2022 GMC Yukon XL
This year drew an ordinary 151 complaints for a GMC Yukon XL — the model's median is 192. What they were about is the unusual part: 74.8% of them mention engine, against 13.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 151 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 192 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 74.8% of this year's complaints, against 13.3% across the model's other years (5.6×).
- restart — 42.4% of this year's complaints, against 12.2% across the model's other years (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: restart, shoulder, locked, abnormal.
- oil — 35.8% of this year's complaints, against 13.7% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: oil, change, oil change, metal.
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
The car all of a sudden started making wired noises during idling. While driving it would click and start shaking. Took it to a GM service center. They diagnosed as a flywheel. After investigating, it was not the fly wheel. They tore the motor apart as they th…
I ordered and purchased this vehicle in November of 2021. Since it was new, it has consumed approximately one quart of oil per oil change interval as indicated on the oil life monitor system. Every time I have it serviced by the same dealership, I have inquire…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V617000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V903000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V274000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 26V085000 POWER TRAIN 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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