2015 GMC Yukon XL
Complaints about this year name tail far more often than the model's other years — 27% of them, about 68× the usual rate of 0.4%.
| Complaints filed | 977 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 151 |
| Involving a crash | 16 |
| Involving a fire | 7 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- tail — 27% of this year's complaints, against 0.4% across the model's other years (64.3×). Owners wrote it as: tail, tail light, tail lights, rear tail.
- brake — 42.3% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the model's other years (9.1×).
- led — 22.4% of this year's complaints, against 0.8% across the model's other years (29.7×). Owners wrote it as: led, bulb, led brake, led lights.
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.
Also unusual this year
- brake — 42% of complaints, 9× usual
- led — 18% of complaints, 44× usual
- brake lights — 17% of complaints, 44× usual
What owners wrote
TAIL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NEW YUKONS. CUTS IN AND OUT NONE WORKING LEDS BRAKE LIGHTS.
LEFT AND RIGHT LED TAILLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED FOR OVER A YEAR AND IS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO GM.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V651000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V437000 AIR BAGS 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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