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Model years to avoid

GMC Yukon Denali

What it says about you

Opinion

The top one, with the grille that announces it. You are not hiding anything and never intended to.

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

13 model years on record, 3,546 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2017 (brake), 2016 (brake), 2015 (brake), 2014 (dashboard), 2013 (dashboard), 2012 (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.

  • dashboard 2012, 2013, 2014 peak 43% of that year's complaints
  • brake 2015, 2016, 2017 peak 42% of that year's complaints
  • cracked 2012, 2013, 2014 peak 39.8% of that year's complaints
  • airbag 2012, 2013, 2014 peak 38.5% of that year's complaints
  • tail 2015, 2016, 2017 peak 27.8% of that year's complaints
  • lights 2015, 2016 peak 33.7% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2019 0 recalls 3 complaints
  2. 2018 0 recalls 4 complaints
  3. 2017 brake 160 complaints
  4. 2016 brake 766 complaints
  5. 2015 brake 1,583 complaints
  6. 2014 dashboard 143 complaints
  7. 2013 dashboard 505 complaints
  8. 2012 dashboard 382 complaints
  9. 2011 nothing on record 0 complaints
  10. 2010 nothing on record 0 complaints
  11. 2009 nothing on record 0 complaints
  12. 2008 nothing on record 0 complaints
  13. 2007 nothing on record 0 complaints

What does a GMC Yukon Denali 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.