1994 GMC YUKON Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKING, THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE FRAME. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED NEAR THE AXLE AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE A...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC YUKON. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED IN THE RAIN, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. WHEN THE CONTACT SET THE WIPERS ON HIGH, THEY WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. REPORT NUMBER 71-744459098 WAS FILED WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NH...

Mileage: 132,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V159000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED...

Mileage: 155,000

TRUCK POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND ROLLED BACKWARDS AND CRASHED IN TO A BARN. *TR

Mileage: 198,000

WHEN BRAKING HARD, ESPECIALLY IN A DOWNHILL MOTION ON WET OR SNOWY ROADS THE BRAKES LOCK UP. REMOVING ONE'S FOOT FROM THE PEDAL DOES NOT RELEASE THE BRAKING ACTION. ONLY WHEN THE TIRES STOP SKIDDING DOES THE BRAKING ACTION RELEASE, ALLOWING FOR ONE TO "TRY AGAIN" BY APPLYING THE BRAKES MORE GENTLY. ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN BRAKING HARD, ESPECIALLY IN A DOWNHILL MOTION ON WET OR SNOWY ROADS THE BRAKES LOCK UP. REMOVING ONE'S FOOT FROM THE PEDAL DOES NOT RELEASE THE BRAKING ACTION. ONLY WHEN THE TIRES STOP SKIDDING DOES THE BRAKING ACTION RELEASE, ALLOWING FOR ONE TO "TRY AGAIN" BY APPLYING THE BRAKES MORE GENTLY. ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN BRAKING HARD, ESPECIALLY IN A DOWNHILL MOTION ON WET OR SNOWY ROADS THE BRAKES LOCK UP. REMOVING ONE'S FOOT FROM THE PEDAL DOES NOT RELEASE THE BRAKING ACTION. ONLY WHEN THE TIRES STOP SKIDDING DOES THE BRAKING ACTION RELEASE, ALLOWING FOR ONE TO "TRY AGAIN" BY APPLYING THE BRAKES MORE GENTLY. ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN BRAKING HARD, ESPECIALLY IN A DOWNHILL MOTION ON WET OR SNOWY ROADS THE BRAKES LOCK UP. REMOVING ONE'S FOOT FROM THE PEDAL DOES NOT RELEASE THE BRAKING ACTION. ONLY WHEN THE TIRES STOP SKIDDING DOES THE BRAKING ACTION RELEASE, ALLOWING FOR ONE TO "TRY AGAIN" BY APPLYING THE BRAKES MORE GENTLY. ...

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN BRAKING HARD, ESPECIALLY IN A DOWNHILL MOTION ON WET OR SNOWY ROADS THE BRAKES LOCK UP. REMOVING ONE'S FOOT FROM THE PEDAL DOES NOT RELEASE THE BRAKING ACTION. ONLY WHEN THE TIRES STOP SKIDDING DOES THE BRAKING ACTION RELEASE, ALLOWING FOR ONE TO "TRY AGAIN" BY APPLYING THE BRAKES MORE GENTLY. ...

Mileage: 90,000

THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 25 MPH, WHEN THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED, CAUSING HIM TO DRIVE INTO A CREEK. THE VEHICLE WAS RETRIEVED AND TOWED. THE ABS HAD STARTED TO MAKE A NOISE PRIOR TO THE BRAKES LOCKING. *JB

Mileage: 108,000

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. RECALL 03V159000 WAS ISSUED. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *MR

Mileage: 161,000

I OWN A 1994 GMC YUKON AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. SOMETIMES THEY WILL START WORKING ON THEIR OWN, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TUG ON THEM TO GET THEM TO START UP AGAIN. THE RECALL SAYS 1994 TO 1997 BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A LETTER. GM SAYS MY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. THIS IS A JO...

Mileage: 185,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMPLETLY STOPPED WORKING IN A WINTER STORM 12/09/03. I FOUND OUT ABOUT A RECALL ON THE WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY DID NOTHING BUT LOOK AT THE VIN AND TOLD ME THAT MY 1994 YUKON NEEDED A CIRCUIT BUT DID NOT FIT INTO THE...

FAULTY TRANSFER CASE OUTPUT SHAFT SNAP-RING. #12470554. THIS RING HAS FAILED THREE TIMES IN THREE YEARS. GM CAN'T TELL ME WHY THE RING FAILS. COST ABOUT $250 TO REPLACE THIS $6.00 ITEM. *LA

Mileage: 139,748

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKED ALMOST 70% OF THE TIME. SOMETIMES THE WIPER WOULDN'T SHUT OFF BY USING THE SWITCH BUT WHEN THE WOULD FINALLY...

Mileage: 38,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL, BUT THE PLUG TO THE WIPER MOTOR DEFECTIVE. *AK

NHTSA# 98-V-150-0001: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, 2 AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE. SOLDER JOINTS NEAR THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR CAN CRACK CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED ...

MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE 1996. WE BOUGHT IT USED WITH 18,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD TROUBLE HEARING NOISES AND TROUBLE WITH A SOFT BRAKE PEDAL ON THIS VEHICLE. WHEN THE CAR HAD ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON IT, I HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE I APPLIED THE BRAKES GOING ABOUT 55 MILES P...

AFTER FASTENING SEATBELTS (BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER) CORRECTLY, AND YOU LEAN FORWARD OR MOVE A SMALL AMOUNT, THE PORTION OF THE SEATBELT THAT CROSSES YOUR CHEST DOES NOT RETRACT CORRECTLY-INSTEAD, THIS PORTION IS LOOSE AND HANGS AWAY FROM YOUR BODY. THIS SITUATION HAS OCCURRED A LONG TIME AGO WIT...

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTEMITTENTLY. WHEN IT RAINS WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WITHOUT WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND NO REPLY TO SITUATION. *AK

METAL BRACKET THAT CONNECTS SEAT TO THE FRAME BROKE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 57MPH WHEN BRAKES WERE APPPLIED. VEHICLE COULDN'T STOP & CONTINUED TO ROLL. ABS STARTED TO MAKING A GRINDING NOISE & THE BRAKE PEDAL GOT ROCK HARD. COSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING SMALL DAMAGE. DEALER HASN'T BEEN CONTACTED, BUT WILL BE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. AT TIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME BACK ON, AND AT TIMES THEY WOULD NOT. SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT COME ON AT ALL. WHEN DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HE INDICATED THAT VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE....

THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. AS FOR THE SEAT ANCHOR, I NEARLY FELL INTO THE BACK SEAT AFTER PAYING A TOLL AND CONTINUING ON MY WAY HOME... WHAT A HEART STOPPING SITUATION!*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT. *AK

THIS SAME MODEL TRUCK WAS RECALLED IN 1998 FOR MODEL MADE ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1994 ON. NHTSA HAS TWO CAMPAIGN NUMBERS FOR THIS SAME YEAR. #98V150000 & #98V150001. THE # OF VEHICLES AFFECTED WERE 1,566,510. YEAR OF RECALL WAS IN 1998. THESE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL EITHER NOT COME ON DURING RAIN OR WILL...

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT APPLICATION. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. A COMPUTER CHIP WAS REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. WHEN CONTACTING MANUFACTURER, OWNER WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALLS # 98V150001/98V150000 GM/ WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRIN...

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE BY APPLYING BRAKES, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

DRIVING DOWN A ROAD GETTING READY TO GET ON THE ON RAMP ON WET SURFACE A VEHICLE IN FRONT WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. LOOKED BACK AT TRAFFIC TO PROCEED ON AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT MOVED. AS A RESULT, REAR ENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING RANDOMLY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DENIED THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YC

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. WOULD HAVE TO PUMP BRAKES TO GET THEM TO WORK. THE MASTER CYLINDER & FRONT BRAKES ALSO WENT OUT. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR OF BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. WOULD HAVE TO PUMP BRAKES TO GET THEM TO WORK. THE MASTER CYLINDER & FRONT BRAKES ALSO WENT OUT. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR OF BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. WOULD HAVE TO PUMP BRAKES TO GET THEM TO WORK. THE MASTER CYLINDER & FRONT BRAKES ALSO WENT OUT. TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR OF BRAKES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 -45 MPH THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED A VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO STOP. THERE WAS PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE AND THE ROADS WERE DRY. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD FAILED, RECALL (98V-150) DOES NOT APPLY TO VEHICLE, DENIED RECALL REPAIR. MJS

ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED 3 TIMES PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE G9806505, RESULTING IN 2 ACCIDENTS, REAR ENDING VEHICLE AND HITTING A DEER DUE TO FAILURE. NLM

FRONT TIRE TURNED AT AN ANGLE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THE BRACE FROM THE A-FRAME BROKE. DEALER SAID THAT A FRAME NEEDS TO BE WELDED BACK TOGETHER. *AK

FRONT TIRE TURNED AT AN ANGLE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. THE BRACE FROM THE A-FRAME BROKE. DEALER SAID THAT A FRAME NEEDS TO BE WELDED BACK TOGETHER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER /MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS EHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER NHTSA RECALL 98V-150.001. DUE TO VIN. *ADJ

RECALL 98V150000. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WILL STOP WHEN WIPERS ARE BEING USED. DEALER CONTACTED, AND VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY TO RECALL.PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CREEKING NOISE COMEING FROM SEAT BASE, I REMOVED COVER AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS CRACKS IN METAL SEAT BASE BY THE REAR PIVOTS.

I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SEAT. I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SUSPENSION. AT 70 MILES PER HOUR THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR THEN THE TURN SIGINAL IS TURNED ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED EVEN THAT IT WAS SHUT OFF. I JUST WATCHED DATE LINE AND SEENHOW YOU HANDLE THESE COMPLAINTS. SO I ...

I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SEAT. I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SUSPENSION. AT 70 MILES PER HOUR THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR THEN THE TURN SIGINAL IS TURNED ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED EVEN THAT IT WAS SHUT OFF. I JUST WATCHED DATE LINE AND SEENHOW YOU HANDLE THESE COMPLAINTS. SO I ...

I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SEAT. I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SUSPENSION. AT 70 MILES PER HOUR THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR THEN THE TURN SIGINAL IS TURNED ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED EVEN THAT IT WAS SHUT OFF. I JUST WATCHED DATE LINE AND SEENHOW YOU HANDLE THESE COMPLAINTS. SO I ...

I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SEAT. I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SUSPENSION. AT 70 MILES PER HOUR THE SPEEDOMETER DROPS ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR THEN THE TURN SIGINAL IS TURNED ON. THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED EVEN THAT IT WAS SHUT OFF. I JUST WATCHED DATE LINE AND SEENHOW YOU HANDLE THESE COMPLAINTS. SO I ...

PASSENGER SIDE IS DEFECTIVE BOLT THAT HOLD BACK OF SEAT UP IS ONLY .323 THOUSANTS THICK

SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT.

ENTIRE FRONT BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS DUE TO FAULTY CALIPERS.

SEAT BACK COLLASPED DUE TO BOLT FAILURE.

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

WHEN VEHICLE GO OVER BUMPS THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO BECOME MUSHY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING, IF STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, AS SOON AS BEGINS TO ACCELERATE THE SEAT BOLTS WILL BREAK. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ADJUSTERS FOUR TIMES AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE SEAT. (THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT ONLY). THE DEALER WILL BE REPAIRING FOR SIXTH TIME AS SOON AS...

WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 2-55 MPH BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, WILL PUSH BRAKES TO FLOOR, HEARS GRINDING NOISE, CHANGED BRAKES PADS/ROTORS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 2-55 MPH BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY, WILL PUSH BRAKES TO FLOOR, HEARS GRINDING NOISE, CHANGED BRAKES PADS/ROTORS. *AK

TRUCK LOSES CONTROL WHILE TURNING A CORNER OR ON WET PAVEMENT, DEALER HAS SUGGESTED TO SOFTEN SUSPENSION.*AK *JB

SEAT TRACKS AND ANCHORS HAVE BROKEN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

SEAT TRACKS AND ANCHORS HAVE BROKEN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, HE STATES THAT THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AT LOW SPEEDS, ONWER ALSO NOTES THAT HIS VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP PROPERLY IN EMERGENY SITUATIONS. *AK

DRIVER'S BUCKET SEAT BROKE IN THE AREA WHERE IT CONNECTS TO FRAME NEXT TO FLOOR WHILE OCCUPANT WAS EXITING VEHICLE, CAUSE OF BREAKAGE UNKOWN. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY STOPPING, THE PEDAL HAS A RESISTANCE FACTOR MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK *JB

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED IN A PANIC SITUATION THE PEDAL WILL RESIST PRESSURE THA TDRIVE RIS APPLYIN GTO IT. THIS DELAYS ACTUAL BRAKING ACTION BY A SECOND OR MORE;FOUR SUCH INCIDENTS OCCURRED, ONE RESULTIN GIN A REAREND COLLISION. *AK

FAILURE ON THE ANTI -LOCK BRAKES, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

SHOULDER/LAP BELT TOP RETRACTOR FAILS TO ENGAGE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT HAS FAILED, SEAT BELT BUCKLE DISENGAGES WHILE PULLING ON BELT. *AK

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLIED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AND THEN RESPOND. COMPUTER CHIP DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE FAILURE. PLEASE DECRIBE DETAILS. TT

618-661-1027(H):ABS: WHILE MAKING PANIC STOP, BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR; BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON; ENGINE DIED; REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT

618-661-1027(H):ABS: WHILE MAKING PANIC STOP, BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY TO FLOOR; BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON; ENGINE DIED; REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY AT 15-20 MPH. TT

ABS: WHEN ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATES, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; VEHICLE ROLLED THROUGH INTERSECTION. TT

ON SNOW OR ICE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOCKUP OF ALL 4 WHEELS IN LAST 10-15 FEET OF STOPPING DISTANCE, ON ABS EQUIPPED VEHICLE, NO PRIOR WARNING. TT