MANEUVER POSSIBLE AS WE WERE COMING UP ON AN L CURVE THAT QUICKLY LED TO A STOP SIGN ENTERING A MAJOR INTERSECTION. AS WE MADE THE L CURVE, TWO MOTORCYCLISTS WERE AT THE LIGHT AND WE WERE COMING STRAIGHT AT THEM AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. MAKING A MASSIVE TURN AND RISKING FLIPPING THE CAR OVER, HE HOOKED THE TRUCK TO THE RIGHT UNTO THE EMBANKMENT OF THE MAJOR ROAD BARELY AVOIDING KILLING THESE TWO MOTORCYCLIST. WE DROVE ON THE EMBANKMENT UNTIL THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HE TOWED US TO A MD REPAIR SHOP. WE THEN RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE REPAIR MAN THAT THE BRAKES LINES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT AND THAT WE BLEW THE BRAKES LINE AND INSTANTANEOUS LOST ALL OIL. NO BRAKES LEFT WHATSOEVER. HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE DEALER AND PUSH FOR A RECALL SINCE THAT MUCH RUST WAS A SIGN OF AN ISSUE WHEN THE CAR WAS MADE. THERE WAS NO SEAL ON THE UNDER CARRIAGE. I DID AND THE GENTLEMAN AT BOYLE BUICK SAID NOT TO TOW IT IN TO THEIR SHOP AS IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS THEY SEE IT ALL THE TIME BUT THAT GM HAS NEVER PAID FOR THESE TO BE FIXED ON A CAR OUT OF WARRANTY AND DESPITE THIS BEING A CONSTANT ISSUE THEY SEE- IT DID NOT HAVE A RECALL ON IT. HE EVEN GAVE US THE NAME OF A COMPANY THAT MAKES STAINLESS STEEL AFTERMARKET BRAKE LINES ALREADY BENDED AS THAT IS WHERE THEY BUY THEM- THEY SEE IT SO OFTEN. THIS COMPANY SPRUNG UP BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAD THIS EXACT SAME ISSUE THEY COULD MAKE SUBSTANTIAL MONEY PRE-FABBING THESE LINES. I KEPT MY RECEIPT FOR THESE BRAKES LINE ($1,235.00) AS I HAD TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WOULD EVENTUALLY HOLD GM LIABLE FOR NOT COATING THE UNDERSIDE AND PUTTING THOUSANDS OF LIVES AT RISK. *TR

AFTER A MORNING OF DRIVING AROUND TOWN DOING ERRANDS I RETURNED HOME WITH GROCERIES. WHILE THERE I DECIDED TO SWAP OUT MY REVERSE LIGHT BULBS BEFORE DRIVING MY SON TO BASEBALL PRACTICE. WHILE MAKING THIS MAINTENANCE REPAIR THE BRAKES ON MY TRUCK FAILED COMPLETELY. THE BRAKES SANK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE TRUCK FROM BACKING INTO THE CARS PARKED ACROSS THE STREET BEHIND ME..AND THAT I HAD NOT GONE RIGHT OUT TO DRIVE MY SON TO BASEBALL. WHEN I GOT OUT TO INSPECT THE BRAKE LINES HAD COMPLETELY IMPLODED AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING EVERYWHERE. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOLD MY BRAKES HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. *TR

ONE OF THE TWO STEEL BRAKE LINES BETWEEN THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ABS MODULE FAILED UPON APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, CAUSING A SEVERE BRAKE FLUID LEAK NEAR THE ABS MODULE, LOW BRAKE PEDAL EFFICACY, LOW BRAKE PEDAL RETURN PRESSURE AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE AS I MANEUVERED THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOPPING LOCATION. *TR

STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM IN ANOTHER LANE TO EVENTUALLY SLOW DOWN WITHOUT A COLLISION. GOT UNDER REAR OF VEHICLE AND LOCATED LEAKING BRAKE FLUID LINE. RIGHT REAR PASSENGER BRAKE LINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED BRAKE FLUID WOULD SPEW OUT FROM THE BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT THE FAILURE REOCCURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID WHICH CAUSED THE BRAKE HUB ASSEMBLY TO MALFUNCTION. AS A RESULT, THE BRAKE HUB ASSEMBLY, THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 220,000.

BRAKES FAILED AS I TRIED TO STOP. ALL BRAKE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND IS ALWAYS KEPT IN A DRY GARAGE. *TR

ABS BRAKE MODULE IS NOT HERMETICALLY SEALED WITH AN O-RING GASKET. BECAUSE OF THIS MOISTURE CAN GET INSIDE MODULE AND DAMAGE INTERNAL COMPONENTS. DAMAGED UNITS CAUSE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS IN DASHBOARD TO LIGHT UP. *TR FAILURE OF ABS BRAKE MODULE CAN CAUSE ABS BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHEN BRAKING QUICKLY AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH.

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT ACTIVATES AFTER ANY RAIN OR UNDERSIDE OF CAR BECOMING WET DUE TO ROAD MOISTURE. WATER, SALT, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS CAUSE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE ABS TO FAIL TRIGGERING THE ABS AND/OR BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT ON DASHBOARD TO TURN ON. VARIOUS GM DEALER RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND BRAKE PRESSURE VALVE IN ADDITION TO ASSOCIATED CONNECTION HARDWARE. ESTIMATED COST OF PARTS IS IN EXCESS OF $2K AND LABOR IS $500. NO ASSURANCES ARE GIVEN THIS WILL FIX PROBLEM. PREVIOUS RECALLS BY GM, VEHICLE OWNER COMPLAINTS, INTERNET WEBSITES, AND INTERNET FORUMS ADDRESS ONGOING ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM PROBLEMS DUE TO EXPOSURE TO WATER, MOISTURE, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS; INDICATES THE LIFE CYCLE OF GM ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEMS ARE SEVERELY REDUCED IN COMPARISON TO ALL OTHER MAKES AND MODEL CARS/TRUCKS WITH ABS SYSTEMS. THE NUMBER ONE NHTSA COMPLAINT ISSUE REMAINS THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ON GMC YUKONS PRODUCED FROM 2000 TO 2006. THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS NHTSA/GMC RECALL NOTICES THAT ADDRESS PARTIAL FIXES TO THE ABS BUT NONE REQUIRING THE RECALL OF THE COMPLETE ABS SYSTEM ITSELF. FAILURE OF THE ABS WILL RESULT IN BRAKE LOCKUP AT ANY SPEED. THE FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM TO FUNCTION PROPERLY BECAUSE GM DID NOT DESIGN THE SYSTEM FOR IT'S OPERATING ENVIRONMENT HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM FOR GMC YUKON OWNER/OPERATORS. *TR

WHILE BLEEDING THE BRAKE SYSTEM AFTER A BRAKE JOB THE STEEL BRAKES LINES FAILED. DURING THE INSPECTION OF THE STEEL LINES IT WAS FOUND THAT ALL THE STEEL LINES WERE RUSTED SEVERELY TO THE POINT OF FAILURE. FAILURE MEANING A LARGE HOLE IN THE STEEL LINE FROM RUST. ALL STEEL LINES WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TR

I TRIED TO STOP AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE ABS ACTIVATED WITHOUT ANY REASON. THE ROADS WERE CLEAN AND DRY. THERE WAS NOT ANY WARNING INDICATOR FOR THE ABS BRAKES, I AM TOLD THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT THE DEALER SAYS MINE WAS ALREADY DONE. OBVIOUSLY THE FIX WAS NOT EFFECTIVE IF I AM EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM NOW. *TR

I NOTICED SOME FLUID UNDER THE MIDDLE OF VEHICLE AND THOUGHT IT WAS WATER BUT AS I WAS HEADING TO CHURCH SUNDAY NIGHT MY BRAKE PEDDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, WAS VERY DISTURBING AND SCARY TO ME BUT WAS ABLE TO STOP AND GET HOME SAFELY. NEXT DAY IN THE DAYLIGHT I CHECK OUT MY FLUID AND THE BRAKE FLUID BOX WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY! TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND LEAKING PER SAY $1500 JOB TO FIX. ALSO, INFORMED THAT I NEEDED A NEW WATER PUMP TOO. I JUST REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP 2 WEEKS BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. GMC NEEDS TO MAKE THIS A RECALL IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE IGNITION FAILED AND IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET THE IGNITION SWITCH INTO THE START POSITION. THE CONTACT'S PERSONAL MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 148,809.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER EIGHT ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS FAULTY. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THE 2001 GMC YUKON MODEL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V521000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,700.

WE PURCHASED THE 2002 YUKON FROM MCGUIRE DEALERSHIP IN NJ ITS BEEN CARED FOR TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FAITHFULLY DRIVEN BY MY 50 YEAR OLD FATHER, WHEN FIRST DRIVING HE NOTICED THE PEDAL VIBRATING RAPIDLY DURING NORMAL BRAKE APPLICATIONS. THE ABS CONTROL VALVE WAS THE CULPRIT ALONG WITH A RUSTY WHEEL SENSOR. IT WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALER AND AFTER 5 YEARS THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK IS RUSTING AND ROTTING ALONG WITH SUSPENSION PARTS AND MOST OF ALL THE BRAKES. WE CAME CLOSE TO CRASHING ONE DAY WHEN THE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, WE TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL FIRESTONE AND THEY TELL US ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED OUT ALONG WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER. WE REPLACED THE LINES AND MASTER CYLINDER WITH A HEFTY PRICE TAG. WE GET THE CAR BACK 3 DAYS LATER PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AGAIN, BACK AT THE MECHANIC BOTH REAR CALIPERS ARE RUSTED AND LEAKING. WE REPLACED ALL 4 CALIPERS AND THE PROBLEM STOPPED BUT NOW THE FRAME IS RUSTING AND THE ABS IS STILL VIBRATING BADLY. LONG STORY SHORT GM NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR SELLING SUCH CHEAP CRAPPY TRUCKS, WE CAME CLOSE A FEW TIMES TO CRASHING, AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE EMPLOYEES OF GM. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. CAR TOWED TO VAN CHEVROLET IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ. DEALER ONLY REPLACED ONE FAILED LINE. APPROX. 1 YEAR LATER, FRONT LEFT LINE FAILED, AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, AND WAS REPLACED. AFTER INSPECTION ALL HARD BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND NEED REPLACEMENT. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHT CAN ON IN THE DASH, 2-11-14, CALLED THE GMC DEALER, PELLEGINO BUICK/GMC, 815 N BLACK HORSE PIKE, WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ 08094, PHONE 856-629-0101.THEY ADDED BRAKE FLUID AND SAID NO LEAKS. MILEAGE AT DEALER 135074. I DROVE ABOUT 40 MILES, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME BACK ON, I CALLED DEALER AND DROVE RIGHT BACK TO THEM.. THEY CHECKED AGAIN AND SAID THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED, IT WAS FULLY COATED WITH RUST. IT IS SO BAD THEY CAN NOT USE A WRENCH TO GET NUTS OFF. BECAUSE OF ALL THE RUST ON THE BRAKE LINES. NEED TO CHANGE THE LINES, CALIPERS, AND ROTORS, TOTAL COST APPROX $1,400.00 WILL ADVISE MORE WHEN YUKON IS RETURNED REPAIRED. *TR

DRIVING ON RT 22 IN NJ AT 55MPH WHEN TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGED TO RED AND STEPPED ON BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR ONLY SLOWED SLIGHTLY AND ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION BEFORE IT STOPPED. LUCKY THAT IT WAS IN THE MID AFTERNOON AND THE TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE THE DISTANCE TO STOP WAS ABOUT 5 TIMES THE NORMAL DISTANCE AND HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR. THERE WAS A SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE BRAKE LINE DUE TO CORROSION, I HAD THE CAR INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC, CAUSING THE PRESSURE TO DROP IN THE SYSTEM. AFTER THE INCIDENT I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR YEARS WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I AM A SURGEON AND FIND IT WORRISOME THAT THIS AGENCY HAS NOT RECALLED THIS DEFECT AND THAT GMC HAS NOT NOTIFIED CONSUMERS OF THE POSSIBILITY SO THEY CAN HAVE THE BRAKE LINES CHANGED. *TR

ON APRIL 19, 2013 I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN WILMINGTON DE TO THE AMTRAK STATION. APPROXIMATELY 3 BLOCKS AWAY FROM ARRIVING, MY BRAKES FAILED AS I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. AS THERE WAS ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER LEFT, I PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFTED TO LOW, AND PARTIALLY SLOWED, STOPPED IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE INTERSECTION. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY AUTO SHOP. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING A MAJOR BRAKE FLUID LOSS. HE REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL TUBING AND FITTINGS. I HAD TO PAY $485.35 TO MAKE THIS REPAIR. I NOW KNOW NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THESE DANGEROUS AND DEFECTIVE GMC BRAKE LINES IN THE 'RUST STATES' INCLUDING MY HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE US GOVT SHOULD FORCE GMC TO RECALL THESE INFERIOR CORROSIVE BRAKE LINES TO AVOID THE CHANCE FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS, AND GMC SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR MY COSTS. I WILL NOW FILE A SECOND NHTSA INCIDENT REPORT FOR A SECOND "REAR" BRAKE LINE FAILURE IN OCT 2013. -[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I HAVE JUST SUBMITTED A FIRST COMPLAINT # 10552595 FOR DEFECTIVE GMC YUKON BRAKE LINES. I AM NOW SUBMITTING SECOND COMPLAINT FOR A SUBSEQUENT INCIDENT WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. ON OCT. 5, 2013 I WAS DRIVING ALONE TO THE SUPERMARKET IN PENNSYLVANIA. AS I WAS STOPPING FOR AN UPCOMING STOP SIGN, MY BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE, AGAIN! THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. AS THERE WAS ALMOST NO STOPPING POWER LEFT, I AGAIN PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND DOWNSHIFTED TO LOW, AND PARTIALLY SLOWED, AND STOPPED JUST AFTER THE INTERSECTION. I WAS WITHIN SIGHT OF MY AUTO SHOP, AND I VERY SLOWLY PROCEEDED THROUGH ONE ADDITIONAL INTERSECTION TO THE SHOP. WHEN I PULLED INTO HIS PARKING LOT, I COULD SEE THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE FLUID WAS RUNNING OUT OF THE REAR BRAKE LINE ONTO THE PAVEMENT! MY MECHANIC NOW TOLD ME THAT THE REAR BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING A MAJOR BRAKE FLUID LOSS. HE REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE LINES WITH STAINLESS STEEL TUBING AND FITTINGS. I HAD TO PAY $509.45 TO MAKE THIS ADDITIONAL BRAKE LINE REPAIR. BASED UPON THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THESE DANGEROUS AND DEFECTIVE GMC BRAKE LINES IN THE 'RUST STATES' INCLUDING MY HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE US GOVT MUST NOW FORCE GMC TO RECALL THESE INFERIOR CORROSIVE BRAKE LINES TO AVOID THE CHANCE FOR FATAL ACCIDENTS. GMC SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR MY COSTS, NOW TOTALING $ 994.80. THIS IS NOW THE SECOND NHTSA INCIDENT COMPLAINT I HAVE FILED IN 2013 FOR THE TOTAL FAILURE OF MY CORRODED AND BURST GMC YUKON BRAKE LINES. (PLEASE NOTE THE MILEAGE OF MY VEHICLE ON 4/19/13 WAS 132,593 AND THEN ON 10/5/13 IT WAS 137,813.) -[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BRAKE LINES SEVERELY RUSTED, BRAKING FLUID LEAKING, NEEDED FULL REPLACEMENT. *TR

BRAKE FLUID LEAKING - BRAKES WENT OUT. FOUND A PREMATURE LEAK IN A BRAKE LINE ABOUT 12 INCHES BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER. ALL LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED REPEATEDLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD UPON ENGAGEMENT. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ENTIRE BRAKE AND FUEL LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

THE REAR MAIN BRAKE LINE BROKE RIGHT HALF INTO WHEN I HAD TO APPLY A VERY HARD STOP ON INTERSTATE 64 I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH WHEN A SMALL CAR ABRUPTLY CHANGED LANES THERE WASN'T EFFICIENT ENOUGH SPACE FOR THE CAR TO MOVE IN AS HE MOVED OVER I HAD TO HIT MY BRAKE RATHER HARD TO GIVE THIS IDIOT ENOUGH ROOM TO MERGE IN THE ABS KICKED IN AND THE TIRES SQUEALED I CAME VERY VERY CLOSE TO REAR ENDING THIS GUY BUT I HAD JUST ENOUGH BRAKE TO SLOW MY CAR UP WITHOUT INCIDENT AFTER THAT MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN I EXITED THE INTERSTATE SOMEHOW IT DID STOP LUCKY ME. SOON AS I SAW A STORE I STOPPED AND PURCHASED 4 CANS OF BRAKE FLUID REFILLED THE RESERVOIR AND MADE IT HOME WITH THAT. I JACKED MY YUKON UP AND SAW A VERY RUSTY STEEL LINE BROKE OFF AT THE FITTING IT DIDN'T PULL OUT OF THE FITTING IT ACTUALLY BROKE INTO AND OF COURSE FLUID WAS EVERYWHERE. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD DISASTER THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE RIGHT AT THE PEAK OF THE DAY WHEN EVERYONE WAS LEAVING WORK TRYING TO GET HOME. I AM THANKING MY LUCKY STARS I MADE IT HOME SAFE. NOW I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE REPAIR PART OF THIS WHOLE THING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, HE CRASHED INTO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FILED TO DEPLOY WITH THE IMPACT. IN ADDITION, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURE AS DESIGNED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A BRUISED RIB AND AN INJURY TO THE LEFT LEG. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A SALVAGE FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATELY FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 142,000.

HIT BRAKES, STARTED TO SLOW THEN PEDDLE DROPPED, NO WARNING LIGHT . PEDDLE SANK TO FLOOR ,PUMPED PEDDLE TO STOP, HIT LIGHTPOLE AFTER WHICH BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON . ON INSPECTION ,BRAKE LINE BETWEEN ABS BOX AND REAR AXLE BADLY RUSTED , FAILED AT POINT ABOVE CROSSMEMBER ,IN FRONT OF GAS TANK. HAVE HAD ABOUT 16 CARS ,NEVER SAW LINE RUST THIS BAD ON A CAR LESS THEN 20 YEARS OLD. *TR

PURCHASED A NEW 2002 GMC YUKON XL, AT ABOUT 6800 MILES THE STEERING DEVELOPED A RATTLE, DEALER UNDER WARRANTY REGREASED THE STEERING SHAFT, THIS HELPED FOR A ABOUT A YEAR AND IT STARTED AGAIN. DEALER RE-GREASED WITH WHAT THEY SAID WAS A NEW GREASE THAT SHOULD SOLVE THE RATTLE PROBLEM. IT HAS STARTED THE RATTLE AGAIN AND ONLY HAS 38000 MILES. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A REDESIGNED STEERING SHAFT THAT SOLVES THIS RATTLE PROBLEM. HERE IS THE BULLETIN TO SOLVE THE POOR SHAFT DESIGN, SHOULD BE A RECALL BUT LOOKS LIKE GM IS ONLY REPLACING ON A CASE BY CASE ISSUE WAITING FOR YOUR WARRANTY TO BE OUT, AT WHICH TIME THEY CHARGE YOU FOR THE POOR DESIGN STEERING SHAFT. GMC TECH BULLETIN 00-02-35-003M (LATEST REVISION) SUBJECT: CLUNKING NOISE UNDER HOOD AND CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL AND/OR STEERING COLUMN (REPLACE UPPER INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT (I-SHAFT) ASSEMBLY) #00-02-35-003M - (01/31/2007) MODELS: 2002-2006 CADILLAC ESCALADE MODELS 1999-2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO MODELS (CLASSIC) 2000-2006 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, TAHOE MODELS 2002-2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1999-2007 GMC SIERRA MODELS (CLASSIC) 2000-2006 GMC YUKON, YUKON XL MODELS 2003-2006 HUMMER H2 . *TR

2002 GMC YUKON SUFFERED MULTIPLE BRAKELINE FAILURES DUE TO CORROSION. REAR BRAKE LINES RUNNING ALONG THE AXLE WERE ORIGINALLY REPLACED UPON VISUAL INSPECTION. THE REAR MAIN LINE FROM THE ABS MODULATOR FAILED SHORTLY AFTER FROM A CORROSION INDUCED LEAK WHERE THE LINE PASSES OVER THE FUEL TANK. THE FRONT LINES WERE SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT AS A PRECAUTION BUT FAILED PRIOR TO REPAIR WHERE THE LINE PASSES OVER THE RADIATOR BRACE. ALL BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES SHOW SIGNIFICANT CORROSION DAMAGE. *TR

STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. INSPECTED VEHICLE AND NOTICED RUSTED BRAKE LINES FAILED.I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY AND STARTED TO BRAKE AND THEN THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD THE STAND ON IT TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO KEEP FROM HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE VEHICLE I FOUND A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE. FURTHER REVIEW FOUND ALL 4 LINES 8 INCHES BELOW THE MASTER CYLINDER AND LOWER SERIOUSLY CORRODED. FLUID RESERVOIR WAS STILL FULL OF FLUID. THE LINE BROKE OUT UNDER THE CARRIAGE, FRONT DRIVER SIDE, JUST BEHIND THE FRONT WHEEL WELL. PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE OF THE CORRODED LINES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON WITH MICHELIN TIRES, SIZE: 265/70/R16. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MICHELIN FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED AT 30 MPH. ALL LINES AND HOSES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED, NOT MERELY SURFACE RUSTED. BRAKE HOSE NUTS RUSTED TO CALIPERS, COULD NOT BE REMOVED, REQUIRING 2 CALIPERS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THIS INVOLVES THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT WILL NOT HOLD THE VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED. I HAD NOTICED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DID NOT DO A VERY GOOD JOB HOLDING THE VEHICLE WHEN APPLIED FROM THE TIME IT WAS NEW BUT HAD NOT GIVEN IT MUCH THOUGHT SINCE I NEVER USED IT. SEVERAL YEARS LATER I TRIED TO GET IT INSPECTED AND IT FAILED. I FOUND THAT THE REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT II NEVER USE WERE HAD WORN OUT SHOES AND HAD DAMAGED THE DRUM. I REPLACED THE SHOES AND ONE DRUM AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE BRAKES TO HOLD WHEN THE BRAKE WERE APPLIED. THE BRAKE HAS BEEN APPLIED PROPERLY SENSE THEN BUT STARTED TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN BY NOT HOLDING THE VEHICLE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE SHOES AGAIN AT 172,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT GENERAL MOTORS WILL NOT ADDRESS. *TR

WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, I PUSHED BRAKE BEFORE ENTERING STREET - PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT HAD NO BRAKE ACTION. WAS BRAKING FINE DAY BEFORE. *TR

WHILE STOPPING FOR THE STOP SIGN DOWN THE BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I COULD NOT STOP THE TRUCK, I HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE TRUCK. I BROUGHT THE TRUCK BACK HOME AND FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING THE BRAKE FLUID TO LEAK OUT.

WHILE UNDER VEHICLE TO REPLACE GAS FILTER IT HAD BECOME EVIDENT TO ME THAT THE BRAKE LINES WHERE THEY ENTER THE ABS UNIT WERE FAIRLY RUSTED. AS I INVESTIGATED FURTHER TO AREAS NOT EASILY VISIBLE I HAD DISCOVERED THAT ALL THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES ARE EXTREMELY RUSTED AND IMMINENT FAILURE IS EVIDENT. IN MENTIONING THIS TO A FRIEND HE SUGGEST I CHECK ON LINE AS HE HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. I WAS ABSOLUTELY TAKEN ABACK TO SEE HOW COMMON THIS FAILURE IS ON THESE VEHICLES AND THAT GMC IS AWARE OF IT, YET THEY HAVE NEVER APPRISED ME OF THIS "POSSIBLE CONDITION"' AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PREVENT FAILURE WHICH COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH ! I HAVE BEEN A MECHANIC FOR MANY YEARS AND HAD WORKED FOR GM SOME YEARS BACK. I HAVE NEVER OBSERVED SUCH DETERIORATION IN A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE. THIS VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY WELL MAINTAINED IN BOTH PERIODIC AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. I DO NOT LIVE BY THE WATER, WE LIVE IN A MODERATE CLIMATE AND VEHICLE IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANYTHING BUT NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. I HAVE (COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE CARS) OLDEST BEING 36 YEARS OLD AND THE LINES ON ALL CARS LOOK NEW OR IN GOOD SHAPE. TO MY FURTHER DISSATISFACTION I HAD CONTACTED GMC AND THEY DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM OR CONDITION. I THINK ALL PARTIES CONCERNED SHOULD CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE CATASTROPHIC OUTCOME OF THIS COMPONENT FAILURE AND ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THESE VEHICLES AND THE POSSIBLE SECONDARY CONSEQUENCES IN AN ACCIDENT AND TAKE IMMEDIATE REMEDIAL ACTION. *TR

BRAKE LINES SEVERELY RUSTED. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM TOWN, BRAKES WENT FROM WORKING GREAT---TO BRAKE PEDAL HITTING THE FLOOR, STOPPED AND FOUND LARGE AMOUNT OF BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ONTO GROUND. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME WITH BRAKE PEDDLE HITTING FLOOR AND BRAKE LINE FAILURE LIGHT AND AUDIO WARNING. APPROX. ONE MONTH EARLIER, PARKING BRAKE LINE, RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE. UPON SEARCHING FOR BRAKE LINE LEAK, I WAS FRIGHTENED ON HOW RUSTED OUT ALL THE BRAKES LINES ARE,. *TR

THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSORS ARE MALFUNCTIONING AND CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES THAT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. THE ORIGINAL RECALL WAS COMPLETED IN 2006, ACCORDING TO GMC THEY ONLY CLEANED THE PARTS AND DID NOT REPLACE THEM. AS A RESULT THERE IS SEVERE CORROSION ON THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSOR CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

ON OCTOBER 9TH, 2012 I ENTERED MY YUKON AT APPROXIMATELY 9PM IN A PARKING LOT IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, OHIO. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND START MY VEHICLE. I SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND BEGAN BACKUP WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND NEVER REGAINED ANY BRAKE PRESSURE. I DID MANAGE TO GET MY WIFE AND I HOME SAFELY. I UNDERSTAND THAT NHTSA ALREADY HAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION PER FOLLOWING: "IN 2010, AFTER RECEIVING OWNER COMPLAINTS, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) INITIATED A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF BRAKE FAILURE TRENDS AMONG SIX MILLION GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLES BUILD BETWEEN 1999-2003, INCLUDING THE CHEVY AVALANCHE AND SILVERADO, THE GMC SIERRA AND SOME OF THE AUTOMAKER'S HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS. INITIALLY, ABOUT 100 OWNERS REPORTED FAILURE OF CORRODED BRAKE LINES, RESULTING IN EITHER LENGTHY STOPPING DISTANCES OR CRASHES." "THE PROBLEM HAS ESCALATED, WITH MORE OWNERS REPORTING BRAKE LINE FAILURE, AND SO FAR GM HAS NOT KICKED-IN REPAIR DOLLARS. IN EARLY 2011, NHTSA UPGRADED THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION TO AN ENGINEERING ANALYSIS." FROM ABOUT.COM. WHILE MY WIFE AND I DID RETURN HOME SAFELY IT WAS RATHER TERRIFYING TO DRIVE 25 MILES WITH VIRTUALLY NO BRAKES. WHY DIDN'T GM INITIATE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IF NHTSA IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST GENERAL MOTOR AS WE FEEL THEY COULD HAVE PUT OUR LIVES IN DANGER IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN A WAY THAT I WASN'T AWARE AND HAD TO BRAKE FOR AN EMERGENCY. FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE GMC DEALERSHIP IS CHARGING $2000 REPLACE THE CORRODED BRAKE LINES. *TR

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED BY RUSTED BRAKE LINES. WHEN APPLYING BRAKE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. WAS TAKEN TO A NEAR BY GARAGE AND SHOWN 4 SEPARATE LEAKS IN THE LINES. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR WAS $1800-2000. IM LUCKY NO-ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED. AFTER ASKING FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO HAVE SIMILAR GM FULLSIZE TRUCKS AND SUVS AROUND THE SAME YEAR 5 OF THEM REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE WHICH IS QUITE DISTURBING. ONE OF WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENGAGING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND HE SHIFTED INTO PARK HE NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

BROKEN/LEAKING BRAKE LINES DUE TO SEVERE UNDERBODY CORROSION: FRAME,BRAKE AND GAS LINES, FRONT SUSPENSION, SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY, NUTS, BOLTS, EXHAUST PIPES, ETC. ALONG WITH THIS I REPLACED TWO TRANSMISSIONS, ONCE DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE, FUEL PUMP FAILURE, BRAKE CALIPER FAILURE, A FEW SETS OF REAR PARKING BRAKE SHOES BECAUSE THE ADJUSTMENTS DONT WORK PROPERLY, THREE WINDOW REGULATORS AND ALL WITHIN 163,630 MILES. YEA I'M PIS@#$ OFF. *TR

2002 DENALI XL 100.000 MI SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE PEDAL TO FLOOR NO WARNINGS OF ANY KIND. NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS INSTALLED 8 MONTHS AGO UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE ALL HARD BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THERE WAS A BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DROVE HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE SHOCK MOUNTS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINE. BRAKING WAS NOT EXISTENT AS THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR. THANK GOD FOR NOT BEING IN A BUSY STREET AND BEING ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP. THIS IS A HEAVY VEHICLE AND WITHOUT BRAKING ABILITY IT COULD EASILY KILL PEOPLE. AFTER ADDING SOME BRAKE FLUID (MOST OF WHICH LEAKED THROUGH THE BROKEN LINE) THERE'S NOT EVEN A WARNING LIGHT ON TO ALERT OF A BRAKING PROBLEM DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE OTHER IMPORTANT POINT TO NOTE IS THAT THE FAILURE IN THE LINE APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED IN A PART OF THE LINE THAT APPEARS TO BE INSIDE THE CAR FRAME WHICH MAKES IT THE MOST PROTECTED LINE FROM THE OUTSIDE ELEMENTS. IF THAT'S THE FIRST LINE TO FAIL, IT WOULD SUGGEST SUB STANDARD MATERIALS BEING USED IN MANUFACTURING THESE LINES. *TR

REAR BRAKE LINE FAILED WHEN MY WIFE PULLED TRUCK OUT OF DRIVEWAY. ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED VERY BADLY. *TR

ON 01/03/2012 I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL DRIVERS SIDE COLLISION,WHICH INVOLVED MY SUV AND ANOTHER CAR TRAVELING AROUND 45-50 MPH. THE IMPACT SMASHED IN THE DRIVER DOOR AND HOOD ALONG WITH OTHER DAMAGES. NEITHER FRONT AIR BAGS DELAYED WHICH RESULTED IN ME HITTING MY FACE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND HAVING EXTENSIVE DENTAL DAMAGE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NEEDED TO DEPLOY AIRBAGS BUT I DO BELIEVE MINE SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *TR

I STARTED VEHICLE, DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, I THEN PLACED THE SHIFTER INTO REVERSE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE WHEN I REALIZED THE VEHICLE WASN'T STOPPING AS USUAL. I THEN PUT THE SHIFTER INTO DRIVE AND PARKED IT . I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED ALOT OF FLUID (ON THE DRIVERS SIDE) ALL OVER THE GROUND. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT MOVED TO A MECHANICS LOCATION FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE MAIN (CORRODED) BRAKE LINE BURST CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK EVERYWHERE AND CREATING A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING DRIVING HAZARD ( BRAKE FAILURE) HAD I NOT PARKED THE VEHICLE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT ENDING....THIS NEEDS TO INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON COMING DOWN TO FLORIDA. CHECK FLUID AND IT WAS WAY DOWN. TOOK TO MECH. AND DISCOVERED SOME OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. ONE WORST THAN THE OTHER. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. THE NHTSA SHOULD GO AFTER THE MANUFACTURE FOR THIS FEDERALLY REGULATED DEFECT. *TR

UNLIKE MANY OTHERS MY CHEVROLET MECHANIC WARNED ME OF THE CORROSION PROBLEMS THEY FOUND ON MY BRAKE LINES ON MY GMC 2002 YUKON, AND THE NEED TO REPLACE THEM. THIS $1,700 REPAIR IS EXCESSIVE, BUT I COULD NOT CONSIDER RISKING FAILURE. WE TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS CLOSE TO 1,000 MILES PER MONTH AND OCCASIONALLY TOW A 5,000 POUND BOAT/TRAILER. I TYPICALLY BUY NEW CARS, MAINTAIN THEM WITH THE DEALER AND RUN THEM AS LONG AS I CAN. I HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE FAILURE. HAVING ONLY BRIEFLY RESEARCHED THIS ON LINE AND EASILY FINDING HUNDREDS OF REPORTED FAILURES, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT GMC HAS NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE. A FRIEND HAS REPORTED TO US THAT BOTH THEIR SIERRA AND YUKON EXPERIENCED ON ROAD FAILURES. I MAINTAIN MY CARS AS RESPONSIBLY AS I CAN, AT A COST, BUT NOT WANTING ANY HIGHWAY FAILURES. I HATE TO THINK ABOUT THE AGING GMC/CHEVY TRUCK POPULATION THAT IS NOW DRIVING NEXT TO ME. WHY HAS GMC NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS ARE CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD AND MAY LEAD TO FAILED CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND OTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED, AS IT RENDERS THE VEHICLE EITHER UNUSABLE OR UNABLE TO PASS ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING. *TR

BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON MY 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. ALL BRAKE LINES RUSTED AND ONE FAILED WITHOUT A CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FAILED TO SECURE THE DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 65,000. UPDATED 11/03/11*LJ UPDATED 11/23/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BRAKING, THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD ENGAGE AND CAUSE THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS OCCURS AT LOW SPEEDS AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OR LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000.

VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, AFTER PULLING OVER THE DISABLED VEHICLE A QUICK INSPECTION REVEALED ROTTED BRAKE LINES RUNNING TO THE ABS CONTROL UNIT WHICH HAD FAILED UNDER BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF BRAKING WITH NO WARNING OR ANY MIL LIGHT STATUS PRIOR TO FAILURE. ALL THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE HEAVILY CORRODED AND ALL NEEDED REPLACING BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS USABLE. *KB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND WAS IN THE INTERSECTION BEFORE IT FINALLY STOPPED. THE BRAKING ISSUES PERSISTED AS THE VEHICLE WAS CONTINUOUSLY DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

GMC 2002 YUKON SLE, 193,000 MILES, EXPERIENCED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE, LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING LIGHTS REGARDING BRAKE LINE PRESSURE, FUNCTION OR ABS. THE LOSS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO EXTENSIVELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES RESULTING IN A $3000 REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A MONTH AGO THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY TURNED OFF WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE AIR CONDITIONER CAME ON FULL BLAST. THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT INSTEAD OF THE AIR CONDITIONER IT WAS THE HEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY CORRODED WIRES UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT HAD THE WIRES REPLACED AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH THE HEAT VOLUNTARILY COMING ON. THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 183000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 184000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND A BATTERY INDICATION LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED, THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 116,000.

THE BRAKES RECENTLY FAILED ON OUR 2002 GMC YUKON XL 1500 4WD SUV. WHILE DESCENDING A MODERATELY STEEP HILL ON OUR STREET, MY WIFE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, AND THE PEDAL WENT ALL OF THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THANKFULLY, SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE UP THE NEXT HILL AND BRING IT TO A STOP. INSPECTION REVEALED BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED FROM A HIGHLY CORRODED BRAKE LINE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, BELOW THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THREE OTHER ADJACENT BRAKE LINES WERE ALSO SIMILARLY CORRODED. UPON CONTACTING THE NEAREST GM DEALER (TOM GILL CHEVROLET, FLORENCE, KY), THE SERVICE AGENT INFORMED ME "THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN A 9-YEAR OLD VEHICLE." FOUR ALMOST COMPLETELY RUSTED BRAKE LINES, IN JUST 8 YEARS? THAT RIDICULOUS! I HAVE A 16-YEAR-OLD TOYOTA IN THE DRIVEWAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND I SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE IT WITH MY MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE AND FAR NEWER AMERICAN MADE SUV. TOM GILL SERVICE REFUSED TO GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF REPAIR, STATING I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED THE 17 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP, WITH A "WE'RE COMPETITIVE--WE'LL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE PRICE." COMFORTING. A FEW MORE CALLS TO LOCAL SHOPS REVEALED AN ESTIMATE OF BETWEEN $850-1,100 FOR REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF ALL FOUR LINES. I ENDED-UP SPENDING 22 HOURS PULLING-OUT THE OLD LINES AND BENDING/FLARING/INSTALLING ENTIRELY NEW FRONT LINES MYSELF. LAST WEEK I LEARNED I'M NOT ALONE--A WCPO NEWS REPORT REVEALED THIS IS PROBLEMATIC WITH GM TRUCKS/SUVS, WITH GM DEFLECTING BLAME TO "SALT BRINE." AFTER ALL OF THESE YEARS, AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS ARE STILL TAKING SHORTCUTS AND CANNING ETHICS...TOYOTA WILL CONTINUE TO WIN MARKET SHARE AS LONG AS THIS CRAP CONTINUES. I'M ANGRY BECAUSE IT'S PUTTING OUR FAMILIES AT RISK. NO ONE GOT HURT THIS TIME, AT LEAST NOT IN MY FAMILY, BUT THE POTENTIAL IS CERTAINLY THERE. I THINK GM SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, AND I AM HOLDING ONTO THE CORRODED BRAKE LINES AS EVIDENCE IN THE EVENT OF A FUTURE RECALL. I'D ALSO LIKE THOSE 22 HOURS BACK. *TR

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

DRIVING FROM TAMPA TO ORLANDO IN MY 2002 GMC YUKON WITH TRAILER IN TOW. BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WHILE HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I WAS TOW HOME BY AAA NO FLUID IN RESERVOIR FILLED IT UP. SAW FLUID LEAKING UNDER DRIVERS DOOR LOOK WITH FLASHLIGHT AND SAW CLUSTER OF LINES CORRODED LEAKING FROM A ROUND DEVICE AND RUNNING DOWN THE RAIL TOWARD BACK. ABOUT TWO FT. LONG. I THINK THEY ARE THE METAL BRAKE LINES AND THEIR FAILURE SEEMS LIKE A DEFECT IN MATERIAL AS I THINK THEY SHOULD BE MADE OF A HARDER OR MORE LASTING STAINLESS STEEL OR SOMETHING AS BRAKES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT DEVICE ON A VEHICLE. I NOW FEEL FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY GMC SAID IMPROPER MAINTENANCE. I THINK GMC SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAULTY DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINES BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED OR MAYBE THEY HAVE ALREADY. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2002 GMC YUKON XL 2 DAYS AGO, SOLD "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTY. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPEEDOMETER ARE THE LIGHTS THAT INDICATE THE POSITION OF THE SHIFTER (PARK, REVERSE, NEUTRAL, OVERDRIVE, AND GEARS 3,2 AND 1) AND ALSO THE ODOMETER READING. THESE INDICATOR LIGHTS WORKED FINE DURING THE TEST DRIVE BUT BECAME INTERMITTENT ON THE DRIVE HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SINCE THEN. YOU LOSE ALL INDICATION OF WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN AND OF THE ODOMETER READING. THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO A DRIVER SHIFTING GEARS IMPROPERLY AND UNSAFELY, SUCH AS SHIFTING INTO A FORWARD GEAR IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE REVERSE GEAR IS INTENDED OR SHIFTING INTO REVERSE WHILE DRIVING AND SEEKING OVERDRIVE AFTER BEING IN A LOWER GEAR. I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD BY A FEW DEALERS THAT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURES ARE SOMEWHAT COMMON IN YUKON XLS AND ARE COSTING AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT $700 TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WHEN ONLY A SINGLE GAUGE IS HAVING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. SINCE THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE COMMON AND CAN EFFECT SAFETY, AS IN THE EXAMPLES I GAVE ABOVE, PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND SEE IF A RECALL/MANUFACTURER FIX IS WARRANTED. I JUST INVESTIGATED DRIVER COMPLAINTS AROUND THE INTERNET AND FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT YUKON XL SPEEDOMETER FAILURE/INTERMITTENT, FOR INSTANCE. IF A DRIVER DOESN'T KNOW WHAT SPEED HE IS TRAVELING AT HE IS A LESS SAFE DRIVER AND A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO OTHERS. EXCESSIVELY SLOW DRIVERS AND EXCESSIVELY FAST DRIVERS CAN BOTH CAUSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN TRAFFIC, AND IN RURAL AREAS THERE MAY BE FEWER, IF ANY, DRIVERS ALONGSIDE TO HELP GAUGE THE NORMAL SPEED THAT IS APPROPRIATE. ALSO A VEHICLE COULD UNEXPECTEDLY FAIL OR STALL IN TRAFFIC, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, IF A DRIVER IS UNAWARE OF AN EXTREMELY LOW BATTERY OR LOW FUEL, ETC. INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR SAFETY IN MANY WAYS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS WITH INTERMITTENT AND FAILURES IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS USED IN 2002 GMC YUKON XLS. (MINE IS A 1500). *TR

2002 GMC YUKON XL REAR TAILGATE GLASS FAILED/BROKEN HINGE DUE TO POOR DESIGN. THIS RESULTS IN THE REAR GLASS HELD ON BY ONE HINGE INSTEAD OF TWO. REAR GLASS DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY AND IS AT RISK TO DETACH FROM VEHICLE. MANY OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE (AND SISTER VEHICLES TAHOE AND SUBURBAN) HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS DEFECT. GM FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

THE MAIN REAR METAL BRAKE LINE ON MY 2002 GMC YUKON XL HAS SPRUNG A LEAK DUE TO RUST. THE VEHICLE HAS 63,000 MILES. THERE WAS A SEVERE LOSS OF PEDAL PRESSURE,A LARGE INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCES AND LARGE PUDDLES OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE VEHICLE. *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY TAHOE, AND I'M IN CHARGE OF SERVICING THREE, 2002 AND 2003 GMC YUKONS FOR MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. THE MIDDLE ROW SEATS IN ALL OF THESE HAVE SEATBELT ISSUES. THESE ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO FIX OR REPLACE AND ALL FOUR VEHICLES THAT I DEAL WITH HAVE AT LEAST ONE OF THE SHOULDER BELTS IN THAT MIDDLE ROW SEAT THAT EITHER WONT COME OUT OR WON'T RETRACT. *TR

2002 GMC YUKON XL 8.1 VORTEC ENGINE TURNS OFF. POSSIBLY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. *TR

I RECENTLY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE AFTER DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE TODAY. YESTERDAY, I REALIZED THAT TO STOP, I HAD TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE MY BRAKES HAD BEEN WORKING JUST FINE. TODAY I NOTICED THE SAME PROBLEM AND REPORTED IT TO MY BOYFRIEND, WHO CONDUCTED A VISUAL INSPECTION AT THE BRAKE LINES AND UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT, BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT RAPIDLY AND WAS PUDDLING UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HAD I NOT STOPPED, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. AS A RESULT, I CAN NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRAKES ARE NO LONGER WORKING. I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THIS VEHICLE THAT I RECENTLY PURCHASED HAS STALLED ON TWO OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING. BOTH TIMES I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND HAD DIFFICULTY SAFELY GETTING OFF THE ROADWAY, AS I HAD NO POWER. I HAVE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT I AM 1 OF MANY WITH THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 3-10 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) WOULD ENGAGE. THE DEALER ADVISED ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 05V379000: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILOCK), HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 53,000.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL UNEXPECTEDLY WENT TO FLOOR & BARELY AVOIDED COLLISION. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER, NOTIFIED DEALER OF BRAKE LINE FAILURE THAT NHTSA & GM ARE AWARE OF, AFTER THERE FOR 2 DAYS & DEALER NOT RETURNING OUR CALLS, WAS EVENTUALLY NOTIFIED 4 CORRODED BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACEMENT AT MY EXPENSE, STILL WAITING FOR ESTIMATE OF REPAIR COST GOING ON 3 DAYS. MY HUSBAND WAS A MECHANIC AT GM DEALERS FOR OVER 12 YEARS & NEVER SEEN 1 STATIC BRAKE LINE RUPTURE NEVERMIND 4 BECOME DEFECTIVE AT THE SAME TIME ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE VEHICLE BARELY HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT & HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. DEALER WAS VERY UNCOOPERATIVE IN SEEKING GM REMEDIATION ASSISTANCE FOR US OR TAKING ANY SELF-INITIATIVE ANYTIME TO KEEP US INFORMED, VEHICLE OUT OF SERVICE & HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR GOING ON 3 DAYS NOW, AFTER NOT FOLLOWING UP WITH US NOR RETURNING OUR CALLS JUST REACHED DEALER RIGHT BEFORE CLOSING TIME & WAS INFORMED THEY STILL CANNOT LOCATE PARTS AT FACTORY OR ANYWHERE ELSE, FACT THAT 4 LINES DEFECTIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY & STILL UNABLE TO LOCATE PARTS CLEARLY INDICATES MANUFACTURING DEFECT... NO CAR, NO SERVICE, NO PRICE, NO PARTS, WHEN WILL IT EVER END? RECOMMEND URGENT PRIORITY -IF NOT REMEDIED QUICKLY- MANY LIVES COULD BE LOST! *TR

THE ENGINE CAN STALL INTERMITTENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS SITUATION CAN SEVERELY IMPAIR HIGH SPEED STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. AFTER STALLING ENGINE WILL NOT START WHILE COASTING IT WILL START NORMALLY AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. *TR

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WHILE DRIVING: I HAVE A YUKON XL 2002. OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS THE ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN WHILE THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. IT HAS OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED AND AT LOW SPEED. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER NO LESS THAN 5 TIMES AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS REPRESENTS A MAJOR DANGER AS WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN THE CAR BECOMES DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER AND MOVING OUT OF THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC HAS BEEN EACH TIME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO ME AND TO OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

THE BRAKES ON MY 2002 GMC YUKON XL SEEM TO FAIL AT LOW SPEED. YOU PRESS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT GOES TO THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT STOP. WE HAVE HAD THE SPEED SENOR REPLACED, RECALLED PART REPLACED IN 2005. THE DESCRIPTION SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH MY TRUCK. GMC SAYS IT WILL NOT REPLACE THIS PART FOR FREE,SINCE IT HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE BEFORE. THIS PART IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PART, I FEEL GMC SHOULD REPLACE IT. SAFETY FIRST. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON XL AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE LATCH SYSTEM. I LEARNED FROM THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT ALL VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE YEAR 2002 AND AFTER SHOULD HAVE THE LATCH SYSTEM. *TR

ABS ACTIVATES DURING SLOW STOPS, INCREASES STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER PERFORMED RECALL 05V37900 AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT SPEED SENSORS AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. I BELIEVE PROBLEM IS CORROSION IN FRONT WHEEL HUBS ON TONE RING. RECALL DOES NOT ADDRESS THAT PART.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 5 MPH HE SUDDENLY LOST THE POWER ASSIST IN THE STEERING WHEEL. AS PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEERING WHEEL IT WOULD BREAK FREE TO TURN AND THEN RESET ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 74,000. UPDATED 04-15-10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH GM AND THE DEALER A NEW POWER STEERING PUMP WAS ORDERED. THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED ON APRIL 13TH. UPDATED 05/05/10.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON WHICH HAS FOUR B.F. GOODRICH LT 235/75/R16 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN 2008. HE STATED THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN THE SIDEWALL OF ALL FOUR TIRES THAT FORMED AROUND THE TREAD OF THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE TIRES PERTAINING TO THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF FAILURE. THE VIN WAS REJECTED FROM THE SYSTEM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE TIRE MILEAGES WERE UNDER 25,000. THE CURRENT VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

KNOCKING NOISE IS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IS FELT AS A "CLUNK" THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. HAPPENS WHEN PARALLEL PARKING....TIGHT, SLOW TURNS IN REVERSE. FEELS LIKE GEARS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL ARE STICKING AND LURCHING. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF FOR A LONG TIME. *TR

AFTER THREE PREVIOUS "REPAIRS" INCLUDING ONE RECALL, OUR 2002 GMC YUKON XL ABS BRAKES ARE MALFUNCTIONING FOR THE FOURTH TIME, EXHIBITING THE EXACT SAME CONDITION THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A 2005 RECALL. THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT LOW SPEEDS, RESULTING IN A LONGER THAN NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS COLLISIONS HAVE NARROWLY BEEN AVOIDED AS THE ABS BRAKE PEDAL "CHATTERING" INTERFERES WITH NORMAL BRAKING AT CRUCIAL TIMES. *TR

MY 2002 GMC YUKON HAS THE PROBLEM THAT WHEN STOPPING AT SLOW SPEEDS THE ABS BRAKES ACTIVATE CAUSING THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME WAS JUST BEFORE THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM IN 2005, THE SECOND TIME WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2007 WHEN IT WAS FIXED UNDER THE RECALL, AND JUST RECENTLY WHEN I HAD TO AGAIN PAY FOR THE REPAIR. EACH TIME IT WAS REPAIRED BY REMOVING AND CLEANING OR REPLACING THE SENSORS. OBVIOUSLY THE REPAIR DONE AS A RESULT OF THE RECALL IS TEMPORARY AT BEST AND THE SAFETY ISSUE OF THE CAR LURCHING FORWARD RETURNS. IN MY CASE IT APPEARS TO RETURN IN ABOUT 2 YEARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2002. HE STATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATING INAPPROPRIATELY AT LOW SPEEDS OF 8 MPH AND UNDER. THE FAILURE WOULD CAUSE THE PEDAL TO PULSE AND WOULD NOT STOP IN A NORMAL FASHION. THE VEHICLE WOULD BRAKE ON AND OFF AND CAUSED HIM TO FEEL AS IF HE WAS LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL CAMPAIGN REGARDING THE SAME FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V379000) HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD TAKE NO LIABILITY FOR REPAIRS IN THE VEHICLE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNDER 87,944. UPDATED 12/22/09 *BF UPDATED 12/22/09. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH AND SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A STOP THE ABS BEGINS TO ACTIVATE WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRAG TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CURRENT RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND THE WARRANTY BEING EXPIRED, NO COMPENSATION WOULD BE OFFERED BUT HE WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,700 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 124,391.

THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL NEARLY FELL OFF OUR 2002 YUKON 1500 SLT. WE HAD JUST STOPPED TO PAY A TOLL ON THE MAINE TURNPIKE. AS WE DROVE OUT OF THE TOLL BOOTH, MY HUSBAND HAD DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE VEHICLE. A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE CAME FROM THE LEFT FRONT END OF OUR CAR. THE ABS LIGHT FLASHED ON. GRIPPING THE WOBBLY STEERING WHEEL, MY HUSBAND GUIDED THE VEHICLE ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC INTO THE NARROW BREAKDOWN LANE. THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF THE VEHICLE. CARS AND TRUCKS WHIZZED BY DANGEROUSLY CLOSE AS MY HUSBAND TRIED TO REPOSITION THE WHEEL AND TIGHTEN THE BOLTS THAT HAD LOOSENED. TWO HUNDRED MILES FROM HOME, AND A FEW MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION, WE HOBBLED ON. MY HUSBAND STOPPED REPEATEDLY TO RETIGHTEN THE BOLTS. WE GOT OFF THE TURNPIKE AND INCHED ALONG SLOWLY ON BACK ROADS. STILL, THIS FINAL LEG OF OUR JOURNEY WAS TREACHEROUS. STEERING WAS ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE. WE NEARLY WENT OFF THE ROAD. WHEN FINALLY SAFELY STOPPED, THE TIRE AND METAL WHEEL PARTS WERE SO HOT, THEY HAD TO BE HOSED DOWN. SMOKE CAME FROM THE WHEEL. THE METAL WAS SCORCHED. THE CALIPER HOLDING THE WHEEL WAS SEVERELY BENT, THE BRAKES DESTROYED, AND THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL SCORED AND CHARRED. PARTS HAD DISINTEGRATED. THE BEARINGS WERE GONE. IT IS INCREDIBLE WE WERE ABLE TO DRIVE EVEN 10 MILES. IF I HAD BEEN BEHIND THE WHEEL, INSTEAD OF MY HUSBAND, I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. IF THE PROBLEM HAD MANIFESTED ITSELF AS WE HURTLED DOWN THE HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF EXITING A TOLL BOOTH, THE WHEEL SURELY WOULD HAVE FLOWN OFF THE CAR INTO TRAFFIC. I SHUDDER TO THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES. OUR TWO YOUNG SONS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT. WE WERE VERY LUCKY, BUT ARE NOW MINUS A VEHICLE WE NEED. IT SITS WHERE WE LEFT IT, 200 MILES AWAY. WE NEED TO BRING IT HOME, BUT THE TOW CHARGE WILL BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE, NOT TO MENTION THE REPAIRS. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. WE NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE OF KNOWN PROBLEMS RELATED TO AN ISSUE WITH THIS YUKON'S WHEELS. WHY NOT? *TR

THERE IS A RECALL (05V379000) AND I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE IN TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN 2007, NOW THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING TWO YEARS LATER AND THEY WONT COVER IT. I HAVE CONTACTED GMC TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR ME. *TR

WAS DRIVING APPROX 60MPH ON NEWLY PAVED 4 LANE HIGHWAY (US 31). VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE AND THEN SHAKE. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH APPROX 80% OF THE TREAD AND BELT SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND NUMEROUS HOLES IN THE TIRE. MANY SHARP STEEL PRONG ENDS WERE STICKING OUT OF THE TIRE AND THE SEPARATED TREAD/BELT. DESTROYED THE WHEEL WELL COVERING. 2002 YUKON XL. TIRES HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN MARCH 2008. WHEN LOOKING AT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE, IT HAD NUMEROUS LARGE CRACKS FROM THE TREAD EXTENDING INTO THE SIDEWALL. TO AVOID HAVING ANOTHER BLOWOUT/SEPARATION, QUICKLY REPLACED THAT TIRE AND RETURNED BOTH TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED. HAVING THE DEALER CONTACT COOPER AND INSPECT THE REAR 2 TIRES AS WELL (VISUAL INSPECTION DID NOT SHOW THE TREAD/SIDEWALL CRACKS). *TR

A MAJOR FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY GMC YUKON 2002, I HAVE CONTACTED GM BUT THEY DENIED ANY PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THIS. I FOUND A NHTSA CAMPAIGN #05V379000 IN RELATION WITH THIS. PLEASE ADVISE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTI LOCK). ONE MONTH LATER, HE NOTICED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING LOW-SPEED BRAKE APPLICATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE ABS ACTIVATES UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,582 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. HIS VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MODERATE BODILY INJURIES. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED WHY THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE FAILED INCIDENT AND A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT. HE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 107,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE ABS ACTIVATES AND PREVENTS THE VEHICLE FROM COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP WHEN NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE CONTACT CALLED THEM AND WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECT. HE HAS DONE MUCH RESEARCH AND FOUND SEVERAL RECALLS WITH THE SAME FAILURE AS HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 03/12/09. *LJ UPDATED 03/13/09. *JB

WHINING IN ENGINE-FOUND TO BE BAD BEARINGS AND METAL IN DIFFERENTIAL. WAS TOLD COULD HAVE MADE CAR LOCK UP AT ANYTIME (IMAGINE THAT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC). THIS IS SECOND CAR IN FAMILY WITH EXACT SAME PROBLEM ALTHOUGH WAS TOLD IT WAS "RARE". *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK) BECAUSE HER VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. THE ABS INDICATOR ILLUMINATES AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. THE ABS ACTIVATION ALSO MAKES STOPPING THE VEHICLE VERY DIFFICULT. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO DEFUSE THE FUSE WHERE THE ABS INDICATOR IS LOCATED IN ORDER TO STOP THE NOISE WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD COST $1,100. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY INSTRUCTED THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT 50% OF THE COST; HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE ON 2002 YUKON DENALI IN MICHIGAN. MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM OF THE RECALL. THOUGH MY VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THE RECALL. GM IS REFUSING TO FIX MY VEHICLE BECAUSE MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE GM COMPUTER SYSTEM AS REQUIRING THE RECALL. PLEASE GET GM TO PUT VEHICLE REQUIRED BY RECALL IN THEIR SYSTEM. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE BACK LIFT GLASS BLEW OFF THE TAILGATE AND HIT A MOTORCYCLIST HE WAS NOT INJURED BUT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO HIS BIKE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS TO THE GLASS AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE GLASS SO I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT OUT OF POCKET. WHEN I WENT TO THE GLASS PLACE THE GUY TOLD ME THE SAME THING HAPPEN WITH HIS SUV AND THE DEALER SAID THEY HAD TO UPDATE HIS LIFT GLASS WITH BOLTS INSTEAD OF THE GLUE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY USED WHEN MANUFACTURED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE ACTIVATION. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ANTILOCK SPEED SENSOR AND THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY AT THE COST OF $600. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,630. UPDATED 11/14/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/18/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, AND WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHILE IN PARK. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V521000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) IS IDENTICAL TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT IS EXPERIENCING. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. UPDATED 11/12/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/14/08. *JB

VEHICLE LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, FLICKERS CONSTANTLY, HAS BEEN TO REPAIR SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY CHECK OUT FINE. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW AN ANSWER. *TR

2002 GMC YUKON XL. *TR

BACK WINDOW HINGE, PASSENGER SIDE, 02 YUKON XL, SEPARATED FROM WINDOW/BROKE. NO ROUGH USE, JUST SNAPPED WHEN I OPENED IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 YUKON DENALI AWD. I TOOK A LONG TRIP THIS WEEK FOR VACATION AND NOTICED THAT THE ABS LIGHT AS BEEN COMING ON AND OFF, AND NOW ITS ON ALL THE TIME. WHENEVER IM MOVING AT LOW SPEEDS IT TENDS TO PULSE WHEN I BRAKE OR HAVE THE ABS ACTIVATE MAKING AN EASY SLOW STOP BECOME AND LONG STOP THAT HAS MADE ME SWERVE TO MISS MANY NEAR COLLISIONS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. IM ALSO HEARING A KNOCKING SOUND AT LOW SPEEDS IN THE DRIVE SIDE WHEEL ONLY WHEN I TURN RIGHT, BETWEEN THE 2 THAT HAVE JUST RECENTLY APPEARED MADE MY 900 MILE TRIP A NIGHTMARE, NOT KNOWING WHAT IT IS. I'VE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND NOTICE THERE WAS A RECALL IN CANADA FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THE COMPLAINTS ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO GET IT IN THE U.S. SO HOW MANY PPL NEED TO RISK BEING INJURED OR KILLED FOR GM TO DO THE RIGHT THING. THEY OBVIOUSLY NO SOMETHING IS WRONG AND IS NOT WILLING TO HELP THE CONSUMERS. THANKS *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ABS ACTIVATED AND THE CONTACT HEARD A FLUTTERING NOISE. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WHEEL HUBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07E106000 (WHEELS:CAP/COVER/HUB). THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,880 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,700.

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH UNDER NORMAL DRY CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO STALL. ONCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED THE CONTACT LOST THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS WELL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT A CRASH. THIS FAILURE HAPPENED ON THREE OTHER OCCASIONS WITH OUT INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY FIXED THE THROTTLE BODY AND WATER PUMP. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AFTER THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR ORDER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 .

THE GRAND AM SEEMS TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ITS ANTI THEFT DEVISE IF YOU GO TO EDMANS.COM YOU WILL SEE MANY COMPLAINTS TO THIS PROBLEM AS WELL AS MANY MORE. WE ARE ALL GETTING STRANDED AND SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. G.M. NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS AND DO A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ON 2/24/2008 I TRIED TO MOVE THE AUTOMATIC GEAR SELECT LEVER ON MY 2002 GMC YUKON XL TO THE PARK POSITION. THE GEAR SELECT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE INTO THE PARK POSITION. AS A RESULT, I COULD NOT REMOVE THE KEYS OR STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING WHILE SITTING IN MY GARAGE. I COULD PLACE IT IN ANY GEAR EXCEPT PARK. AFTER LOOKING AROUND THE BASE OF THE SHIFT LEVER, I NOTICED A PART OF A BROKEN SPRING STUCK IN THE PIVOT POINT OF THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER. I REMOVED THE BROKEN SPRING PARTS AND THE SHIFT LEVER WILL NOW MOVE TO PARK. AS A RESULT OF THE RETURN SPRING BEING BROKEN THE LEVER NOW MOVES FREELY AND WE HAVE TO MANUALLY MOVE IT TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO STOP THE ENGINE AND REMOVE THE KEYS. WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING, AND THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER MOVED TOWARDS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALL THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION TURN OFF, AT THIS POINT IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN. I CALLED MY LOCAL CHEVORLET DEALER ON 2/25/08 AND THEY SAID THIS IS MY PROBLEM AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO EVEN GET DIAGNOSIS OR ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD EVER HAPPEN TO ANY VEHICLE. *TR

AFTER TWO PREVIOUS "REPAIRS" (ONE A RECALL), OUR GMC ABS BRAKES ARE NOW MALFUNCTIONING FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON DRY PAVEMENT AT SLOW SPEEDS, RESULTING IN A LONGER THAN NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, COLLISIONS HAVE NARROWLY BEEN AVOIDED AS THE ABS BRAKE PEDAL "CHATTERING" PREVENTS NORMAL BRAKING AT CRUCIAL TIMES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE WOULD COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD IMMEDIATELY RESTART, BUT OTHER TIMES, IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE STALLED THE MOST DURING DECELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ONCE AND THE DEALER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE FAILURE, BUT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,409 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,523. UPDATED 04/29/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. UPDATED

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE AT SPEED. HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. MECHANIC FINDS NO PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE, COOLING SYSTEM, OR FUEL SYSTEM. IN EACH CASE, VEHICLE STALL RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *TR

ANTILOCK BRAKES PULSE AND MAKE ACTIVATION NOISE AT LOW SPEED REGARDLESS OF ROAD CONDITIONS. *TR

MY GMC YUKON 2500 WITH THE 8.1L STALLS WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS UNEXPLAINABLE AND UNREPEATABLE. THIS HAS OCCURRED PROBABLY 6 OR 7 TIMES AND IS A REAL DANGER AS YOU LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. I BELIEVE IT IS THE CAM POSITIONING SENSOR. WHAT IS MY RECOURSE TO HAVE FIXED BY MANUFACTURER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WAS FAILING AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKING PUMP CONTINUOUSLY RUNS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE PAD-CIRCUIT BOARD WAS FAILING AND CAUSED THE PUMP TO RUN AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS COULD LEAD TO OVERHEAT AND A POSSIBLE FIRE. THE FAILURE OCCURS AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED. WHEN THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF, IT MADE A HIGH PITCHED MOTOR NOISE. HE SEARCHED AND DISCOVERED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK). THE RECALL ONLY APPLIES TO CERTAIN STATES AND HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000. UPDATED 11/06/07 *TR

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: 2002 YUKON 73,000 MILES. NO PREVIOUS EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE PROBLEM. FAILURE/CONSEQUENCES: 2002 YUKON: I STARTED MY CAR AND ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. WHILE DRIVING, I COULD FEEL AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION THROUGHOUT MY CAR. (WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN, WE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. I CUT OFF MY CAR (REMOVED KEY OUT OF IGNITION) AND THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS STILL ON. CORRECT THE PROBLEM: I CALLED MY GMC DEALER IN AUSTIN TEXAS WHERE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT HE HAS SEEN MANY INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS. HE INDICATED THAT IF I LEFT THE ABS MOTOR RUNNING, THAT MY BATTERY WOULD DIE AND/OR THE MOTOR WOULD RUIN. SO, HE INSTRUCTED ME TO RAISE THE HOOD AND REMOVE THE 60AMP ABS FUSE. BY DOING SO, THE VIBRATION/MOTOR STOPPED. HE SAID TO BRING IT INTO THE GARAGE FOR SERVICE. HIS INITIAL GUESS WAS THAT IT WAS THE ABS MODULE OR EBCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER IN WARRANTY, HE ESTIMATED THAT IT COULD COST ANYWHERE BETWEEN $1100.00-1900.00 DOLLARS. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE MANY 1999-2004 GM SUVS AND TRUCKS WHICH HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. I AM REQUESTING THAT A RECALL BE PLACED FOR THESE MODULES. *TR

ON 8-26-07 WHILE DRIVING HOME THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED VEHICLE MANUAL. AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE WE COULD HEAR WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A MOTOR OR FAN NOISE RUNNING. THINKING IT WAS PROBABLY THE AC FAN WE WENT IN THE HOUSE FOR THE EVENING. THE NEXT MORNING WE COULD STILL HEAR THE NOISE AND FOUND OUT MY BATTERY WAS DEAD. JUMP STARTED VEHICLE AND TOOK IT IN TO MECHANIC TO DO A DIAGNOSTIC SEARCH AND WAS TOLD WE NEEDED TO REPLACE ABS CONTROL MODULE. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET FOUND OUT THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS FOR THIS, BUT NOT WITH MY VIN #. HAVE CALLED GM CORP TO REPORT THIS AND AM CURRENTLY WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON. WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES BEGAN TO PULSATE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

CONTINENTAL SPORT LT/SUV TIRE TREAD WAS COMING APART ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH OR LESS, THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE ABS WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK), HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AS PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE IT ONLY COVERED CLEANING THE SENSORS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,807 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED11/27/07. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 93,000, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000. *AK

CAR STALLS WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HIGHWAY, OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE ON EACH TRIP. TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS BETWEEN 3 AND 30 MILES. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART WHILE IN MOTION, THOSE TIME TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO FIVE MINUTES TO GET IT RESTARTED. PROBLEM STARTED SIX MONTHS AGO AND HAS PROCEEDED GETTING WORSE. HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES SINCE FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR REAR END CRASHES AND SCARY MOMENTS WHEN ON THE INSIDE LANE OF AN INTERSTATE PULLING A 16 FT TRAILER. *JB

VEHICLE STALLING WITHOUT REASON. OFTEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. MANUFACTURER USED PLASTIC INTAKE THAT FAILED DUE TO HEAT. $1050.00 TO REPLACE PART WITH SAME TYPE. WARRANTY FOR 12 MONTHS OR 12,000 MILES. PART COULD FAIL AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE. *JB

2002 YUKON HAD VERY REDUCED BRAKING UNDER NORMAL SPEEDS AND ROAD CONDITIONS. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED NEARLY TO THE FLOOR WITH ONLY ABOUT 30% OF NORMAL BRAKE CAPACITY. AS IF THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NOT HELPING. THE BIG ISSUE IS THAT THE RECALL SERVICE BY GM RECALL # 05068 HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS TRUCK LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO ON 8-23-2006. THE RECALL PROCEDURE DOES NOT CORRECT THE DEFECT. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED BY THIS PROBLEM THAT GM IS NOT CORRECTLY ADDRESSING. *NM

I OWN A 2002 GMC YUKON DENALI AND LITTLE BY LITTLE THE LIGHTS BEHIND THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE DASH AND STEERING WHEEL BUTTONS HAVE BLOWN OUT. THE DEALER SAID THE ONLY REPLACEMENT WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE UNITS AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. COMPONENTS WORK FINE BUT CANNOT SEE AT NIGHT WHICH MAKES DRIVING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE INSTRUMENTS ARE DIFFICULT.*JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED IN 2004 AND NOW AGAIN THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM 2006. *JB

COULDN'T GET CAR INSPECTED BECAUSE OF A WORN OUT EMERGENCY BRAKE THAT WE NEVER USE. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON DASH WENT OUT ON VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, THE BRAKES WENT OUT, AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE GMC ENVOY. SHE WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF VEHICLE. THE KEY WAS STUCK IN THE IGNITION, HOWEVER IT WAS EVENTUALLY EXTRACTED. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000 MILES. GMC CALLED HER THIS MORNING AND TOLD HER THERE WERE 7 RECALLS PREVIOUSLY ON THIS VEHICLE, ALL OF WHICH HAD EXPIRED.

2002 YUKON W/ABS LIGHT ON AND SOME KIND OF MOTOR RUNNING EVEN IF MY VEHICLE IS OFF. THE NEXT MORNING MY BATTERY WAS DEAD. I TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW ABS MODULE/PUMP AND IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $950 TO $1,200 TO FIX. THEY DISCONNECTED THE MOTOR TO KEEP FROM RUNNING AND DRAINING MY BATTERY. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES, THEY ARE FINE. BRAKES WERE INSPECTED AND PASSED INSPECTION. CALLED GMC RECALL LINE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR 2002 YUKONS IN TEXAS. *JB

ABS LIGHT CAME ON; DROVE A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES PER HOUR, I TRIED TO STOP FOR A LIGHT AND NEARLY HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. BRAKES RUMBLED TO A HALT, FORTUNATELY. TOOK CAR TO BRAKE CHECK, HAD TO HAVE BOLTS ON HUB BEARING REPLACED. CONTACTED GMC TO HELP SHARE IN COST OF REPAIR, AS THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL (2002 GMC YUKON RECALL ID FROM NHTSA: 05V379000 ) IN CERTAIN "SALT BELT STATES", DUE TO CORROSION. THEY REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE 1) CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY (I HAVE 82,000 MILES ON IT), 2) I DIDN'T TAKE IT TO A GM DEALER, AND 3) THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ISSUED SPECIFICALLY FOR MY CAR! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. UPDATED 11/9/2006 - THE VEHICLE STALLED THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY AND ANOTHER TIME ABOUT 16 MONTHS AGO. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH A COMPUTER RING IN THE KEY SWITCH ASSEMBLY. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 10 MPH, THE ABS ENGAGED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

CONSUMER 2002 GMC YUKON AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *TS ***NAR*** *JB

WHILE PARKING THE TRUCK THE PARKING BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT HOLD THE TRUCK FROM MOVING , EVEN AFTER PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY. MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS IS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS AND MAY NEED TO REPLACE ROTORS AND PADS DEPENDING ON SEVERITY. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM AS NOTED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS. DON'T HAVE LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO CORRECT WITH NEW PART COSTS. *JB

REF - PE06016 - VEHICLE STALLS WHILE AT SPEED. HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES. MECHANIC FINDS NO PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE, COOLING SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, BUT FINDS A DIAGNOSTIC CODE OF A CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILURE. IN EACH CASE, VEHICLE STALL RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED BUT BASED ON OTHER REPORTS WILL REPLACE THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR. *NM

2002 YUKON XL HAS INHERENT DESIGN FLAW. REAR PASSENGER DOORS MAY BE SLIGHTLY OPEN AND THE DRIVER PANEL IS NOT ALERTED. *JB

ABS PUMP RUNNING ALL THE TIME, SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I MUST FIND OUT IF SAFE TO DRIVE. THANKS. *JB

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

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED IN NOVEMBER WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE SERVICE, THE DEALERSHIP NOTICED THE REAR ROTORS WERE HITTING THE INSIDE OF THE BACKING PLATES INSIDE THE HUB. ALSO, THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED. THE FRONT END WAS ALSO OBSERVED TO BE SHAKING. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SHAKING WAS NORMAL 4X4 CHARACTERISTICS; HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP INSTALLED A LUBE KIT THAT GOES ON THE STEERING COLUMN UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE SHAKING RETURNED AND THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONTACT THE LUBE KIT WAS NO LONGER A REMEDY FOR THIS SHAKING PROBLEM. THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER REMEDY OFFERED.

2002 GMC YUKON XL FUEL PUMP FAILURE. ECMB FUSE WAS BLOWN WHICH RUNS THE FUEL PUMP. FUEL PRESSURE WAS FOUND AT 24 PSI. THIS ENGINE REQUIRES 55-62 PSI. CURRENT DRAW ON THE PUMP IS AT 9 AMPS. THIS IS WAY TOO HIGH. TRUCK WAS STARTED AFTER REPLACING FUSE, BUT RUNS BADLY AND STALLS OUT. TRUCK IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP FILLED OUT WRONG PAPERWORK AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THE CONTRACT WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF THIS ERROR. COST FOR REPLACING FUEL PUMP IS $950.00. TRUCK IS STILL NOT FIXED. JB

IN MAY 2005 MY VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO PARKING BRAKE COULD NOT HOLD VEHICLE. PRIOR TO HAVING THE REPAIRS DONE I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD PURCHASED IT AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. I THEN HAD THE PLACE WHERE THE INSPECTION WAS DONE REPAIR THE VEHICLE. IN APRIL OF 2006 I NOTICED MY BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING WHEN I WAS IN REVERSE. I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD THE BACK PADS THAT WERE REPLACED LAST YEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE DONE BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A 2002 GMC YUKON I BOUGHT NEW IN 2001. IT HAS 56000 MILES ON IT. I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD BE HAVING THIS MANY PROBLEMS. THE GM REP WAS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM VEHICLE AGAIN. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE PARKING BRAKE FAILED TO PASS INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS REPLACED.

(1) SECURING CHILD IN REAR MIDDLE SEAT (2) BELT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN TENSION, SLIPPING (3) CAR TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT/REPAIR. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE FUEL TANK HAS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A TANK OF GASOLINE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNLESS MORE GASOLINE WAS ADDED TO THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V155000, REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 05/10/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN AT 15 MPH, THE REAR DRIVELINE DIFFERENTIAL BROKE FOLLOWED BY A BANGING NOISE AS THOUGH IT WAS DRAGGING. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. WHILE THE MECHANIC TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVELINE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT COMPLETELY SEPARATED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIRS. UPDATED 05/04/06.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT AT 50 MPH. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATING PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THE CONTACT TO CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED. INJURIES. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED, AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TIGHT LEFT TURN, THE POWER STEERING FAILED COMPLETELY. THE YUKON ONLY HAD 72000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I HAD IT REPAIRED AT THE DEALER, GMC DENIED WARRANTY SERVICE DUE TO MILEAGE. I COMPLAINED THAT A POWER STEERING PUMP SHOULD NEVER FAIL IN SUCH A CATASTROPHIC WAY. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THAT THE NEW POWER STEERING PUMP WAS OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN SO WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANOTHER FAILURE. HE SAID IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS FAILURE TO HAPPEN. THE SHAFT BROKE INSIDE THE PUMP. THE PULLEY WAS STILL INTACT. HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING, SHE WOULD HAVE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING THE CAR. *JB

ORIGINAL PROBLEM: MY 2002 YUKON XL WAS RUNNING POORLY WHEN THE WEATHER TURNED COLD - BELOW 30 DEGREES. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY INTAKE GASKETS DUE TO IMPROPER DESIGN. SECOND PROBLEM: IT BECAME HARD TO START, AND A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, IT WOULD NOT START AT ALL. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY FUEL PUMP. BOTH PROBLEMS ARE BECAUSE THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR USE WITH ETHANOL OR UNLEADED GAS. I ONLY USE UNLEADED (NEVER HAVE SEEN A STATION THAT SELLS ETHANOL). IF YOUR GM VEHICLE HAS A 5.3L V8 ENGINE, AND THE VIN HAS A Z IN THE 8TH POSITION, BE AWARE THAT THIS MIGHT HAPPEN TO YOUR VEHICLE. IF NOT UNDER WARRANTY, IT IS VERY COSTLY! THE GASKETS AND THE FUEL PUMP ALONE COST OVER $630. LABOR OVER $500. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER HAVING THE RECALL #05V379000 REGARDING THE ABS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES BEGAN TO PULSATE AT SPEEDS BELOW 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WORKED PROPERLY BEFORE THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE ABS HUBS NEED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 3/17/2006 - *NM

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE DRIVE UNLESS PLACED INTO REVERSE. WHEN STUCK IN DRIVE, PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATING WILL CAUSE CAR TO MOVE FORWARD SLOWLY, UNTIL THEIR IS A LOUD VIOLENT SOUND FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AR WHICH POINT THE VEHICLE WILL ENGAGE DRIVE AND PROCEED IN A SLUGGISH FASHION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER WHO HAD INVESTIGATED AND FIXED THE PROBLEM SINCE NOVEMBER 2005 AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS TODAY (2-7-2006). THE PROBLEM PRESENTED ITSELF AFTER THE DEALERSHIP FLUSHED AND CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AT APPROXIMATELY 53000 MILES (THE SERVICE DEPT RECOMMENDED THE SERVICE). THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN FAULTY EVER SINCE. THE VEHICLE IS 2002 GMC YUKON, 2 WD.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS PUMP STAYS ON AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 05V379000, REGARDING THE ABS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP.

2002 GMC YUKON BRAKES PULSATE DURING NORMAL AND SLOW SPEED STOPS. VEHICLE MAKES A CRUNCHING OR CLUNKING NOISE AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FAR DOWN TOWARD THE FLOORBOARD. *TS WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE CORRODED. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN GEORGIA. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FOLLOWED A SCHOOL BUS, NO CHILDREN WERE ON THE BUS. AROUND 7:50 AM THE BUS STOPPED FOR RED LIGHT. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED DOWN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, BUT IT DID NOT SLOW AS QUICKLY AS NORMAL. THE ABS ENGAGED, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO PROCEED FORWARD. THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM AND TIME THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED BUT IT DID NOT. THE VEHICLE BUMPED THE REAR OF THE BUS, PUSHING IN THE BUMPER OF VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT FOLLOWED THE PATTERN SET FORTH IN NHTSA RECALL 05V379000 ON AUGUST 29 2005. HOWEVER, ON NOVEMBER 18, 2005 THE LOCAL DEALER PERFORMED THE PROCEDURE THAT GMC RECOMMENDED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, BUT I FEEL THAT THE VEHICLE STILL FAILED IN THIS INCIDENT.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V379000 REGARDING THE ANTILOCK BRAKES. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.*AK

I OWN A 2002 YUKON DENALI, AND MY ABS KICKS IN AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY [XXX] EXCLUDES ME TO OBTAIN THIS RECALL. I OWN A 2002 YUKON DENALI, I LIVE IN THE "SALT BELT" STATES (NEW JERSEY), I AM EXPERIANCING UNWANTED ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEEDS, MY VIN DOES NOT MATCH THE SUV'S MENTIONED FOR THIS RECALL. I MEET ALL QUAILIFATIONS FOR THIS RECALL EXCEPT ONE (MY VIN). SO MY SUV IS NOT COVERED. *NM UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THE PARKING BRAKE ON OUR 2002 YUKON DOES NOT HOLD ONCE THE REAR BRAKES HAVE WARMED UP. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ALLOWED TO SIT FOR A FEW HOURS AND THE BRAKES COOL, THE PARKING BRAKE HOLDS. SINCE NEW, THE PARKING BRAKE PEDAL HAS GONE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS NORMAL. I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IN THE PAST WHEN I TOOK IT FOR STATE INSPECTION, AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS A MINOR ADJUSTMENT PROBLEM AND IT HAD BEEN FIXED. SINCE THE CAR WAS COLD WHEN I PICKED IT UP, THE PARKING BRAKE DID WORK FINE. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL LAST SUMMER THAT THE PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T HOLD ONCE THE ROTOR ASSEMBLY IS WARMED UP. CLEARLY, THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IF PARKED ON A STEEP INCLINE. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE THEY SAY THE VEHICLE IS SAFE WHEN IN PARK. I DISAGREE. *JB

ON 07/14/03 AT 22602 MILES, WE TOOK OUR 2002 YUKON XL (REGENCY EDITION) TO SUSS PONTIAC IN DENVER, COLORADO, TO INVESTIGATE A CLUNKING/KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO VIBRATE. ON OCCASION, THE STEERING WHEEL HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE WHEEL AND WOULD HESITATE WHEN TURNING. SUSS PONTIAC VERIFIED THE COMPLAINT AND FOUND THE "INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT" DRY AND CLUNKING. THE SHAFT WAS THEN LUBED AS PER BULLETIN #II-00-02-35-003B AND WE WERE TOLD AT THE TIME THAT THE PROBLEM SHOULD NOT REOCCUR. THE PROBLEM RECURRED DURING THE FALL OF 2005 WHILE VACATIONING IN TEXAS. AFTER DISCUSSING THE INCIDENT OVER THE PHONE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN, MORE OF AN IRRITATION TO THOSE INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND WE SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING HOME. WE MADE IT BACK TO DENVER WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT VERY ANNOYING. ON 10/25/05, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP (LEN LYALL OF AURORA, CO) ONLY TO LEARN THAT A NEW BULLETIN (# UNKWN) HAD BEEN ISSUED REQUIRING THAT THE "INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT" BE REPLACED. LEN LYALL THEN PULLED A VEHICLE SERVICE INQUIRY LISTING ALL SERVICES PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, IT WAS NOTED IN THE SUMMARY THAT THE SHAFT HAD BEEN REPLACED, BUT MY COPY OF THE INVOICE REFERRED TO THE SHAFT BEING LUBED. I AM NOW TROUBLED BY THE FACT THAT GMC FOUND IT NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE SHAFT AND STILL TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. I WOULD THINK THAT ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENT (BRAKES, STEERING, TIRES, ETC) IS A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE. DOES IT TAKE SOMEONE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIE TO INSTITUTE A MANDATORY RECALL? *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINT REGARDING 2002 GMC NOT BEING INCLUDED IN RECALL. THE VEHICLE WOULD SKID AND GRIND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. *TS THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE SERVICED FOR RECALL 05V379000. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL THEREFORE THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. THE SAME DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THEY REPLACED THE LEFT FRONT UNITIZED BEARING AND FRONT WHEEL DRIVE HUB ASSEMBLY. *NM

2002 GMC YUKON FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TS AFTER THE RECALL FOR THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS COMPLETE THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT HUB ASSEMBLY DUE TO CORROSION. THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HUB WAS NOT GOING TO BE COVER UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT HAD EXPIRED. *NM

2002 YUKON. STEERING PART ISSUE. REPLACED TWICE IN TWO YEARS, LUBRICATED PRIOR TO THAT. BEEN IN SHOP FOR SAME THING 4 TIMES OR MORE FOR SAME ISSUE. WHEN MANUFACTURER CONTACTED ABOUT THIS AFTER THE FOURTH TIME IN THE SHOP FOR SAME ISSUE....STATED "IF STAYS FIXED FOR A YEAR, SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOING THEIR JOB AND NOT GM'S PROBLEM....NO PERMANENT RESOLUTION" MANUFACTURER REQ# 1-375628602. IF THIS PERSISTS, COULD CAUSE MAJOR ACCIDENT/INJURIES. *JB

ABS SYSTEM ALWAYS ACTIVATES WHEN IT SHOULDN'T AT SLOW SPEEDS, RESULTING IN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. *NM

CONSUMER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR OF EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF BRAKING SYSTEM, FRONT AND REAR ON GMC 2002 YUKON. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS NOISY ON STARTUP. SOP COMPRESSOR HAD INTERNAL PISTON FAILURE IN COMPRESSOR. . THE SUNROOF WOULD NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. THE DEALER HAD TO INSTALL A NEW SUNROOF FRAME. *NM

REAR SIDE MIRROR ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HAVE HAIRLINE CRACKS. THEY WERE REPLACED AND NOW THEY ARE BACK. THE HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE MIRROR DISTORTS VIEWS AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I BELIEVE THE MIRRORS ARE TOO THIN TO HANDLE THE DEFROST OPTIONS ON THE MIRRORS. THEY SEEN TO FAIL ON THEIR OWN. *NM

I AM WRITING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY RECURRING ISSUES WITH MY STEERING COLUMN IN MY 2002 YUKON XL. IN SHORT, IT RATTLES. ON THE ROAD, IT RATTLES AT A LOW THUD, THUD, THUD SOUND. TURNING CORNERS, IT RATTLES WITH THE SAME SOUND. INITIALLY, WHEN I TOOK IT TO BERGLUND CHEVROLET, IN ROANOKE, VA, THEY ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM WITH A LUBE KIT. WHEN THE PROBLEM SURFACED AGAIN, I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPLACED. 20,000 MILES LATER, I FACE THE PROBLEM FOR THE 3RD TIME. I DRIVE ON THE ROAD, NEVER OFF ROAD. I HAVE OWNED A NUMBER OF VEHICLES, AND ALWAYS HOLD ON TO THEM UNTIL THEY EXCEED 150,000 MILES. NEVER HAVE I HAD TO REPLACE ONE STEERING COLUMN, IN ANY VEHICLE, AND I OBVIOUSLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A VEHICLE REQUIRING MORE THAN ONE. I HAVE LEARNED FROM GMC THAT THERE WAS A FIRST GENERATION FIX AND A SECOND-GENERATION FIX. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHICH GENERATION I GOT, BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS NOT A FIX. AFTER SOME ARGUING, THE FIRST REPAIR WAS COVERED. THE SECOND WAS COVERED, AS WELL, BUT ONLY AFTER ARGUING ONCE MORE. IT SEEMS PERFECTLY CLEAR TO ME THAT THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED AGAIN, AT NO COST TO ME, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A SATISFACTORY REMEDY TO THIS PROBLEM '' A PROBLEM ACKNOWLEDGED BY GMC AS NEEDING TO BE REMEDIED. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MY VEHICLE HAS NOT GOT THE STEERING COLUMN SOLUTION THAT WORKS. I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS. NO ONE SHOULD EXPECT TO REPLACE A STEERING COLUMN ON A VEHICLE EVERY 20,000 MILES. IT IS NOT A FILTER OR FLUID THAT NEEDS CHANGING AT INTERVALS, AND I REFUSE TO HAVE THIS TREATED AS IF IT WERE REGULAR MAINTENANCE. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF A UNIT THAT WEARS OUT SO QUICKLY, AND AM VERY DISTURBED BY THE COMPLACENCY OF GMC ABOUT SUBJECTING ME TO CONTINUOUS REPAIRS, AND APPARENTLY HIDING BEHIND POLICIES RATHER THAN DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH A CUSTOMER. *NM

EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ON 2002 YUKON. *BF THE ROTORS RUSTED PREMATURELY AND CAUSED THE SENSORS TO FAIL. *SC UPDATED *JB

DT: 2002 GMC YUKON. THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE ABS SENSORS REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL BUT IT DID NOT EFFECT THE CONSUMER'S STATE, WHICH WAS WISCONSIN. THIS COULD BE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP FOR THE AMOUNT OF $924. THE CONSUMER PAID TO HAVE SENSORS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALLED VEHICLES . MECHANIC TESTED THE SENSORS AND STATED THIS WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE.*AK THE FRONT HUB AND BEARING WERE CORRODED ALONG WITH THE SENSORS. THE LEFT REAR AXLE WAS WORN WHICH CAUSED A FLUID LEAK. *JB

GMC 2002, YUKON: THE REACTION SUNSHELL BROKEN INSIDE OF TRANSMISSION. ONLY 64,000 MILES. 1) NO EVENT LEADING TO FAILURE: CALLED GMC PETERSON IN GURNEE ILLINOIS, GMC KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND IN FACT CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE SUNSHELL YET WILL NOT RECOVER MY COST. I NOW LIVE IN MINNESOTA AND GMC HERE IS DOING THE TRANSMISSION FIX. 2) FAILURE AND CONSEQUENCES: COULD BE EXTREMELY SERIOUS IF DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. LOSS OF POWER AND ACCELERATION COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. 3) CORRECT FAILURE: GMC IS DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE THAT I KNOW OF. CUSTOMERS ARE BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS A RARE OCCURRENCE. HOWEVER, AFTER TALKING WITH GURNEE PETERSON GMC ILLINOIS AND VALLEY GMC FROM WACONIA MINNESOTA, THIS REPAIR IS NOT UNCOMMON AND IS OCCURRING EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. I FEEL THIS WARRANTS A CORRECTIVE ACTION. *NM

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. PARKING BRAKE NO LONGER HOLDS VEHICLE IN PLACE. DEALER CLAIMS LININGS WORE PREMATURELY. PARTS WERE NOT IN STOCK, SO WAITING FOR REPAIR. VERY SIMILAR TO PARKING BRAKE RECALL ON 2001 GMC SIERRA PICKUP RECALL #05V161000. *NM

THE FOG RUNNING LIGHT ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE HAS BEEN OUT SINCE 6 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF OUR VEHICLE. IRONICALLY I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE SAME LIGHT IS OUT ON A GREAT NUMBER OF THE TAHOE'S & YUKON'S THAT I SEE ON THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY FLAW ON THIS MODEL YET IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED FOR REPLACEMENT. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE BULB BUT THE LIGHT KEEPS GOING OUT. *JB

ABS PROBLEM ON A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. LOW SPEED ABS COMING ON EVERY TIME BRAKE PEDAL IS USED UNDER 15 MPH. GMC RECALLED PROBLEM BUT ONLY IN EASTERN STATES, I LIVE IN UTAH WHICH IS NOT COVERED IN RECALL. *NM

DT: ON JUNE 7, 2005 WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE CONSUMER WAS FOLLOWING ANOTHER CAR. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER THAT SLOWED DOWN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN AS WELL. THE CONSUMER PUSHED THE BRAKES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND IT TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL TO STOP. THIS ALMOST CAUSED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO HIT THE OTHER CAR IN THE REAR END. THE CONSUMER WAS SHAKEN AND WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE BRAKES WERE INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE REAR BRAKES WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE FINE. THE REAR BRAKES AND DRUMS WERE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER. TOOK THE CAR TO A GM DEALERSHIP FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE EMERGENCY BRAKES . THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE BRAKES RUSTING. THE CONSUMER CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, AND DIDN'T KNOW WHY THE BRAKES WENT OUT. THE CONSUMER DOID NOT KNOW EITHER. HAS NEVER HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES BEFORE OR AFTER THIS.*AK THE PARKING BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED. *JB

THE BRAKES ON MY CAR ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY. I ALMOST RAN INTO MY GARAGE. WHEN I AM PULLING UP. ABOUT TO MAKE A STOP. THE BRAKES GO OUT. *JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE MAIN ROAD AT 45 MPH, THE CONSUMER TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE ROAD AND WENT INTO THE GRAVEL AND THEN INTO A DITCH AND HIT A MAILBOX . THE CONSUMER WENT THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. THE RIGHT WHEEL FELL OFF AND THE FRONT BUMPER SMASHED INTO THE ENGINE AND THE FRAME WAS BENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS NOT ON AND NEVER HAD BEEN ON. THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE BEFORE THIS INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE AIR BAGS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED, BUT WILL BE CONTACTED TODAY.THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK

BOTH HEATED REARVIEW MIRRORS CRACK SIDE NEXT TO CAR AT HEATING ELEMENT AND THEN THE CRACK MOVES ACROSS THE MIRROR. *NM

THE WEAR INDICATOR ON MY RIGHT REAR BRAKE WAS SIGNALING A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD COMPLETELY WORN ON ONE SIDE AND THE SHOES HAD TO BE REPLACED; IT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE BRAKE ROTOR WHICH ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED, DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE ATTACHMENT OF THE SHOES (THE OPPOSITE OF HOW IT IS ATTACHED ON THE OTHER SIDE). *NM

HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES. THEY DO NOT STOP PROPERLY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO WORK OR NOT. MY WIFE HAS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS ON THE FREEWAY APPLIED THE BRAKES QUICKLY AND THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, THANK GOD THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY LANE WHERE SHE SWERVED OUT TO. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME. WE ARE TOLD THAT YOU DO NOT PUMP THE BRAKES ON AN ABS BRAKING SYSTEM, WELL MY WIFE CAME HOME AND TOLD ME BY PUMPING THE PEDAL THE BRAKES SEEM TO STOP A LITTLE BETTER. NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS TELLING YOU??? I HAVE BEEN IN THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THEY HAVE YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, AND SINCE THE VEHICLE DID NOT COME IN ON A HOOK AND OR WAS NOT IN A ACCIDENT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BRAKES SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER GMC AGAIN, AND I AM LETTING EVERYONE KNOW THIS. HOPE YOU CAN HELP OR HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN THIS MATTER. MANNY. *NM

DT: THERE IS A AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION ON THE ISSUE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING ,NHTSA INVESTIGATION PE05020. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS UNDER 5 MPH ABS ENGAGED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR IMPROPERLY RESPONDED WITH PEDAL DEPRESSED AND A LOSS OF BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS AND THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. SINCE THIS REPAIRS THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. CONSUMER DID CONTACT GM, WHO NOTED NO RECALL IN THE US. *AK

FAILURE OF ANTILOCK BRAKES SENSOR AT LOW SPEEDS. RESULTING IN MULTIPLE NEAR MISSES WITH STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO MY TEXACO WHICH DIAGNOSED THIS AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A TEXACO BULLETIN ON THE ISSUE. I GOOGLED AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY GM AND CAUSED A RECALL IN CANADA. REFERENCE DETROIT NEWS ARTICLE "AGENCY CHECKS BRAKE SENSORS ON 1.3 MILLION GM TRUCKS, ROAD SALT BUILDUP IN COLDER STATES MAY HAVE LED TO AN ANTILOCK SYSTEM MALFUNCTION." (HTTP://WWW.DETNEWS.COM/2005/AUTOSINSIDER/0505/03/C01-169774.HTM). I PHONED MY LOCAL GM WHICH OFFERED TO "TAKE A LOOK" BUT THAT "THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY SITUATION WITH THESE VEHICLES." TEXACO REPLACED THE FRONT SENSORS AT A COST OF $520.40. *NM

WANDERING ON ROAD EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM TIRES WEARING ON INSIDE. CUPPING OF TIRES CAUSED BY WORN IDLER AND PITMAN ARMS AT 42000 MILES. *JB

DURING ACCELERATION, TRANSMISSION LURCH AND SLIP OCCURRED CAUSING ENGINE TO OVER-REV RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF THIRD GEAR, FORTH GEAR, AND REVERSE. CAUSE WAS A MECHANICAL FAILURE INSIDE TRANSMISSION @ ONLY 46K MILES. TRANSMISSION RE-BUILD WAS NECESSARY. *NM

AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN MAKING LOUD NOISE WITH ACCELARATION, THAN WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS BEGAN BLOWING HOT AIR. THE COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH WERE REPLACED AND WITHIN 1 WEEK THE PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN. I KNOW 7 PEOPLE WITH GM VEHICLES AND THEY ALL ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR AC'S. IT SEEMS TO ONLY BE A PROBLEM WHEN THERE IS HIGH HUMIDITY. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO RETURN THE FAULTY COMPRESSOR AND CLUTCH I HAD PURCHASED IT SEEMS THEY ARE ON NATION WIDE BACKORDER. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE.

I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON. IT HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT. I RECENTLY TRIED TO GET IT INSPECTED. IT FAILED BECAUSE OF THE PARKING BRAKE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL GM PRODUCTS THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE TOLD ME THAT THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE PARKING BRAKE AND IT HAS BEEN RE-DESIGNED. THEY ALSO SAID THAT IT WAS NOT RE-CALLED BEAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISUE.(ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT GET A SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF IT). I AGREED WITH THE DEALER TO PAY 50% OF THE COST TO FIX IT. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED I NOTICED ON THE RECEIPT, AND THE CASHIER ACKNOWLEDED IT, THAT IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE NEXT DAY THE DEALER CALLED WANTING TO COLLECT $150.00 FOR THE REPAIRS. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND E-MAIL ME THE RESULTS.

DT: 2002 GMC YUKON, THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORRODED. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 3.7 MPH, BUT LESS THAN 10 MPH, THE CORROSION CAUSED THE ABS TO ACTIVATION. IF THIS WERE TO OCCUR WHERE STOPPING DISTANCE IS LIMITED A CRASH MAY OCCUR. VEHICLES HAVE A CONDITION PERMITTING CORROSION TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE FRONT HUB-BARRING ASSEMBLE IN THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. THIS IS THE EXACT PROBLEM THAT THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING WITH HIS VEHICLE. IT IS ALSO, THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IS INCLUDE IN A MANUFACTURES RECALL IN THE NATION OF CANADA. RECALL DATE JAN. 25, 2005 PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL I.D. 04094 AND THE DOCUMENT I.D. 1587153. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALER THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE HE PAID FOR THE REPAIR OUT OF POCKET. THEY DEALER ALSO TOLD THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL IN CANADA. THE CONSUMER HAD CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE, WHICH TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THE RECALL IS IN CANADA. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN IT TO THE FOLLOWING THREE DEALERSHIPS: DENOOYER CHEVEROLET 518-458-7700, DEPAULA CHEVEROLET 518-489-5551, GOLDSTEIN GMC 518-869-2291, ALL THREE ARE LOCATED IN ALBANY, NEW YORK. CONSUMER ALSO, FOUND A NHTSA ACTION NO. PE05020 THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO HIS COMPLAINT. *NM

(1) VEHICLE FAILED SAFETY INSPECTION (2) EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NON-OPERABLE (3) ROTORS AND BRAKE SHOES REPLACED AT REPAIR SHOP

DT: CONSUMER GOT IN AN ACCIDENT AND TOTALED THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. CONSUMER WAS GOING ABOUT 70 MPH AND HIT HEAD ON AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED 4 TIMES. *AK *SB

DT: THE STEERING IS HAVING A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNING, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO EVEN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR 6 MONTHS. OWNER TOOK CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN #000235003G STATED THAT STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, OWNER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REPAIR FROM GM. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A BROAD PROBLEM THAT THERE WAS A WAITING LIST TO GET THE PART. CONSUMER THOUGHT THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN , AND THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED DUE TO THE FEAR OF SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE OWNER AND HER CHILDREN. THE OWNER TALKED TO GM, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO HELP FOR CONSUMER, AND SHE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR ASSISTANCE UNLESS THERE WAS A RECALL. OWNER TOOK CAR TO HER MECHANIC FOR A TEMPORARY FIX. GENERAL MOTORS ISSUED TEMPORARY FIX KIT SO CONSUMERS COULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THEY COULD GET THE PARTS MANUFACTURED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE WAS A WAITING LIST.*AK

WHEN JUST ABOUT TO STOP IN DRY WEATHER, THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM KICKS IN AND MAKES STOPPING DISTANCE LONGER.

2002 GMC YUKON. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CYCLE AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE ACCELARATING AND NOT USING THE BRAKES. DEALER HAS CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM

SEVERAL INSTANCES OF VEHICAL STALLING, NOT STARTING OR RUNNIONG PROPERLY DUE TO FUEL PUMP

DT: ANIT-LOCK BRAKE MODULES ON THE 2002 AND 2003 GMC YUKON BURN OUT AND GET STUCK, AND WON'T OPERATE. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE WILL COME ON WITH ENGINE OFF, AND ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO DISASSEMBLE THE BRAKES. IT ALMOST CAUSED A FIRE, BUT CONSUMER CAUGHT IT IN TIME.*AK

2002 YUKON DENALI BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING WELL AND THERE WAS SHUDDERING UPON BRAKING.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR FOUR ROTORS WERE REPLACED AS WELL AS THE PARKING BRAKE DRUMS AND SHOES. THE INBOARD SURFACE OF ALL FOUR ROTORS WERE EXTREMELY RUSTED OFF IN SPOTS. *SC *JB

DT:CONSUMER STATES: VEHICLE LOST POWER GOING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, VEHICLE LOST BRAKES, LIGHTS, GAS. CAN'T DO ANYTHING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. NORMALLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS WARM OUTSIDE.*AK

DT: THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THERE ARE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE GMC. THE WATER PUMP WAS OUT, THE RADIO HAS QUIT WORKING 5 TIMES, AND HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES, THE WINDOWS ON THE PASSENGER QUIT, AND THE REGULATOR WAS REPLACED 4 TIMES. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT 35,000 MILES. *AK

(1) NONE (2) PULLED OUT ON HWY AT NORMAL SPEED, LOUD WINING, AND LOUD POP.TRANSMISSION FAILED, LEFT WITH ONLY 2ND AND 3RD GEAR.(3) CALLED TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY DESCRIBED IN DETAIL THE FLAW THAT CAUSED FAILURE. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS QUITE COMMON IN THIS MODEL. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED AS A RECALL, TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT.

DT THE ABS ENGAGED ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ON A SLIPPERY ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY THE BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE WHEN APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHO AGREED TO REPAIR THE BRAKES BUT AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *NM

2002 GMC YUKON DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS HAVE BECOME INOPERATIVE.*MR *JB

I HAD TO REPLACE A SET OF REAR DISC ROTORS THAT WERE RUSTED ON INSIDE DISC WALLS. WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. *AK

SPARE TIRE CARRIER WINCH CABLE FAILED ON 2002 GMC YUKON XL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE SPARE TIRE COLLIDED WITH THE AUTO FOLLOWING ME CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.*AK

ON 11/23/04 LEFT FOR VACATION NOTICED THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING ABOUT TWO HOURS INTO OUR TRIP. STOPPED AT DEALERSHIP IN BARSTOW, WHERE WE WERE TOLD TRANSFER CASE WAS HEATING UP AND EXPANDING AND THAT IT HAD TINY CRACKS THAT THE FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT OF. NEEDED A NEW TRANSFER CASE ORDERED ON 11/24 AND AUTHORIZED OVERNIGHT SHIPPING. CALLED FROM 11/29 TO 12/3 WHEN I WAS FINALY TOLD THAT PART WAS ON NATIONWIDE BACKORDER AND WOULD NOT BE SHIPPED. MY CAR WAS NOT READY UNTIL 12/15. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM SINCE THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER AND THAT GMC WILL NOT REIMBURSE PARTS AND LABOR OR RENTAL CAR FEES. I WAS ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. CONTACTED THEM AND WAS TOLD WHAT INFO. TO SEND. SENT IT DID NOT HEAR FROM FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS THEN WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ALL INFO. LEFT AT LEAST 15 MESSAGES AND NEVER RECEIVED PHONE CALL BACK CALLED AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO SUPERVISOR AND FIRST WAS TOLD NO THEN FINALLY FOUND A REPRESENTATIVE THAT GAVE ME SUPERVISOR. I RESENT PAPERWORK THAT WAS SUPOSSEDLY MISSING AND WAS TOLD ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF LATER THAT THEY WOULD GIVE ME CREDIT TOWARD A NEW PURCHASE OR OIL CHANGES FOR THE EQUIVELANT OF 1 YEAR. *AK

WE ARE NOW REPLACING THE BUSHING IN THE STEERING COLUMN FOR THE SECOND TIME WITH LESS THAN 42,000 MILES. THIS COMPONENT WAS REPLACED ORIGINALLY AT 28,000 MILES AND HAS FAILED AGAIN. WITH THIS FAILURE HAS CAUSED LEFT WHEEL BEARING TO GO OUT. AT 58,000 MILE THE RIGHT WHEEL BEARING IS NOW IN NEED OF REPAIR, SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, NONE OF THIS IS COVERED AFTER 36,000 MILES. ALSO, THE REAR AIR WILL EITHER BLOW COLD UNTIL THE THERMASTAT IS CHANGE TO THE RED SETTING COMPLETELY. WHEN TAKEN IN WITH THE INITIAL FAILURE OF THE STEERING COLUMN, I WAS TOLD THAT THE SETTING WORKED FINE BUT WOULD BE NOTED INCASE OF LATER FAILURE SO IT MIGHT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE HAD UNSTEADY STEERING CONTROL, VEHICLE WANDERED BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY POWER STEERING FAILED. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT/RIGHT WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS 5,000 MILES PASSED THE WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THE DRIVER WAS GIVEN AN OWNER'S LOYALTY CERTIFICATE, WHICH COULD BE USED FOR FUTURE PURCHASES. *AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GARAGE FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE. WHEN DEPRESSING THE PARKING BRAKE IT FAILED TO HOLD THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED ON AN INCLINE. DRIVER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

PROMBLEMS STARTED AT 16,471 STEERING STARTED RATTLING,AND FELT LOOSE,DEALER LOOKED AT & LUBRICATED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ALONG WITH DOWNSHIFTING ON ITS OWN ?? 12/05/02. *AK AT 20226 02/20/03 STILL HAVING PROMBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSON CLUNKING BETWEEN SHIFTING POINTS R/R AND GREASED SPLINES AT TRANSMISSION,ALONG WITH HARMONIC NOISE COMMING FROM RUNNING BOARDS,TIGHTEN UP RUNNING BOARDS,TRANSMISSINON WAS ALSO SLIPPING & THEY RESET TRANSMISSION ADAPTIVES, 09/04/03 STILL HAVING PROMBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION CLUNKING AT SHIFT POINTS THEY RESET SHIFT ADAPTIVES & RELEARN SHIFT POINTS STILL SAME PROMBLEMS WHEN I LEFT DEALER. 06/16/04 36987 LAST WARRANTY WORK...SAME COMPLAINT AS ALWAYS ABOUT STERRING NOISE AND TRANSMISSION,INSPECTED AND REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT,DRIVERS WINDOW STOPPED WORKING THEY REPLACED WINDOW REGULATOR,FLUIDS LEAKING THEY REPLACED LEAKING TRANS GASKET. NOW OUT OF WARRANTY,AT 49,000 JUST REPLACED WINDOW REGULATOR AGAIN,STEERING STILL A PROMBLEM BUT NOW STEERING BOX IS SHOOTING FLUID OUT TOP SEAL ON BOX,NEED TO REPLACE STEERING BOX AT MY COST.STILL VERY WORRIED ABOUT STEERING ..I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH MY YUKON,I WILL NEVER BUT ANOTHER CMC PRODUCT AGAIN,NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE BUT FOR $43,000 YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD.WE USE ALL CHEVY TRUCKS IN OUR FLEET IN MY BUSSINESS WE ARE CONSIDERING GOING FOREIGN,NOT VERY PROUD OF OUR AMERICAN TRUCKS.

OWNER COMPLAINED ABOUT A STEERING SHAFT PROBLEM. THE POWER STEERING BECAME VERY DIFFICULT WHEN DRIVING. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE SHOP PRIOR TO RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS DEFECT. *AK

FUEL SENSOR WAS NOT WORKING. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO READ THE GAUGE TO DETERMINE IF FUEL WAS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS DEFECT.*AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 YUKON XL, THERE IS YELLOW LIGHT APPEARED ON THE I/P CLUSTER MESSAGE CENTER. "SERVICE 4WD" AND WHEN GENTLY APPLY/PRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE IS SOME KIND OF LOUD MECHANISM NOISE IN THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVER SIDE, AND PREVENT THE BRAKE PEDAL FROM COMING DOWN. THREE TIMES THAT I ALMOST REAR END OTHER VEHICLES. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED, THE COST WAS $2212.93 FOR FIXING BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE INCLUDING ANTI BRAKE SYSTEM AND 4WHEEL DRIVE. DEALER RECOMMENDED TO A REPORT TO NHTSA.

VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE. WHEN TAKING TO BE SERVICED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

DURING 2004 STATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND SAFETY INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT WORK. AS A RESULT VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION AND WILL NOT PASS UNTIL ISSUE RESOLVED. WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS PRESSED, THE PEDAL EASILY REACHES THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE. GMC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE NOTIFIED 01/25/05. NOT SURE ON RESOLUTION. DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE ENTIRE REAR BRAKE ASSEMBLY, QUOTE HIGH COST FOR WORK, NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, DEALER BLAMING ON NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. INSPECTION PLACE COMMENTED ON SIMILAR ISSUES WITH ALL OTHER GMC YUKON 2002 MODEL. *NM

DEC 24 2004 I RETURNED TO MY PARKED CAR AND STARTED THE ENGINE, THE FRONT DEFROST BLOWERS WENT TO HIGH SPEED AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. AT MY NEXT STOP I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE FAN KEPT RUNNING. REMOVING THE KEYS OPENING THE DOOR DID NOTHING. AFTER REMOVING THE FUSE TO THE FRONT HAVC THE FAN STOPPED BUT STARTED AGAIN WHEN THE FUSE WAS RE-INSTALLED. AFTER RETURNING HOME I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY FOR A HALF HOUR THE FAN STAYED OFF, THE CONTROLS WORKED PROPERLY. DEC 28TH STOPPING FOR GAS, I TURNED THE CAR OFF BUT THE FAN CAM ON AGAIN AT FULL SPEED. I CHECKED ON LINE AND IT SEEMS SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THE DEALERS HAVE NOT COME UP WITH A FIX. AT THIS TIME I HAVE PULLED THE FUSE TO KEEP THE FAN FROM BLOWING BUT IT'S TOO COLD TO BE DRIVING WITH NO HEAT OR DEFROST IN THE CAR. WHEN I GET HOME WHERE I HAVE TOOLS I WILL AGAIN DISCONNECT THE BATTERY.

DURING 2004 STATE VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND SAFETY INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT WORK. AS A RESULT VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION AND WILL NOT PASS UNTIL ISSUE RESOLVED. GMC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE NOTIFIED 12/21 AND DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR TO BEGIN 12/22. WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS PRESSED, THE PEDAL EASILY REACHES THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT HOLD VEHICLE. *JB

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2002 YUKON XL TRUCK. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK TWO YEARS AGO FROM A GMC DEALER IN MACON GA. I NOTICED THE STEERING COLUMN FELT LOOSE AND MADE UNUSUAL NOISE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND WHEN TURNING. I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO A LOCAL DEALER UNDER A WARRANTY CALL. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPAIRED/ADJUSTED THE STEERING SYSTEM AND THE VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS. HOWEVER THE SAME NOISE CAME BACK AND THE TRUCKS ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT AND TRACTION ASSISTANCE LIGHTS CAME ON. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE IT LOOKED. THE SHOPS OWNER DISCOVERED ONE OF THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER TOLD ME THE HUBS BEARINGS HAD COMPLETELY FAILED AND THERE WAS A STRONG POSSIBILITY THE WHEEL COULD HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS TRUCK IS 2 YEARS OLD AND ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. *JB

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. HAD FUEL PUMP REPLACED.

THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT ENGAGE WHEN DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE OWNER RECEIVED A SECOND OPINION AND WAS TOLD THAT THE POSITIONING OF THE PARKING BRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VERY SLOW SPEED. AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE. IT APPEARS THE MATERIAL THE ROTORS ARE MADE OF ARE NOT UP TO SPECIFICATIONS PROBABLY MADE IN CHINA. THE SURFACE OF THE BRAKE PAD AREA IS FLAKING OFF THUS DRASTICALLY, REDUCING THE BARKING POWER OF THE VEHICLE, 2002 GMC YUKON XL DENALI. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER. WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT A CARBON BUILD UP ON THE PISTON CAUSED THE KNOCKING. *AK

WHEN SHIFTING THE GEARS TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED ON ITS ON. VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK

VECHICLE HESITATION, I WAS PROCEEDING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN WHEN MY DENALI HESITATED TO MOVE AND I WAS STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION, IT TOOK MY VECHILE MORE THAN 5 SECONDS TO KICK INTO GEAR LUCKILY THERE WAS NO CARS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR MY DAUGHTER AND MYSELF WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE HERE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF. WHICH OF COURSE THE DEALER CANT DIAGNOSE, CHANGING THE THROTTLE BODY & TURBINE SHAFT HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING FOR MY VECHILE IT STILL HESITATES....I REPORTED IT TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE VECHICLE. IT IS DEFINITLY AN UNSAFE VECHILE TO DRIVE.

UPON ROTATING THE TIRES MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ALL 4 TIRES INNER TREAD WAS CUPPING. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE TIRE CUPPING BECAUSE VEHICLE'S ALIGNMENT WAS UP TO SPECS, AND TIRE PRESSURE WAS WELL MAINTAINED.*AK *MR

TREAD SEPARATION ON FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THERE WOULD BE A HOWLING NOISE AS IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE POWER BOOSTER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD VIBRATE. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED AROUND 10 MPH. *SC *JB

MODEL: 2001 GMC YUKON 4WD DATE OF PURCHASE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2001 RIGHT NOW OUR YUKON IS AT FIORE'S IN ALTOONA, PA FOR THE THIRD TIME TRYING TO BE FIXED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS THE THIRD DAY THAT THEY HAVE HAD OUR CAR. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP WHEN TURNING RIGHT AND BRAKING. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. HISTORY: JULY 26, 2003: WHILE VACATIONING IN DELAWARE THE STEERING BEGAN TO FAIL (THE STEERING WOULD ALMOST LOCK UP AND MAKE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL). THE FAILURE ALWAYS OCCURRED WHILE TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T ALWAYS OCCUR, HOWEVER DURING THE 5-HOUR DRIVE BACK HOME ON JULY 27, THE STEERING FAILED SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING EXTREME STRESS. JULY 28, 2003: CALLED THE DEALER WHERE THE YUKON WAS PURCHASED (FIORE PONTIAC GMC, ALTOONA, PA) AND TOLD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE STEERING PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS SCHEDULED TO BE SEEN ON THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2003. JULY 31, 2003: THE YUKON WAS SEEN BY THE FIORE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A STEERING SENSOR THAT NEEDED REPLACED. THE PART WASN'T AVAILABLE AND HAD TO BE ORDERED. I HAD TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TO FIND THE STATUS OF THE PART. THE PART WAS NOT DELIVERED UNTIL TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2003. AUGUST 5, 2003: THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SCHEDULED THE PART TO BE INSTALLED ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2003 AUGUST 7, 2003: THE NEW SENSOR WAS INSTALLED AUGUST 9, 2003: WHILE VACATIONING IN DELAWARE, THE STEERING AGAIN FAILED AS BEFORE. THERE WAS NO CHANGE EVEN AFTER THE NEW SENSOR WAS INSTALLED. RETURNED FROM VACATION ON AUGUST 13, 2003. THE STEERING FAILED SEVERAL TIMES DURING THIS PERIOD. AUGUST 13, 2003: CALLED FIORE PONTIAC SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE STEERING PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED. WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN THE AFTERNOON OF AUGUST 18, 2003. DURING THE NEXT 5 DAYS, THE STEERING CONTINUED TO FAIL AND TIGHTEN UP SEVERAL TIMES.

BLOWER MOTOR FOR HVAC SYSTEM COMES ON WHENEVER IT WANTS-EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 11 TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. FOR COMPLETE DETAILS VISIT WWW.STEVENRASBACH.COM/GMC

DEFECTIVE ENGINE (PISTONS KNOCKING IN CYLINDERS, AS DOCUMENTED BY DEALER) ON 2002 YUKON SLT; 19,500 MILES

THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE'S REAR PASSENGER SEATBELT. *MR THE RETRACTING LOCK DID NOT WORK PROPERLY WHEN IT WAS USED TO RESTRAIN A SHILD SAFETY SEAT. *SCC *JB

FUEL TANK LEAKS WHEN FILLED BEYOND 2/3-3/4 FULL. GAS TANK LEAKED GAS ON GARAGE FLOOR DAMAGING COATED/SEALED FLOOR. FORTUNATELY LEAKAGE WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE IT WAS ABLE TO IGNITE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND I WAS ADVISED THAT IN FACT THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY GAS TANK. I WAS ALSO ADVISED INITIALLY THAT A REPLACEMENT TANK WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY, 2004. AS IT TURNS OUT, THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE COMPLAINTS AND I SUSPECT THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REDESIGN AND PRODUCE A SAFER REPLACEMENT TANK. MY DEALER HAS REPLACED "SEVERAL" OF THESE TANKS. WHY WAS THERE NOT A NOTICE SENT OUT TO THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES WHEN THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE LEAKAGE OF FUEL IN OUR GARAGES IS IGNITED WITH A WATER HEATER COMING ON WHILE WE ARE SLEEPING? THIS PROBLEM MUST BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. I PURCHASED ANOTHER IDENTICAL YUKON XL WITH MY DAUGHTER FROM THIS SAME DEALER. THIS VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF SERVICE AT THE DEALERS LOCATION WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT GAS TANK. *LA

TIRES ON 2002 GMC YUKON XL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P265R70-16 ARE CUPPING AND ARE WORN OUT. 26000 MILES. GMC DEALER SAYS IT IS TIRE DEFECT, FIRESTONE DEALER SAYS IT A DESIGN DEFECT IN VEHICLE. FIRESTONE DEALER SAYS THEY SEE NUMEROUS CASES OF PREMATURE TIRE WARE DUE TO DESIGN DEFECT IN VEHICLE FRONT SUSPENSION. NEED ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING ISSUE OF DEFECT TIRE VS VEHICLE. *LA

WHEN THE CARGO DOOR WAS OPENED GLASS DETACHED FROM IT AND CAME OFF. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE OF IMPROPER INSTALLATION AT TIME OF THE GLASS BEING MANUFACTURED, PER DEALERSHIP. *AK

I REALIZE THIS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE; BUT BEAR WITH ME. WE HAVE A YUKON XL GMC 2002 MODEL. WE HAVE HAD THE CARPET REPLACED 3 TIMES!! THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE CARPET ON THIS MODEL. IT SHEDS, NOT A LITTLE HAND FULLS. IF YOU ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN "FUZZ" FROM THE CARPET IS FLYING EVERYWHERE. AFTER DISCUSSION WITH ANNE MARIE EXECUTIVE FOR GMC, I LEARNED THAT 2002, 2003, AND SOON TO BE 2004 CARPET IS LIKE THIS. THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT COUNT ON IT. YOU ARE SO CAUGHT OFF GUARD AT THE FLYING CARPET. PLEASE JUST LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. I RECEIVED AN ANSWER OF THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE IT.

I HAVE A 2002 GMC YUKON XL. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN JUNE OF 2002. AT 376 MILES MY BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP. I HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM EVER SINCE. AS YOUR DRIVING THE BRAKES APPLY AND YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF YOUR STEERING. THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME, BUT DOES HAPPEN. THEY HAVE REPLACED MY MASTER CYLINDER, POWER BOOSTER, AND ALL 4 ROTORS. THIS PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED AND BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING IT, THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED ON 9/11/03 IT WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I HAVE LEFT THE VEHICLE THERE BECAUSE I FEAR DRIVING IT. LAST THING I HEARD WAS THEY WERE SHIPPING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT BECAUSE IT WAS THERE PROBLEM. PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING I CAN DO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT THERE HAS BEEN EVIDENCE OF DEFECT BECAUSE THE ROTORS HAVE SHOWN DAMAGE DUE TO DEFECT. *JB

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE HESITATION. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND HAD REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. ALSO ABS LIGHT TURNED ON DASH, AS WELL AS THE GAUGES. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ANDS STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK

I BOUGHT A NEW 2002 YUKON XL WHICH CAME WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE TIRES INCLUDING THE SPARE. I HAVE ROTATED ALL TIRES PROPERLY AND ACCORDING TO THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE, EVERY THREE TO FIVE THOUSAND MILES. I HAVE HAD THE FRONT END ALIGNMENT CHECK OUT, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE PERFECTLY IN ALIGNMENT. THE TIRES HAVE 24,000 MILES ON THEM. ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE WITH HIGH/LOW SPOTS ON THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE TREAD. THE THREE CENTER ROWS OF TREAD ARE WEARING PERFECTLY CORRECT AND EVEN. THE TIRE SHOP AND THE DEALERSHIP RECCOMMENDS REPLACING ALL THE TIRES BECAUSE THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT AT HIGHER HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK

THE CONSUMER HAD DIFFICULTY FILLING THE GAS TANK. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE TANK HAD TO BE FILLED SLOWLY. WHEN REACHING ABOUT 3/4 FULL, FUEL LEAKED OUT. CONSUMER CONTACTED GM THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS A BULLETIN OUT REGARDING THE PROBLEM AND THE DEALERSHIP NEVER FIXED THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FELT GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *AK *CB *JB

WHEN THE KEY IS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION CONSUMER IS ABLE TO CHANGE GEAR FROM PARK WITHOUT DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. HOWEVER, WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING, NOT ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE IS NO OPEN DOOR SIGNAL TO INFORM THE CONSUMER THAT THERE DOOR IS OPEN WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE LOAD LEVELING DEVICE. FUSES CONSISTANTLY FAIL WHEN COMPRESSER ACTIVATES WHEN LOAD IS IN OR ON VEHICLE. THIS OCCURS WITH OR WITHOUT A TRAILER HOOKED UP. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE IN MID 2002. ATTEMPTED TO BE FIXED THREE TIMES IN THE LASE 30 DAYS. DEALER UNABLE TO ISOLATE THE PROBLEM. INDEPENDANT MECHANIC SAYS DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HIGH PROBABLY OF FIRE OR BURN OUT OF WIRING.*AK

THE FRONT/REAR WHEEL BEARINGS WENT OUT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *PH

WHEN VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THERE IS A RATTLE IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE STEERING AND NEEDS REPLACED. *PH

SEVERAL OCCURRENCES WITH VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION. NAR 07/28/2003*MR DEALER NOTIFIED. *CB

KNOCKING NOICE IS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND IS FELT AS A "CLUNK" THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME IN 6 MONTHS THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED. THE FIRST TIME WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD 30000 MILES ON IT AND IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND FIXED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 45000 MILES ON IT AND THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN.*AK

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE IS A VERY AUDIBLE ENGINE KNOCK. IT SEEMS TO GO AWAY AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS OR SO. DOESN'T GET BETER NOR DOES IT GET WORSE BUT IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING A LOUD NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND CHANGED THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. NOISE STOPPED FOR A WHILE, BUT RETURNED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON INSPECTION, DEALER DISCOVERED THAT ELECTRICAL WIRES LOCATED INSIDE OF FUEL PUMP WERE COMPLETELY EXPOSED CAUSING THEM TO MELT.*AK

FIRESTONE TIRE EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING SPEED LIMIT TOO LAKE HAVASU, AZ, MAY 28, CAUSING ERRATIC CONTROL OF VEHICLE. APPEARS SIDEWALL DISLODGED FROM TIRE AND AND TREAD DISLODGED FROM BASE TIRE FRAMING. TIRE INFO: FIRESTONE WILDERNESS LE - P265/70R16 111S M/S; TUBELESS; OTHER NUMBER ON SIDE OF TIRE: DD726G G09R (E4) 027680 DOT 8 X 72 WL2 .DAMAGED AREA SHOWS A NUMBER ?4601? (? = DENOTES UNKNOWN NUMBERS IF ANYIN THESE PLACES) DAMAGE TO UNDERCARRAGE OF VEHICLE AS WELL TO THE WHEEL WELL.*AK

THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THERE WAS A TOW OUT PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE TIRES WORE OUT EVERY 5,000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH WHEN MY LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. TIRE HAD ABOUT 26,600 MILES AND WAS IN GOOD CONDITION UNTIL THIS TIME. TIRE HAD ABOUT 35 PSI. *NLM

2000 GMC YUKON XL. FUEL LEAK IN MY GARAGE AFTER FILLING GAS TANK. LEAKED AT LEAST 6-8 GALLONS OF FUEL INTO GARAGE. SERVICE FACILITY DIAGNOSED PROBLEM TO BE FAULTY PLUNGER IN FUEL PUMP. VERY DANGEROUS, SINCE MY GARAGE CONTAINS GAS HOT WATER HEATER WITH PILOT. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CLEANUP (REQUIRED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT) COST $1600. *NLM

THERE WAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR LIGHTS ON A NEW VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE LOST DASH, RADIO, DRL, AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING. FUSE(S) WERE REPLACED AND SOME LIGHTS HAD COME BACK ON. THE CONSUMER HAS REQUESTED COMPENSATION AND A NEW VEHICLE. *MR *SCC *NLM

THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SUPPOSED TO SHUT OFF AFTER THE DOME OVER RIDE BUTTON IS PUSHED FOUR (4) TIMES WITHIN SIX (6) SECONDS PER THE MANUAL BUT THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SHUTTING OFF AFTER SOMETIMES 1 HIT OR 2 OR 3 AND SOMETIMES 4. DRIVING HOME LATE ONE NIGHT ON A BUSY DENVER INTERSTATE WE I HIT THE BUTTON ONCE AND ALL THE LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WENT OFF. VERY DANGEROUS. THE DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AS THERE ARE NO MANUFACTURERS NOTICES AND THE COMPUTER SAYS THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS. *NLM

THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT DID NOT ALLOW THE PASSENGER TO LEAN FORWARD, THE SEAT BELT LOCKED INTO PLACE. *JB

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM THE HINGES, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO ENTER AND EXIT THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE BRAKE LINE (A METAL ROD, NOT HOSE) BROKE OFF, ON AN ICE MOUNTAIN ROAD ON DECEMBER 23, 2002. THE CAR WAS BRAND NEW WITH 9800 MILES ON IT AND THERE MY THREE CHILDREN AGES 3, 3, AND 5 WERE IN THE CAR. WE WERE TOWED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN FOR 60 MILES. GENERAL MOTORS FIXED THE BRAKE LINE AND TOOK OVER TWO MONTHS TO GET BACK TO ME WITH A $55.00 REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE CAR RENTAL. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC FOR MY FAMILY. THE CAR COULD NOT STOP AT ALL. *NLM

WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED, THE ENGINE REVVED, AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHOT FOWARD. *JB

MY 2002 GMC YUKON XL DOES NOT HAVE AN ALARM FOR *OPEN* DRIVER/PASSENGER DOOR (IT ONLY HAS A REAR "CARGO DOOR OPEN" INDICATOR). YOU CAN ACTUALLY DRIVE WITH THE DRIVER/PASSENGER SLIGHTLY AJAR (YOU HEAR WIND) OR OPENED, *WITHOUT* ANY NOTIFICATION OR ALARM. GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE (800 #) & FREMONT GMC POSITION THAT THIS IS BY DESIGN. I BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY FLAW THAT REQUIRES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION TO CORRECT. A SAFETY RECALL IS WARRANTED. *NLM

FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MAKES GRINDING NOISE DURING TURNS. MANUFACTURER ADVISED ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL.

WHEN THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON, IT CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK.*JB

2002 YUKON - BRIEF ENGINE KNOCK WHEN VEHILCE IS STARTED. ALSO, HAS AN EXHAUST NOISE/RATTLE AT APPROXIMATELY 40-42 MPH, 1000=1300 RPMS. NOISES STARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES.

THE PASSENGER HAD NO FLEXIBILITY, WHEN THE SEAT BELT WAS FASTENED. *PH *JB

I BELIEVE THE DESIGN OF THE GMC YUKON POSSES A GREAT RISK OF COSTLY REPAIRS AND THE POSSIBLITY OF A FATAL ACCIDENT. I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALER BECAUSE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE RADIO WENT OUT. I ASSUMED THAT MAYBE A FUSE HAD WENT OUT. BUT WHEN ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO REPLACE THE BLOWN FUSE, THOSE FUSES BLEW ALSO. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT A SHORTING OF THE WIRING OCCURRED BECAUSE SODA WAS SPILLED IN THE REAR CUP HOLDER. THIS CAUSED THE RADIO, SPEEDOMETER, HEAT, ETC... TO GO OUT ON THE FRONT DASH PANEL IN ADDITION TO MAKING SOMETHINGS COME ON WHEN THEY WERE IN THE OFF POSITION. BECAUSE OF THE SPILLAGE CLAIM FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, THIS I WAS TOLD WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. MY PROBLEM IS THIS, IF A LEAKAGE FROM A CUP-HOLDER CAN CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE, SHOULD THOSE WIRES BE SO EASILY EXPOSED? SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY MECHINISM IN PLACE TO PREVENT THIS FROM OCCURRING. THIS VEHICLE IS PROMOTED AS A FAMILY CAR, BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SAFE FOR A FAMILY. IF THE WIRES ARE SO CLOSE TO THE SURFACE UNPROTECTED THAT SODA COULD GO INTO IT FROM A CUP HOLDER, WHAT ABOUT A LITTLE CHILD HAND. I HAVE A TWENTY MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WHO RIDES IN A CAR SEAT IN THE REAR, SHE OFTEN DRINKS FROM A SIP-IT-CUP WHILE BACK THERE. SIP-IT-CUP RARELY LEAK, SO HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT AN AMOUNT GREAT ENOUGH TO CAUSE THIS MUCH DAMAGE COULD OCCUR? SOME SORT OF SAFETY MECHANISM NEEDS TO BE INSTALL TO PREVENT CONTACT WITH THESE WIRES. THESE WIRES CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF SYSTEMS TO FAIL ON THE VEHICLE. WHAT'S NEXT ? I HATE TO IMAGINE THAT IF THIS OCCURS AGAIN THAT MAYBE IT WON'T BE THE RADIO THAT GOES OUT MAYBE IT WILL BE A FIRE THAT STARTS OR MAYBE THE ENTIRE CAR MIGHT EXPLODE. A SAFETY RECALL IS DEFINITELY IN ORDER.

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

WHEN CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT BECAME STUCK, THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED IN FULL THROTTLE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS.*JB

FIRESTONE TIRE WITH 10,571 MILES ON IT SHREDDED. P265/70R16 IIIS M/S INSTALLED ON 2002 GMC YUKON XL

AFTER OWNING MY 2002 GMC YUKON XL, I NOTICED UNEVEN TIRED TREAD WEAR AT ABOUT THE 5000 MILE MARK. WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE CARRIAGE MOTORS COMPANY SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR MY VEHICLE'S 7500 SERVICE, I MENTIONED MY CONCERN FOR MANNER IN WHICH MY TIRES WERE WEARING. BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK TIRES HAD THE SAME TIRE WEAR SINCE THEY HAD BEEN ROTATED AT 5000 MILES. THE TREAD WEARS UNEVENLY ON THE INSIDE OF BOTH THE FRONT TIRES, CAUSING EXCESSIVE TIRE NOISE FROM INSIDE THE CABIN AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE VEHICLE PULLS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. MOST NOTEABLY RIGHT AFTER THE TIRES ARE ROTATED. I HAVE SINCE COMPLAINED ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS TO CARRIAGE MOTORS AND EACH TIME WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSE THAT IT IS NORMAL TIRE WEAR FOR A GMC YUKON. SECOND OPINIONS WERE SOUGHT FROM DIFFERENT TIRE DEALERSHIPS IN THE TEMECULA AREA, WITH ALL STATING THAT IT IS NOT NORMAL. MY CONCERN IS FOR MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN, AS MY SPOUSE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHILCE HANDLES VERY POORLY ON THE FREEWAY AND MOST RECENTLY, HAVING RECEIVED SOME RAIN IN OUR LOCAL AREA, I WAS ALARMED AT HOW POORLY THE VEHILCLE HANDLED ON THE WET ROADS. A LOCAL TIRE COMPANY IN MY AREA STATED THAT MY TIRES ON NOT CONTACTING PROPERLY WITH THE ROAD, WHICH RESULTS IN POOR HANDLING. IN ADDITION, THE CARRIAGE MOTOR COMPANY STATED THE REASON FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH THE TIRES WEAR FOR "YUKONS" WAS THE DESIGN BY GMC IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE A SMOOTHER RIDE FOR THIS VEHICLE. I AM SEEKING THE NHTSA ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER AS I HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL EFFORTS WITH THE CARRIAGE MOTORS AND GMC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE. IF YOUR AGENCY IS UNABLE TO ASSIST ME PLEASE DIRECT ME TO THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY THAT WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. DT

WHILE DRVING THE VEHICLE AT 60MPH AT NIGHT TIME CONSUME STATES HAS PROBLEM WITH INTERIOR LIGHT AS WELL WITH HEAD LIGHTS, CAUSING TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION THANKS. TS

FRONT HEATER ONLY OPERATES AT FULL TEMPERATURE SETTING 82 DEGREES. OTHERWISE, THE HEATER IS BLOWING COLD AIR, ABOUT THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE. THE ONLY WAY TO REGULATE INSIDE TEMPERATURE IS TO SET AT 82 DEGREES, THEN TURN SYSTEM OFF UNTIL THE CABIN IS COLD, THEN TURN HEATER BACK ON, ETC. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE EVERY FEW MINUTES, CAUSING CONSTANT DRIVER DISTRACTION. DEALER IS ADVISING GM TECH CENTER IS STATING THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. DT

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER SUV ("T-BONE"). SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH HIT BRAKES, BUT OTHER VEHICLE PULLED IMMEDIATELY OUT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE IN QUESTION. SMASHED FRONT END OF VEHICLE EQUALLY ON BOTH SIDES (SQUARE IMPACT) AND CAUSED CONTENTS FROM VEHICLE TO COME FROM FAR BACK TO THE FRONT SEATS. WENT FROM 45-0 MPH IN A FEW FEET (ALMOST FLIPPED OTHER SUV), YET AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FORCE CAUSED SEATBELT TO COMPLETELY STRETCH OUT AND LOCK IN PLACE PERMANENTLY. (WOULD NOT RETRACT AFTERWARDS) ALL WITNESSES INCLUDING POLICE, TOW TRUCK, AND INSURANCE COMPANY SAY AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE CAR IS SCHEDULED FOR REPAIRS AND WE ARE TERRIFIED TO GET IT BACK IN REPAIRED CONDITION. WE DO NOT WISH TO ENDANGER THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY AND GM IS NOT REPLYING. DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT A CIRCUIT SHORT ON THE PANEL WHICH IT DISABLES THE CRUISE CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND DENIED TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A RECALL FOR THAT METTER. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE DOSEN'T COMES EQUIP WITH A DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR. WHICH RESULTING IN THE DOOR SWINGING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. FORTUNATELY THE BACK OFF VEHICLE WAS NOT OCCUPIED AT THE TIME OFF THE INCIDENT. TS

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH TIRES PLEASE SPECIFY WHAT THE TIRE SIZE'S ARE. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT AT 50 MPH UNDER RAINY CONDITIONS, CONSUMER LOSS CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT A TREE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. NONE OF THE VEHICLES AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THIRD ROW MIDDLE PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT PULL OUT, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER. TS

WE DID NOT NOTICE THE MISSING LATCH SYSTEM FOR CHILD SEATS UNTIL VERY RECENTLY WHEN WE BECAME GRANDPARENTS. OUR SON'S 2001 CHEVY SILVERADO HAS THE SYSTEM AND OUR NEWER 2002 YUKON XL DENALI OWNERS MANUAL STATES CLEARLY THAT THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE NEW AND IMPROVED LATCH SYSTEM. IT'S NOT THERE! NO LOWER ATTACHMENT POINTS ARE INCORPORATED IN THE OPTIONAL BUCKET SEATS WHICH GM CHARGED US EXTRA FOR. WHY DOES IT COST EXTRA TO GET LESS SEAT AND THEN GET RIPPED OFF ON THE NEW CHILD SAFETY SEAT ATTACHMENT SYSTEM? MR

THERE IS NO LATCH SYSTEM INSIDE OF VEHICLE FOR INFANT TO SEAT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING BRAKES WENT OUT, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE WILL HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FUEL TANK/FILLER ASSEMBLY CAUSES VAPORS TO BACKUP INTO GAS PUMPS EQUIPPED WITH VAPOR RECLAMATION SYSTEMS. THIS CAUSES A GAS PUMP SO EQUIPPED TO SHUTOFF PREMATURILY WHEN REFILLING THE VEHICLES FUEL TANKS FROM ANY PERCENTAGE OF CAPICITY. THERE FOR, FILLING THE TANK BECOMES ESPECIALLY TIME CONSUMING, FRUSTURATING AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDEOUS AS ONE IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO OVERRIDE THE SYSTEMS AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF INORDER TO PUT ANY REASONABLE QUANTITY OF GALLONS INTO THE VEHICLES FUEL TANK. IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHETHER THE GAS PUMPS AUTO SHUTOFF IS BEING TRIGGERED BY FUEL BACKUP DUE TO TANK DESIGN PROBLEMS OR THE TANK ACTUALLY STARTING TO OVERFILL.*AK

FUEL TANK/FILLER ASSEMBLY CAUSES VAPORS TO BACKUP INTO GAS PUMPS EQUIPPED WITH VAPOR RECLAMATION SYSTEMS. THIS CAUSES A GAS PUMP SO EQUIPPED TO SHUTOFF PREMATURILY WHEN REFILLING THE VEHICLES FUEL TANKS FROM ANY PERCENTAGE OF CAPICITY. THERE FOR, FILLING THE TANK BECOMES ESPECIALLY TIME CONSUMING, FRUSTURATING AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDEOUS AS ONE IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO OVERRIDE THE SYSTEMS AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF INORDER TO PUT ANY REASONABLE QUANTITY OF GALLONS INTO THE VEHICLES FUEL TANK. IT BECOMES DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHETHER THE GAS PUMPS AUTO SHUTOFF IS BEING TRIGGERED BY FUEL BACKUP DUE TO TANK DESIGN PROBLEMS OR THE TANK ACTUALLY STARTING TO OVERFILL. THIS ISSUE PRIMARELY OCCURS WITH THE 38.5 GALLON FUEL TANK.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT ON ONE OCCASION WHILE COMING TO HER VEHICLE, SHE FOUND HER FIVE YEAR OLD SON DANGLING FROM THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AT THE TOP OF THE LEFT BACK SEAT DOOR. THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS UNATTACHED. THE SEAT BELT WAS RETRACTED AND LOCKED IN PLACE WITH THE BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST, HE WAS INJURED DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. *SLC *NM

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT REMAINED ON WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND EACH TIME PROBLEM REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE UP, IT LURCHES FORWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN THE PARK POSITION IT LURCHES FORWARD. *YD

RUSTED PARTS UNDER THE DASHBOARD OF 2002 YUKON'S, GMC SIERRA, CHEVROLET SUBURBANS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AND POSSIBLY THE US AND ABROAD.*AK

WHEN TRAVELING AT 55MPH OR HIGHER AND GOING OVER A LITTLE BUMP/ HILL VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT'S FLOATING. DRIVER FEELS THAT IT'S HARD TO STEER. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DUE TO ELECTRICAL LOCKS FAILED AND CAR TOTAL LOSS

WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE WE NOTICED THE HEAD LINER PLUGS WERE MISSING THEY TOLD US TO BRING THE CAR BACK AND THEY WILL PUT THEM IN.THEY ATTEMEPTED TO INSTALL THE PLUGS AND NOTICED THERE WERE NO CLIPS INSTALLED IN THIS VEHICLE. NEVER INSPECTED ,ALSO ON 2-1-02 WE WERE DRIVING IN THE VEHICLE WERE MY DAUGHTERS WERE IN THE BACK SEAT WITH THERE SEAT BELTS ON AND MY HUSBAND STEPPED ON HIS BRAKES MY 10 YR. OLD FELL FORWARD AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE SEAT IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE SAID MY SEAT BELT CAME OUT WE TURNED AND SAW THAT THE BOLT OF THE SEAT BELT WAS ALL THE WAY OUT.WE THINK THIS CAR HAS NEVER BEEN PROPERLY INSPECTED. *AK

38.5 GALLON GAS TANK CAN ONLY BE FILLED TO 2/3 TO 3/4 LEVEL BECAUSE THE DUAL GAS TANK DESIGN DOES NOT ALLOW GASOLINE VAPORS TO EVACUATE, TRAPPING THE GAS VAPORS IN THE TANK WHERE THEY COULD CONCEIVABLY EXPLODE. ALTHOUGH THE DESIGN OF THIS CHASSIS IS TWO YEARS OLD, THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER WAS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC CONTACTED GM, AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM, WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO REMEDY IT, OR WHEN CUSTOMERS CAN EXPECT THE DESIGN DEFECT TO BE FIXABLE.

MEMORY MIRRORS HAVE A MIND OF THEIR OWN AND RESET TO RANDOM POSITIONS NOT SELECTED BY THE DRIVER. THE MIRRORS SOMETIMES "CREEP" WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THERE IS A LOUD CRUCNING, RUBBING, OR GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHELL WELL WHILE MAKING A VERY TIGHT LEFT TURN ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. A VERY LOUD HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL EMANATES FROM THE RADIO WHENEVER THE FM BAND IS SELECTED. THE SOUND IS VERY DISTRACTING AND CAUSES VEHICLE OCCUPANTS TO GET A HEADACHE.*AK