2012 GMC Yukon Denali problems
Owners have filed 32 complaints with NHTSA about the 2012 GMC Yukon Denali. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. Next are body & structure (25%) and electrical system (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 26 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 | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 60,000 miles.
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% 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 2012 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the GMC Yukon Denali with enough data (28 complaints in that window).
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.
Dashboard cracking in multiple locations, cracks increase in length and are running up the cowling over the instrument panel and coming from the passenger airbag housing
The plastic dashboard structure of the front dash (ABS plastic) is cracking and separating spontaneously. Large crack developed in from of the driver and is expanding with multiple offshoots causing the dash structure to split in two and is in danger of fragmenting. Crack occurred while vehicle was stationary and is growing each day.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 GMC yukon denali. While attempting to accelerate from a stop, the vehicle began to hesitate and lose power, but the engine continued to rev. The failure occurred randomly without warning. The vehicle was at the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was approximately 33,000. Updated 05/11/16
I purchased my 2012 GMC yukon denali AWD new. Approximately 3 years ago the dashboard developed a crack at the top left corner of the front passenger airbag. The crack has slowly been getting worse and is now becoming elevated and I now have fears for proper operation of the front passenger airbag due to this. I researched and discovered that this has been an ongoing problem with 2007 - 2013 GMC yukons, chevrolet tahoes, chevrolet suburbans, and cadillac escalades.
The dashboard over the instrument panel is cracking and spreading. It seems as though the crack is getting larger by the day.