Total Complaints
9 filings
GMC YUKON XL 2500 · model year
9 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 2007GMCYUKON XL 2500 carries 9 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 2 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 XL 2500 is air bags with 2 filings, followed by seats:front assembly:power adjust (1) and power train:automatic transmission (1). 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 XL 2500. 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.
Total Complaints
9 filings
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | 2 |
| SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | 1 |
| POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 1 |
| SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | 1 |
| LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | 1 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE | 1 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 |
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 |
TAKATA RECALL-IT IS SIGNIFICANT TO ME THAT A 2016 NOTICE REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE AIRBAGS IS STILL LISTED AS "REMEDY NOT AVAILABLE." THIS HAS BEEN OVER ONE YEAR AND A RECALL NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE FOR MY SPECIFIC YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN EVERYDAY AND EVERY DAY THERE IS WORRY AMONG OUR FAMILY THAT THERE MAY BE AN INJURY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG IN OUR VEHICLE. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ASAP. NO MORE "REMEDY NOT AVAILABLE" RESPONSE IS ACCEPTABLE. ACT NOW. ISSUE A RECALL WITH A REMEDY.
BRAKE LINE RUSTED, CAUSED TRAFFIC ACCIDENT AT 30 MPH. BREAKS WERE SERVICED LAST YEAR.
Mileage: 167,000
DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PIECES HAVE NOW BROKEN OFF THAT COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY
DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. PIECES HAVE NOW BROKEN OFF THAT COULD BECOME PROJECTILES IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY
HAVE 2 KIDS AGED 9 AND 4. THE TAILGATE DECIDED TO GO ON MY 2007 YUKON XL. THE GATE ALMOST CRUSHED MY 9 YEAR OLD SON IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR ME STANDING THERE. THIS IS AN ELECTRONIC GATE AND IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. *TR
TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2007, YUKON, DENALI WHICH SHE PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 2006. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAS BEEN TO THE DAVID MCDAVID DEALERSHIP IN LOUISIANA 4 TIMES BECAUSE THE CAR REMOTE WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOORS. THE REMOTE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REPAIRED AS OF DECEMBER 29, 2006. *AK
THIRD ROW SEAT IN 2007 YUKON XL IS POTENTIALLY UNSAFE. VEHICLE IS MARKETED AS CAPABLE OF SEATING ADULTS IN THIRD ROW SEAT, BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE SEAT BELTS AND SPACE FOR SAID ADULTS. SEAT BELTS ARE OF INSUFFICIENT LENGTH FOR ADULTS, AND THE RATCHET MECHANISM DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. FURTHERMORE, THE LACK OF SUFFICIENT FOOT ROOM, LEG ROOM, HIP ROOM AND SHOULDER ROOM MAY CAUSE SAID ADULTS TO SEAT THEMSELVES INCORRECTLY--AND TO PURPOSELY AVOID THE USE OF SEAT BELTS--SUCH THAT THEY PREDISPOSE THEMSELVES TO SERIOUS INJURIES OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *JB
A SERVICE LIGHT IN THE BRAND NEW 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI XL CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE SERVICE TEAM EVALUATED THE VEHICLE, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CONTROL MODULE IN THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, WE RECEIVED A CALL INFORMING THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION IN THE BRAND NEW VEHICLE NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND THIS CONCERNS US FOR MANY REASONS. THIS IS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 4000 MILES AND WE NEED TO HAVE OUR TRANSMISSION REPLACED! WE NOTICED BEFORE THE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE THAT THE TRUCK WOULD SOMETIMES SLIP WHILE DRIVING AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS BREAKING IN, NOW WE REALIZE THAT IT WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS AND THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE TURNED INTO SOMETHING MUCH LARGER. OUR TRANSMISSION COULD HAVE LOCKED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING OR WORSE WHILE DRIVING INJURING US OR OTHERS ON THE ROAD. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT HAS THE SOURCE OF THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM BEEN SOLVED??? *NM
Mileage: 3,780
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE INSPECTING A VEHICLE FOR PURCHASE AT A DEALERSHIP, THE CONTACT'S CHILD WHO WAS SITTING IN THE SECOND ROW SEAT PRESSED THE AUTO FOLDING SEAT CONTROL WHICH KNOCKED THE CHILD BACKWARDS TRAPPING THE CHILD BETWEEN THE TWO ROWS OF SEATS. THE CONTACT FREED THE CHILD BY MANUALLY PULLING THE SECOND ROW SEAT UPWARDS. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHILD WAS INJURED. UPDATED 09/22/06
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.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.