2013 GMC Yukon problems
The 2013 GMC Yukon has 149 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns air bags. Next are body & structure (15%) and engine (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 149 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 68,000 miles 87 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 | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 87 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 68,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 73,000 miles (20 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 33 model years of the GMC Yukon with enough data (65 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 GMC yukon. The contact stated that after parking in a residential garage, she walked around to remove a small child from the vehicle when it started to roll away in reverse. The keys were not in the ignition and the vehicle was secured in park. The vehicle proceeded to roll away until crashing into a fence. The driver's side door was still open and was pushed until abnormally bending the door forward. The contact sustained a bruised ankle when the door slammed into her.
The contact owns a 2013 GMC Yukon. The contact stated while her son was driving approximately 20 MPH the driver's side curtain, passenger side curtain and ceiling air bags deployed with no accident occurring. The contact stated her son did not see any warning light illuminated. The contact's son safely pulled over to the side of the road and turned the vehicle off. The contact's son attempted to restart the vehicle, however it took several attempts to restart the vehicle.
My yukon denali was backed into while parked at my work parking lot and when I got into the vehicle to drive to the repair shop I noticed that the dashboard was cracked in the upper left side of the passenger airbag. I informed the insurance adjuster about the crack and they informed me that they could do nothing about it. He instructed that I take the vehicle to GMC and have them file a claim. I then went to the dealership and they informed me that GM would probably deny my claim, which they did.
Dash cracking above gages and by air bag. It was making a loud cracking sound while it was splitting apart going down the road.
Top of dashboard cracking in front of drivers seat. The crack is traveling towards the driver and at times you can see it lifting up on one side of the crack. I'm afraid that once it totally cracks it will cause issues with visibility when driving and also objects from the damaged area to fly into your face will driving. Went to riverhead GMC for my nys inspection and was told that GM will not over it.