What 450 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 GMC Yukon Xl 1500

THE LED BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. THE LIGHT IS AN ENTIRE ASSEMBLY THAT OWNERS MUST REPLACE BY BUYING A NEW UNIT FOR $700. THE UNIT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. IT'S A DEFECTIVE PIECE THAT IS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE.

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I DRIVE 2016 GMC YUKON, AND THE ENTIRE TAIL LIGHT ON THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE HAS GONE OUT ON IT. I READ ABOUT SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL TRUCK HAVING THIS ISSUE. I FEEL LIKE GMC SHOULD DO A RECALL BECAUSE MY VEHICLE ISN'T THREE YEARS OLD YET.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ALEXANDER BUICK GMC OF SIMI VALLEY (2100 FIRST ST, SIMI VALLEY, CA, (805) 582-6100) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LED CONSOLE PANEL AND BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

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THE REAR TAIL LIGHT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AROUND DECEMBER 17, 2018 I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE CITY STREET AND HIGHWAY WHEN SEVERAL PEOPLE ADVISE ME MY LIGHT WAS OUT AND NOT WORKING. I CHECK IT ONCE ARRIVED AT HOME AND IT WAS WORKING PROPERLY AND DIDN'T PROBLEM. AND A WEEK LATER SAME ISSUE FROM PEOPLE PULLING ME OVER TO ADVISE ME MY TAIL LIGHT WAS OUT. AROUND JANUARY 10, 2019, I WENT IN TO HUTCHINSON AUTO MALL GMC DEALER AND THEY ADVISE ME EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY AND DOESN'T SEE A PROBLEM, AND ADVISE ME TO BRING BACK SHOULD I EXPERIENCE THE OUTAGE AGAIN. I INSPECT VEHICLE AS WELL AND SEEM NO PROBLEM. 23 JANUARY 19 SAME PROBLEM AND WENT BACK TO DEALER AND THEY DISCOVER THE OUTAGE AND ADVISE ME THE LED TAIL LIGHT STRIP WAS OUT AND NEED TO REPLACE THE ASSEMBLY. IT APPEARS THEIR SEEM TO BE A WIRING ISSUE WHERE THE LIGHT IS AND OUT. TO KEEP FROM A SERIOUS PROBLEM OR FIRE. REQUEST IMMEDIATELY INVESTIGATION. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO ADVISE ME THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM.

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TAIL LIGHT ISSUES. REPLACED DRIVER SIDE LIGHT APPROXIMATELY LESS THEN 6 MONTHS AGO AND PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT IS OUT. SAME ISSUES AS DRIVER SIDE LIGHT.

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BRAKES FAIL AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN REVERSING SLOWLY. CAN REPLICATE PROBLEM. SEARCHED INTERNET AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. SERVICE BULLETINS HAVE EVEN BEEN WRITTEN. WHY NO RECALL FOR A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT COULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES. . VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50000 MILES.

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LEFT REAR TAILLIGHT IS OUT. CAR HAS <40K MILES AND REQUIRED A $675 PART TO FIX

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WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PETAL AT LOW SPEEDS AND IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO PRESS AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM ALSO IS NOTICED WHEN BACKING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND INTO A PARKING SPOT.

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TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V381000 (AIR BAGS) IN 2016. COURTESY AUTOMOTIVE CENTER (2520 COHASSET RD, CHICO, CA 95973) STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

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BRAKES GET VERY HARD TO PUSH AND DO NOT WORK WELL WHEN GOING SLOW SPEEDS OR BACKING UP. UNABLE TO EVEN FIX AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER! SO I'M STUCK TRYING NOT TO CRASH WITH FAULTY VACUUM BRAKE PART! LEFT REAR SEAT MOTOR WORKS, BUT SMALL PLASTIC PART BROKE SO SEAT WORN MOVE AND IS STUCK IN ONE POSITION.

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PURCHASED VEHICLE USED @ 32K MILES. VEHICLE ALMOST UN-RIDEABLE DUE TO ROUGH RIDE & TERRIBLE VIBRATION. TOOK TO GMC DEALER, THEY REPLACED ONE FRONT SHOCK (COMPLETELY LEAKED OUT) AND ONE BAD RIM. TRUCK STILL RIDES EXTREMELY ROUGH & HAS A VIBRATION BETWEEN 35-55 MPH. ALMOST UNBEARABLE ON LONGER RIDES. TIRES ARE BRAND NEW. DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS WITHIN SPEC. THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL ON A $75K MSRP "LUXURY" SUV!

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READ LED BRAKE LIGHTS ARE INTERMITTENTLY NOT WORKING. BECAUSE THEY ARE A SEALED UNIT, CANNOT CHANGE THE BULB, NEED TO REPLACE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. DEALER IS QUOTING $831 PER ASSEMBLY TO REPLACE, FOR A TOTAL OF $1662. GM IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE THE CAR IS JUST OVER 4K MILES OVER WARRANTY MILEAGE. I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR JUST TO "REPLACE THE BULBS". THERE ARE THIRD PARTY SERVICES THAT REPAIR THIS COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE UNITS: HTTP://WWW.LEDFIX.COM/YUKONTAILLIGHTREPAIR.HTML HTTPS://WWW.YUKONTAILLIGHTREPAIR.COM/ OTHER GMC OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM: HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/GMC/YUKON/2015/LIGHTS/TAILLIGHT_NOT_WORKING_PROPERLY.SHTML ATTACHED IS A COPY OF MY SERVICE INVOICE WITH THE DEALERS QUOTE. I HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED GM TWICE ABOUT THIS. THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR EACH CALL ARE 8-4782652601 AND 9-4950899453. HOW IS THIS ISSUE NOT A RECALL? WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET GM TO REPLACE THESE FAULTY TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES? THANK YOU.

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THE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED AT SLOW SPEED OR BACKING A SOLID/STUCK BRAKE PEDAL THAT WOULDN'T MOVE. THE PEDAL WAS BASICALLY STUCK, NOT MOVING AT ALL. THIS OCCURRED COMING TO A STOP AT LIKE AN INTERSECTION OR AS STATED BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. IT FELT AS IF THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP AND NO MATTER HOW HARD THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED IT WOULDN'T MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS.

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BEGINNING AROUND 70K MILES, MY WIFE COMPLAINED OF BRAKES NOT WORKING AT LOW SPEED IN PARKING LOTS, ESPECIALLY IN REVERSE, WITH VERY HARD PEDAL, OCCASIONAL OCCURRING. WHILE I WAS DRIVING, OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AT GAS STATION AT VERY LOW SPEED DURING STOP OVER ON A LONG ROAD TRIP AT 80K MILES. UPON TAKING TO GM DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER ISSUE, GM SERVICE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE CONCERN. VACUUM PUMP REPLACED ON 12/14/18. FEW MILES SINCE BUT TEST DRIVING HAS NOT HAD ANOTHER OCCURRENCE. VEHICLE FAILURE CONFIRMATION AND REPAIR DONE AT JOE BOWMAN CHEVROLET IN HARRISONBURG, VA.

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WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PETAL AT LOW SPEEDS AND IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD TO PRESS AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THIS PROBLEM ALSO IS NOTICED WHEN BACKING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND INTO A PARKING SPOT.

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LOW SPEED BRAKE FAILURE: AT LOW SPEEDS THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME FIRM AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP IN AN APPROPRIATE TIME. THIS LED TO TWO NEAR ACCIDENTS. BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS IN A LINE OF CARS THAT WAS STOP AND GO PICKING UP CHILDREN AT AFTER SCHOOL. SERIOUS CONCERN THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP AND INJURE CHILDREN TRYING TO LOAD OR UNLOAD. THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO OCCUR ONLY AT LOW SPEEDS ONLY.

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DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS (5 MPH OR BELOW) THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS STIFF AND OFFERED LITTLE PRESS. PRESSING THE PEDAL EXTREMELY HARD BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES IN A SINGLE DAY, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT IN TRAFFIC AND DID CAUSE ME TO BUMP INTO OUR GARAGE WALL. WHEN A I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE SERVICED, THE VACUUM PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED. OUR VEHICLE AS 39,800 MILES. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN DEFECT: TECHNICAL BULLETIN PIT5361B EXISTS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT HAS RECENTLY BEEN FILED (HTTPS://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NEWS/2018/GM-BRAKE-VACUUM-PUMP-FAILURES-LAWSUIT.SHTML) A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS MULTIPLE SIMILAR ISSUES. COST TO REPAIR IS OVER $900 AT GMC DEALER.

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VERY STRONG SMELL OF A GAS LEAK ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NO MATTER THE FUEL LEVEL, RUNNING OR STOPPED FOR HOURS.

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REAR PASSENGER BRAKE LIGHT STOP WORKING, VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS ISSUE SO SOON OR AT ALL, SINCE LED LIGHTS NORMALLY DONT STOP WORKING. I ALSO LOOKED INTO FIXING IT AND ITS GONNA COST $700 DOLLARS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

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10/1/2018 I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE 99 FREEWAY SOUTH BOUND IN LATHROP, CA AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS TO THE VERY TOP, I WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE TO DRIVE TO A NEARBY GAS STATION, DUE TO THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND IT WOULD NOT LET ME ACCELERATE DURING THAT TIME THE ENGINE IDLE LIGHT CAME ON, SO I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON A VERY NARROW SOFT SHOULDER, THEN IMMEDIATELY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ALSO THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. THERE WAS A LIGHT SMOKE A LOT OF NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. EVERYTHING HAPPENS SO FAST IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING DUE TO THE HEAVY ONCOMING TRAFFIC PASSING ME BY. I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOED TO STOCKTON FOR REPAIR.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2016 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 65 MPH, A TRACTOR TRAILER REAR ENDED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE CONTACT TO REAR END THE PRECEDING VEHICLE AND PUSHED BOTH VEHICLES INTO THE RIGHT LANE. THE TWO VEHICLES CAME TO A STOP WHEN THEY ENTERED A DITCH. THE CONTACT'S HEAD STRUCK THE STEERING WHEEL. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO O'CONNOR AUTO PARK (199 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, AUGUSTA, MAINE 04330, (866) 483-3057), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED (REPORT NUMBER: 18S091850). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 GMC YUKON XL. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, WATER LEAKED FROM THE HEADLINER CONSOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

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RADAR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE SMALLER CAR ON THE RIGHT LANE LEFT SIDE DOES NOT SEE A CAR WHEN CHANGING LANE WITH THE TURN SIGNAL ON. INTERSTATE. OFF RAMP SUNNY DAY HIGH SUN 09/05/2018

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ON 9/25/18 WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME EXTREMELY HARD TO PRESS AND VERY HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THANK GOD IT WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY THIS OCCURRED. MY SIGNIFICANT OTHER CAME HOME FROM WORK ON 9/27/18 AND CHANGED PADS, LUBED CALIPER SLIDERS, AND VERIFIED PROPER CALIPER OPERATION. SPENT 9/26/18 TALKING WITH THE DEALER AND CHECKING RECALLS. ALL THESE REPAIRS WERE SUGGESTED BY THE LOCAL DEALER, BY THEM OF COURSE. UPON TEST DRIVE AFTER NEW PADS WERE INSTALLED, THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED. DRIVING FORWARD THE BRAKES OPERATE AS THEY SHOULD OR AT LEAST FEEL NORMAL.

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LED BULBS IN BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND EVENTUALLY GO OUT.

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