What 977 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 GMC Yukon Denali Xl 1500

FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS I HAD BEEN GETTING REPORTS THAT MY PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT WASN'T WORKING- WHEN WE CHECKED IT IT WAS... FINALLY SOMEONE TOLD ME IT GOES ON AND OFF. MY YUKON WAS GOING INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE POWER STEERING RECALL AND I ASKED THEM TO CHECK. THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE LIGHT AT $800!!! A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

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THIS IS THE SECOND TAILLIGHT TO FAIL. THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED AT 35,500 MILES IN OCTOBER 2018. THE DRIVER SIDE HAS NOW FAILED AT 39,000 MILES AND 4 MONTHS LATER. THESE PARTS COST $800 EACH TO REPLACE. A MAJOR REPAIR COST ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY THIS MUCH MILEAGE. A DESIGN PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY EXISTS AND THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY HAZARD!!! JUST WAITING FOR A CRASH TO HAPPEN TO START A CLASS ACTION LAW SUITE.

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BOTH LED TAIL LIGHT FIXTURES WENT OUT AT ONCE, BOTH NON FUNCTIONING. HAVE TO REPLACE BOTH FIXTURES COSTING OVER $1400 FROM A GM DEALERSHIP.

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FAULTY REAR BRAKE LIGHTS. THE RIGHT LED MODULE FAILED, AND WAS REPLACED. THEN THE LEFT LED MODULE FAILED ABOUT A YEAR LATER. NOW THE REPLACED RIGHT LED MODULE HAS FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME! EACH REPAIR IS APPROX $650.00 FOR A 'DO IT MYSELF' REPAIR. THESE LED MODULES SHOULD LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT FAIL. WIDELY NOTED AS BEING A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. GM SHOULD REDESIGN AND MAKE GOOD ON REPAIRS BEYOND THE STANDARD WARRANTY FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE OUT OF POCKET.

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PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING

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TAIL LED LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING THEN START WORKING PARTIALLY THEN BACK TO NOT WORKING, WENT TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AND IT COST $1500.00 AND THEN 6 MONTHS LATER BACK TO PARTIAL WORKING TAIL LED LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHT THEN A SMALL STRIP OF THEM WORKING THEN NOTHING AT ALL THEN BACK TO WORKING THEN BACK TO NO LIGHT PERMANENTLY AGAIN!!

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I PURCHASED MY 2015 YUKON IN 8/2016 AND IN THE BEGINNING OF 2017 THE TAIL LIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE BURNT OUT THE BRAKE LIGHT DID NOT WORK DURING THE DAY BUT AT NIGHT IT WOULD WORK . I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE LED LAMP HAD GONE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE . I CAME FIND OUT THIS LAMP IS ALL ONE PART AND THE COST FOR A SUPPOSEDLY IS OVER $600 JUST THE LAMP . SO I HAD TO BUY THE LAMP AND REPLACED IT MYSELF BUT THEY ASKED ME FOR THE CORE . SO THIS WAS IN 2917 AND NOW TWO YEARS LATER THE SAME LIGHT THAT BROUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2017 IS OUT AGAIN AND I'M HAVING TO SPEND ANOTHER 600 TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I FEEL SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO HELP THE CONSUMER BECAUSE GM DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THIS AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE VONSUR . CAN SOMETHING BE DONE ?

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WE PURCHASED A USED 2015 YUKON DENALI LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO AND BOTH TAIL LIGHTS HAVE NOW GONE OUT. AFTER READING ABOUT THE ISSUE, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH LIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE. VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT GMC REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

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THE MOST DISTURBING CONCERN IS THE FACT THAT I LOST MY BRAKES AS A RESULT OF A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT GM HAS EVEN RECOGNIZED RELATING TO A FAULTY VACUUM BOOSTER PUMP. I INCURRED A $500 REPAIR BILL DESPITE GM'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE PROBLEM AND WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR CARS WITH LESS THAN 70000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, MINE WAS OVER THE ALLOWABLE MILEAGE. ADDITIONALLY, I AM LOOKING AT A $1500 REPAIR BILL FOR A SEALED HEADLIGHT REPLACEMENT AND ANOTHER $300 BILL FOR A SIDE DETECTION SYSTEM ( LANE DEPARTURE WARNING). GM MADE A POOR CAR THAT IS UNSAFE AND IS NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.

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PASSENGER BREAK LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WORKS. TOOK TO GMC THEY SAID THERE IS NO KNOWN ISSUE WHICH IS A LIE! HUNDREDS OF OWNERS ONLINE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. THEY SAID THEY CAN'T NAIL DOWN THE ISSUE SINCE THERE'S CLEARLY POWER THERE. THEY WANT ME TO BUY A WHILE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY! ABOUT 900 DOLLARS FOR THE SAME FAULTY PART!

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BOTH TAIL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE BEEN STOPPED BY OTHER DRIVERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS TO TELL ME THAT ONE OF MY TAIL LIGHTS WAS NOT WORKING. BOTH LIGHTS ARE EFFECTED, BUT NOT USUALLY AT THE SAME TIME, SO I AT LEAST HAVE ONE WORKING LIGHT AT A TIME. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP USED CAR LOT ON 01/23/2019 WHETHER I AM SITTING STILL OR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OFF, YOU CAN HIT THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH YOUR HAND AND IT WILL MOMENTARILY COME BACK ON.

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BOTH BACK BRAKE LIGHT WORK INCONSISTANTLY. WHILE MOVING AND AT A COMPLETE STOP. LOCAL DEALERSHIP CHARGES AT MIN 1200 PER LIGHT TO FIX. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DENALI'S.

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OUR 2015 GMC YUKON DENALI HAS HAD THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING FOR SOME TIME NOW. WE EVEN GOT PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE AND WERE ISSUED A FIX IT TICKET!

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TAIL LIGHT LIGHTING STRIP SPONTANEOUSLY MALFUNCTIONED AND STOPPED WORKING. VEHICLE HAS NO LIGHT AND NO BRAKE LIGHTING WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AUTO ACCIDENT. WITHIN A MONTH THE HEADLIGHT HAS BURNED OUT RESULTING IN A BLINKER MALFUNCTION. VEHICLE WAS ON HIGHWAY WHEN BOTH LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED

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THE CIRCUIT BOARDS ON MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN MOISTURE GETS IN THEM OR WHEN I HIT A BUMP IN THE ROAD THEY STOP WORKING. SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. THIS HAPPENS DAILY...WHEN THEY VEHICLE STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON A CITY STREET OR ON A HIGHWAY.

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DRIVER'S SIDE, REAR TAIL LIGHT FAILED TO LIGHT WHEN PARKED, OR WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. DEALERSHIP QUOTED JUST UNDER $800 TO REPLACE. HAD LIGHT REPLACED, AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. DEALER STATES THAT "LIGHTS GO OUT SOMETIMES."

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REAR TAIL LIGHT IS NO LONGER WORKING. LIGHTS ARE LED, SO THE ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

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SHORTAGE IN PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT. DEALERSHIP QUOTED $800 TO REPLACE COMPLETE LIGHT.

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BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. I'VE BEEN STOPPED MULTIPLE TIMES ON ROAD WITH OTHER DRIVERS TELLING ME. I ALSO HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS WITH SAME MODEL TELLING ME THIS HAPPENED TO THEM.

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BOTH REAR BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED

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THE TAIL LIGHTS/ BRAKE LIGHTS THE CHEAPLY MADE AND HAVE READ OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE I'M HAVING THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKS AND THEY STOP WORKING. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE

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BOTH BREAKLIGHTS NO LONGER WORK DUE TO FAULTY ELECTRICAL PANEL.

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THE LED TAIL LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND COST 500 TO REPLACE IT WHICH IS RIDICOULOUS.

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MY PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT HAS STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE 50000 MILES ON MY YUKON AND CAN NOT IMAGINE THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY. THE COST TO FIX THE TAIL LIGHT IS RIDICULOUS $1300 FOR ONE LIGHT. I COULD BY A USED CAR FOR THAT PRICE. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE FOR A RECALL??

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LED TAILLIGHTS ARE DEFECTIVE. THEY WORK INTERMITTENTLY ON BOTH SIDES. SEE NUMEROUS OTHER YUKON AND YUKON XL'S AROUND TOWN WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. INTERMITTENT BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS IS UNSAFE. FROM RESEARCH I'VE DONE, IT APPEARS TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART. GMC SHOULD TAKE ACTION.

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