FaultScore report
Owners have filed 10 complaints about the 2012 GMC Denali with NHTSA between 2017 and 2021. The largest single group is the other & unspecified. Across this model's run it ranks 8 of 8 worst.
FaultScore 11/100
Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the GMC Denali.
How this is worked out10
Complaints
0
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
0
Injuries reported
100,000 mi
Median mileage at failure
Half of reported failures happened before this
0%
Failed under 36,000 miles
Inside a typical bumper-to-bumper warranty
The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.
Click any bar to open that year's report.
Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
Median failure at 60,000 miles
Median failure at 82,000 miles
Median failure at 100,000 miles
Median failure at 100,000 miles
Median failure at 100,000 miles
Odometer readings owners gave when they filed. About half of all complaints include one.
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
AIR BAGS
DASH CRACKS EVERYWHERE, ALL ATTACHMENT POINTS ARE CRACKING. NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN USING A UN U.V PROTECTED PLASTIC.
NHTSA complaint #11395692 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DASH CRACKS EVERYWHERE, ALL ATTACHMENT POINTS ARE CRACKING. NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN USING A UN U.V PROTECTED PLASTIC.
NHTSA complaint #11395692 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
DASH CRACKS EVERYWHERE, ALL ATTACHMENT POINTS ARE CRACKING. NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN USING A UN U.V PROTECTED PLASTIC.
NHTSA complaint #11395692 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASH HAS CRACKED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND BY THE AIR BAG. UNSURE WHEN IT ACCORDED. NOTICED IT WAS MAKING A SOUND AND IN 2 WEEKS HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE
NHTSA complaint #11181089 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACK IN PASSENGER SIDE OF DASHBOARD....VEHICLE WAS STATIOARY
NHTSA complaint #11127945 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
MY DASH IS CRACKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT'S TO A POINT NOW OF NEEDING REPLACED AND HAS RAISED MY SAFETY CONCERN FOR MYSELF AND PASSENGER IF I WAS TO COME INVOLVED IN A CRASH BY BROKEN LARGE PLASTIC FRAGMENTS.
NHTSA complaint #11083226 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT 50 60 OR ANY SPEED - THE TACHOMETER JUMPS AND THE CAR SURGES FEELS LIKE IT GOING TO STOP
NHTSA complaint #11022752 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT 50 60 OR ANY SPEED - THE TACHOMETER JUMPS AND THE CAR SURGES FEELS LIKE IT GOING TO STOP
NHTSA complaint #11022752 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT 50 60 OR ANY SPEED - THE TACHOMETER JUMPS AND THE CAR SURGES FEELS LIKE IT GOING TO STOP
NHTSA complaint #11022752 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
AIR BAGS
DASH BOARD HAS CRACKED AROUND AIRBAG. CONCERNED THAT IF THERE WAS A COLLISION THAT TYE AIRBAG WOULD EXPLODE AND ENTIRE DASH WOULD EXPLODE WITH IT
NHTSA complaint #11001215 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.