2023 GMC Yukon XL
This year drew an ordinary 192 complaints for a GMC Yukon XL — the model's median is 151. What they were about is the unusual part: 67.7% of them mention engine, against 13.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 192 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 151 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 16.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 67.7% of this year's complaints, against 13.3% across the model's other years (5.1×).
- lost — 49% of this year's complaints, against 16.7% across the model's other years (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: lost, lost power, lane, traveling.
- neutral — 41.7% of this year's complaints, against 16.5% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: neutral, without warning, shifted, busy.
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
Driving in my newer GM Yukon Ultimate at 13k miles on the freeway. Vehicle with no warning shuts down while going 60mph in the middle lane. Was able to safely steer the car to the side of the road to avoid a collision. Vehicle lost all electrical contact. coul…
We were traveling eastbound on I 70 around 75mph. We received no prior indication that there was a problem. The display read engine oil hot, transmission shifted to neutral, and the entire vehicle shut down. We lost propulsion and were left coasting on a major…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V903000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V642000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V674000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 25V274000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 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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