GMC YUKON DENALI XL · model year

2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL

36 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

The 2010GMCYUKON DENALI XL carries 36 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 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 2010 YUKON DENALI XL is unknown or other with 17 filings, followed by air bags (11) and structure:body (3). 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 2010 YUKON DENALI XL. 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.

36
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0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths

Total Complaints

36 filings

Crashes Reported

0 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

At or below the fleet median complaint volume.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
UNKNOWN OR OTHER17
AIR BAGS11
STRUCTURE:BODY3
ENGINE2
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)1
STEERING1
SEATS1

Recent Complaints

20190626UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DASHBOARD CRACKS OVER PASSENGER AIRBAG AND STEERING WHEEL WELL.

20181027UNKNOWN OR OTHER

MY YUKON HAS APPROXIMATELY 45000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS BEEN GARAGED AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT BEING DRIVEN. THE DASH HAS CRACKS THAT HAVE FORMED IN THE SKIN PART OF THE SURFACE PLASTIC IN THE AREA NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND THE HUMP PART ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BY A HIGH END BODY SHOP I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY BECAUSE IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS ON GMC MODELS. I DID FURTHER CHECKING WITH A NUMBER OF REPAIR SHOPS AND SERVICES THAT DO VINYL REPAIRS AS WELL. THE PREMIER COMPANY I SPOKE WITH TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIRS MAY NOT LAST A DAY AND THAT EVEN IF I REPLACE THE DASH SKIN COMPLETELY IT WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE REPLACEMENT. IN READING ONLINE I DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND THAT GM REFUSES TO DO A RECALL AND IN ONLY SOME INSTANCES WILL COVER HALF THE COST WHICH CAN EXCEED $1200.00. THERE IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE

Mileage: 40,000

20180824SEATS

DRIVERS SIDE BOTTOM OF SEAT RIPPED, DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AND VENT HAS COME LOOSE AND RATTLES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY

Mileage: 116,000

20180824UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DRIVERS SIDE BOTTOM OF SEAT RIPPED, DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES AND VENT HAS COME LOOSE AND RATTLES. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY

Mileage: 116,000

20180723UNKNOWN OR OTHER

STARTED VEHICLE IGNITION ON HOT DAY. WHEN I TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONING I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND SAW THE DASHBOARD CRACKED OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. REPORTED PROBLEM TO GM WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT THEY REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 46,000

20180610STRUCTURE:BODY

MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS. WORRIED THAT WILL CONTINUE!

20180426AIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECEIVE A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO REGAL CHEVROLET (925 BARTOW RD, LAKELAND, FL 33801, (863) 588-4010) TO BE SERVICED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

20180317UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DASH BOARD CRACKED INBOARD OF PASSENGER AIRBAG, AND CRACKED ADDITIONALLY ALONG THE GLARE SHIELD ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. CRACKS WERE NOTICED ABOUT 8 AM FOLLOWING A NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 50F.

Mileage: 85,000

20171121AIR BAGS

TAKA RECALL 7/6/16, TO DATE NO PART TO RESOLVE. OVER ONE YEAR AND GMC HAS NO PART TO FIX THE RECALL. CALLED 11/21/2017 AND NO PART AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 25,000

20171004AIR BAGS

ALL THE SUDDEN THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING IN TWO PLACES. ONE IS ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE OTHER IS BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ON THE DASH ALSO. IT WAS JUST IN MY GARAGE. NOT CRACKED ONE DAY AND STARTED CRACKING THE NEXT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE TO THE CAR IT JUST OCCURRED BY ITSELF.

Mileage: 150,000

20171004UNKNOWN OR OTHER

ALL THE SUDDEN THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING IN TWO PLACES. ONE IS ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE OTHER IS BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG ON THE DASH ALSO. IT WAS JUST IN MY GARAGE. NOT CRACKED ONE DAY AND STARTED CRACKING THE NEXT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE TO THE CAR IT JUST OCCURRED BY ITSELF.

Mileage: 150,000

20170516AIR BAGS

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CRACK IS 12 INCHES LONG. IT IS ALSO CRACKED COMPLETELY TO AIRBAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSES VERY LOUD RATTLING WHEN DRIVING. I AM CONCERNED IT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE AIRBAG'S ABILITY TO DEPLOY. I AM CONCERNED THAT DASHBOARD FRAGMENTS MAY BE PROPELLED IN THE EVENT OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.

Mileage: 75,000

20170516UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CRACK IS 12 INCHES LONG. IT IS ALSO CRACKED COMPLETELY TO AIRBAG ON PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CAUSES VERY LOUD RATTLING WHEN DRIVING. I AM CONCERNED IT AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF THE AIRBAG'S ABILITY TO DEPLOY. I AM CONCERNED THAT DASHBOARD FRAGMENTS MAY BE PROPELLED IN THE EVENT OF AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT.

Mileage: 75,000

20170501UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DASH BOARD CRACKING ....... I WON A DETAILING BUSINESS AND 8 OUT 10 DASH BOARDS ARE CRACKED AFTER A COUPLE YEARS IN AGE. MOST THE VEHICLE INCLUDING MINE HAD VERY LITTLE TIME IN THE SUN!

20170405STRUCTURE:BODY

THE DASHBOARD BY THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG CRACKED

Mileage: 110,000

20170322UNKNOWN OR OTHER

MY DASH IS CRACKED LEADING TO PASSENGER AIRBAG. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A COVERED TIME AND IT WOULD COST ME $1200 TO FIX. DASH JUST STARTED TO CRACK.

20170116AIR BAGS

TAKATA RECALL. I WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS RECALL WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TRADE MY VEHICLE IN. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A RENTAL CAR FOR MORE THAN 6 WEEKS. I CALLED GM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE AND NO REMEDY IS AVAILABLE. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THEIR VEHICLES SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL AND HAVE NO INTENTION OF FIXING THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM STUCK PAYING A PAYMENT ON A CAR THAT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING AND CAN'T TRADE DUE TO THE INCOMPLETE RECALL. THIS RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED SINCE MAY 27, 2016 AND THERE IS STILL NO REMEDY. I REFUSE TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT MY FAMILY OR I COULD BE INJURED. PLEASE EITHER LIFT THE RECALL IF THERE IS NO NEED TO FIX IT, OR FORCE GM TO MAKE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS. *TR

20170108UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DASH HAS SPLIT AT CORNER OF AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE OF DASH. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT WITH GM VEHICLES. GM DOESN'T ADMIT ANY FAULT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT.

Mileage: 40,000

20160907AIR BAGS

TAKATA RECALL VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH GMC'S HANDLING OF THIS RECALL. I JUST SPOKE WITH A SUPERVISOR AT CUST RELATIONS AND WAS TOLD "YOUR VEHICLE IS SAFE". IF THAT IS TRUE, WHY IS IT ON THE RECALL LIST. OTHER MANUFACTURERS (LEXUS, TOYOTA, ETC) ARE MAKING ACCOMODATIONS FOR CUSTOMER AND GMC IS REFUSING TO DO SO. TO DATE, 10 DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED. I DO NOT FEEL MY CARE IS "SAFE" AND MY OPINION OF GMC HAS SANK TO A BOTTOM LOW. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER GMC VEHICLE EVER AGAIN. I UNDERSTAND THAT ISSUES SUCH AS THIS CAN ARISE, BUT FOR THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT TO TAKE ON THE LIABILITY OF DECLARING MY VEHICLE TO BE SAFE IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING. FURTHERMORE, THEY ARE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY KIND OF TIMELINE FOR WHEN THEY EXPECT THIS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. MY CASE NUMBER IS 8-2356073531. A REPRESENTATIVE AND HER SUPERVISOR BOTH CLEARLY STATED THAT MY VEHICLE IS SAFE. I AM CERTAIN THAT THEY CANNOT MAKE THOSE STATEMENTS WITH 100% CERTAINTY; THEREFORE, THEY HAVE OPENED THE

20160808UNKNOWN OR OTHER

OUR DASHBOARD CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AREA. THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD SHAKES AND MOVES WHILE THE CAR MOVES. THE DASH IS VERY UNSTABLE.

Mileage: 69,725

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL have?
The 2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL has 36 NHTSA complaints, 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL?
The most-complained component for the 2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL is UNKNOWN OR OTHER with 17 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include AIR BAGS and STRUCTURE:BODY.
Is the 2010 GMC YUKON DENALI XL 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.

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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.