What 839 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 GMC Yukon Xl 1500

REAR TAILLIGHT DOES NOT WORK. SEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE, GM REFUSES TO FIX AND TRIES TO CHARGE $800 TO REPLACE WHOLE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY

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FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINTS ABOUT INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHT FUNCTION. SPECIFICALLY THE LR LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING. ONCE I WAS TOLD I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY $800 - I CAME IN TO HAVE THE REPAIR DONE, THEN I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO ISSUE. I RETURNED AGAIN WHEN THE POLICE GAVE ME A WARNING ABOUT THE SAME LIGHT. WAS TOLD NO ISSUE. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE BEEN ALERTED BY OTHER DRIVERS THAT THE LIGHT WAS OUT - SOMETIMES IT WORKS IF I SMACKED THE EXTERIOR OF THE ASSEMBLY BUT NOT CONSISTENTLY. NOW - ALL OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT LR/RR AND THE BAR. I CANNOT DRIVE IT SAFELY AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY OPTION IS TO PAY SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE IT. MANY HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINTS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! WE ALREADY PAID SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BUY THIS TRUCK - IT SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE ISSUES SO EARLY ON. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER YUKON'S ON THE ROAD WITH THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR IS 2015 - THE PROBLEM STARTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FOR US AFTER PURCHASING. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

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FRONT LED TURN SIGNAL (WHICH SHOULD LAST FOR EVER) IS MALFUNCTIONING AND DESPITE PURCHASING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THIS IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY COMPANY OR GM. QUOTED NEARLY $1,700 TO HAVE A TURN FUNCTIONING TURN SIGNAL AGAIN. THE WHOLE LIGHT ASSEMBLY NEEDS REPLACED. THIS WAS A $60K+ VEHICLE!?!?!?!?!?

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BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL LIGHTS DEFECTIVE DUE TO INTERNAL CRACKS IN THE CIRCUIT BOARD

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WE PURCHASED A 2015 GMC YUKON XL DENALI IN JULY 2019 FROM JACKIE COOPER IN EDMOND, OK. IN DECEMBER 2019, WE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STARTED INTERMITTENTLY GOING OUT. SOME DAYS THEY WORK FINE, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL. WE'VE EVEN HAD PEOPLE STOP US AND TELL US THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE "FLICKERING". THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY CONCERN, AND WITH THE EXTRAORDINARY COST TO REPLACE ONE OF THESE LIGHTS, IT'S A BUDGETARY CONCERN, AS WELL. SINCE WE STARTED NOTICING IT, WE ALSO HAVE HEARD OF OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME MODEL AND YEAR THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THIS CERTAINLY SEEMS LIKE A DEFECTED PRODUCT WHICH NEEDS A BETTER SOLUTION. PLEASE TELL ME THERE IS ANOTHER SOLUTION BESIDES SPENDING $1,000-$1,500 TO REPLACE SOMETHING THAT USED TO BE A SIMPLE BULB I COULD FIND AT A AUTO PARTS STORE.

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DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. BRAKE LIGHT.

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OWNED THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS, BEEN IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, CAR JERKS GOING LESS THAN 25 MPH AND WHILE DRIVING AND ACCELERATING. BOTH TAIL LIGHTS ARE LED AND INOPERABLE. AC QUIT WORKING, RECHARGED ONCE AND FIGURE IT'S A LEAK. UPON READING REVIEWS GMC IS AWARE OF FAULTY PARTS BUT NO RECALL ON ANY VEHICLE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO OPERATE IN EITHER DIRECTION. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THOMPSON BUICK GMC LOCATED AT 2600 WAKE FOREST RD. RALEIGH NC, 27609, (919)809-6217, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

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THE TAILLIGHTS WILL SHORT OUT AND STOP WORKING. THE TRUE SIGNAL WORKS BUT THE BRAKE AND RUNNING LIGHTS STOP WORKING. THE TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY ISN'T WORKING ON SOME PARTS OF THE SCREEN. FOR EXAMPLE, I CANNOT CHANGE THE TIME BECAUSE THE TOGGLES TO CHANGE THE NUMBERS UP OR DOWN WILL NOT WORK.

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THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. THE DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THIS FAULT AND SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON.

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BOTH OF MY TAILLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT ON MY 2015 YUKON DENALI. I WAS TOLD BY A STRANGER WHO ASKED ME TO PULL OVER THAT BOTH LIGHTS WERE COMPLETELY OUT (SPECIFICALLY INSIDE OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY). I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD AND A BABY WITH MY HANDS FULL. I WAS SO GRATEFUL TO THE STRANGER THAT INFORMED ME- PREVENTING A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT WITH MY BABIES IN THE CAR. I CALLED TO SEE HOW MUCH THE REPLACEMENT LIGHTS WOULD BE. WITH LABOR WE WERE LOOKING AT $2,000 AT THE DEALERSHIP! TO ME THIS WAS OUTRAGEOUS... ESPECIALLY AFTER DOING RESEARCH AND SEEING THAT MANY 2015 YUKON DENALI OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND THIS IS NOT YET A RECALL FOR GMC! WHEN WILL THE ISSUE BE RECALLED?... HEAVEN FORBID NOT AFTER A HORRIFIC ACCIDENT FROM A BLATANT SAFETY ISSUE THAT THEY ARE NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY! WE PROCEEDED TO CALL GMC COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT TO FILE A COMPLAINT- THE WOMAN LIED AND TOLD ME SHE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS BEING AN ISSUE BUT EVEN IF SHE HAD SHE COULDN'T TELL ME.... NEEDLESS TO SAY MY COMPLAINT WENT UPON DEAF EARS AT GMC. I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO ORDER TWO NEW TAILLIGHTS THROUGH GMC.... NOW THAT I AM AWAITING MY ORDER I'M THINKING THAT I COULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY NEW LIGHTS. ADDING TO MY FRUSTRATION, THE PARTS DEPARTMENT SOLIDIFIED THAT THE TAILLIGHT ISSUE IS INCESSANT WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR... AND THEY NEED TO KEEP MY TAILLIGHTS WHEN THEY ISSUE MY NEW LIGHTS. I COULDN'T HELP BUT FIND THIS STRANGE AND BECAME SKEPTICAL THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP MY FAULTY TAILLIGHTS. I'M FRUSTRATED AND NERVOUS DRIVING MY VEHICLE WITH MY CHILDREN. I'M WORRIED FOR OUR SAFETY AND I PRAY MY COMPLAINT IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY. GMC NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR FAULTY PRODUCTS. MY LEFT LIGHT IS HALF WAY OUT NOW BC MY DAD TRIED TO WELD A BRIDGE TO TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON IN THE MEAN TIME... DIDN'T END UP WORKING.

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AT 32,000 MILES WE HAD OUR BACK TAIL LIGHT GO OUT. GMC REPLACED IT AT COST TO THEM WHICH WAS AROUND $280 . LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER THE OTHER TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT AND DEALER TOLD US 'LIGHTS GO OUT'. WE PAID FULL PRICE $680 TO HAVE IT REPLACED. NOW OUR LEFT TAIL LIGHT IS OUT AGAIN AND IT'LL BE ANOTHER $680 OR MORE TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THEY ARE LED TAIL LIGHTS. THESE SHE LAST A VERY LONG TIME. THOUSANDS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. CAR GURUS HAS A BLOG SOLELY ABOUT THIS. THE ODD THING IS THEY ARE MOSTLY 2015 YUKON'S. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS PROBLEM AND THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DEALING WITH THIS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR REPLACING THESE TAIL LIGHTS OVER AND OVER! IF YOU PAY 60,000 FOR A CAR YOU SHOULD NOT GO THROUGH THIS.

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THE REAR POWER LOCKS ARE INOPERATIVE AT TIMES- WHEN USING THE KEYLESS ENTRY AND THE MASTER SWITCH. OWNER IS HAVING TO REACH TO THE BACK SEAT TO OPEN THE BACK DOORS WITH THE BACK DOOR LOCKS TO ALLOW PASSENGERS (CHILDREN) OUT OF THE VEHICLE. IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THE BACK SEAT PASSENGERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT ON THEIR OWN, OR BE ABLE TO GET OUT QUICKLY WITH ASSISTANCE. THIS ALSO MAKES THE CHILD LOCK FUNCTION UNUSABLE AS THE BACK DOORS WOULD NEVER OPEN.

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BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. DEALER SAID HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE FIXTURE. NOT COVERED UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER EXTENDED WARRANTY PURCHASED. SAFETY HAZARD THAT MANY OTHER 2015 YUKON OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. TRIM/SEAL APPLIQUS AROUND DOOR WINDOWS ALSO COMING OFF AND ALSO NOT CO WEED UNDER B2B WARRANTY. SHOTTILY MADE VEHICLE.

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DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, APPROX. 10% OF THE TIME. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND SAID IT IS KNOWN ISSUE WITH MOST DENALI BRAKE LIGHTS. WAS QUOTED TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY $900. EACH SIDE FOR THIS KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND KNOWN BY GMC WITH NO RECALLS AVAILABLE.

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REAR TAIL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES THEY ARE COMPLETELY OFF, OTHER TIMES THEY WORK. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHEN STATIONARY AND WHEN IN MOTION

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BRAKE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. THE LED LIGHTS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AT 4 YEARS OLD AND 50,000 MILES. NO OPTION TO REPLACE INDIVIDUAL BULBS, DEALER SAID THE ENTIRE LIGHT FIXTURE HAS TO BE REPLACED AT $665 PER EACH SIDE. MAJOR SAFETY FEATURE NOT WORKING @ BRAKE LIGHTS!!!

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BRAKELIGHT ASSEMBLY DEFECTIVE, CAUSING INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THIS OCCURS WHILE STATIONARY, IN MOTION, ON CITY STREETS, HIGHWAYS AND WHILE TURNING, BRAKING ETC.

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WHILE THANKFULLY DRIVING IN THE SLOW LANE ON THE INTERSTATE IN ST. LOUIS MY STABILITY LIGHT CAME ON THE TRUCK THEN SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN THEN WENT INTO FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE THEN REVVED UP TO 6000 RPMS THEN EVERY SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON ON THE DASH WHEN PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE CAR THEN WOULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD IT STAYED IN NEUTRAL REGARDLESS OF GEARSHIFTING IT THEN BEGAN TO CYCLE THROUGH ALL OF THE SERVICE REQUEST FOR THE VEHICLE. AFTER HAVING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS THREE HOURS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE THEY INFORMED ME THE FOLLOWING MORNING THE POWER STEERING CONTROL GEARBOX HAD WENT OUT AND FRIED ALL THE ELECTRICAL'S INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 39,000 MILES AFTER CONTACTING GMC THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ON A RECALL LIST FOR MY VEHICLES VIN NUMBER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I SAW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION IN 2018 IN SEPTEMBER. I HAVE VIDEOS OF THE VEHICLE COMPUTER SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING IF REQUESTED. I JUST WANTED TO DOCUMENT AND FILE A COMPLAINT SO THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND CAUSE A SERIOUS WRECK , SINCE GMC HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE THIS SERIOUS OF AN ISSUE.

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PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT STOPS WORKING OCCASIONALLY. THIS AFFECT'S THE BRAKE LIGHT AND NIGHT DRIVING. IT HAS STOPPED WORKING UP TO A WEEK AT A TIME, BUT THEN STARTS WORKING AGAIN. IT MIGHT BE WEATHER RELATED.

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TAIL LIGHTS WORK INCONSISTENTLY, DEALERSHIP TELLS ME IT'S COMMON PROBLEM WITH MY YEAR AND MODEL.

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REAR PASSENGER BRAKE LIGHT IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT IT IS NOT COVERING COST TO REPLACE WHICH DEALER SAYS WILL BE OVER $700. WAS TOLD THAT GMC KNOWS THESE LIGHTS ARE NOT LASTING AS LONG, SO THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY OF THE LIGHTS, BUT I AM STILL OUT DUE TO MILES ON MY CAR. THE PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY GOES TO 125K MILES, BUT THEY WILL NOT COVER.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BUICK GMC OF KIRKLAND (12335 120TH AVE NE, KIRKLAND, WA 98034, (877) 505-6211) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V761000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SERVICE BRAKES). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. *DT*JB

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BRAKE LIGHT GOES IN AND OUT AND DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME. ACCORDING TO WHAT I'M READING IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THERE IS NO FIX EXCEPT BUYING A BRAND NEW ONE AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. SEEMS LIKE A POOR DESIGN AND NOT TO MENTION I CAN GET A TICKET FOR THIS. AND MOST IMPORTANT...I HAVE A FAMILY WITH TWO SMALL KIDS AND THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF MY BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK!

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CAR WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE AND COMBUSTED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING. CAR WAS EXPLODING AND ENGULFED IN FLAMES...COMPLETELY DESTROYED VIA FIRE AND THE WORST DAMAGE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN ALTHOUGH BASED ON RESEARCH SOUNDS LIKE NHTSA CAMPAIGN #14V007000 OR 14V152000. FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE.

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