2024 GMC Yukon XL
This year drew an ordinary 62 complaints for a GMC Yukon XL — the model's median is 192. What they were about is the unusual part: 82.3% of them mention engine, against 13.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 62 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 192 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 16.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- engine — 82.3% of this year's complaints, against 13.3% across the model's other years (6.2×).
- loss — 43.5% of this year's complaints, against 9.1% across the model's other years (4.8×). Owners wrote it as: loss, safe, propulsion, children.
- weeks — 58.1% of this year's complaints, against 22.8% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: weeks, later, week, morning.
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
We're in the waiting period for our 3rd engine. 1st engine failure, while driving on interstate at 70+ MPH, engine stopped running, causing a very unsafe condition for family and surrounding vehicles. Engine failure 2 days later, towed to dealership for inspec…
On March 14th the 6.2L engine was making a loud noise so I took it straight to the dealership and dropped it off. It was determined to be a failed engine. I have not been able to use my vehicle for 5 weeks now.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V674000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 25V274000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 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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