2004 GMC Yukon — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 1,074 evidence records for the 2004 GMC Yukon, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 327 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Electrical system114 (34.9%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 1999–2021.
  • Brakes54 (16.5%)Official recall records for this system: 24, covering model years 1998–2024.
  • Stability & traction control25 (7.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2015–2020.
  • Engine21 (6.4%)Official recall records for this system: 6, covering model years 2001–2024.
  • Speed control & accelerator17 (5.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1995–1996.
  • Air bags (restraint system)11 (3.4%)Official recall records for this system: 30, covering model years 1995–2021.

Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (1.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (11,480 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, brakes and air bags (restraint system).
  • Safety recalls (230 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), brakes and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
  • Transport Canada recalls (215 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), lights and brakes.
  • Manufacturer communications (37,427 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
  • Investigations (111 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, brakes and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

  • 218reports included a mileage
  • 83,375average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 1995 144 records for 1995
  2. 1996 120 records for 1996
  3. 1997 175 records for 1997
  4. 1998 131 records for 1998
  5. 1999 345 records for 1999
  6. 2000 682 records for 2000
  7. 2001 792 records for 2001
  8. 2002 772 records for 2002
  9. 2003 1,084 records for 2003
  10. 2004 1,074 records for 2004
  11. 2005 923 records for 2005
  12. 2006 893 records for 2006
  13. 2007 1,869 records for 2007
  14. 2008 1,651 records for 2008
  15. 2009 1,569 records for 2009
  16. 2010 1,749 records for 2010
  17. 2011 1,936 records for 2011
  18. 2012 1,820 records for 2012
  19. 2013 1,941 records for 2013
  20. 2014 1,626 records for 2014
  21. 2015 3,307 records for 2015
  22. 2016 2,137 records for 2016
  23. 2017 1,787 records for 2017
  24. 2018 1,331 records for 2018
  25. 2019 996 records for 2019
  26. 2020 814 records for 2020
  27. 2021 1,584 records for 2021
  28. 2022 1,351 records for 2022
  29. 2023 1,198 records for 2023
  30. 2024 736 records for 2024
  31. 2025 495 records for 2025
  32. 2026 235 records for 2026

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 11mention a crash
  • 6mention a fire
  • 15mention an injury
  • 1mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 4
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 800
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 267

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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