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Model years to avoid

GMC Yukon XL 1500

What it says about you

Opinion

The long, enormous, half-ton one. At this size the model names stop meaning much and the parking spaces stop fitting.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

15 model years on record, 4,427 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2016 (brake), 2015 (brake), 2011 (dashboard). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

Every year

  1. 2019 0 recalls 66 complaints
  2. 2018 0 recalls 52 complaints
  3. 2017 0 recalls 292 complaints
  4. 2016 brake 947 complaints
  5. 2015 brake 1,816 complaints
  6. 2014 0 recalls 154 complaints
  7. 2013 0 recalls 313 complaints
  8. 2012 0 recalls 219 complaints
  9. 2011 dashboard 393 complaints
  10. 2010 1 recall 175 complaints
  11. 2009 nothing on record 0 complaints
  12. 2008 nothing on record 0 complaints
  13. 2007 nothing on record 0 complaints
  14. 2006 nothing on record 0 complaints
  15. 2005 1 recall 0 complaints

What does a GMC Yukon XL 1500 say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.