2006 GMC Yukon
This year drew an ordinary 83 complaints for a GMC Yukon — the model's median is 186. What they were about is the unusual part: 14.5% of them mention line, against 2.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 83 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 186 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- line — 14.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the model's other years (5.5×). Owners wrote it as: line, front tire, corrosion, yukon 1500.
- didn — 15.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.8% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: didn, end, week, just bought.
- broken — 10.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.6% across the model's other years (4.1×). Owners wrote it as: broken, exhaust, bolts, bolt.
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
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE SIDE WALL BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THREE TIRES WERE REPLACED. THE TIRE DEALER ADVISED HIM TO SPEAK WITH…
SEVERE BRAKE LINE CORROSION AND CORROSION AT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS CAUSES ABS TO ACTIVATE AT LOW SPEEDS. I HAD 2 NEAR MISS CRASHES AND THEN CAR WOULD NOT STOP AND I HIT A FENCE IN MY YARD YESTERDAY. I HAVE 4 OTHER VEHICLES , A DODGE, BMW, AND 2 HONDA, ALL OLDER…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 05V455000 STEERING
- 05V552000 EQUIPMENT
- 07E106000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Yukon 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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