2022 GMC Yukon
This year drew an ordinary 164 complaints for a GMC Yukon — the model's median is 186. What they were about is the unusual part: 6.7% of them mention lifters, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the GMC Yukon, which began in 2021. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 164 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 186 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 16.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- lifters — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: lifters, failed vehicle.
- second time — 7.3% of this year's complaints, against 2.9% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: second time, quit, quit working, wipers.
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
Windshield wipers quit working. I turned off the rain sensing feature and they did not work even then. This is the second complaint I am filing on this vehicle. The vehicle is at the dealership for the second time to address this issue. Very very unsafe! they…
Windshield wipers quit working while raining and driving. I was able to get home even though I couldn’t see. I tried turning the car on and off multiple times and testing the windshield wipers but they still didn’t work. After about 10 mins, I restarted the ca…
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.
- 25V619000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 26V085000 POWER TRAIN 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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