2018 GMC YUKON Problems & Recalls

As of [XXX] , I witnessed a squealing sound coming from the rear end of my 2018 Denali Yukon XL truck. And it's affecting my braking. And it jerked when I changed my gears on my truck . And there are lights on in my dashboard on my truck. The engine light was blinking on and off and the traction con...

As of [XXX] , I witnessed a squealing sound coming from the rear end of my 2018 Denali Yukon XL truck. And it's affecting my braking. And it jerked when I changed my gears on my truck . And there are lights on in my dashboard on my truck. The engine light was blinking on and off and the traction con...

As of [XXX] , I witnessed a squealing sound coming from the rear end of my 2018 Denali Yukon XL truck. And it's affecting my braking. And it jerked when I changed my gears on my truck . And there are lights on in my dashboard on my truck. The engine light was blinking on and off and the traction con...

The contact owns a 2018 GMC Yukon. The contact stated after the vehicle was serviced, while driving 30 MPH and depressing accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated, and the contact shifted to a lower gear to drive to the residence safely. A deale...

Mileage: 104,000

The contact owns a 2018 GMC Yukon. The contact stated after the vehicle was serviced, while driving 30 MPH and depressing accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated, and the contact shifted to a lower gear to drive to the residence safely. A deale...

Mileage: 104,000

Air conditioner condenser faulty and had to repaired. Premium Ride Shocks faulty and had to be repaired. Lifters and bent pushrod faulty and had to be repaired. Vehicle currently has approximately 70,000 miles. These are all known issues by GM and very expensive to fix and no recalls.

Air conditioner condenser faulty and had to repaired. Premium Ride Shocks faulty and had to be repaired. Lifters and bent pushrod faulty and had to be repaired. Vehicle currently has approximately 70,000 miles. These are all known issues by GM and very expensive to fix and no recalls.

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Engine failure due to lifter failure and bent push rod and needed cam replaced. It is available for inspection. How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Could have been catastrophic if...

Dealership did a tune-up in June 2025 and had my truck for 2 weeks, no issues with transmission discovered or discussed. Now in September 2025, 2018 GMC Yukon has developed a torque converter shutter when driving between 40 and 50 mph. I took the vehicle to an independent shop who told me they had s...

I was driving on I75 North, just North of Chattanooga. I was in the Center Lane. I lost all power to the vehicle. The engine stopped. I had no power steering, no power brakes, and was in heavy traffic. I managed to shift lanes and get it to the shoulder of the road. The vehicle was towed in. Diagano...

My 2018 GMC Yukon blew an engine with only 81,000 miles. Had four shops including (2 GM dealerships) look at the vehicle, pictures, and findings and concluded the engine had blown. The vehicle had began running very rough while driving down the road at 45mph. The CEL showed a misfire in cylinder one...

All back light won’t turn on only brake lights but not night time running lights

driving the vehicle on a regular city street when the flashing engine light came on out of nowhere. immediately pulled off and had the vehicle towed to my dealership. result of the inspection, i have to replace my engine. as soon as i started researching the issue it is clear that this truck shou...

Vehicle (engine) shut off while driving on highway. Would not restart. Had vehicle towed from highway to repair shop. No check engine light ever came on. The engine was replaced and old one had to be returned in order to avoid paying a $5,000 core charge. I found out after replacing the engine th...

ENGINE WORK VALVE INTAKE LIFTER AND CAMSHAFT REPAIRS / OIL SENSOR HAS BEEN GOING HAYWIRE / REAR STRUTS KEEP POPPING OFF AND AFTER STRUTS REPAIRED BOUGHT THE TRUCK 05/2024 AND HAD TO TAKE TO REPAIR 12/2024 AND ONCE MONTH EVER SINCE.

ENGINE WORK VALVE INTAKE LIFTER AND CAMSHAFT REPAIRS / OIL SENSOR HAS BEEN GOING HAYWIRE / REAR STRUTS KEEP POPPING OFF AND AFTER STRUTS REPAIRED BOUGHT THE TRUCK 05/2024 AND HAD TO TAKE TO REPAIR 12/2024 AND ONCE MONTH EVER SINCE.

ENGINE WORK VALVE INTAKE LIFTER AND CAMSHAFT REPAIRS / OIL SENSOR HAS BEEN GOING HAYWIRE / REAR STRUTS KEEP POPPING OFF AND AFTER STRUTS REPAIRED BOUGHT THE TRUCK 05/2024 AND HAD TO TAKE TO REPAIR 12/2024 AND ONCE MONTH EVER SINCE.

Has lifter chattering / camshaft issues as a result of manufacture defect that so many people are complaining about from the research I have done

My 2018 GMC Yukon SLE has a Transmission Failure and a engine oil coolant failure. The issues occurred while driving when the vehicle had to go into limp status to prevent the transmission from complete failure. I have taken the vehicle to the dealership 2x and they changed the fluid once and re...

The contact owns a 2018 GMC Yukon. The contact stated that the message "Transmission Hot - Idle Engine" was intermittently displayed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the TCM was reprogrammed, and the thermostat and the water pump were replaced; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle ...

Mileage: 101,000

AFM lifter failure and cam shaft failure

While stopped and isling, the engine shut off and would not restart. had I been moving, steering, braking, etc would have been compromised. Repair facility identified catastrophic engine failure at 48k miles on the vehicle.

Abrupt engine failure associate with connecting rod - very similar to current t recall on 2021-2024 Yukons.

NHTSA's recall number 25V-274. This vehicle should fall under this recall it happed to the this motor at 58k miles and I had to put a whole motor in it at 58k miles in 2022. The Yukon Denali has the L87 V8. I bought the new motor threw GM so it should be tied to this vin number

NHTSA's recall number 25V-274. This vehicle should fall under this recall it happed to the this motor at 58k miles and I had to put a whole motor in it at 58k miles in 2022. The Yukon Denali has the L87 V8. I bought the new motor threw GM so it should be tied to this vin number

NHTSA's recall number 25V-274. This vehicle should fall under this recall it happed to the this motor at 58k miles and I had to put a whole motor in it at 58k miles in 2022. The Yukon Denali has the L87 V8. I bought the new motor threw GM so it should be tied to this vin number

I brought my 2018 yukon denali to dealer to see if there was a recall on the transmission. Warm or cold didn't matter because the truck jerks and slips constantly. Even when decelerating it will shift wrong and clunk. I have been complaining about this since the first year I bought it. This truck is...

For about a week my engine seemed to be bogging down. I thought maybe it was bad gas purchased that week . I was traveling on [XXX] in Ky a day later as I do everyday . My state speed limit is 70 mph, suddenly my car was bucking and felt like the engine was going to stall and speed immediately wen...

My car was taken in for service in early January 2025 after just being serviced in November. The engine was making a ticking noise. The check engine light was not on, and appeared to be running fine otherwise so we drove it in for service. We were told upon inspection that the cam and lifters needed...

As we were driving, without warning, the engine started to rumble and clank. We had to pull off the road in a neighborhood and have it towed to the dealership. Thankfully, we were driving on side/neighborhood roads at the time. If this would have happened on the highway it could have been very dange...

Without any warning while driving on the interstate the vehicle became disabled and released smoke. After being towed to dealership for diagnostics we were informed of engine failure. No warning on that day at time of the very dangerous event or prior warning of any engine related issue. All mainte...

I am writing as a concerned owner of a 2018 GMC Yukon Denali, which I purchased in 2018. Over the past six years, I have encountered multiple critical issues with the vehicle, specifically with the transmission and motor mounts. These issues have been both recurring and costly to address, raising co...

I have noticed the amount of pressure needed to apply brakes at a slow speed is a lot to where it seems like I will crash into the car or object in the way of my vehicle. I took my vehicle to a GMC dealership and was told the brake vacuum pump needs to be replaced. These vacuum pumps were already re...

The vehicle will not go into reverse. The vehicle shifted into neutral while driving 30 mph in traffic and then shifted back to gear aggressively. No fault codes or check engine lights are displayed.

Possible cam shaft or lifter failure. The engines power greatly reduced speed and sputtered which significantly slowed the vehicle down and could have caused and accident. It has been inspected by a certified GMC service shop. There was a check engine light on and it was supposed to be all fuel inje...

The contact owns a 2018 GMC Yukon. The contact stated that the A/C unit failed to function properly. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the A/C coolant line was leaking and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired under warranty. The contact was concerned that...

Mileage: 54,000

After stopping and then go, like at a light or stop sign, on acceleration SUV will go slightly forward and stalls and high rev for a second and car feels like it’s dying or losing power and starts back up. I feel unsafe and that the car might stop middle of intersection from stop-and-go. Sometimes...

After stopping and then go, like at a light or stop sign, on acceleration SUV will go slightly forward and stalls and high rev for a second and car feels like it’s dying or losing power and starts back up. I feel unsafe and that the car might stop middle of intersection from stop-and-go. Sometimes...

No warning light presented to warn of transmission issues. While driving is hesitating sluggish when accelerating and stalling around 60mph then shifts . Putt Putt then pick up a bit then back down.

No warning light presented to warn of transmission issues. While driving is hesitating sluggish when accelerating and stalling around 60mph then shifts . Putt Putt then pick up a bit then back down.

I own a 2018 GMC Yukon Denali that keeps burning oil. I was told that the light had to be on or the issue had to be duplicated. I did an oil change and 2000 miles later the oil light came on. I was out of town so took picture of dipstick which was bone dry. The dealership GMC of Brandywine had my SU...

Sunroof exploded while I was driving. Had I not had the shade closed I could have been injured by shattered glass. Glass has been replaced at the dealer of purchase, via insurance claim with my agent. There was no indication that this would occur.

GM already has extended the warrant for faulty AC Condensers model years 2015-2017. This model 2018 experiences the same exact condenser leak as the 2015-2017 models. In fact special coverage adjustment 17336 which omits the 2018 model has the same failure. This warranty should be extended into 2018...

While driving I made a right hand turn. As soon as the turn was made, the powering steering completely went out. The power steering is found to fail upon cold starts, then return to normal after operating. The vehicle has been taken to gmc numerous times with no explanation as to why or how it has h...

Air conditioning intermittently working, but mostly not at all right to be a leak involved. Still need it fixed to know more.

Despite Wheelers fixing the vehicle’s recall, it still pulls one way and never improved.

Keeps showing a service trailer brake system, it does it once in a while but when it does it keeps showing the message after pressing dismiss, I was researching online and apparently there is a lot of people dealing with this same issue and looks like it is a defect from factory.

Keeps showing a service trailer brake system, it does it once in a while but when it does it keeps showing the message after pressing dismiss, I was researching online and apparently there is a lot of people dealing with this same issue and looks like it is a defect from factory.

2018 Yukon Denali with 37,000 miles has developed a leak in the radiator and needs replaced

INVOLVED IN A FRONT/SIDE PASSENGER SIDE COLLISION WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND SPEED WITH NO AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT(S).

The contact owns a 2018 GMC Yukon. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the Service SRS message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the front passenger’s seat air bag control module was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not ye...

Mileage: 50,000

May 31st 2022-While driving on the highway, I lost control of my power steering. Luckily my husband was with me to drive it back home. June 1st 2022-Took it to a service center and was told it needed a part to fix the problem. We ordered the part, which would not be delivered until may 6th 2022. Ju...

May 31st 2022-While driving on the highway, I lost control of my power steering. Luckily my husband was with me to drive it back home. June 1st 2022-Took it to a service center and was told it needed a part to fix the problem. We ordered the part, which would not be delivered until may 6th 2022. Ju...

May 31st 2022-While driving on the highway, I lost control of my power steering. Luckily my husband was with me to drive it back home. June 1st 2022-Took it to a service center and was told it needed a part to fix the problem. We ordered the part, which would not be delivered until may 6th 2022. Ju...

Service trailer break error message keeps popping up blocking the speedometer, dinging, etc. no trailer has been attached to vehicle.

Headlights are terrible. Driving at night is treacherous because the headlights are not very bright unless I can use brights which seems like they could be low beam instead of high beam. With oncoming traffic it is hard to see the road and I get scared it may cause an accident, either hitting an onc...

2014-2018 Chevy and GMC's have a problem with cycling of the thermostat that causes stress fractures on the radiator leading to coolant leaks. Attached are GM bulletins on the 2014 and 2015 models. As one can see they have provided special coverage on the 2014 models to 5 years or 100000 miles for...

2014-2018 Chevy and GMC's have a problem with cycling of the thermostat that causes stress fractures on the radiator leading to coolant leaks. Attached are GM bulletins on the 2014 and 2015 models. As one can see they have provided special coverage on the 2014 models to 5 years or 100000 miles for...

Side rear brake lights work intermittently, often cutting out and losing all power while driving.

Side rear brake lights work intermittently, often cutting out and losing all power while driving.

PASSENGERS SIDE WHEEL BEARING BAD AT 37,000 MILES MAKING LOAD HUMMING NOISE WHILE DRIVING

Mileage: 37,000

REAR SHOCK IS LEAKING AND RIDE IS ROUGH (BOTTOMING OUT) CAN'T FIND NEW SHOCKS.

Mileage: 47,000

MY VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 55,000 MILES ON IT AND THE RIGHT FRONT SHOCK IS LEAKING. NOT VERY MANY MILES TO BE IN NEED OF A NEW SHOCK ON THE MOST EXPENSIVE SUSPENSION SYSTEM GM MAKES.

Mileage: 55,000

ON 3/20/21 I WENT OUT WITH THE FAMILY OUT GOT TO OUR DESTINATION WELL BUT WHEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE TO GO BACK HOME I GOT A MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY "SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE" WHEN I WENT TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO DRIVE I COULDN'T BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD, AFTER FIGHTING IT, I WAS ABL...

Mileage: 28,450

AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER REFRIGERANT LEAKED, PREVENTING AC FROM FUNCTIONING. COULD LEAD TO VISIBILITY ISSUES DUE TO DEFROSTER NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. REPORTED PROBLEM IN NHTSA 10166241 (GM SPECIAL COVERAGE 17336), BUT VEHICLE HAD CONDENSER SHIELD USED AS 'SOLUTION' TO PROBLEM. STILL LEAKED AN...

Mileage: 42,698

THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS ON MY 2018 YUKON DENALI ARE LEAKING. THE CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH APPROXIMATELY 67K MILES. GMC HAS THE ABSORBERS ON BACK ORDER AS THEY ARE APPARENTLY BEING REPLACED FREQUENTLY. I THINK THE SHOCK ABSORBERS HAVE DESIGN FAULTS THAT ASSURE THEY WILL NEED REPLACING WELL BEFORE...

Mileage: 67,001

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DOES NOT COOL THE AIR.

Mileage: 61,000

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND EXITING THE HW. THE REAR WHEEL OF THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE OFF AND SEPARATED FROM THE CAR WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO HIT THE CEMENT BEERIER ON FRONT AND THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THEN THE CAR TURNED 180 DEGREES AND HIT THE BEERIER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE...

Mileage: 54,000

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND EXITING THE HW. THE REAR WHEEL OF THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE OFF AND SEPARATED FROM THE CAR WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO HIT THE CEMENT BEERIER ON FRONT AND THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THEN THE CAR TURNED 180 DEGREES AND HIT THE BEERIER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE...

Mileage: 54,000

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND EXITING THE HW. THE REAR WHEEL OF THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE OFF AND SEPARATED FROM THE CAR WHICH CAUSED MY CAR TO HIT THE CEMENT BEERIER ON FRONT AND THE SIDE OF THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THEN THE CAR TURNED 180 DEGREES AND HIT THE BEERIER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THE...

Mileage: 54,000

CAR IS NOT PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD

CAR IS NOT PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD

CAR IS NOT PERFORMING AS IT SHOULD

WHEN RUNNING FROM TIME TO TIME, THE SERVICE STABILITRAK MESSAGE APPEARS AND THE ABS LIGHT MOMENTARILY APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS, AND THE AGENT WAS DETECTED, BUT THE DEFECT WAS NOT DISCOVERED, AND IN THE DETECTION OF MY FRIEND'S DEVICE, CODE C0800 APPEARED, BUT THE AGENT REFUSED TO LOOK FOR THE DEFECT I...

Mileage: 4,000

LOSS OF BRAKE ASSIST AT SPEEDS UP TO 30MPH VACUUM PUMP WAS REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED IF THE BRAKE MODULE AND STILL HAPPENING

Mileage: 37,000

BEEN SINCE DAY PNE OVER PAYMENT RANDOM CALL WRONG SIZE TIRES INSURANCE CLAIM THAT THEY SENT TO FIX AND CLUED THE PIECE AND A REFURBISHED PART PINT CHIPPED WHEN I TOOK IT FOR MAINTENANCE THEY DO OTHER NONSENSE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMOUNT PAID WITH DDOWNPAIMT SHOWING NO PAYMENT ON CREDIT REPORT ...

BEEN SINCE DAY PNE OVER PAYMENT RANDOM CALL WRONG SIZE TIRES INSURANCE CLAIM THAT THEY SENT TO FIX AND CLUED THE PIECE AND A REFURBISHED PART PINT CHIPPED WHEN I TOOK IT FOR MAINTENANCE THEY DO OTHER NONSENSE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMOUNT PAID WITH DDOWNPAIMT SHOWING NO PAYMENT ON CREDIT REPORT ...

BEEN SINCE DAY PNE OVER PAYMENT RANDOM CALL WRONG SIZE TIRES INSURANCE CLAIM THAT THEY SENT TO FIX AND CLUED THE PIECE AND A REFURBISHED PART PINT CHIPPED WHEN I TOOK IT FOR MAINTENANCE THEY DO OTHER NONSENSE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMOUNT PAID WITH DDOWNPAIMT SHOWING NO PAYMENT ON CREDIT REPORT ...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V761000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED O...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 GMC YUKON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V761000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED O...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 GMC YUKON. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND LANE DEPARTURE FUNCTION BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GERRY LANE BUICK GMC (6615 FLORIDA BLVD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70806, (225) 341-5413) WHERE IT WAS DIAGN...

Mileage: 30,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 GMC YUKON. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND LANE DEPARTURE FUNCTION BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GERRY LANE BUICK GMC (6615 FLORIDA BLVD, BATON ROUGE, LA 70806, (225) 341-5413) WHERE IT WAS DIAGN...

Mileage: 30,800

NUMEROUS TIRES HAVE HAD SIDEWALL FAILURE. WE HAVE HAD TWO TIRES WITHING 8 MONTHS (7000 MILES).

Mileage: 18,536

MY FRONT END MAKES NOISES WHEN I TURN WHEEL OR STOP.I TOOK IT TWO THE CARMAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.BUT IT'S STILL MAKING THE NOISE

MY FRONT END MAKES NOISES WHEN I TURN WHEEL OR STOP.I TOOK IT TWO THE CARMAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.BUT IT'S STILL MAKING THE NOISE

MY FRONT END MAKES NOISES WHEN I TURN WHEEL OR STOP.I TOOK IT TWO THE CARMAX SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.BUT IT'S STILL MAKING THE NOISE

THE CAR WAS PARKED, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HEARD A BOOM AND THE REAR WINDOW HAD EXPLODED OUTWARD AND SHATTERED, WITH THE LATCH STILL ATTACHED TO THE REAR TAILGATE. THE HYDRAULIC ARMS WERE UP AND EXTENDED, INDICATING THE WINDOW HAD POSSIBLY TRIED TO OPEN, BUT DIDN'T UNLATCH, AND THEN SHATTERED. NOBODY WA...

Mileage: 10,500

I WAS DRIVING MY 2018 YUKON DENALI ON A 3 LANE INTERSTATE WITH GM'S NEW ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL TURNED ON.. ANOTHER DRIVER CUT IN FRONT OF ME FROM THE RIGHT. ADAPTIVE CRUISE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES ALMOST CAUSING A REAR-END ACCIDENT BY OVERCOMPENSATING. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE ON A 2000 MILE T...

Mileage: 750