GMC YUKON DENALI · model year

2007 GMC YUKON DENALI

175 NHTSA complaints, 4 crash reports for this specific cohort.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

The 2007GMCYUKON DENALI carries 175 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 4 crashes, 1 fire, 23 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.

Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 2007 YUKON DENALI is air bags with 41 filings, followed by unknown or other (24) and structure:body (15). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.

NHTSA currently has 2 investigation files overlapping the 2007 YUKON DENALI. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.

175
Complaints
4
Crashes
1
Fires
23
Injuries
0
Deaths

Total Complaints

175 filings

Crashes Reported

4 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
AIR BAGS41
UNKNOWN OR OTHER24
STRUCTURE:BODY15
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM14
ENGINE11
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)9
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR8
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES5
POWER TRAIN5
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL5
SUSPENSION5
STRUCTURE4
STEERING3
TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM2
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH2

Recent Complaints

20190305AIR BAGS

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). MOORE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP (2255 MARIETTA HWY, CANTON, GA 30114, (470) 615-1485) WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD BE SUPPLIED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. A LOANER VEHICLE WAS NOT OFFERED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED 4 TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *PM*JB

20190305AIR BAGS

GENERAL MOTORS SENT ME A RECALL LETTER WITH A RECALL # OF 49151 BACK IN JULY OF 2016. THIS ADDRESSED A DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAG WHICH COULD DEPLOY AND KILL MYSELF OR A FAMILY MEMBER OR CAUSE TERRIBLE INJURIES TO ANYONE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS. I HAVE CALLED GENERAL MOTORS APPROX. (6) TIMES AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SATISFACTORY RESULTS THAT WOULD RESOLVE THE AIRBAG PROBLEM OR TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG. THERE HAS BEEN A PERIOD OF TWO (2) YEARS AND EIGHT (8) MONTHS OF TIME THAT HAS EXPIRED WITH NO REPAIRS OR RESOLVES OF THE PROBLEM. THIS LACK OF CARING AND FAILURE TO ACT IS PUTTING MYSELF AS WELL AS MY ENTIRE FAMILY AT JEOPARDY OF DEATH OR DEBILITATING INJURY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TAKATA AIRBAG. I URGE THOSE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY TO ACT QUICKLY AND DECISIVELY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...'''''''...

Mileage: 75,000

20190207AIR BAGS

TAKATA RECALL STARTED VEHICLE ON 2-1-19 AND AFTER TURNING IGNITION ON PASSENGER AIR BAG EXPLODED OUT AND THE SIDE PANELS FOLLOWED. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN A FEW DAYS. IT ALL HAPPENED EXTREMELY FAST BUT I SAW GLOVEBOX BURST OPEN AND SPARKS FLY OUT AND THE AIRBAG SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION! SCARED TO DEATH! I JUMPED OUT UNSURE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE SIDE PANEL BAG GRAZED MY FACE! COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY IF HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 185,000

20190110AIR BAGS

RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED 2 YEARS AGO WITHOUT ANY REMEDY. CALLED GM AND STILL NO TIME FRAME AS TO WHEN THEY'LL HAVE THE PARTS.

20181015CrashAIR BAGS

FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR JS MALFUNCTIONING. IT SHOWS AIR BAG SERVICE NEEDED NO IMPACT WAS MADE THERE. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S A MALFUNCTION. ONE DAY I GO TO START MY CAR AND THE LIGHT SHOWED IT NEEDS SERVICE.

20181003AIR BAGS

TAKATA INFLATORS IT'S IN OUR 2018 ALMOST 2019 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE FIXED? DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE?

20181002UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DASH HAS CRACKED IN 3 PLACES. SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE TWO OF THEM ARE BY THE AIR BAG. AFRAID IF IT EVER DEPLOYS PIECES WILL FLY AND COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY.

Mileage: 120,000

20180928AIR BAGS

TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL NO FIX FOR IT CAN'T SELL IT CAUSE OF PROBLEM

Mileage: 112,000

20180925STEERING

POWER STEERING FLUID IS POURING OUT OF THE TRUCK. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT IS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION AND THAT THERE IS A TSB ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMMON PROBLEM. WHEN I CONTACTED GM THEY STATED THAT THE TSB COVERED THE MAKE, BUT THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE TSB AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL COVERED BY THE TSB.

Mileage: 200,000

20180925SUSPENSION

POWER STEERING FLUID IS POURING OUT OF THE TRUCK. MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT IS COMING FROM THE RACK AND PINION AND THAT THERE IS A TSB ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMMON PROBLEM. WHEN I CONTACTED GM THEY STATED THAT THE TSB COVERED THE MAKE, BUT THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE TSB AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL COVERED BY THE TSB.

Mileage: 200,000

20180817UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I WISH TO ADD COMPLAINT FOR THE DASHBOARD CRACK ISSUE NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, AND SUSPECT THE AIRBAG SUPPORT/FUNCTION MAY BE COMPROMISED. I ALSO HAVE RECEIVED MANY 'PAPER CUTS' FROM INSIDE DOOR HANDLES CHROME OVER THE YEARS BUT WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY GM OR OFFERED WARRANTY REPLACEMENT AS YOUR WEBSITE STATES THEY DID - I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 80,000

20180815AIR BAGS

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE APPROX. 3.5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. LAST DECEMBER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN MUCH BIGGER, AND NOW A SECOND CRACK HAS BEEN NOTED. THIS IS BECOMING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE DASH MAY SHATTER IN A FRONT-END COLLISION WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. UPON DOING RESEARCH ON;INE, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR ISSUES AMONG SIMILAR YEARS AND MODELS. PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE BY REQUIRING GM TO PROVIDE A FIX OR REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU!

Mileage: 77,000

20180815STRUCTURE:BODY

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE APPROX. 3.5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. LAST DECEMBER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN MUCH BIGGER, AND NOW A SECOND CRACK HAS BEEN NOTED. THIS IS BECOMING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE DASH MAY SHATTER IN A FRONT-END COLLISION WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. UPON DOING RESEARCH ON;INE, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR ISSUES AMONG SIMILAR YEARS AND MODELS. PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE BY REQUIRING GM TO PROVIDE A FIX OR REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU!

Mileage: 77,000

20180815ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE APPROX. 3.5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. LAST DECEMBER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN MUCH BIGGER, AND NOW A SECOND CRACK HAS BEEN NOTED. THIS IS BECOMING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE DASH MAY SHATTER IN A FRONT-END COLLISION WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. UPON DOING RESEARCH ON;INE, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR ISSUES AMONG SIMILAR YEARS AND MODELS. PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE BY REQUIRING GM TO PROVIDE A FIX OR REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU!

Mileage: 77,000

20180717AIR BAGS

DRIVING DOWN ROADWAY AND HIT POTHOLE. SUDDENLY ALL CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CHECKED EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED 50 MPH. ---- SEATBELTS LOCKED, ELECTRICAL, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND REAR TAILGATE EXPERIENCED ISSUES AFTER INCIDENT.

Mileage: 53,000

20180717ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

DRIVING DOWN ROADWAY AND HIT POTHOLE. SUDDENLY ALL CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CHECKED EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED 50 MPH. ---- SEATBELTS LOCKED, ELECTRICAL, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND REAR TAILGATE EXPERIENCED ISSUES AFTER INCIDENT.

Mileage: 53,000

20180717EXTERIOR LIGHTING

DRIVING DOWN ROADWAY AND HIT POTHOLE. SUDDENLY ALL CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CHECKED EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED 50 MPH. ---- SEATBELTS LOCKED, ELECTRICAL, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND REAR TAILGATE EXPERIENCED ISSUES AFTER INCIDENT.

Mileage: 53,000

20180502CrashAIR BAGS

04/27/18 FRI MORNING DRIVING HOME I HIT A MEDIAN WITH DRIVER FRONT TIRE, INWHICH ALL MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IMEDIATLY INCLUDING SIDE AIRBAGS AND CAUSED SUCH A SUDDEN PANIC DISTRACTION THAT I SWERVED AND FLIPPED MY VEHICLE. I WAS PULLED FROM THE WRECK LUCKILY AND TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITOL. MY TRUCK WAS COMPLETELY TOTALLED. MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE ENTIRE TIME UNTIL IT STOPPED ROLLING LEAVING THE FINAL POSITION UPSIDE DOWN. THERE WAS NO REASON THESE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED AND THEY CAUSED ME TO NEARLY LOSE MY LIFE. NORMALLY JUS A TIRE WOULD BLOW IN SUCH A HIT FROM TIRE. THE FIRST ONES TO DEPLOY WERE ALL FOUR WINDOW AIRBAGS THEN SOON AS I FLIPPED THE OTHERS WENT OFF AND I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. I WAS NOT AWARE THERE WAS A RECALL INPLACE AND JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN JAN. 2018.

Mileage: 146,000

20180413AIR BAGS

TAKATA RECALL I AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS OVER 10 YEARS OLD AND I LIVE IN GEORGIA WHERE IT IS HOT AND HUMID. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT AIRBAGS BECAUSE THE COMPANY IS NOT PROVIDING THEM AT NO COST. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE AT MY LOCAL GMC CARL BLACK DEALERSHIP (888) 491-7859 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY SON JUST HAD A FRONT END ACCIDENT WITH IT AND THANK GOODNESS THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.

20180319AIR BAGS

I OWN A 2007 YUKON DENALI AND HAVE HAD THE DASH CRACK BY THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND BY THE DRIVERS CONSOLE I WENT TO GMC AND THEY SAT SO SORRY NOTHING WE CAN DO AS I STATED TO THEM IT WILL AFFECT MY AIR BAG GOING OFF THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE

Compare 2007GMCYUKON DENALI to Similar Vehicles

NHTSA Investigations

Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI have?
The 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI has 175 NHTSA complaints, 4 crashes, 1 fires, 23 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI?
The most-complained component for the 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI is AIR BAGS with 41 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include UNKNOWN OR OTHER and STRUCTURE:BODY.
Is the 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

Vehicle Safety Guides

Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.