1997 GMC Yukon recalls & problems

Recent owner complaints

• Mar 22, 2018 · 54,000 milesVisibility/wiper
  ON MY 1997 YUKON THE FRONT WIPER MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY USUALLY WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. THE FAILURE IS CAUSED BY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IN THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD. IN 1998 A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM ON A NUMBER OF GM VEHICLES, HOWEVER THE RECALL COVERED VEHICLES FROM 1994 TO EARLY 1997. ALTHOUGH GM CONTINUED TO USE THE SAME DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARDS IN AT LEAST THE LATE 1997 AND 1998 MODELS THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WE HAVE HAD 2 1998 GMC SIERRA'S THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND EVERYONE ELSE I KNOW WITH A 1998 SIERRA HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. IN FACT SOME YEARS AGO A MET A MAN WHO'S WIFE WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THEIR WIPER MOTOR.…
• Dec 10, 2008 · 250,000 milesFuel system, gasoline
  AT 250,000 KM. OEM FUEL ON 97 GMC YUKON QUITE. OCT 2007 PURCHASED A CARTER FUEL SENDING UNIT WHICH GAVE UP JAN/2008 AT LESS THAN 5000 KM. OF SERVICE DURING COLD WEATHER. RETURNED FOR WARRANTY AND INSTALL NEW UNIT FEB 2008 WHICH GAVE MANY STARTING MISSES AND HESITATIONS AND FINALLY LEFT STRANDED DURING MINUS 30 CELSIUS WEATHER DEC 2008. CARTER FUEL PUMPS TESTED FIRST UNIT AND SAID PUMP RUNS FINE SO YOU WILL PAY FOR SECOND UNIT. NEITHER UNIT RUNS CONSISTENTLY WITHOUT BEING RAPPED ON A TIME OR TWO DURING A TRIP TO TOWN. YES I HAD TO MAKE A SPECIAL FLOOR ACCESS TO THE TANK AS THE TOWING FEES WOULD HAVE BEEN ASTRONOMICAL NOT TO MENTION THE REPAIR BILLS. THE SECOND UNIT LASTED 10,000 KM AS IT WAS…
• Oct 15, 2007 · 128,000 milesSteering
  VEHICLE KEEPS PULLING TO EITHER SIDE OF TURN ON SPEEDS ABOVE 25MHP, WAS TOLD IS THE STEERING SENSOR BUT HAVE NOT REPLACE IT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE ABOUT 128K. BRAKE PEDAL IS SPONGY EVEN AFTER NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS WERE PERFORMED. *TR
• Sep 25, 2006 · crash · 1 injuryFuel system, gasoline › Fuel injection system
  BRAKES FAILED AT LOW SPEED AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT STOP LIGHT. PUSHED BRAKES TO THE FLOOR AND SEEMED TO PICK UP SPEED. AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TOTALED THE OTHER CAR. WENT RIGHT UP ON TOP OF HIS BACK END. IT COST ME 200.00 TO FIX MY YUKON. HAD ALREADY REPLACE ABS SYSTEM ABOUT 8 YEARS AGO.THE BACK WINDSHEILD SHATTERED ONE DAY WHEN I GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT.THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS HAD SERIOUS PROBLEM.REPLACED THE COMPUTER PART TWICE. *NM
• Dec 22, 2005 · 145,000 milesPower train › Automatic transmission
  I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMORE. AFTER PUSHING THE TRUCK HOME AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION CASING WAS CRACKED. THE COST TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION WITH A REMANUFACTURED ONE WAS APPROXIMATELY $2200.00 , NOT INCLUDIND LABOR. THE CRACKED TRANSMISSION IS STILL AVAILABLE.*AK
• Mar 1, 2002Fuel system, gasoline › Delivery › Fuel pump
  DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THREE YEARS AGO SHE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE YEARS. THE SECOND TIME THE PUMP WAS REPLACED THE WIRES WERE BURNED. THE WIRES WERE REPLACED. GM TOLD HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE FUEL PUMP, BUT NOT THE LABOR.*AK
• Sep 1, 2003 · 58,000 milesSuspension › Front › Hub
  DT: THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS KICKING IN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2003. HAD TAKEN IT VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THEY REPLACED THE WHOLE FRONT HUB BEARINGS AND THE ABS SENSORS. THE PROBLEM CAME BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2005. HE IS TAKING IT TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS IN OCTOBER. IT IS A CONSTANT AND AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAS FOUND A RECALL BULLETIN NUMBER 05068 FOR SEPTEMBER O 2005. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GM REFUSED TO COVER THE VEHICLE IN THE RECALL. THE SERVICE DEALER SAID THAT GM CLAIMED THAT IF HE WANTED THE VEHICLE TO BE SAFE HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK
• Jul 4, 2004Electronic stability control › Automatic (asc)
  CONSUMER STATES: WHEN DRIVING IN A HEAVY WIND STORM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WANDERS TO THE LEFT. WHEN STRAIGHTENING IT UP IT OVER COMPOSITES. GRADUALLY GETS WORSE. VEHICLE VEERS BACK AND FORTH LIKE IT ITS GOING TO GO OUT OF CONTROL.*AK

Owner complaints are submitted to NHTSA by the public and are not verified. Shown as filed (NHTSA removes personal details); long reports are shortened.

NHTSA defect investigations

• EA01018 · opened Dec 20, 2001 · closed Dec 9, 2002SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE SEPARATION
  
• PE01023 · opened Jul 17, 2001 · closed Dec 20, 2001SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE SEPARATION
  ODI HAS RECEIVED ONE (1) COMPLAINT ALLEGING THAT THE 2ND ROW PASSENGER-SIDE SEAT BELT RELEASE BUCKLE ANCHOR DETACHED FROM SEAT FRAME DURING A SIDE IMPACT CRASH.DURING THE CRASH, THE OCCUPANT WAS THROWN FROM HIS SEAT, PARTIALLY EJECTED THROUGH THE REAR QUARTER WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE.OCCUPANT SUSTAINED INJURY.GM HAS SUBSEQUENTLY CHANGED SEAT BELT ANCHORING DESIGN IN MY 2000. ODI HAS COMPLETED A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AND HAS DETERMINED THAT FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SAFETY DEFECT EXISTS.
• EA00013 · opened May 2, 2000 · closed Jun 28, 2002BATTERY LEAKS ACID
  There is no summary currently available
• PE99073 · opened Dec 3, 1999 · closed May 2, 2000BATTERY LEAKS ACID
  ODI HAS RECEIVED 21 COMPLAINTS WHERE OWNERS ALLEGE THAT THE STANDARD GM FACTORY SUPPLIED AC DELCO BATTERY CASE FAILED, RESULTING IN THE LEAKAGE OF SULFURIC ACID.OF THE 21 COMPLAINT VEHICLES, SIX SUBURBAN, THREE TAHOES, AND ONE YUKON OWNER(S) COMPLAINED ABOUT A LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID FROM DETERIORATION OF THE RIGHT FRONTBRAKE LINE AS A RESULT OF SULFURIC ACID CONTAMINATION.THE REMAINING 11 COMPLAINTS PERTAIN PRIMARILY TO SULFURIC ACID LEAKAGE FROM THE BATTERY CASE.AT LEAST ONE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE REPLACEMENT BATTERY ALSO FAILED.SEVERAL OF THE COMPLAINANTS NOTE THAT THE LEAKING ACID HAD COME IN CONTACT WITH A WIRE HARNESS AT THE FRAME IN THE VICINITY OF THE STEEL BRAKE LINE.A FIELD INSPECTION BY ODI INDICATES THAT THE DESCRIBED HARNESS IS THE ABS CONNECTION TO THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR.PRIOR TO THE BATTERY CASE FAILURE, THERE IS USUALLY NO WARNING (SHORT OF AN UNDERHOOD…
• EA99011 · opened May 12, 1999 · closed Feb 27, 2001ERRATIC POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIV
  THE OFFICE OF DEFECT INVESTIGATION (ODI) HAS INVESTIGATED ALLEGATIONS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLES.FOR DETAILS AND A BASIS FOR THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUSIONS, PLEASE SEE THE CLOSING REPORT IN THE EA99-011 PUBLIC FILE.ODI HAS NOT IDENTIFIED A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT TREND IN THE SUBJECT VEHICLE POPULATION.FUTHER EXPENDITURE OF AGENCY RESOURCES ON THIS SUBJECT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE WARRANTED AT THIS TIME.THE CLOSING OF THIS INVESTIGATION DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FINDING BY NHTSA THAT NO SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS.THE AGENCY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION IF WARRANTED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES.THE ENGINEERING IS CLOSED.