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

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WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED FULLY, THE GAS PEDAL STICKS THE CAR CONTINUES ACCELERATING. THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITH INITIAL COMPLETE DEPRESSION OF GAS PEDAL TO CAUSE SOME ACCELERATION AND DEPRESSING BRAKE ALLOWED VEHICLE TO RETURN TO NORMAL DRIVING. THE PROBLEM HAS WORSENED OVER TIME TO THE POINT WHERE BOTH FEET DEPRESSING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL DID NOT AFFECT ACCELERATION AND CAUSED SMOKE TO EMIT FROM BOTH FRONT BRAKE PADS, AND THE PASSENGER FRONT BRAKE PAD FLAMED UP FROM THE HEAT. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN INTO A PARKING LOT WITH THE BRAKE DEPRESSED THE ENTIRE TIME, AND TURNED OFF. SO FAR, THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS FULLY DEPRESSED. THE DEALER TOLD ME THE MAT CAUSED THIS EVEN THOUGH THE MAT IS CUT AROUND THE GAS PEDAL WITH PLENTY OF ROOM TO NOT OBSTRUCT PEDAL. THE MAT ALSO DOES NOT SLIDE OR MOVE ABOUT THE AREA. THE GMC DEALER TOLD ME THEY TOOK THE MAT OUT AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY AUTO ACCELERATION, AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE UNABLE TO DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL FULL TO ATTEMPT TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM, TO NOT COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF THE OTHER CARS NEARBY.

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BRAKE LIGHT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. MOST TIMES IT'S NOT WORKING. SOMETIMES IT DOES. STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

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TAILLIGHT IS OUT ON MY VEHICLE. THE LIGHTS ARE LED AND THE CAR IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. REPLACEMENT IS $500-750 FOR A TAILLIGHT!

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RIGHT REAR LED TAIL/BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. NOT EASILY FIXABLE. DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND MAKE YOU PAY $700+ A PIECE FOR A WHOLE NEW ASSEMBLY. THE ISSUE APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARD INSIDE. THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TAKEN APART AND FIXED EASILY OR GM SHOULD REPLACE IT FOR FREE.

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DRIVER SIDE BREAK LIGHT WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. AFTER RESEARCHING MULTIPLE OWNERS IN SIMILAR MODEL YEARS HAVE NOTED THE ISSUE BEING INSIDE OF THE LIGHT ITSELF HAVING AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. BUT THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $750 FOR A NEW ONE WHEN THE PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD, NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND MADE RIGHT.

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MY BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY 2015 YUKON DINALI WENT OUT ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND NONE OF MY WARRANTIES WILL COVER IT.

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I WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHERE MY VEHICLE ENDED UP IN A DITCH AND HIT A CEMENT CULVERT HEAD ON. THE STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALL AIRBAGS ALONG THE SIDES OF THE VEHICLE DID, BUT NEITHER FRONT WERE ACTIVATED. ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, THERE WERE OTHER ITEMS IN THE SEAT THAT WERE QUITE HEAVY.

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BRAKE LIGHT AND PARKING LIGHT QUIT WORKING. WENT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE LED LIGHT ASSEMBLY. WOULD COST $850.00.

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PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. IT IS AN LED LIGHT WHICH SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BE REPLACED. OUR LOCAL GMC SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT IT IS THE 'DRIVER' ATTACHED TO THE LED BULB THAT IS FAULTY, BUT IT CANNOT SIMPLY BE REPLACED. THEY HAVE TO REINSTALL AN ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT WHICH APPARENTLY IS PRETTY COSTLY. I WAS QUOTED $925. AGAIN, NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LIGHT BULB ITSELF. SHOULDN'T COST $925 TO FIX.

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PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING OUT INTERMITTENTLY FOR MONTHS. SINCE THE PROBLEM BEGAN I'VE BEEN HAVING BATTERY ISSUES AND NOW BATTERY AND LIGHT ARE COMPLETELY DEAD. DEALER SAID IT WOULD BE $800 FOR LIGHT. THERE WAS NO INDICATOR/SENSOR THAT SHOWED THE LIGHT WAS OUT. I FOUND OUT BY ANOTHER DRIVER WHO PULLED UP NEXT TO ME AND TOLD ME. DRIVING AROUND I'VE SEEN MANY VEHICLES (SAME MODEL) WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, BECAUSE UNLESS SOMEONE TELLS US WE DON'T KNOW THE LIGHT IS OUT AND THEY ARE PREMATURELY GOING OUT. THE COST IS RIDICULOUS! THIS IS MY SECOND GMC AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS BEFORE. THIS IS THE CAR I DRIVE MY CHILDREN AROUND IN! IT IS APPARENT THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER ISSUE. GMC NEEDS TO DO RIGHT BY ITS CUSTOMERS, BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT!

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DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT NOT WORKING. APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE YEAR YUKONS, AND GMC REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. REPAIR IS EXORBITANTLY EXPENSIVE, AND GMC SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES, AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT.

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LED BRAKE LIGHTS WORK SOMETIME AND NOT AT ALL WHEN IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE COME TO ME IN PARKING LOTS AND TELL ME THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING.

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BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT. IT'S BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN DESIGN. THE METAL BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE BRAKE LIGHT LEDS IS CRACKED AND BREAKS THE CIRCUIT, THEREFORE THE LIGHTS WON'T WORK. LED LIGHTS SHOULD WORK FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. ONLY WAY TO FIX IT THROUGH THE DEALER IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $1400 FOR BOTH LIGHTS. IT CAN BE REPAIRED BY CUTTING THE ASSEMBLY OPEN AND SOLDERING THE CRACK IN THE LED BRACKET. THERE ARE MANY INSTANCES OF THIS BEING REPORTED ONLINE. DEALERS DENY ENCOUNTERING THE PROBLEM. GMC IS NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. THERE ARE REPORTED CASES ONLINE WHERE GMC YUKON OWNERS HAVE OF COURSE HAD THE REPAIRS MADE WITHIN WARRANTY WITH NO COST BUT AS SOON AS THE WARRANTY IS OUT AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURS, THEN THE OWNER HAS TO PAY APPROXIMATELY $700 PER LIGHT TO REPLACE THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, NO BRAKE LIGHTS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS WRECKS AND INJURY.

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FAULTY TAIL LIGHT. SOUNDS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM ON 2015 GMC YUKON.

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DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY WORKING. HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS, SEEMS TO BE POOR DESIGN AND SHOULD BE RECALLED.

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BOTH LED TAIL LIGHT UNITS ON 2015 GMC YUKON FAILED WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER. THE LED STRIPPING NO LONGER ILLUMINATES. EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES OF VEHICLE. WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THE ONLY OPTION FOR REPAIR IS REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE LIGHT AT A COST OF OVER $900 PER TAIL LIGHT.

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BRAKE LIGHTS WONT WORK ALL OF THE TIME.

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THE VEHICLE IS A 7 PASSENGER 2015 GMC YUKEN VEHICLE. BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $500.00 EACH. THE ENTIRE LIGHTING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING BRAKE LIGHT FAILED. THE OPERATOR IS NEVER MADE AWARE BY THE VEHICLE WARNING SYSTEM THAT THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE OR TAIL LIGHTS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE ONLY WAY THE HAZARD IS IDENTIFIED IS IF ANOTHER OPERATOR NOTIFIES THE OWNER. BEING THAT THE VEHICLE IS A 7 PASSENGER AND USUALLY CARRYING CHILDREN ARE IN THE THIRD ROW THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. A REAR END COLLISION DUE TO NO LIGHTS OR BRAKE LIGHTS IS VERY POSSIBLE. I CONTACTED GMC AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE LED LIGHTS FAILING HOWEVER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO RECALL THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE NEW LED LIGHTS. DOES IT HAVE TO TAKE A VEHICLE BEING REAR ENDED AND A CHILD INJURED OR KILLED TO HAVE THESE VEHICLES RECALLED? THIS ISSUE IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET, ONE HAS TO TYPE GMC LED LIGHT FAILURE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING

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DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE CIRCUIT ON THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS GOING BAD.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

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THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE LIGHT HAS STOPPED WORKI GON A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 60 THOUSAND MILES

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OVER THE LIFE OF OWING THIS NEW CAR, FROM MARCH 2016 TO JULY 2019, THE REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY HAVE EACH FAILED ONCE AND WERE REPLACED BY MY OWN EXPENSE. AGAIN FOR A THIRD TIME TOTAL, THIS MONTH THE PASSENGER SIDE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY REPEATED ITS FAILURE TO HAVE THE BREAK LIGHT TO FUNCTION. I FEEL THIS AMOUNT OF PART FAILURE INSIDE 3 YEARS IS TOO EXTREME AND IS DUE TO POOR DESIGN BY THE MANUFACTURER. THESE FAILED PARTS HAPPENED AT 16,000, 30,000 AND 50,000 MILES OF VEHICLE USE. NONE OF THE TAILLIGHT PARTS WERE EVER PHYSICALLY DAMAGED BEFORE. THE COST OF THE PART ALONE IS $795.00. THAT IS EVEN MORE REDICULOUS CONSIDERING A HOME LED BULB LASTS LONGER AND COSTS MUCH LESS.

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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.

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LEFT TAIL LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY FAULTY. BRAKE LIGHT ONLY WORKS INTERMITTENTLY.

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