1996 GMC Yukon

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/09/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THERE IS A .5 TO 1.5 SECOND DELAY AFTER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED BRFORE ANYBRAKING ACTION, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; REPLACEMENT OF REAR BRAKE DRUMS DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AJ

• 12/09/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT/REAR BRAKE PADS OVERHEATED/CRACKED, CAUSING VIBRATION UPON BRAKING; ALSO, FRONT ROTORS AND DRUMS WARPED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE VIBRATION UPON BRAKING. *AK

• 12/05/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN

  AT APPROXIMATELY 14,000 MPH, EXPERIENCED LACK OF ADEQUATE BRAKES. AT 17895, BRAKES SQUEALED AND FADED. DEALER EXPLAINED TO CONSUMER THAT TRUCK WAS ONLY DESIGNED TO CARRY 6, 200 LBS AS TOTAL VEHICLE WEIGHT. THE TRUCK'S EMPTY WEIGHT WAS 4850 LBS. WHEN A FULL TANK OF FUEL WAS ADDED, IT INCREASED THE TOTAL WEIGHT TO 5100 LBS. THIS ONLY LEFT 1100 LBS AND NO PASENGERS' LUGGAGE WAS ADDED. WITH 5 ADULTS IN THE TRUCK, THE VEHICLE WAS OVERLOADED. THIS AFFECTED THE BRAKING CAPACITY. ALSO REPLACED LEAKING AXLE ASSEMBLY SEAL. *AK

• 11/30/1999· VISIBILITY

  WHILE DRIVING IN A HEAVY STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WIPERS STOP OCCASIONALLY ON THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING HAZARD. CONTACTED DEALER, VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK *YC

• 11/29/2001· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE/HARD SHIFTS/GM SAYS NO PROBLEM HOWEVER I HAVE LOCATED COUNTLESS OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM,GM INSTALLED A NEW TRANS.AT 35000 MILES AND SHORTLY AFTER THE NEW TRANS HAS BEEN HARD SHIFTING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE REAR DIF.,MY MAIN PROBLEM IS WHAT IS THE FIX!,IF I INSTALL ANOTHER TRANS WILL IT LAST,HOW ABOUT THE REAR DIF.REPAIRS,AT THIS TIME I CAN ONLY DRIVE ABOUT 4-5 MILES BEFORE TRANS ACTS UP,MY WIFE WILL NOT USE TRUCK THIS WAY AND THE $S ARE ADDING UP

• 11/18/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,STRUCTURE

  BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO OIL LEAK/ REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE/MISALIGNED REAR RIGHT DOOR, AND REAR AXLE SHAFT SEAL LEAKING.

• 11/18/1999· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIED WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MAKE/MODEL. BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. RECALL 98V150001. *AK

• 11/16/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE TRAVELING IN COLD WEATHER AND APPLYING BRAKES, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WOULD STOP,RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

• 11/14/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN WET CONDITIONS.

• 11/06/1996· SEATS

  SEAT TRACK FAILURE. *AK

• 11/01/2001· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING CONSUMER CAN HEAR MOTOR STILL RUNNING. CURRENTLY, WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK AT ALL. *AK

• 11/01/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES FEEL SPONGY.

• 10/22/1997· STEERING

  STEERING FAILED.

• 10/22/1997· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE PULLED TO RIGHT

• 10/11/2000· VISIBILITY

  WHILE TRAVELING AND USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS , WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

• 10/09/1999· AIR BAGS

  NO SUMMARY

• 09/19/1997· STEERING

  POWER STEERING BOX FAILED, CAUSING NOISE WHILE TURNING STEERING.

• 09/15/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN SLOWING DOWN & APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPEATED BEFORE SERVICE IS DONE ON IT. *YC

• 09/15/1998· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO WRONG MONTH. (98V-043)

• 09/13/2016· SEATS

  THE CABLE RELEASE FOR THE REAR SEATS FREEZE UP AND THE CABLES BREAK. THIS COULD TRAP SOMEONE IN THE BACK IF RIDING IN REAR, OR 3RD ROW SEATS. IF THE CAR CATCHES ON FIRE AND A PERSON WHO CAN'T CLIMB FORWARD OVER THE SEATS, IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING ON WHAT COULD HAPPEN. I FEEL AS THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON GENERAL MOTORS. MINE BROKE AND I AM UNABLE TO FOLD MY SEATS FORWARD. THIS IS A BAD DESIGN AND THE CABLES RUST AND SNAP WHEN BOTTOM OF SEAT IS FOLDED FORWARD, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO RELEASE THIS WAY.

• 09/11/2003· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE DOES NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE. *AK

• 09/10/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EVERY TIME ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. HAD BEEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC CAUSE OF PROBLEM NOT FOUND. HAD ABS BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED & THE ROTORS TURNED. *AK

• 09/09/1997· VISIBILITY

  HEATER FAILED.

• 09/09/1997· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE.

• 08/29/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOOR LOCK FAILED.

• 08/22/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  NO BRAKING ACTION IS EXPERIENCED FOR OVER 1 SECOND AFTER EMERGENCY HARD BRAKING. TRY BRAKES HARD, WITH FULL BODY WEIGHT, WHEN MOVING 3 MPH IN SIMULATED EMERGENCY AND THEN LETTING OF--THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHOW DOWN. I HAD A ACCIDENT LAST YEAR IN WHICH A ADDITIONAL 3-5' OF STOPPING DISTANCE WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT. I AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT LAST WEEK BY SWERVING AFTER AN ELDERLY LADY ROLLED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS TRAVELING 25MPH. I AVOIDED IT BY SWERING, THE BRAKES DID NOT START SLOWING THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE. I HAVE DEMONSTRATED THIS SAME PROBLEM IN A FRIENDS YUKON ALSO. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

• 08/13/1998· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAG SENSOR WAS BENT DURING CRASH. THIS PREVENTED THE SWITCH FROM ACTIVATING THE BAG.

• 08/11/2003· VISIBILITY

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING IN A DOWN POUR OF RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER HAD TO COAST TO A SAFE STOP. *AK

• 07/26/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP PEDAL BECAME HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

• 07/21/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR TAKING OFF, THE DRIVESHAFT U JOINT IS SLIPPING IN THE TRANSMISSION, RESULTING IN A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 07/17/2001· POWER TRAIN

  INSIDE THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY, THE CARRIER PART # 12471391 COMPLETLY SHEARED FROM THE PUMPKIN. THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE AXLE AND WHEEL IN PLACE WAS A C-CLAMP. I DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION OTHER THAN A PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHICH I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR PREVIOUSLY ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT FINALLY TOOK OUT THE FRONT BEARING AND STARTED TO MAKE A HOWLING NOISE UPON ACCELERATION. I QUIT DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT. IF I HAD NOT QUIT DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE TIRE AND AXLE WOULD OF COMPLETELY WALKED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND COULD OF CAUSED GREAT HARM TO ME AND MY FAMILY. THE MANUFACTOR WAS NOT WILLING TO PAY TO REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE PART AT FIRST. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THE CARRIER WAS A DEFECTIVE PART FROM THE MANUFACTOR DUE TO A BAD CASTING. THE VEHICLE WAS JUST 85 DAYS OUTSIDE AN EXTENDED WARRENTY PURCHASED WITH THE TRUCK. THE DEALER DID BUY A NEW CARRIER AND HAD IT INSTALLED AT A 50/50 COST ON THE LABOR. I HAD TO BUY THE NEW BEARINGS, HAVE THE AXLES CHECKED FOR TRU-NESS, HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND FIND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION FOR A MONTH AT MY EXPENSE. I WORK FOR THE MANUFACTOR GM IN JANESVILLE WISCONSIN WHERE THE TRUCK WAS BUILT AND THEY DID BACK IN THIS MODEL YEAR HAVE A SHIPMENT OF DEFECTIVE REAR AXLES COME INTO THE PLANT SOME WERE FIXED BECAUSE OF A HOWLING NOISE BEFORE THEY LEFT THE MANUFACTOR, I BELIEVE SOME WERE NOT. THE REAR CARRIER SHOWS SIGNS OF FRACTURES IN THE METAL THAT HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME AND ALSO SHOWS NEW FRACTURES THAT ARE ROUGH AND WHERE THE PART FINALLY LET LOOSE AND SHEARED COMPLETELY. I BELIEVE THAT GMC SHOULD OF COVERED THIS DEFECTIVE PART 100%. PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFO. I STILL DO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE PART IN MY POSSESION. THANK YOU, [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

• 07/13/2000· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOOR LOCKS JUMP ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON. *AK

• 07/12/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH REAR AXLE DISATTACHED FROM VEHICLE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A GARAGE, AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER THAT CAUSE WAS SOME BUBBLES ON AXLE.*AK *SLC

• 07/11/2003· VISIBILITY

  REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND PARK. *AK

• 07/11/1997· SEATS

  RECALL REPAIR ON RECLINE MECHANISM NOT DONE DUE TO MANUFACTURER PROBLEM.

• 07/10/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. OWNER BELIEVES THAT INCIDENT WAS DUE TO AN IMPROPER CHECK-UP THAT WAS PERFORMED 2 DAYS EARLIER. BATTERY HOT CABLES AND LUG WERE FOUND COMPLETELY OUT OF BATTERY. *AK *ML

• 07/08/1997· SEAT BELTS

  GOT IN VEHICLE & BUCKLE UP; DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55 MPH WHEN FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED FOR NO REASON; CAN HEAR A CLICK WHEN LATCHING SEAT BELT, BUT NOT WHEN IT UNLATCHED ON OWN; HAVE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

• 07/05/2000· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY AND THEN FAILED COMPLETELY MAKING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE UNSAFE. CONTACTED DEALER AND REPLACED WIPER MODULE AND COVER AT OWNERS EXPENSE. ON 7-5-00 CONTACTED GMC TO INQUIRE ABOUT RECALL ID #98V150001 AS IT MAY APPLY TO VEHICLE. GMC SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN CAMPAIGN PER VIN SEARCH. GMC CANNOT DO ANYTHING EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS THOSE INCLUDED IN RECALL #98V150001..????*AK

• 06/30/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAD 68,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WENT OUT ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER THE ENGINE. THIS HAPPENS ON ALOT OF THESE 5.7 LITER 350 ENGINES. REPAIR WAS APPROXIMATELY 500 DOLLARS. CRAZY. *AK

• 06/27/2001· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY . NOT DEPENDABLE. *AK

• 06/21/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  BATTERY POSITIVE POST CORRODED DUE TO ACID LEAK. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK *ML

• 06/19/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE TRUCK IS EQUIPPED WITH ABS, AND THEY HAVE FAILED BY NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE BRAKES LOCK UP ON THE DRIVER. IT'S BEEN IN THE SHOP SIX DIFFRENT TIMES.*AK

• 06/18/1997· SEATS

  DRIVER'S POWER SEAT IS LOOSE DUE TO SEAT RISER FAILURE. *AK

• 06/16/2004· VISIBILITY

  WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

• 06/14/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER WAS CHECKING ALTERNATOR AND HE ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED HEATER HOSE NIPPLE THAT IS ATTACHED TO ENGINE MANIFOLD. NIPPLE IS MADE OF ALUMINIUM AND BROKE. WATER GUSHED OUT ALL OVER CONSUMER.*AK

• 06/09/1997· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  THE REAR DOOR LATCH OF THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES WON'T OPEN AND NOW THE LATCH WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL. *AK

• 06/07/1996· VISIBILITY

  BOTH OUTSIDE MIRRORS VIBRATE WHEN TRUCK IS MOVING, IMPAIRING VISION TO THE REAR, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.

• 06/06/2000· STRUCTURE

  WHEN DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE FOOT BOARD POPPED OUT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. ALSO, MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

• 06/03/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED MISFIRING. WHEN CHECKED BY FIRESTONE EGR VALVE WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. EGR VALVE WAS REPLACED AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

• 05/28/2003· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FUEL PUMP AND FUEL LINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE DRIVING. *TT