2007 GMC YUKON DENALI Electrical System Problems

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE APPROX. 3.5 YEARS AGO, IT HAD A SMALL CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD. LAST DECEMBER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD GOTTEN MUCH BIGGER, AND NOW A SECOND CRACK HAS BEEN NOTED. THIS IS BECOMING A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, AS THE DASH MAY SHATTER IN A FRONT-END COLLISION WITH AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. UPON DOING RESEARCH ON;INE, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT ALONE. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF SIMILAR ISSUES AMONG SIMILAR YEARS AND MODELS. PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE BY REQUIRING GM TO PROVIDE A FIX OR REPLACEMENT. THANK YOU!

Mileage: 77,000

DRIVING DOWN ROADWAY AND HIT POTHOLE. SUDDENLY ALL CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CHECKED EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE FOR DAMAGE BUT COULD NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE DAMAGE. SPEED WAS ESTIMATED 50 MPH. ---- SEATBELTS LOCKED, ELECTRICAL, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND REAR TAILGATE EXPERIENCED ISSUES AFTER INCIDENT.

Mileage: 53,000

INSTRUMENT PANEL IS GOING OUT, ONE INSTRUMENT AT A TIME. FIRST SHOWING LOW OIL PRESSURE, STABILITRAK WARNING, CHECK ENGINE, NOW IT IS THE RPM GAUGE THAT ISN'T SHOWING ANYTHING. ALSO HAVE A HUGE CRACK IN THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 5-6 YEARS. I'VE SEEN ONLINE COMPLAINTS OFF THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD WAS FRACTURED AROUND THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 81,000

STERRING WHEEL HEATER BECAME VERY HOT THEN BLEW FUSE. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE THOUGH I HAD ONLY GONE A FEW MILES FROM MY HOME. I WAS ON A CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR BUT NOT TURNING SHARPLY. I HAVE NOTHING TO PHOTO.

Mileage: 98,000

MY DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRIC CONTROL PANEL STOPPED WORKING ABRUPTLY. ONE MORNING, I GOT INTO MY CAR AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. I TURNED THE CAR ON AND TRIED TO OPEN THE WINDOW. I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN EITHER THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW. ADDITIONALLY, I WAS UNABLE TO LOWER THE BACK PASSENGER WINDOW AND THE POWER DOOR OPENER WAS NOT WORKING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I CALLED MY LOCAL GMC DEALER AND THEY EXAMINED THE CAR. THEY TOLD ME THAT WATER GOT INTO THE CASING IN THE ELECTRICAL SWITCH CONTROL PANEL CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH NISSAN SUVS AND ISUZU SUVS AND WAS THE SUBJECT OF A RE-CALL. HOWEVER, SINCE MY SUV IS A YUKON DENALI, IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE FIXED UNDER THE RE-CALL. THEY TOOK THE CONTROL PANEL APART AND SHOWED ME A SMALL WHITE PLUG INSIDE THE CONTROL PANEL THAT WAS BURNED, BROWN AND MELTED ON THE END. THEY DISCONNECTED THIS PLUG AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO OPERATE THE CAR WITH IT PLUGGED IN. I TOLD THEM THAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY HAZARD SIMPLY BECAUSE IT DID NOT OCCUR ON AN ISUZU OR A NISSAN. THEY TOLD ME THAT, IN FACT, THE YUKON DENALI IS SIMILAR TO THE RECALLED NISSAN MODELS BUT THEY CANNOT FIX THE ELECTRICAL SHORT UNLESS IT IS A SPECIFIC SUBJECT OF A RE-CALL. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE, AT NO PARTICULAR SPEED. I WILL BE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STABILITRAK LIGHTS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON, AND THE ENGINE BEGINS TO RUN VERY HARD AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE VERY QUICKLY AND CANNOT REACH FULL CAPACITY. THIS IS SOMEWHAT SCARY AS IT HAS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY SEVERAL TIMES, AS WELL AS JUST DRIVING AROUND MY RESIDENTIAL AREA, ALWAYS WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. USUALLY ONCE I TURN THE CAR OFF AND LEAVE IT FOR A LITTLE BIT, THEN RESTART IT, THE LIGHTS ARE OFF EXCEPT THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL STAY ON. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL AND THAT GMC SHOULD BE TAKING THIS SAFETY CONCERN VERY SERIOUSLY AS NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE ON THE FREEWAY IS DEFINITELY A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

CAR ALTERNATOR FAILURE AFFECTING DRIVEABILITY. LOSS OF POWER, STEERING, BRAKE, DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM, ENGINE SHUT OFF. CAR NEEDED TO BE TOWED AND THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $ 550.05 DIAGNOSE WAS REPLACE ALTERNATOR AND BELT. *TR

Mileage: 88,993

CAR SUFFERED STEERING FAILURE,BRAKE POWER,CONTROL AND FINALLY WHEN STOPPED FAILURE TO CRANK. CAR WAS AGAIN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. WORK DONE ON CAR WAS REPLACE LH MOTOR MOUNT,FUSE AND REPAIR WIRING TO MAP SENSOR AS WELL AS REPLACING MAXI FUSE. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR WAS $379.65 NOT INCLUDING TOWING. WHILE THIS WORKED FOR A WEEK WITHOUT INCIDENT WE WERE RETURNING HOME ON 95 HIGHWAY IT SUFFERED LOSS OF CONTROL FOR STEERING, VERY HARD BRAKING AS WELL AS ENGINE SHUT OFF GOING 75 MPH. *TR

Mileage: 89,882

CAR WAS LEFT IDOL FOR TWO DAYS. UPON START UP IGNITION SWITCH FAILED. PART REPLACED BY OWNER BUT IT STILL WOULDN'T START. DENALI WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OF IGNITION SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND STARTED FINE. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

I HAD JUST LEFT THE FREE WAY WENT ONTO A 2 LAIN ROAD WE WERE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPR THEN WE LOST ENGINE POWER,ALL THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON ,WE PULLED OVER THE CAR KILLED,DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ,SO WE WAITED A BOUT 8 MINUTES THEN TURNED THE KEY, THE CAR STARTED AND WE WENT ON OUR WAY,A FEW MINUTES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING, IT DID IT 2 MORE TIMES, TOOK IT TO THE SHOP WAS TOLD IT WAS A GAS TANK SENSOR ,$500.00 STOAT AT THE SHOP,AND THE CAR STILL HAS THE PROBLEM,WHAT HAPPENS IF THE ENGINE REDUCES POWER WHILE DO 65 MPR DOWN THE FREE WAY, ? I THINK WE HAVE A BIG SAFETY CONCERN HERE, AND GM NEEDS TO KNOW, IF THEY DON'T ALL READY KNOW... *TR

Mileage: 115,345

WIRING TO REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER BECAME DETACHED AT SOLDERING CONNECTION. WAS TOLD ENTIRE REAR WINDOW HAD TO BE REPLACED. YUKON WAS STILL IN WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

HAVING ALOT OF ISSUES WITH TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF CAUSING MY TRUCK TO EITHER SHUT OFF/STALL OR JUST NOT TURN ON THAN THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON ARGGG. I TOOK TO DEALERS WAS TOLD ITS MY THROTTLE SENSOR GOT IT REPLACED $$750.00 UGHH THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THEN WHEN I TRY AND TURN IT ON AGAIN IT WILL FLASH TRACTION LIGHT ON AND OFF SO I TURN IT OFF THEN TURN IT ON AND IT GOES AWAY, LATER COMES ON THEN OFF RANDOM TIMES I CHECKED THIS SITE SINCE I SEEN NEWS AND SEEN OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. AND MY CRUISE CONTROL WONT KICK IN ALSO MY FRONT DASH HAS CRACKED ON TOP OF THE ODOMETER AND IT DOES MAKE ME WORRY IF I EVER GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WILL THE DASH SHATTER COMPLETELY?? OTHER THEN THAT I LOVE THIS TRUCK REALLY I DO !! HOWEVER DEAR GM STOP BEING STINGY AND PAY FOR YOUR MISTAKES! *TR

Mileage: 152,000

I HAVE JUST READ A FEW OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT AN ISSUE I AM HAVING NOW, AND HAVE HAD 3 TIMES IN THE PAST. WHILE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, I HAVE HAD MY SUV BECOME VERY SLUGGISH AND DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. LIGHTS COME ON SAY LOSS OF POWER, STABILITRAC PROBLEM ETC. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS VISITING ORLANDO FLORIDA. I TOOK THE SUV TO A DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ECM AND REPROGRAMMED IT. I LEFT BACK THE NEXT DAY FOR ATLANTA. NEARLY 80 MILES AWAY IN OCALA FLORIDA, IT STARTED DOING THIS AGAIN. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK, AND HAD IT TAKEN TO AN OCALA DEALERSHIP. THEY IN TURN TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD ECM, AND AFTER SPENDING AN ENTIRE DAY IN OCALA, I WAS BACK ON MY WAY TO ATLANTA. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, I HAD THIS OCCUR AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN I HAD IT TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP IN ATLANTA. THEY RAN A COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS ON IT, AND SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN ECM PROBLEM, AS THE CODE COMING UP WAS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SENSOR IN THE FLOOR BOARD THAT READS THE DISTANCEOF THE GAS PEDAL FROM THE FLOOR BOARD. AS IT IS A DRIVE BY SENSOR VS DRIVE BY WIRE. THEY REPAIRED THIS, AND ALTHOUGH I FELT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT THE TIME, THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS THAT WERE SUPPOSEDLY DIAGNOSED WRONG WERE DONE SO WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY ENDED UP CUTTING THE COSTS IN HALF. I HAD NO CHOICE, AS I NEEDED MY VEHICLE BACK. NOW IT HAS OCCURRED THE FORTH TIME. I HAVE RESORTED TO THE INTERNET TO SEE IF OTHER ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT I'M FINDING THROUGH THIS RESEARCH, IT SOUNDS AS IF MANY HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. WHILE RESEARCHING, I WAS ALERTED TO THIS SITE, THUS THE REASON I'M POSTING HERE. MAYBE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE, AS IT SEEMS THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN, AND GMC IS KEEPING IT UNDER WRAPS. *TR

Mileage: 117,000

TRAVELING ON I-75 NORTHBOUND FROM CHATTANOOGA TO KNOXVILLE, THE SPEEDOMETER GOES TO ZERO, CAR REDUCES SPEED ALMOST TO A HALT. OFF TO THE RAMP AT REALLY SLOW SPEED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, AND SOON AFTER THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT. COMPUTER INDICATES: SERVICE STABILITRAC - SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL - POWER ASSIST OFF - TRANSMISSION FLUID HOT, IDLE ENGINE. REMOVED THE BATTERY CABLE FOR 5 MINS. CAR RESTARTS BUT ALL THE LIGHTS AND MESSAGES STILL ON. RETURNED HOME (ABOUT 35 MILES) WITH ENGINE REVVING AROUND 3500 AND SPEED AT ABOUT 50 MPH. ENGINE TEMP AND OIL PRESSURE INDICATORS OK. THIS WAS SCARY WITH 2 KIDS IN THE CAR! TAKING IT TO GARAGE TOMORROW. *TR

Mileage: 140,512

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC YUKON DENALI. WHEN THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE AIR CONDITIONING, HE SMELLED A STRANGE ODOR. HE TURNED OFF THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE ENGINE AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND FILED A REPORT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NOT YET INVESTIGATED THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,000.

Mileage: 28,000