FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Yukon Denali XL

Owners have filed 684 complaints about the GMC Yukon Denali XL with NHTSA across model years 2003 to 2018. More of them are about the other & unspecified than anything else.

Avoid

2007 GMC Yukon Denali XL

87 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2013 GMC Yukon Denali XL

21 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Yukon Denali XL 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.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2018 4 0 0 Body & Structure
2017 6 0 0 Lights
2016 C 33 3 0 40,425 Lights
2015 C 94 0 0 60,000 Lights
2014 6 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2013 A 21 0 0 74,611 Other & Unspecified
2012 B 31 0 2 58,500 Other & Unspecified
2011 C 91 1 2 80,000 Other & Unspecified
2010 A 36 0 0 72,500 Other & Unspecified
2009 B 30 1 0 85,000 Other & Unspecified
2008 B 57 1 0 89,444 Airbags
2007 D 87 1 2 89,010 Airbags
2006 B 16 1 0 76,000 Brakes
2005 B 50 3 1 84,611 Electrical System
2004 C 70 3 0 103,388 Brakes
2003 C 52 8 0 145,000 Brakes

What breaks on a GMC Yukon Denali XL

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

Worst in 2011

Airbags 100 14.6%

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2011

Lights 60 8.8%

Worst in 2015

Brakes 56 8.2%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2003

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2015

Acceleration & Cruise Control 16 2.3%

Worst in 2003

Steering 14 2.0%

Worst in 2004

Suspension 12 1.8%

Worst in 2015

Doors, Latches & Locks 12 1.8%

Worst in 2007

Fuel & Propulsion 10 1.5%

Worst in 2005

Exactly what failed on a GMC Yukon Denali XL

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 50 69.4%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 8 11.1%
Door 5 6.9%
Tail Lights 2 2.8%
Headlights 2 2.8%
Seat Heater/Cooler 1 1.4%
Hatchback/Liftgate 1 1.4%
Cooling Unit AND Lines 1 1.4%
Tread/Belt 1 1.4%
Cooling System 1 1.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Yukon Denali XL, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Nov 2006 peak 23 Jun 2025

GMC Yukon Denali XL problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the GMC Yukon Denali XL

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