2001 GMC Yukon Denali problems
Owners have filed 40 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 GMC Yukon Denali. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 42% of complaints. Next are fuel system (12%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 40 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 43% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 95,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 29 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 95,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 127,000 miles (15 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 13th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the GMC Yukon Denali with enough data (17 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On april 9, 2003 the consumer was backing out of the driveway when the vehicle accelerated up to 28 MPH without applying pressure to the accelerator pedal. The vehicle crashed into several objects before it stopped. GMC sent an engineer to assess the problem which could not be determined at that time. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated the body control module was defective.
I have a yukon denali 2001. I had an accident. The antilock brakes activate at low speeds. I saw there is an investigation # peo5-020 underway since a recall was in effect in canada. The accident was minor and involved no injurty. It was due to increased stopping distance whern approaching my garage, I had the vehicle reaired and am bringing it in to GMC to fix the problem.
After starting vehicle consumer noticed fuel leaking from driver side of vehicle. Vehicle was towed to dealer, the connector to fuel tank had separated. Consumer states that the fuel line on the pressure side of fuel pump failed, fuel pump was pumping fuel onto driveway. Dealership replaced connector with same part. *slc
The brake lines have rusted and at least 1 has ruptured leaving vehicle without any brakes. Brake petal goes directly to the floor and no brake fluid was found in the master cylinder reservoir. I have read that many other similar vehicles have had the same issue.
Brakes completely failed. Traveling 35 MPH, I had to brake suddenly and the pedal sunk to the floor. Had minor resistance, then just completely gave way. No brakes! Was able to avoid an incident by veering into the oncoming lane that was luckily vacant. Turned onto a side street to safely roll to a stop. Too scared to drive it the remaining 1.5 miles home, I have it towed to a shop. Advised that all brake lines need to be replaced, this is a common problem with GMC that he has seen a dozen times.