2001 GMC YUKON XL 2500 Problems & Recalls

ACCELERATED RIGID BRAKE LINE CORROSION RESULTED IN BRAKE LINE FAILURE AND COMPLETE LOSS OF VEHICLE STOPPING ABILITY. BRAKE LINES ARE INSPECTED REGULARLY AND DID NOT APPEAR RUSTED. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN OPERATOR STEPPED ON BRAKE TO SLOW AND STOP VEHICLE. BRAK...

Mileage: 175,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING / STALLED. SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL AND TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OF POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES HAD TO BE CAREFULLY STOPPED . THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! AFTER LOOKING AT AN O...

Mileage: 80,100

WHILE ON A HILL HOLDING THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES ACTIVATED, A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE SMOKE CAME BILLOWING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE FLUID WAS CLEAR AND DRIPPING ON THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THE BRAKE RESERVOIR DROPPED WITH SUCCESSIVE BRAKE APPLICATIONS. AFT...

Mileage: 74,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO EXIT THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. FOUND RUPTURED LINE ON REAR AXLE. DATE OF FIRST INCIDENT 2/5 20011 MOST RECENT 4/26/2015...RUPTURED LINE UNDER VEHICLE ( DRIVERS SEAT LOCATION) ALL LINES REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

WAS DRIVING DOWN A STRETCH OF STRAIGHT ROAD IN WARRENTON, VIRGINIA WHEN I WENT TO PRESS THE BUTTON THAT CHANGES THE DISPLAY NEAR THE ODOMETER FROM "ODOMETER," "TRIP 1" MILES, AND "TRIP 2" MILES. WHEN I REACHED MY HAND BUMPED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND EVERYTHING IN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF INCLUDING THE EN...

Mileage: 160,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING 4 DAYS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MAN...

Mileage: 62,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON 2500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING 4 DAYS IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE BRAKES AND POWER STEERING HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MAN...

Mileage: 62,000

GMC YUKON XL 2500, 8.1L ENGINE... PURCHASED TRUCK (2ND OWNER) 8/2005 FROM GMC DEALER. NOTICED FIRST OCCASION OF STALLING APP. 10/05 OR 11/05. DEALER SAID "COULDN'T REPRODUCE COMPLAINT" AND RELEASED THE VEHICLE. TRUCK DROVE OK FOR AWHILE AND BEGAN STALLING AGAIN, THIS TIME GM DEALER SAID "FUEL PUM...

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON XL 2500. THE CRANK CASE POSITION SENSOR SHUTS ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL AND IT MAY NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY. THE FAILURE IS RELATED TO NHTSA#07V521000 AND GM RECALL# 06083, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT ...

Mileage: 67,315

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, STOPPED VEHICLE, NOTICED THAT GAS WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE ISSUE. QUOTED $970 TO FIX. FUEL NIPPLE BROKE ON FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. ENTIRE ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. GM RECALLED 316,058 VEHICLES FOR THIS ISSUE. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT P...

Mileage: 47,000

2001 YUKON XL ABS CONTROL MODULE TOTAL FAILURE AT 49K MILES. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED. TOTAL FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. GM CONTINUES TO CHARGE APPROXIMATELY $2000 TO TEMPORARILY "FIX" THIS PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE ABS CONTROL MODULE, ONLY ...

Mileage: 49,000

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. INTERMITTENTLY. AND ENGINE WON'T RE-START WITHOUT NUMEROUS TRIES. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. STALLING 3 OR TIMES A DAY, WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON XL 2500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND LOST POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES. HE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THERE HAD BEEN...

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC YUKON XL 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PIN BOX FOR THE TRAILER HITCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE HORIZONTAL, BUT IT IS SLIGHTLY BENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE PIN BOX WAS BENDING/DEFORMING. THE HITCH WAS REPLACED AT 14,800 MILES. THE PIN BO...

Mileage: 15,600

FIRESTONE TIRE TREAD SEPERATION STEELTEX RADIAL R4S, LT245/75R16, MANUFACTURE DATED 36 MONTH 2001, WITH 16000 MILES OF WEAR. HANDLING DIFFICULTY AT LOW AND MID SPEEDS. REPLACED TIRE AND HAVE THE DEFECTIVE ONE.*AK

Mileage: 16,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 10-20 MPH. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 93,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART, HOWEVER THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WORKED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE FUSE OF THE FUEL PUMP HAD GONE OUT. THE FUSE WAS REPLACED. A FEW WEEKS LAT...

Mileage: 79,000

MY 2001 XL 2500 HAS HAD PERIODIC PROBLEMS STARTING AND STALLING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE STARTING PROBLEM HAPPENS ABOUT 2 TIMES AS OFTEN AS THE STALLING PROBLEM. THEY DO NOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. USUALLY, IF IT DOESN'T FIRE RIGHT UP YOU HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN. IT USUAL...

Mileage: 32,000

MY 2001 XL 2500 HAS HAD PERIODIC PROBLEMS STARTING AND STALLING AT DIFFERENT TIMES. THE STARTING PROBLEM HAPPENS ABOUT 2 TIMES AS OFTEN AS THE STALLING PROBLEM. THEY DO NOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. USUALLY, IF IT DOESN'T FIRE RIGHT UP YOU HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT TWENTY SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN. IT USUAL...

Mileage: 32,000

I HAVE A 2001 GMC YUKON AND IT CAME WITH FIRESTONE STEELTEX AT TIRES LT 245/75R 16. THE TIRE'S DOT # IS VN11 BAC 4700. I WAS GOING SOUTH ON HWY 101 AND THE FRONT END BEGAN TO VIBRATE. BEFORE, I COULD PULL OVER THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE CORE AND WAS FLYING ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY. ...

Mileage: 45,725