2007 GMC Yukon
Complaints about this year name door far more often than the other years of this generation — 12% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 3.6%.
First year of a new generation. The GMC Yukon was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 776 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 164 |
| Involving a crash | 28 |
| Involving a fire | 9 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 16 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- traction — 7.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: traction, traction control, stabilitrak, stability.
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
- handles — 6% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
CHROME IS COMING OFF THE WHEELS CAUSING TIRES TO LEAK AIR. ALL FOUR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF DUE TO A WEAK PLASTIC DESIGN.
THE FRONT DOOR HANDLES INSIDE ARE BOTH PEELING AND THE PEELING IS SHARP METAL AND ON NUMEROUS TIMES HAVE CAUSED CUTS ON THE HANDS OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V052000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V050000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 08V441000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 10V240000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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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