FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Yukon XL 2500

Owners have filed 79 complaints about the GMC Yukon XL 2500 with NHTSA across model years 2000 to 2011. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2001 GMC Yukon XL 2500

20 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2004 GMC Yukon XL 2500

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Yukon XL 2500 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
2011 2 0 0 Electrical System
2010 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified
2008 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2007 9 1 0 Airbags
2006 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2005 6 0 1 117,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 B 11 0 0 85,000 Brakes
2003 B 13 1 0 160,000 Electrical System
2002 8 0 0 100,000 Brakes
2001 C 20 0 0 70,657 Engine & Cooling
2000 5 0 0 123,966 Fuel & Propulsion

What breaks on a GMC Yukon XL 2500

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

Brakes 21 26.6%

Worst in 2001

Engine & Cooling 15 19.0%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 11 13.9%

Worst in 2003

Fuel & Propulsion 6 7.6%

Worst in 2000

Transmission & Drivetrain 5 6.3%

Worst in 2005

Body & Structure 3 3.8%

Worst in 2007

Airbags 2 2.5%

Worst in 2007

Steering 2 2.5%

Worst in 2001

Tires 2 2.5%

Worst in 2001

Seat Belts 2 2.5%

Worst in 2007

Stability & Traction Control 2 2.5%

Worst in 2004

Doors, Latches & Locks 2 2.5%

Worst in 2007

Other & Unspecified 2 2.5%

Worst in 2007

Suspension 1 1.3%

Worst in 2004

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Yukon XL 2500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2006 peak 7 May 2019

Compare the GMC Yukon XL 2500

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