2018 GMC Yukon problems
The 2018 GMC Yukon has 96 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (28%) concerns engine. Next are drivetrain & axles (19%) and suspension (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 96 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 52,000 miles 24 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 | 4 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 24 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 52,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 4 complaints mention a crash; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 86% 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 2018 ranks 24th most-complained-about out of 33 model years of the GMC Yukon with enough data (52 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
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 rear of the car. The air bags never deployed and we discovered that the wheel brook off of the rear axe. No damage to the wheel. Several industry exports stated that this should never happen.
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 was inside the vehicle or had the keys on them, so the rear tailgate was not activated in either way.
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 able to drive my car back home with my family in it.