2001 GMC YUKON

258 complaints filed with NHTSA.

258
Complaints
29
Crashes
0
Fires
18
Injuries
1
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP32
SERVICE BRAKES23
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC17
TIRES11
PARKING BRAKE11
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL9
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION7
AIR BAGS7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM7
TIRES:TREAD/BELT6
SEAT BELTS5
STEERING5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY5
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE5
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE4

Recalls (8)

05V37900029/08/2005

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) ACTIVATION. THIS CONDITION IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN ENVIRONMENTALLY CORROSIVE AREAS. THIS RECALL WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE "SALT BELT" STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MAR

00V34300025/10/2000

STRUCTURE:BODY

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE LOOSE OR MISSING REAR WHEELHOUSE PLUGS. UNDER CERTAIN VEHICLE OPERATING CONDITIONS, EXHAUST GASES CAN FLOW FORWARD AND ACCUMULATE IN THE REAR WHEELHOUSE.

06E04300019/05/2006

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

CERTAIN REPLACEMENT FUEL FILTERS, FRAM BRAND NAME P/N G3727, WITH DATE CODES X52911 THROUGH X60801 SEQUENTIALLY OR X600141 AND A MEXICO COUNTRY OR ORIGIN MARKING ON THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 18, 2005, THROUGH MARCH 21, 2006, SOLD FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE AND ON CE

07E10600017/12/2007

WHEELS:HUB

CERTAIN FEDERAL-MOGUL REPLACEMENT WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLIES WITH THE BRAND NAMES: NATIONAL, CARQUEST P/NOS. 515020, 515021, 515025, 515053, 515054, 515059, AND 515060, SHIPPED BETWEEN JANUARY 23, 2006, AND DECEMBER 20, 2007, SOLD FOR LIGHT DUTY AND MEDIUM DUTY TRUCKS. THE INBOARD RETENTION NUT USED TO M

02V25300017/09/2002

SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH REARWARD FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINTS ON THE SECOND ROW SEATS, TWO POTENTIAL PINCH POINTS EXIST ON EACH OF THE FOLDING HEAD RESTRAINTS WHEN THE RESTRAINTS ARE FOLDED REARWARD AS THE SEATBACK IS FOLDED DOWN.

01V15900017/05/2001

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PICKUP AND UTILITY TRUCKS. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE AN INTERNAL COMPONENT IN THE OUTBOARD SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FOR THE 2ND AND 3RD ROW OF SEATS THAT COULD BE CRACKED. WITH REPEATED ACTUATION OF THE LOCKING MECHANISM, THE CRACK COULD SPREAD TO THE POINT SUCH THAT THE SEAT B

07V52100007/11/2007

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH AN 8.1L V8 ENGINE, THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION CAN OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY OR FAIL COMPLETELY. IF THE SENSOR OPERATES INTERMITTENTLY, THE SES LIGHT MAY ILLUMINATE AND THE VEHICLE MAY RUN ROUGH. THE ENGINE MAY STALL, AND IF SO, MAY RE-START IMMEDIATELY OR AFTER A C

03V09400007/03/2003

STRUCTURE

CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, AND MINI VAN CONVERSIONS EQUIPPED WITH SOUTHERN COMFORT BUILT RUNNING BOARDS THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN COURTESY LIGHTS MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS, INC. THESE UNITS CONTAIN A COURTESY LIGHT OR LIGHTS THAT MIGHT OVERHEAT WHEN THE WIRE HARNESS IS EXPOSED TO EX

Recent Complaints

20210104CrashAIR BAGS

ON JANUARY 3RD, 2021, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON SLUSHY, ICY SECONDARY ROADS. THE REAR END CAUGHT SOME SLUSH, SLID SIDEWAYS AND SENT ME SLIDING ACROSS THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES AND INTO A DITCH WHERE I COLLIDED WITH A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.

Mileage: 1

20180131CrashAIR BAGS

ON 01/23/2018 I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED HESITATED FOR A FEW THEN FINALLY TOOK HOLD BUT BY THAT TIME IT WAS TO LATE AND I ENDED UP ON SOMEONES LAWN AFTER CRASHING THROUGH THEIR WHITE PICKET FENCE, THEN ROLLING COMPLETELY OVER ON ITS TOP, TOTALLY THE YUKON. MY CONCERN IS THE NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL. THANKFULLY, I ONLY RECEIVED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES. PLUS, I AM VERY SORE STILL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD OF BEEN A WORSE CASE, WHERE I GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVE

Mileage: 200,000

20180131CrashSERVICE BRAKES

ON 01/23/2018 I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES WHEN APPLIED HESITATED FOR A FEW THEN FINALLY TOOK HOLD BUT BY THAT TIME IT WAS TO LATE AND I ENDED UP ON SOMEONES LAWN AFTER CRASHING THROUGH THEIR WHITE PICKET FENCE, THEN ROLLING COMPLETELY OVER ON ITS TOP, TOTALLY THE YUKON. MY CONCERN IS THE NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL. THANKFULLY, I ONLY RECEIVED MINOR SCRAPES AND BRUISES. PLUS, I AM VERY SORE STILL. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD OF BEEN A WORSE CASE, WHERE I GOT SERIOUSLY INJURED OR EVE

Mileage: 200,000

20150126CrashSTEERING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CRUSHED PELVIS IN THREE AREAS, LEFT LEG AND ANKLE NERVE DAMAGE AND DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND ANKLE, BROKEN JAW AND FRONT AND SIDE TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTIO

Mileage: 200,000

20150126CrashAIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO AN EMBANKMENT. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A CRUSHED PELVIS IN THREE AREAS, LEFT LEG AND ANKLE NERVE DAMAGE AND DISLOCATED RIGHT SHOULDER. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT LEG AND ANKLE, BROKEN JAW AND FRONT AND SIDE TEETH WERE KNOCKED OUT WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTIO

Mileage: 200,000

20141116CrashSERVICE BRAKES

BRAKES WERE WEAK, ALMOST TO FLOOR SO THE CAR WAS TOWED HOME. WHILE SLOWLY BACKING THE CAR INTO DRIVEWAY THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY. STEPPED ON EMERGENCY BRAKE AND INTERMEDIATE CABLE BROKE. THE E-BRAKE CABLE FAILED BECAUSE OF RUST AND THE BRAKE LINES TO THE EBCM WHERE THEY GO OVER FRAME ALL FAILED. THE ONLY PART ON THIS CAR THAT HAS RUSTED BEYOND ANYTHING NORMAL ARE THE BRAKE LINES. UNBELIEVABLY RUSTED! WHEN THE BRAKES (E-BRAKE AND BOTH LINES) ALL FAILED THE CAR ROLLED OUT OF CONTROLLED INTO A

Mileage: 181,000

20140512CrashFatalAIR BAGS

LETTER FROM SENATOR SCOTT ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE GMC YUKON. *SMD THE CONSUMERS HUSBAND WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB

20140319CrashENGINE

MY COMPLAINT IS RELATED TO THE ALREADY IN EFFECT RECALL FOR GM RECALL NO. 06083. I WANT TO REQUEST THAT ANOTHER INVESTIGATION BE DONE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 GMC YUKON SLE 5.3L V8. THE PROBLEM BEGAN A FEW YEARS BACK IN 2006 AND UNTIL THIS PRESENT TIME, ITS GETTING WORSE AS TIME PASSES BY. WHEN IT HAPPENED THE VERY FIRST TIME I CONTACTED GM AND THEY OBVIOUSLY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO REPORTED INCIDENTS AS THE ONE THAT I WAS DESCRIBING FOR MY VEH

Mileage: 68,000

20140319CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

MY COMPLAINT IS RELATED TO THE ALREADY IN EFFECT RECALL FOR GM RECALL NO. 06083. I WANT TO REQUEST THAT ANOTHER INVESTIGATION BE DONE. DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH MY 2001 GMC YUKON SLE 5.3L V8. THE PROBLEM BEGAN A FEW YEARS BACK IN 2006 AND UNTIL THIS PRESENT TIME, ITS GETTING WORSE AS TIME PASSES BY. WHEN IT HAPPENED THE VERY FIRST TIME I CONTACTED GM AND THEY OBVIOUSLY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO REPORTED INCIDENTS AS THE ONE THAT I WAS DESCRIBING FOR MY VEH

Mileage: 68,000

20080418CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

2001 GMC YUKON WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS DAD WAS DRIVING AND STATED THAT THE BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING PROPERLY WHICH CAUSED HIM TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED DUE TO A RECALL NOTIFICATION THAT WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE RECALL WAS ABOUT A BRAKE SENSOR THAT COULD CORRODE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. *JB

20070412CrashAIR BAGS

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON WITH A CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE OF 110,000 MILES. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CRASH TOOK PLACE ON A DRY DAY. THE DRIVER BEGAN CHOKING AND PASSED OUT. THE VEHICLE THEN RAN INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. *AK

Mileage: 110,000

20050731CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHILE TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS I HAD TO BRAKE SUDDENLY TO NOT HIT A CAR THAT QUICKLY STOPPED IN FONT OF ME. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25-30 MPH. AS I BRAKED OVER THE TRACKS THE ABS KICKED IN CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT. I HIT THE GUARD RAIL WITH THE RIGHT FRONT QUARTER CAUSING $3500 IN DAMAGE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 32,000

20050112CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES

THE ACCELERATOR STUCK ON OUR 2001 YUKON SLT WHILE DESCENDING HOOSIER PASS (EASTBOUND ON HWY 9 WEST OF ALMA, CO). THE BRAKES FAILED WHILE TRYING TO SLOW/STOP VEHICLE. I DOWNSHIFTED TO SLOW OUR VEHICLE TO A SPEED AND MY WIFE AND I EXITED (JUMPED OUT WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL MOVING) BEFORE GOING OFF EMBANKMENT. MY WIFE JUMPED FIRST, THEN I DID, JUST BEFORE THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE PASS. TREES, ROCKS, AND EMBANKMENT STOPPED THE VEHICLE APPROX 150FT DOWN THE SIDE OF THE PASS. 2001 YUKON

Mileage: 64,191

20041109CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CRASH WITH A VEHICLE WHO PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF US. WE WERE GOING 60+ MPH ON A 65 MPH MARKED HIGHWAY. OUR FRONT PASSENGER SIDE HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE'S DRIVER ('89 LINCOLN TOWNCAR) QUARTER PANEL. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALLED BY INSURANCE. NO AIRBAGS IN MY VEHICLE DEPLOYED. FORTUNATELY, THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE HELD UP TO THE CRASH AND THERE WERE MINIMAL INJURIES. THE SEATBELT CAUGHT THE DRIVER AND THERE WASN'T ANYONE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OR THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE INJURIES SINC

Mileage: 41,000

20041101CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

THE CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT WARNING, ANOTHER DRIVER CUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER VEHILCE. THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE OTHER VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ON THE PASSENGER 'S SIDE AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

20041101CrashAIR BAGS

THE CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND WITHOUT WARNING, ANOTHER DRIVER CUT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER VEHILCE. THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED THE OTHER VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ON THE PASSENGER 'S SIDE AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE INTO A TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

20040702CrashAIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION.THE VEHICLE WAS HIT BROADSIDE, AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHO HAD RUN A RED LIGHT. *SC *JB

Mileage: 52,000

20020830CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

PULLING OFF FROM A STOP RAN A RED LIGHT AT 45 MPH AND HIT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, AND KNOCKED RIGHT REAR TIRE OFF VEHICLE. NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

20020719CrashAIR BAGS

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS IN WHICH NEITHER TIME DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY,DURING ONE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER SAYS SHE ALSO DOESNT REMEMBER THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENING CAUSING HER TO STRICK HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND KNEES TO HIT THE DASH. *MJ

20020719CrashSEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO ACCIDENTS IN WHICH NEITHER TIME DID THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY,DURING ONE ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER SAYS SHE ALSO DOESNT REMEMBER THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENING CAUSING HER TO STRICK HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND KNEES TO HIT THE DASH. *MJ