2019 GMC Yukon
This year drew an ordinary 53 complaints for a GMC Yukon — the model's median is 186. What they were about is the unusual part: 50.9% of them mention engine, against 14.4% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the GMC Yukon, which began in 2015 and ran to 2020. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 53 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 186 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 17 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 50.9% of this year's complaints, against 14.4% across the other years of this generation (3.5×).
- coming — 15.1% of this year's complaints, against 3% across the other years of this generation (5.1×).
- pay — 15.1% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: pay, new engine, belt.
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
Check engine light came on. Went off a little later and then came back on. Took it to the dealership where they ran codes. They changed the fuel injector and spark plugs based on the codes listed. They heard a noise coming from under the engine and felt like i…
Complete engine failure. The dealership kept the engine. This happened at a low rate of speed but it would have been much worse if on the highway. Yes the engine was completely replaced. The check engine light came on and their was a loud ticking noise coming…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V761000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 26V289000 POWER TRAIN 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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