What is the worst year for a Chevrolet Yukon?

The 2000 Chevrolet Yukon has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 11 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the brakes.

What is the best year for a Chevrolet Yukon?

The 2003 Chevrolet Yukon has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 15 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Chevrolet Yukon?

Brakes accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Chevrolet Yukon.

Worst years for a Chevrolet Yukon

Owners have filed 59 complaints about the Chevrolet Yukon with NHTSA across model years 1998 to 2003. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Chevrolet Yukon

11 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2003 Chevrolet Yukon

15 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Yukon year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

7 8 11 6 12 15

98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Median miles	Most reported
2003	B	15	0	58,000	Electrical System
2002	C	12	0	800	Brakes
2001	—	6	0	—	Brakes
2000	C	11	3	107,000	Brakes
1999	—	8	5	183,450	Airbags
1998	—	7	0	23,232	Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Yukon

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 18 30.5%

Worst in 2000

Electrical System 12 20.3%

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 6 10.2%

Worst in 2002

Steering 4 6.8%

Worst in 2003

Airbags 3 5.1%

Worst in 1999

Tires 3 5.1%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 2 3.4%

Worst in 2002

Fuel & Propulsion 2 3.4%

Worst in 1998

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 2 3.4%

Worst in 1999

Other & Unspecified 2 3.4%

Worst in 2001

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 1.7%

Worst in 2000

Suspension 1 1.7%

Worst in 2001

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1 1.7%

Worst in 2000

Seat Belts 1 1.7%

Worst in 1999

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Yukon, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Dec 2000 peak 6 Oct 2021

Compare the Chevrolet Yukon

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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