2016 GMC Yukon XL
Complaints about this year name brake far more often than the model's other years — 39% of them, about 8× the usual rate of 4.6%.
| Complaints filed | 497 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 151 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- brake — 39.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.6% across the model's other years (8.5×).
- tail — 23.5% of this year's complaints, against 1.6% across the model's other years (14.6×). Owners wrote it as: tail, tail light, tail lights, rear tail.
- led — 25.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.4% across the model's other years (5.7×). Owners wrote it as: led, assembly, circuit, vehicle only.
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
- tail — 20% of complaints, 50× usual
- brake light — 18% of complaints, 45× usual
- led — 16% of complaints, 39× usual
What owners wrote
THE RIGHT TAIL LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT FAILED AT ONLY 44,000 MILES. FAILS TO WORK IN ALL PHASES OF OPERATION.
BOTH TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED FUNCTIONING WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER. NO BULB TO REPLACE AS THEY ARE LEDS AND ENTIRE HOUSING HAS TO BE REPLACED.
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.
- 16V256000 SUSPENSION 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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