2015 GMC Yukon UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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I bought a car in early 2024 ive had it for 1.5y I recently went to trade it in for something more suitable for me and they ran a carfax and mileage rollback popped up and I had no clue to begin with. They rolled back 100,000 miles on the vehicle. They’re blaming the finance company but they can’t because the finance company never had the vehicle in there possession
I was driving down the highway and out of no where I hear this loud kaboom! I ducked thinking something just hit me and pull over but here glass tinkling around. I automatically know it is my sunroof so I get out and look and my sunroof exploded. (Looked like it was pushed up.) Luckily I had the inside part shut or I and my passenger would have been covered in glass.
THE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM DISPLAYS ON DASH EVERY 10 SECONDS, KEEPS ON DINGING LOUD AND WILL NOT CLEAR WHILE IM DRIVING.. IT JUST STARTED OUT OF KNOWHERE AND I NEVER USED THE TRAILER SYSTEM OR TOWED ANYTHING SINCED I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK. I SAW SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE/PROMBLEM. i JUST SPENT NEARLY $800 ON FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET TO GET THIS RESOLVED. GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM!!! LIKE I MENTION, I NEVER USED THE TRAILER SYSTEM AT ALL AND NEVER WILL. I DRIVE A 2015 YUKON DENALI SUV, BEEN HAVING PROBLEM ALSO WITH THE JERKING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN ITS PUT IN DRIVE. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THIS IS NORMAL, SOAGAIN SOMETHINGS NOT RIGHT.
I was driving my 2015 GMC Yukon a light illuminated on the dashboard. I pulled over at a Convenience store. Got my children out of the car. Once out of the vehicle I noticed smoke. Within the matter of 2 mins the truck was engulfed in flames.
Air conditioning stopped working.
ONSTART NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CANNOT ACCESS GPS AND/OR CERTAIN FUNCTIONS IN THE GMC APPLICATION DUE TO NO ANTENNA SIGNAL BEING OBTAINED THROUGH INTELLILINK SYSTEM. ONSTAR MIRROR HAS A RED LIGHT AND GPS HAS A CROSS HATCH THROUGH IT. WE HAVE ACTIVATED ONSTAR PROFILE AND SUBSCRIPTION. I KNOW THEIR HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ANTENNA IN THE PAST BUT WE JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.
THE LED BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY PASSENGER SIDE ARE MALFUNCTIONING AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME FOR YUKON OWNERS. I HAVE CALLED 5 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THEY ARE ALL OUT OF THIS PART BECAUSE IT KEEPS FAILING
BRAKE LIGHT IS WILL NOT WORKING ON PASSENGER SIDE
A FEW DAYS AGO I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO RETRIEVE A PACKAGE LEFT AT MY GARAGE DOOR. I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK WALKED AROUND MY CAR DOOR WALKED BY THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK TO RETRIEVE THE PACKAGE AND ALL THE SUDDEN I WAS KNOCKED DOWN. I DID NOT REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL I LOOKED UP AND SAW MY TRUCK DRIVING TOWARDS ME. I SCREAM FOR HELP AS I CRAWLED BACKWARDS TO SAFETY. A FEW MINUTES LATER I REALIZE THE TRUCK WAS NO LONGER MOVING AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD MY WHEELS WERE TURNED SLIGHTLY AND IT HAD STOPPED BECAUSE IT HIT THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE. IT TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS FOR THE SHOCK TO WEAR OFF OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME OR MY KIDS IF THEY WERE PLAYING OUTSIDE. MY HUSBAND AND I SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE INCLUDING A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ON THE 2015 YUKONS. I AM ATTACHING PICTURES OF WHAT WE FOUND FROM GMC ALONG WITH MY TRUCK.
TAIL LIGHT KEEP GOING OFF, DEALER WONT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY, THEY $700 WHEN ITS A MANUFACTURE ISSUE, SOMETHING WRONG THAT KEEP BURNING THE LED LIGHTS.
MY VEHICLE HAS A CRACK IN THE COMBI-COOLER AS DESCRIBED IN NHSTA REFERENCE NUMBER: N162080780 AND GM SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT 17336. IN THE DOCUMENTATION FOR THE SPECIAL COVERAGE IT STATES THAT THE COVERAGE PERIOD IS 5 YEARS OF 60,000 MILES BASED ON THE DATE THE VEHICLE ENTERED SERVICE. THIS VEHICLE WAS A GM EXECUTIVE VEHICLE UNTIL PURCHASED WITH 15102 MILES VIA THE GM PEP PROGRAM. GM IS NOT INCLUDING MY VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS CLEARLY STATED IN THE COVERAGE SINCE THEIR SYSTEMS DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR A VEHICLE THAT ENTERS SERVICE WITH THIS MANY MILES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THEIR AGREEMENT WITH NHTSA AND REQUEST THAT NHTSA INVESTIGATE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER UNIT FAILURES USED IN SUCH VEHICLES TO IDENTIFY IF A FULL FLEDGED RECALL IS WARRANTED.
THE AIR CONDITIONING HAS FAILED IN BOTH OF THE YUKON'S WE OWN SO WE DECIDED TO TAKE ONE OF THEM TO A FRIENDS BODY SHOP WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE CONDENSER DESIGN IS ASSEMBLED TO THE VEHICLE FRAME WITH THE PIPE ENTERING THE CONDENSER IN COMPLETELY RIGID STATE MEANING THAT WHEN THERE IS FLEX TO THE VEHICLE FRAME THE PIPE DOES NOT MOVE AND THUS CRACKS OVERTIME FROM THE CONDENSER, MAKING THE CONDENSER LEAK AND RENDERING THE AIR CONDITIONING USELESS. WE WERE TRAVELING IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH A 11 MONTH OLD, A 2 YEAR OLD AND A TEN YEAR OLD. WE PULLED OVER SO MY BOYFRIEND COULD RUN INTO A PIGGLY WIGGLY TO GRAB SOME GROCERIES AND I STAYED IN THE CAR WITH THE KIDS. THE AIR WAS RUNNING AND WITHIN MINUTES THE CAR SUDDENLY BECAME VERY WARM AND UNCOMFORTABLE AND I IMMEDIATELY CHECKED THE AC AND IT WAS RUNNING BUT NO COLD AIR WAS COMING OUT. IN FACT THE CAR WAS BECOMING LIKE A SAUNA. OUR KIDS GET VERY CAR SICK. BEFORE I COULD GET ALL THREE OF THE OUT OF THE CAR THE 2 YEAR OLD HAD ALREADY VOMITED. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE REST OF THE TRIP WAS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE TO GO ANYWHERE BY CAR AND THE DRIVE HOME WAS MISERABLE WITH A PUKING 2 YEAR OLD AS WE HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN FOR FRESH AIR BUT IT WAS STEAMY AND UNCOMFORTABLE. WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF SAFETY ISSUES THEY NORMALLY THINK OF BRAKES, ENGINES, ETC WHILE DRIVING. WHEN YOUR AC GOES OUT AND YOU HAVE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD NOT PUT IN THAT SITUATION SUCH AS A NEW BORN IT PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY GM. THE CURRENT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAS A 100% FAILURE RATE BEFORE 100K MILES AND IN SOME CASES MUCH SOONER THAN THAT. BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES HAD IT HAPPEN BEFORE 60K MILES. THE REASON GM WONT GET BEHIND IT IS THE LABOR COST TO FIX IT. YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE FRONT END, THE LIGHTS AND THE FRONT FRAME IN ORDER TO GET TO THE CONDENSER. POOR DESIGN FOR SERVICE.
MY LIFT GATE FAILED TO CLOSE WHILE AT GROCERY STORE. IT WAS STUCK IN RAISED /OPEN POSITION. COULD NOT CLOSE MANUALLY. I HAD TO DRIVE HOME AND TO GMC SERVICE CENTER W/ LIFT GATE RAISED. THERE IS A GMC RECALL BULLETIN ON FILE14300A BUT MY VEHICLE VIN # IS NOT TAGGED, INOPERABLE LIFT GATE. I WAS ADVISED BY SERVICE MANAGER, MY LIFT GATE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS MY 3RD CHEVY/GMC SUV AND MY FIRST TWO SUBURBANS HAD OVER 250K MILES AND NEVER HAD AN ISSUE W/ MY LIFT GATE. MY YUKON HAS ONLY 114K MILES, WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND THE LIFT GATE FAILS ME. THE EXISTING RECALL SHOULD APPLY TO MY REPAIRS, ESTIMATE COST $700.00.
THE AC CONDENSER STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS BEEN REPLACED. FIRST UNDER WARRANTY, SECOND IS NOT. IT IS FUNNY HOW EVERY PERSON AT DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS THE CONDENSER IS A FAULTY PRODUCT, BIT GMC WON'T RECALL. EVEN NON GMC REPAIR SHOPS KNOW THIS.
AFTER NO APPARENT IMPACTS OR EXTERNAL DAMAGE, THREE DIFFERENT LIGHTS HAVE FAILED OR BECOME ENDANGERED BY WETNESS. FIRST A TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR $827, THEN THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT FOR $280, AND NOW THERE IS WETNESS VISIBLE INSIDE A HEADLIGHT (COSTING SOMETHING LIKE $900 TO REPLACE). *BF *JB *BF*JB
AIR CONDITIONER HAS FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 18 MONTHS WE'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. FIRST REPAIR 18 MONTHS AGO RESULTED IN "DEFECTIVE AIR CONDITIONING LINES" THAT WERE LEAKING, AND WAS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP (COVERED BY AFTERMARKET EXTENDED WARRANTY). SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED JUNE 2018, AND SAME DEALERSHIP STATED COMPRESSOR DEVELOPED CRACKS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED (FORTUNATELY STILL UNDER AFTERMARKET EXTENDED WARRANTY). NOW, BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER 2018, SYSTEM HAS FAILED FOR A THIRD TIME AND IN LESS THAN 5 MONTHS FROM THE LATEST "REPAIR", AND UNFORTUNATELY MY EXTENDED AFTERMARKET WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. I CAN UNDERSTAND A SYSTEM FAILURE ONCE, HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WITH A SECOND FAILURE OF THE SAME SYSTEM WITHIN 3 YEARS, BUT QUESTION THE DEALERSHIP'S ABILITY TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX A PROBLEM AFTER A THIRD FAILURE IN AS MANY YEARS OF THE SAME SYSTEM. ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE VEHICLE ITSELF, BUT QUESTIONING GM'S RELIABILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. I PURCHASED A NEW ESCALADE AND LOADED SILVERADO FROM THIS DEALERSHIP NEW AND HAD A FEW MINOR PROBLEMS WITH THOSE VEHICLES THAT THE DEALERSHIP FIXED. AFTER Y EARS OF OWNING THOSE, PURCHASED A NEWER MODEL ESCALADE AND HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS THAT SEEMED UNUSUAL FOR THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. I'VE HAD MY CURRENT YUKON IN THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER FOUR TIMES IN THE 22 MONTHS I'VE OWNED IT, AND HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN THE APPARENT DOWNTURN IN GM RELIABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR CARS. IN ADDITION TO THE AC PROBLEM, HAVE ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY ENCOUNTERED A PASSENGER SIDE LED TAIL LIGHT FAILURE, WHICH AT AN APPROXIMATE $750 REPAIR MEANS THAT ON A 3 YEAR OLD VEHICLE, I APPARENTLY NEED TO BUDGET $250 PER YEAR TO ENSURE MY TAIL LIGHTS WORK. AGAIN, LOVE THE RIDE AND HANDLING OF THIS VEHICLE, BUT SINCE RELIABILITY APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH GM, MAY HAVE TO BEGIN LOOKING AT ANOTHER BRAND OF VEHICLE THAT IS MORE RELIABLE.
THE SUNROOF OF MY 2015 GMC YUKON SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT NORMAL SPEED WITH A FEW NORMAL SIZED VEHICLES AND NO OVERPASSES NEARBY.
ON JULY 13 OF 2018 AC IN MY VEHICLE STARTED TO BLOW HOT AIR, I WAS WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD, DURING THIS DAY IT WAS 98 DEGREES OUT, MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR TO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY FOUND A LEAK IN THE CONDENSER, APPERANTLY THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MANY GM VEHICLE WITH 5.3 L V8 ENGINE FROM 2014 AND UP, WHEN WE CALLED LOCAL GM DEALERS THEY WERE AWARE OF THE AC PROBLEMS ON THESE CARS, WE WERE TOLD THAT AC LINES DEVELOP A CRACK AND FREON LEAKS OR AC CONDENSER STARTS LEAKING FREON AND IN OUR CASE IT'S A CONDENSER, AFTER DOING A RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND READING ON THE GM FORUMS MANY OWNERS HAVE THESE LEAKS DUE TO BAD DESIGN OF AC COMPONENTS, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT GM SHOULD ISSUE S RECALL BECAUSE TOO MANY VEHICLES HAVE SAME ISSUE, AND SINCE OUR WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED 6,000 MILES AGO WE HAVE TO PAY OVER $1000 FOR A REPAIR, I HOPE YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, THIS SHOULD BE A CALL FOR A RECALL.
AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER WENT OUT AND IT COST $944.00 ON A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 65000 MILES ON IT.
GM KNOWS THEY HAVE BAD AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER IN 2015-2016 MODELS. YET STILL NO RECALL DONE. MANY COMPLAINTS AND NOTHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT. NEW VEHICLES AND VEHICLES JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS THERE PROBLEM, SO MUCH PARTS ARE ON CONTINOUS BACKORDER. THESE ARE $50,00.00 VEHICLES AND I SHOULD NOT BE STUCK WITH THIS. I AM CONTACTING THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND HAVING THE OTHER 6 CASES I KNOW OF AS WELL
AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER GAVE OUT IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER ON A YUKON DENALI WITH 42,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD NO AIR CONDITIONING IN 90 PLUS DEGREE HEAT
A/C CONDENSER LEAKING
THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER FAILED. THE PART IS ON BACKORDER AND I HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME. NO ETA ON THE PART AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE PART WITH THE SAME FAULTY MODEL. NO LOANER CAR, NO AIRCONDITIONING.
THE AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER FAILED 1ST WEEK OF JUNE 2017 AND THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE ANY WHERE IN THE COUNTRY. THE VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN IT RAINS BECAUSE THE WINDOWS FOG OVER AND ARE UNABLE TO CLEAR WITH AIR SYSTEM,
AC QUIT WORKING & DEALER SAID IT'S A BAD CONDENSER, WHICH PART IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO NATIONAL BACK ORDER. CAN'T TELL ME WHEN THEY CAN GET PART TO FIX. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT ON GM BEHALF & THEY'RE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. NOT EVEN A RECALL!
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The 2015 GMC Yukon has 30 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.