GMC Yukon vs Chevrolet Impala

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	GMC Yukon	Chevrolet Impala
Complaints on file	6,577	15,236
Model years covered	1986–2026	1963–2020
Worst model year	2007	2000
Best model year	2020	1994
Crashes reported	279	932
Fires reported	54	477
Injuries reported	200	631
Deaths reported	13	7
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	8.3%	13.4%

GMC Yukon by year

1 1 23 19 71 117 90 180 90 262 199 258 187 251 186 101 49 581 250 116 149 216 89 149 79 682 370 257 95 73 43 469 258 325 162 79 50

86 87 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,025 15.6%

Brakes 897 13.6%

Airbags 668 10.2%

Electrical System 616 9.4%

Other & Unspecified 535 8.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 488 7.4%

Lights 466 7.1%

Body & Structure 303 4.6%

Chevrolet Impala by year

1 4 2 5 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 6 19 64 120 2 4 4 1,128 959 1,077 935 1,375 811 803 932 1,203 1,368 737 844 422 468 1,024 436 178 138 88 41 26

63 66 67 69 77 79 81 82 83 85 87 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

What breaks

Electrical System 3,504 23.0%

Engine & Cooling 1,960 12.9%

Steering 1,228 8.1%

Brakes 975 6.4%

Stability & Traction Control 971 6.4%

Airbags 963 6.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 946 6.2%

Lights 738 4.8%