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

THE PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER SAID THAT THE ONLY FIX IS TO BUY A NEW BRAKE LIGHT UNIT @ $650. AFTER SEARCHING ON LINE, OTHER OPTIONS ARE TO SEND BRAKE LIGHT UNIT OFF FOR REPAIR, OR PURCHASE AFTER MARKET BRAKE LIGHT UNIT. AS MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE, IT SURE SEEMS LIKE GMC WOULD CORRECT THIS FAULTY BRAKE LIGHT.

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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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BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY GOT ROCK HARD WHEN I WAS TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, OUR TRUCK JUST KEPT GOING FORWARD, I WAS HELPLESS IN THAT SITUATION AND REALLY THOUGHT THAT ACCIDENT IS UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE I WAS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO ANOTHER VEHICLE, AFTER PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL MANY MORE TIMES I WAS ABLE TO STOP OUR YUKON LITERALLY ONE INCH FROM A CAR IN FRONT OF ME

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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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PROBLEM STARTED WHEN DRIVING AT 60-70 MPH YOU CAN FEEL A STRONG VIBRATION CAUAES ENTIRE TRUCK TO SHAKE DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS DEALERS CANT FIX ALSO TRANSMISIN SHIFTS INTO GEARS HARD ACCELERATES BY ITSELF CAUSES ROUGH DRIVING VERY LOUD NOISE UNDER TRUCK SOUMDS LIKE TRANSMISIN ABOUT TO COME OFF AND ALSO SHIFTS INTO 4WD BY ITSELF OR PARK TO NUETRAL AND TRUCK WONT RUN

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TRANSMISIN PROBLEMS WE WHERE DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AT AT 30-40MPH WHEN THE GEARS WENT CRAZY IT ACCELERATED BY ITSELF RPMS WENT CRAZY IT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISIN HAD GEARS IN PAN LOUD GRINDING THEN ALSO THE SEATS DONT VIBRATE WITH LAND DEPARTURE IT SHOWS SERVICE LANE DEPARTURE LAST WHEN DRIVI G AT SPEEDS LF 40-70 MPH THERE IS A STRONG VIBRATION IN FRONT MAKES ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKE TOOK TO DEALER ROTATED TIRES AND BALANCED ALLIGNMENT ALSO AND PROBLEM STILL THERE IDK WHAT TO DO

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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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MY RIGHT SIDE BRAKE ASSEMBLY SEEMS TO ONLY WORK WHEN IT WANTS TOO. WORKS ON COLD MORNINGS, BUT AS THE DAY GETS WARMER THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. NO LIGHTS, OR BRAKE LIGHTS.

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BRAKE LIGHTS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS POSES A SAFETY HAZARD WHILE DRIVING AND COULD CAUSE A WRECK. REPLACEMENT IS $800 PER LIGHT, VERY COST PROHIBITIVE.

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COMPONENT AFFECTED: STABILITRAC MODULE CAUSE: A POWER SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN CAUSED THE STABILITRAC (STABILITY CONTROL) MODULE TO MALFUNCTION. UNSAFE CONDITION: THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN A FULL 180 DEGREES ON ITS OWN AT IDLE/LOW SPEED. AT HIGHER SPEEDS, THE CAR WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. THE "SERVICE STABILITRAC" LIGHT WOULD ACTIVATE ON THE DASH AND MESSAGE DISPLAYED "STABILITRAC DISABLED". REMEDY: THE STEERING WHEEL WIRING HARNESS WAS REPAIRED AND THE STABILITRAC MODULE WAS REPLACED BY MY GMC DEALERSHIP IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, THE ISSUE HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE.

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THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON 2015 AND NEWER GMC YUKON, YUKON XL, DENALI, DENALI XL VEHICLES FAIL DUE TO POOR QUALITY CIRCUIT METAL/DESIGN OF BOARD ALLOWING TOO NARROW A CONNECTION FOR METAL USED. THE RESULT IS A CRACK IN THE CIRCUITS METAL WHICH, DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS, BREAKS THE CIRCUIT AND THE TAIL LIGHTS FAIL TO WORK. SPECIFICALLY BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL FIRST PUTTING THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IN AN SERIOUS SAFETY SITUATION WITH NO INDICATION THAT THE FAILURE HAS HAPPENED. IN ADDITION, THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS BEHIND A GM VEHICLE EXHIBITING THIS PROBLEM ARE AT SERIOUS RISK AS THEY MAY NOT REALIZE THE VEHICLE IS COMING TO A STOP. GMC IS REFUSING TO COVER THE ISSUE AND REQUIRES $800 PER LIGHT AND OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE NEW LIGHT CAN DO THE SAME THING AT ANY GIVEN TIME. I DON'T NORMALLY GO SO FAR WITH AN ISSUE, BUT THIS SEEMS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND WARRANTS A RECALL. WITH THE LACK OF INDICATION OTHER THAN COURTEOUS DRIVERS TELLING YOU THE LIGHTS ARE OUT OR POLICE PULLING YOU OVER TO TELL YOU, THE ISSUES OFTEN START WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD BUT NO WAY TO KNOW. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TAIL LIGHT FAILURES WITH NEW VEHICLES INDICATE THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO AGE. AS WITH MY LIGHTS, NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT AT ALL ELIMINATES SOME KIND OF IMPACT OUTSIDE OF NORMAL ROAD BUMPS. HOPEFULLY ACTION CAN BE TAKEN.

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BOTH LED BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED. IF YOU TAP THEM THEY WOK FOR A MINUTE BUT WHEN DRIVING THEY GO OUT AGAIN. THE SEAT VIBRATES TO ALERT YOU OF OBSTACLES BUT THE MOTOR IN THE SEAT ONLY WORK PERIODICALLY. THE REAR WINDOW WIPER HAS FAILED. THE YUKON HAS BEEN DRIVEN 3 YEARS AND 50K MI AND NOW NEEDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS USED.

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I WAS DRIVING AND WITH WARNING SUV STARTED ACCELERATING AND I BRAKES WOOD NOT WORK I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP INTILL I PRESS HARD ON THE PEDAL

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