2008 GMC Yukon Hybrid problems
The 2008 GMC Yukon Hybrid has 47 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (19%) concerns air bags. After that come engine (15%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 47 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 89,000 miles 39 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 | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 39 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 89,000 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.
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.
Rocks enter a small hole of the rear brakes causing them to be lodged in the brake drum and making it necessary for a mechanic to remove. My concern is that I won't know rocks are in there and they will causing a braking problem resulting in an accident.
While driving my 2008 GMC yukon hybrid in my neighborhood, approximately 20 MPH and decelerating, the car suddenly accelerated on its own. I felt a movement in the gas pedal, experienced a sudden acceleration, and I applied the brakes which made it stop immediately. This could have had a tragic outcome if I'd been in a parking lot.
Vehicle brake system responds erratically about once every 100 miles. It has caused numerous near miss accidents. This problem has happened on numerous occasions but I'll describe the most recent. I was driving down a local highway at about 50 miles an hour. Traffic was backing up and came to a stop. I hit the brakes (no danger/emergency, just a normal stop).
Driving 45 exiting the freeway when warning engine light come son " engine power reduced" and dropped the car to 1MPH almost causing an accident. I would press on the gas pedal and there was no power it had me stalled on the off ramp exit during busy morning traffic. After 10 minutes of being stalled and attempting to give the gas pedal it finally moved for me to get over out of the way. The engine light is still on. Very dangerous luckily no accident and I didnt have my kids in the car.
Vehicle will abruptly stop without any warning when starting to accelerate from zero up to about 10 MPH. All engine indicator lights will flash including audible warnings of malfunction. I must come to a complete stop, put the vehicle in park, then proceed to restart the vehicle. A rear end collision is inevitable.