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

ISSUES WITH BACK LED TAIL LAMPS NOT WORKING. I HAVE SEEN MANY ISSUES WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LAMP FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BEAMAN BUICK GMC (LOCATED AT 1531 BROADWAY, NASHVILLE, TN) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY PREVIOUSLY FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

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REAR PASSENGER BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. INTERNET SEARCHES INDICATE THAT IT IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH MANY COMPLAINTS. MOST NOTABLE IS THE DEALER COST TO REPLACE - $600 - $800 PER FIXTURE DUE TO IT BEING A SEALED UNIT AFTER WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. GM NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. A RECALL IS DEFINITELY IN ORDER.

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THE BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY WORK AND THEN DON'T WORK. THERE IS A MALFUNCTION WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS IN THESE CARS. PLEASE REPORT YOUR ISSUES SO GM CAN STOP ROBBING US.

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THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT AND RUNNING LIGHT HAS GONE OUT. APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. YOU CAN'T REPLACE THE BULB LIKE OLDER CARS. YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRAKE ASSEMBLY FOR $700!!! GM KNOWS ABOUT THE COMMON ISSUE BUT IS NOT COVERING IT.

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MY DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT JUST WORKS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN I AM OUT ON THE ROAD DRIVING.

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MY RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT WORKS ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT A YEAR . I HAVE 41,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND NOW THE LEFT TAIL LIGHT GOES IN AND OUT ALSO SO I POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE TWO BRAKE LIGHTS OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF THE SAME CAR IS ON THE ROAD WITH THE SAME PROBLEM GMC DENIES THE PROBLEM AND CHARGES $800 PER TAIL LIGHT TO FIX IT'S A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE MY FAMILY IS SAFE AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR THEIR FAULTY LIGHT EQUIPMENT. THEY WON'T RECOGNIZE THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ISSUE IT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. WHEN LOOKING UP THE PROBLEM ONLINE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME MODEL CAR.

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LED TAILLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSANGER SIDE. PROBLEM HAS BEEN LONG TERM AND APPEARS TO BE FAILING MORE FREQUENTLY NOW.

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REAR SIDE TAIL LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING

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REAR BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WE HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE RIGHT SIDE FOR A COST OF $600.00 FOR THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY ONLY.

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FRONT RIGHT LED DAYLIGHT LIGHT IS OUT. CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND PART IS APPROXIMATELY $750 TO REPLACE, VICE JUST A BULB SWAP. CAR HAS ABOUT 90K MILES ON IT. LED DAYLIGHT IS NOT ABLE TO BE REPAIRED. I BELIEVE IT'S REFERRED TO AS DRL. DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE IN WARRANTY, BECAUSE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY - AND REPLACEMENT FOR A LIGHT IS OVER $700....ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE AND UNSUSTAINABLE. ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS MODEL IS A 2015 MODEL. OVER THE LIFE OF THIS VEHICLE, HOW MANY TIMES AM I EXPECTED TO REPLACE A $750 LED HOUSING?

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MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH GMC ABOUT THEIR POOR BRAKE DESIGN ON THEIR 2015- 2019 YUKONS THE CIRCUIT BREAKS AND THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY QUITS WORKING. YUKON SAYS THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF SUCH COMPLAINTS. AND WILL NOT RECALL THEIR POOR ASSEMBLY DESIGN.

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DRIVERS SIDE TAILLIGHT STOPPED WORKING. SIGNAL STILL OPERATING.

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BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED WITHIN DAYS OF EACH OTHER. THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME AS INDICATED HERE: HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T53845_DS768963 . I HAVE PICTURES OF THE FAILED PIECE.

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RIGHT TAIL LIGHT BEGAN TO NOT WORK LAST FALL. I WENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED THEN IT WAS WORKING FINE. WENT IN FOR ABOUT A MONTH. SOMETIMES IT WORKED THEN IT WASN'T. ALMOST LIKE IT HAD A SHORT. EVENTUALLY HAD TO REPLACE WHOLE SYSTEM NOT JUST A BULB. NOW ALMOST ONE YEAR LATER THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING ON THE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS A $1,000 ITEM. I HAVE OWNED CARS FOR TEN YEARS AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A LIGHT. READ ONLINE THAT THERE ARE MANY ISSUES WITH THESE TAIL LIGHTS.

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BAD LED BRAKE LIGHTS: WE PURCHASED OUR GMC YUKON XL 2015 IN MAY 2016. SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS(1 AFTER A YEAR-MARCH 2017 AND THE 2ND AFTER 2 YEARS-AUG 2018) AND HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE ONLY 2 YEARS. THEY ARE LED LIGHTS SO NOT A CHEAP REPAIR. QUOTED COST $750-$2000. SO FAR, OUR WARRANTY HAS COVERED THE REPAIRS BUT ONCE WARRANTY IS OFF, IT WILL COST TOO MUCH TO REPAIR AND IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT REPAIRING! WE HAVE HAD MANY VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE ONLY REPLACED BRAKE LIGHTS 2-3 TIMES AND FOR LESS THAN $25 EACH TIME. THIS APPEARS TO BE A BAD DESIGN OR FAULTY PARTS BY GMC. ONE OF THE FAILURES WAS DUE TO INTERNAL SHORT IN THE LED MODULE. WE WOULD LIKE GMC TO RESOLVE THE FAULTY PARTS AND RECALL THE PART AND FULLY REPLACE OUR BRAKE LIGHTS WITH RELIABLE LIGHTS VS LIGHTS THAT ONLY LAST A YEAR. THANK YOU!

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2015 YUKON BRAKE LIGHT NEEDS RECALL" DOES NOT WORK ...IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE AND AN EXPENSIVE FIX. NEED HELP THIS IS

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BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHTS (BRAKE AND RUNNING LIGHTS) ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE PASSENGER SIDE ISN'T WORKING ALL TOGETHER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WILL SOMETIMES BE ON AND OTHER TIMES NOT. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $679 EACH SIDE FOR REPLACEMENTS. THIS SEEMS LIKE QUITE A BIG EXPENSE FOR A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS.

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REAR TAIL LIGHT FAILED, WAS REPLACED AND FAILED AGAIN 2 MONTHS LATER. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR CONTINUED MALFUNCTION. NO BREAKLIGHTS, NO TURN SIGNAL, NO WARNING. DISCOVERED BY OTHER DRIVERS NOTIFYING ME ON THE ROAD.

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LED BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT. WHEN I DID A SEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM, DISCOVERED THAT MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR YUKONS. DEALERS CHARGING ASTRONOMICAL PRICES TO FIX. LEDS ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST LONGER THAN REGULAR BULBS. THESE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAVE A WELL KNOWN WEAK SPOT THAT CAUSES THEM TO GO OUT. GMC HAS COME UP WITH AN UPDATED ASSEMBLY. THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND REPLACE THE ORIGINAL WEAK ASSEMBLIES WITH THE NEW ONES.

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RIGHT TAIL LIGHT (ONLY RED LIGHT) DOESN'T WORK. REVERSE LIGHT WORKS AND SIGNAL LIGHT WORKS ALL THE TIME BUT RED PART DOESN'T. IT WORKS AND THEN IT DOESN'T. IT DOES IT RANDOMLY.

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AT LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD BOTH TAILLIGHTS HAVE QUIT. THEY ARE A SEALED ASSEMBLY SO THE WHOLE SIDE NEEDS REPLACED. WE WERE QUOTED $750 EACH. OUR THREE YEAR OLD YUKON HAS NO TAILLIGHTS AND WILL TAKE $1500 TO REPLACE. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN GM TO SAY THE LEAST.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE BRAKE LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, AND THE INTERIOR REAR BRAKE LIGHT FLICKERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DELANO CHEVROLET BUICK GMC (600 1ST AVE, DELANO, CA 93215, 661-735-4974) TO BE DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED. THE DIAGNOSIS RESULTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000.

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PASSENGER SIDE TAILLIGHT IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. SIGNAL WORKS, BUT THE BRAKE LIGHT AND RUNNING LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. I GOT THIS VEHICLE IN APRIL 2014, TAILLIGHT STARTED GOING OUT EXACTLY 2 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE ABOUT $650 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TAILLIGHT AND THAT IT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE TAILLIGHT IS STILL OUT AND I REFUSE TO REPLACE IT SINCE I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT. I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHER SIMILAR STORIES OF OTHER YUKONS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN IN COLD WEATHER (UNDER 60 DEGREES F) THE LIGHT USED TO FLICKER BUT NOT STAY ON. IT HAS BEEN HOT MOST OF THIS YEAR SO I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS IS STILL TRUE.

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I WAS TOLD MY A COLLEGUE THAT MY DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT. I TOOK IT INTO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND IT WAS NOT OUT. A FEW MONTHS GO BY AND I AM TOLD AGAIN, THAT MY DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT IS OUT. I TAKE IT TO A DIFFERENT SHOP AND IT IS WORKING CORRECTLY. THE VERY NEXT DAY A TRUCK TELLS ME AT A STOP LIGHT THAT I HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. I WAS PULLED OVER BY A POLICE OFFICER FOR NOT HAVING PROPERLY WORKING BREAK LIGHTS. HE LET'S ME GO WITH A FRIENDLY NOTICE, BUT AS SOON AS I STARTED MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE AWAY HE IMMEDIATELY PULLS ME BACK OVER TO TELL ME THAT HE WAS MISTAKEN THAT ONLY MY DRIERS SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.

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