2005 GMC Yukon
This year drew an ordinary 85 complaints for a GMC Yukon — the model's median is 186. What they were about is the unusual part: 31.8% of them mention approximately mph, against 8.3% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 85 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 186 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- approximately mph — 31.8% of this year's complaints, against 8.3% across the model's other years (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: approximately mph, yukon driving, driving approximately, route.
- speedometer — 25.9% of this year's complaints, against 8.7% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: speedometer, stuck, traveling, yukon speedometer.
- gauge — 14.1% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the model's other years (7.1×). Owners wrote it as: gauge, fuel gauge, indicator light, called gmc.
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 SPEEDOMETER REMAINED STUCK ON 120 MPH AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE AN ACCURATE READING OF SPEEDS TRAVELED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A [VIN] RECALL FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE BUT HIS…
WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD BECOME ERRATIC. THE OIL GAUGE WOULD REMAIN AT ZERO AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP AT 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. THE [VIN] STATED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NEEDED AT THE COST OF $90 TO DETERMINE THE CAU…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 05V103000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 05V055000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 05V163000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 06E043000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 07E106000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the GMC Yukon 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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