What 497 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 GMC Yukon Denali Xl 1500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC YUKON XL. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS EITHER INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED OR DID NOT ILLUMINATE AT ALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY BOARD WAS LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,348.

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LEFT REAR LED BRAKE/TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT AT APPROXIMATELY 43,000 MILES. IN DOING RESEARCH THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN GMC YUKON. IT SEEMS TO BE JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRES AS MINE DID. THE COST TO REPLACE IS ANYWHERE AROUND $800.00. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO GET IT REPLACED AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. RESEARCH ALSO SAYS THESE LED'S SHOULD BE LASTING MUCH LONGER THAN THEY ARE ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. I FEEL WITH THE NUMBERS SO HIGH GMC REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO A RECALL AND GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED OR HELP COMPENSATE SOME OF THE COST. ALSO, THIS PART IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE SO WE GO WEEKS WITH NO BRAKE OR TAIL LIGHT UNTIL IT CAN BE REPAIRED. THIS IS SO NOT SAFE!!

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DRIVERS BRAKE LIGHT SHORTS OUT AND STOPS WORKING.

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THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT FAILED AT ONLY 44,000 MILES. FAILS TO WORK IN ALL PHASES OF OPERATION.

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DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT/BRAKE STARTED FAILING, ONLY WORKING INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE STOPPED. NOW ONLY A SMALL OUTER CORNER OF THE THE LIGHT IS WORKING.

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THE LED BRAKE LIGHTS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN COMPLETELY DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW OF WEAK CIRCUITRY. THE LED CIRCUIT BREAKS FROM FATIGUE IN THE BRAKE LIGHT HOUSING. THERE IS NO DASH NOTIFICATION TO TELL YOU WHEN A BRAKE LIGHT HAS FAILED. GM REPLACEMENT BRAKE LIGHTS COST $650 EACH BUT THEY HAVE THE SAME DESIGN FLAW. PICTURES ATTACHED.

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BOTH OF THE TAILLIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE GMC DEALER ONLY TO BE TOLD IT WILL BE 2000.00 TO REPLACE THEM BOTH. THIS IS A FACTORY PROBLEM. SOMETIMES ONE WORKS, SOMETIMES THEY BOTH WORK AND SOMETIMES NEITHER WORK, IN MOTION, STATIONARY, ALL STREETS AND AT ANY TIME.

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DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES IT WORKS FINE, SOME TIMES IT FLICKERS, AND SOMETIMES IT IT TOTALLY OUT. THIS ISSUE HAPPENS RANDOMLY. I HAVE SEEN IT WHILE PARKED, AND WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD

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BRAKE LIGHTS FAULTY. HAVE HAD BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE REPLACED. DRIVERS SIDE IS NOW SHORTING OUT AGAIN. TONS OF OWNERS OF THE YUKON LINE HAVE HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH FAULTY TAIL LIGHTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT THINKS IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WHICH IT IS! THESE TAIL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL!

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THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING WITH NO INDICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR MODEL YEARS 2015 THRU 2019 DUE TO A DESIGN/MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE REPAIR INVOLVES REPLACING THE ENTIRE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR ABOUT $800. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 2 YEARS OR 24,000 MILES EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT. THERE IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL AT THE PRESENT TIME. MY VEHICLE IS OVER 2 YEARS OLD BUT ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES.

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THE LED LIGHTS ON THE LEFT REAR TAIL LIGHT ARE DEFECTIVE. THEY FLICKER OR DO NOT WORK AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 43,000 MILES. TO FIX THE ISSUE REQUIRES REPLACING THE ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT AT A COST OF MORE THAN $800. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ON A DEFECTIVE PART.

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TAIL LIGHTS ALTERNATING NOT WORKING. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE LED TAIL LIGHTS. THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM AND ALL OVER THE INTERNET. GMC IS CHARGING $1000 PER TAIL LIGHT TO FIX DESPITE THIS BEING A DEFECT. MANY COMPANIES AND YOUTUBE VIDEOS POPPING ABOUT A BOUT THIS: HTTP://WWW.LEDFIX.COM/YUKONTAILLIGHTREPAIR.HTML HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=NNLDJPYMDZC

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC YUKON XL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO PRINCE CHEVROLET OF ALBANY (2701 LEDO ROAD, ALBANY, GEORGIA 31707, 229-432-6271) TWICE FOR THE TAIL LIGHT FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPLACEMENT LED LIGHT WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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GMC 2016 YUKON XL DENALI BACK TAILLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT. ALL OF THEM. VERY DANGEROUS. GMC DENIED RESPONSIBILITY BUT EVERYONE I KNOW THAT HAS THE SAME CAR SAYS THEY HAVE HAD ISSUES. NEVER HAD THIS IN ANY OTHER VEHICLE IN 30+ YEARS OF DRIVING. THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY FAULTY AND THEY NEED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY

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BRAKE LIGHT/TURN SIGNAL FAIL WITH NO WARNING TO DRIVER. THE FAILURE REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE COMPONENT. DEALER QUOTED $826 TO REPLACE ASSEMBLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE HAVE A VERY HIGH FAILURE RATE. ALONG WITH THE LACK OF WARNING TO THE DRIVER THAT THEIR REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT WORKING THIS IS SERIOUS PROBLEM. THE FAILURE RATE IS SO HIGH THAT SEVERAL INDEPENDENTS ARE REPAIRING THEM

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THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT QUIT WORKING. WILL COME ON WHEN PUSHED AGAINST CAR. DEALER SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL IN THE BRAKE LIGHT UNIT.

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MY LEFT TAILLIGHT IS OUT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE LIGHT IT JUST STOPPED WORKING! IT WOULD WORK SOMETIME AND SOMETIME IT WOULD NOT. NOW IT IS NOT WORKING AT ALL!

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REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT IS INOPERABLE. MY VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. IF MY LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT VIEWS THIS AS A PROBLEM, SO SHOULD THE NHTSA. GMC NEEDS TO RECALL THIS KNOWN PROBLEM. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM FOR IT TO BE ADDRESSED? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!!

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REAR BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WAS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT AND NO DAMAGE HAS OCCURED TO THE PART. IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS AN LED AND IS NOT SUPPOSED TO GO OUT ACCORDING TO GM. GM IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUR AND WILL NOT FIX IT.

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THE RIGHT SIDE TAIL LIGHT HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT'S GOING TO COST $850 TO REPLACE THE LIGHT. THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 42K MILES ON IT. THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM WITH A $58K VEHICLE. RESEARCHING THE ISSUE SHOWS THAT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. SO MUCH SO THAT THERE IS NOT A TAIL LIGHT TO BE HAD FOR MY VEHICLE! THERE IS A SHORTAGE FROM ALL THAT HAVE WENT OUT.

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REAR PASSENGER BRAKE LIGHT HAS STOPPED WORKING. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP AND IT APPEARS GMC DOES NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF REAR BRAKE LIGHT ISSUES WITH GMC VEHICLES, SPECIFICALLY YUKONS BUT GMC CONTINUES TO INDICATE THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM.

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BRAKE LIGHT STOPPED WORKING BUT IT CANT BE REPAIRED UNLESS YOU REPLACE THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. SO MUCH SO, IT IS A 3 MONTH WAIT TO GET IT! NOT TO MENTION IT COSTS $500-800!! NOW I CANT EVEN DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY CONCERN OF SOMEONE REAR ENDING ME. GMC NEEDS TO RECALL THESE OR PAY THE 3 MONTH CAR RENTAL FEE.

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TAIL LIGHT STOPPED WORKED, COMING BACK ON INTERMITTENTLY. $700+ FIX FROM DEALER

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PEOPLE KEPT TELLING ME ONE OF MY TAIL LIGHT WAS OUT BUT EVERY TIME I'D GET HOME MY TAIL LIGHT WAS ON! THIS KEPT GOING ON FOR A FEW WEEKS UNTIL THIS TIME I CHECKED AND IT WAS OFF. I WENT TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED AND MENTIONED THE ISSUE. THEY DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM BECAUSE OF COURSE IT WAS BACK ON. ABOUT A MONTH LATER, THE SAME CYCLE STARTED. MY FRIEND NOTICED THAT WHEN I WENT OVER A BUMP IT WOULD FLICK BACK ON. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP THAT INFORMED ME IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE IN THESE VEHICLES AND THE COST TO REPLACE WAS ABOUT $1,000. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP THE ONLY OPTION WAS TO REPLACE AND NOT FIX. I DECIDED TO LOOK UP AN ALTERNATIVE AND FOUND OUT MANY OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES WITH YUKONS RANGING 2-3 YEARS AS MY VEHICLE. AFTER HAVING IT REPAIRED FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST OUTSIDE OF THE DEALERSHIP A MONTH AGO IT'S BACK TO NOT WORKING AGAIN! FRUSTRATING PART IS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO SO MANY OTHERS... ON YOUTUBE ALONE THERE ARE SO MANY VIDEOS SHOWING HOW TO REPAIR ON OWN BECAUSE IT'S VERY COSTLY. RECENTLY, I WAS DRIVING AND NOTICED THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME HAD THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEIR LIGHT WAS OUT AS WELL. I GUESS I'M GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE IT.

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AT LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND 60K MILES, THE FOLLOWING HAS OCCURRED AT DIFFERENT TIMES UP UNTIL NOW: OVERALL ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION INCLUDING DISPLAY ILLUMINATION FAILURE (DISPLAY GOES COMPLETELY BLACK AND/OR DIM WHILE DRIVING - CANNOT SEE SPEEDOMETER ETC. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BOTH THE HIGHWAY AND SURFACE STREETS, INCLUDING DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME), AUDIO/ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM GLITCHES (RADIO VOLUME CHANGES TO AND GETS STUCK RANDOMLY ON HIGHEST VOLUME SETTING (WAS NEVER EVEN SET TO THIS LEVEL) WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING SUDDEN DISTRACTION/DISRUPTION), TAIL LIGHT MALFUNCTION (INTERMITTENTLY STOPS WORKING BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES), AND NOW THE MOTOR TO THE SUNROOF HAS DIED (OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AND AT A MOMENT WHEN IT WAS NECESSARY TO CLOSE FOR SAFETY ON THE HIGHWAY.) THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE (FOR THE SECOND TIME - OFF SHIFTS AND DOWNSHIFTS UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AT BOTH LOWER AND HIGHER SPEEDS. HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY REQUIRING ME TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE.) THESE INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENT IT HAS BEEN HARD TO PINPOINT WHEN TO BRING IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION.

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