2020 GMC Yukon XL
This year drew an ordinary 45 complaints for a GMC Yukon XL — the model's median is 192. What they were about is the unusual part: 57.8% of them mention engine, against 13.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 45 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 192 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 16.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 57.8% of this year's complaints, against 13.3% across the model's other years (4.4×).
- where diagnosed — 31.1% of this year's complaints, against 11% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: where diagnosed, displayed, dealer where, replaced vehicle.
- transmission — 24.4% of this year's complaints, against 6% across the model's other years (4.1×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
the steering wheel was increasingly wobbly and was pulling 3-4 inches to the right or to the left, and the vehicle was difficult to steer while driving. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the rack and pinion had faile…
while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced a loss of automotive power, and an abnormal rattling sound was coming from under the hood. The contact stated that the message "Action Needed - Oil Pressure" was displayed on the screen. The vehicl…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V115000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 19V837000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Yukon XL was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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