GMC Yukon XL vs Dodge Journey

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 XL	Dodge Journey
Complaints on file	3,211	8,009
Model years covered	1999–2026	2007–2020
Worst model year	2023	2009
Best model year	2012	2008
Crashes reported	117	350
Fires reported	19	165
Injuries reported	82	278
Deaths reported	4	3
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	6.9%	9.9%

GMC Yukon XL by year

3 77 151 114 115 118 58 24 125 86 32 37 67 22 26 13 404 268 213 69 88 60 307 224 317 108 43 42

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 756 23.5%

Brakes 380 11.8%

Electrical System 343 10.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 304 9.5%

Lights 288 9.0%

Other & Unspecified 210 6.5%

Airbags 196 6.1%

Fuel & Propulsion 149 4.6%

Dodge Journey by year

7 12 2,091 1,484 253 623 511 651 872 614 317 351 134 89

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 2,108 26.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,041 13.0%

Brakes 1,011 12.6%

Airbags 637 8.0%

Other & Unspecified 616 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 497 6.2%

Steering 340 4.2%

Seats 305 3.8%