Surge happens while driving, then engine light comes on, decreased engine power occurs, tracktion stability indictors comes on. Car looses power. I have to pull over off the road, put into park,cut ignittion off, wait a few minutes and then restart the car. This could happen several times while driving.the vehicle is in motion and this is a driving hazard and big safety issue, it has happened on city street and on a highway. It happens daily.
2004 GMC Yukon electrical complaints
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My husband and I purchased a 2004 gmc yukon from a local dealership here in louisville kentucky in 2007 and not to long after purchasing the vehicle some of the gauges stopped working. My husband contacted the dealership and was told to bring the vehicle in to one of their service center which they looked at it and stated they couldn't find nothing wrong with it. My husband explained the gauges would sometimes stick/quite working while driving the vehicle and sometimes when starting the vehicle and he would sometimes have to tap on it to try to get it to work again. Time went on and it got worse and my husband took the vehicle to a certified local mechanic and he told him the instrument panel/cluster needed to be replaced. We paid for a replacement and shortly after the replacement it started doing the same thing the other panel did. All the gauges stopped working and we have to tap on it to get it to work and now it has gotten even worse and I feel that there should be a recall on these because why should we continue to spend our money on getting replacements and they do the same thing. There must be a defect in these panels. I have contacted gm regarding this issue and they stated there was a service warranty on the panel but it expired in 2011. I then stated that we didn't know anything about the service warranty because we never received anything in the mail and they stated the service warranty was mailed out to the previous owners of the vehicle and we must not have registered our vehicle correctly with the dmv (department of motor vehicle) which I don't see how that is possible when we receive a notice in the mail every year to renew the registration on the vehicle we are current every year so I don't understand why we didn't receive the notice regarding the service warranty in the mail.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. While driving at an unknown speed, the instrument panel failed to display the correct gauge levels. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that there was an electrical failure. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.
While traveling on the freeway at approximately 70mph, the speedometer in the vehicle malfunctioned and began steadily decreasing until it reached 0. Luckily I had my GPS to go by for my vehicle speed, otherwise I would have had know clue of how fast or slow I was going. This is a major safety concern and should be a recall on all vehicles regardless of mileage, or does someone have to die first!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. The contact stated that the rear seat radio function was not functioning. The contact noticed the console was extremely hot. The dealer was made aware of the failure but a diagnostic test was not performed. Also, the contact stated that the passenger side daytime running headlight bulb was replaced three different times. The contact noticed the light bulbs that were removed were black and appeared melted on the bottom. The vehicle was not repaired for the radio failure. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 60.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. The contact stated that the instrument panel would fail sporadically. The contact took the vehicle to dealer and was advised that the gear mechanism was designed to fail over time. The manufacturer was aware of the issue and was offering to pay for the repair on vehicle within 70,000 miles or less. The failure mileage was unknown and current mileage was 130,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. While parked, the contact started the ignition and the check engine light illuminated. The check engine light would illuminate intermittently. The contact stated the speedometer was also failing. The speedometer would become stuck and after a few days would function normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technicians informed the warranty had expired and the contact would have to cover cost of the repairs and diagnostic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
Fuel gauge reading inaccurately. Needle went way past the full mark into the blank area on the bottom of the gauge. Also, the speedometer was reading 120mph when I was pulling out of my driveway. I stuck at 70mph when I was stopped.
The speedometer is erratic, usually showing 130 MPH. The oil gauge and gas gauge have now stopped working as well. We can only gauge our speed by using a GPS. It has been happening for about a year and we have over 100,000 miles on the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. The contact stated he received an informational letter from the manufacturer in regards to the instrument cluster. He had not experienced a failure at the time. Six months later while driving approximately 25 MPH the speedometer indicated he was traveling at 120 MPH. The dealer advised the dealer had extended the warranty for repairs to vehicle with less than 70,000 accrued miles. The contact's vehicle had 79,000 miles. The repairs would be at the owner's expense. The manufacturer was later contacted and advised the warranty was extended past 70,000 to 80,000 miles however, the contact's vehicle had very recently passed 80,000 miles. The manufacturer would not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 79,000 and the current mileage was 110,000.
While backing out of the garage, it was observed that I was traveling at a rate of 120mph. I took my 2004 yukon to the garage only to find out that the instrument panel needs to be replaced (at a cost of $800.00). The mechanic stated that this is becoming a common occurrence with the 2004 yukon and that this has not been recalled. My question to gmc is, how many deaths does it take to get a recall? This is a very serious safety concern and should be addressed as so. I bought my truck used, and the warranty is no longer valid. My sister owns a 2005 yukon that she just purchased (still under warranty) and her instrument panel was just replaced last week.
Upon taking delivery of vehicle erratic electrical problem existed. Often only the front doors would like, leaving the back doors and rear door unlocked. Often upon inserting key in ignition, drivers seat would zoom forward pushing occupant against steering wheel. While driving, outside rear view mirrors would retract for no reason. Dealer has not been able to fix though many service notes exist. Lately, the amp gauge failed however amperage is not affected. Next the speedometer showed 38 MPH while not moving. It is totally now inoperative, varying from never leaving zero to showing 80 while going 20 MPH. Since I cannot trust the accuracy of any gauge, I have no idea how fast I am driving or any of the other vital instrument readings.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. All of the gauges on the instrument control panel have failed. A technician from the dealer stated that since her vehicle has exceeded 80,00 miles she would have to pay $500.00 for the repair. The technician also acknowledged that this was a common failure for her model type. The failure and current mileages were 111,000.
My 2004 gmc yukon speedometer (manual needle-type) just keeps increasing its speed reading until it "pegs-out" at the 130 MPH mark. If you turn off the truck and restart the engine, the speedometer will jump-back about 5 MPH. So if one does this 25 times, it will zero itself out. After only short amounts of driving, the speedometer will again start increasing its ready again. It appears to increase the reading as one increases in speed, but doesn't decrease the speed as one decreases their speed. Obviously this can be a safety issue if you do not know your actual speed. Fortunately my GPS has speed readouts, but it is delayed by about 5-10 seconds. I only have about 21000 miles on my yukon, so the speedometer should not have broken or "worn-out" this quickly.
I bought a used 2004 gmc yukon in march of 2008, previously it had been a fleet vehicle. We purchased the vehicle in colorado, and drove it to washington state. Shortly after we arrived, the tachometer stopped working. It gets stuck at ether 25 rpms, or 75 rpms. The speedometer reads accurately, and only recently the fuel gauge has been sticking. I had gotten a notice that these parts had been "recalled" but only for a certain amount of time, for vehicles over 7,000 miles on it. At the time my vehicle only had about 6,500 miles. When I called a gmc office they told me there was nothing they could do.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. The contact stated that the rpms, fuel gauge, speedometer, and oil gauge became inoperable. The dealer stated that the contact would have to pay over $800 to correct the failures. She received a letter that stated there was a defect in the vehicle. Both the dealer and manufacturer stated that they could not provide repairs under the "defect campaign" due to the mileage of her vehicle. Repairs were only being made to vehicles with less than 50,000 miles. The failure mileage was 70,000 and current mileage was less than 110,000. Updated 05/05/09 *bf updated 05/07/09.
I have a 2004 gmc yukon that has an erratic speedometer. At times, it will freeze up. Other times it will display the incorrect speed including freezing at 0mph. It is my understanding that this is a very common complaint by owners of vehicles containing these types of faulty instrument clusters. My vehicle has over 80,000 miles on it and is not covered by any sort of gmc warranty and/or replacement plan. This equipment poses a safety threat as I cannot determine the speed of my vehicle and more accurately interpret following distance from other vehicles.
Instrument cluster giving false readings, speedometer stuck at 10 MPH even when traveling anything over ten MPH. Gas needle is no longer reading accurately under 1/4 tank , which has caused some embarrassing moments running out of gas when I thought I had fuel. I have a friend who has an avalanche and her instrument panel is doing the same thing, her speedometer and tach are now malfunctioning. Has anyone managed to find out if we can get this replaced via recall?
Inaccurate speedometer readings including complete failure of the speedometer on the instrument panel. Driving at highway speeds in excess of 60mph, speedometer showed 10mph.
The speedometer in my yukon has stopped working and has been stuck @ 125mph since 37,000 miles.
Was driving to work and looked at my speedometer and it was at 120mph. Stopped and turned the truck off and the speedometer stayed at 120mph. Now I have an inoperable speedometer in my truck.
I am a single mother of one 11 year old son. I have just purchased a 2004 gmc yukon and I have serious safety concerns. I have a loud popping noise in my steering column and my speedometer is operating very erratically. I have an extended warranty and have been told by my local gmc dealer that these problems are not covered. My concern is if I should be killed in an accident on the interstate because I can not tell how fast I am traveling when the front steering breaks due to a steering component failure who will raise my son the state or gmc? I have lost all respect for gmc and their products.
Driving home on a three hour trip, I noticed my speedometer quit working, about 15 minutes after getting a ticket for speeding. I noticed the speedometer would either stick at the speed I was going at one point in time, then sometimes it would just fall to 0. Gm has a tsb out for the issue, but only for 7 years 70,000 miles. I have contacted them since I bought my vehicle with 96,000 miles on it, they said there was nothing they could do. I contacted my local service center and was amazed at the 600$ fixing price. Nothing has been done to fix what I and everyone else would consider a recall that they don't.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 gmc yukon. Approximately six months ago, the fuel gauge began to display inaccurate fuel readings. Beginning in november of 2007, the speedometer began malfunctioning and remains at 120 MPH, even when the vehicle is not on. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer on four separate occasions for the steering wheel to be greased because it makes a popping noise every six months. The vehicle has not been taken to the dealer concerning the fuel gauge or the speedometer at this time. There is an extended warranty on the fuel gauge and speedometer, which has been extended to 70,000 miles. The VIN, engine size, and purchase date were unknown. The current mileage was 123,000 and failure mileage was 118,000.
Speedometer sticks at various readings while driving. This was first noticed about 4 months ago.
I purchased 10/2/2004 a 2004 gmc yukon which had about 1500 miles left before the factory warranty expired. The mileage on the speedometer read 31144. Since I paid for the vehicle cash I did not purchase an extended warranty. Sometime after the extended warranty expired and the safety belt recall in 8/2005 my speedometer stopped working properly and my gas gauge began to stick. When I was advised that this was because of a faulty cluster and the price it cost I've managed to make due and not incurring any more speeding tickets and running out of gas. Now that gm has taken responsibility for the faulty equipment where I am able to get this fixed at no charge to me, gm is stating that I have exceeded the 7 year or 70,000 mile limitation. I currently have 92,000 miles on the truck, however, I am not responsible for the 31144 that was there when it was purchased. I feel that the gauges on a vehicle are essential to the safety of that vehicle and other drivers. Now that gm has taken the responsibility for the faulty equipment, there definitely needs to be a recall on their vehicles that are noted to have the problem.
I was driving to dallas with my family on sat. Oct 20, 2007 in my 2004 gmc yukon (49600 miles). While merging onto into traffic, I noticed that my speedometer was showing I was speeding in excess of 90 MPH, but in fact, I was barely keeping up with the flow of traffic. I pulled off the free way and came to a dead stop at a gas station, and the speedometer needle reflected at 30 MPH at a dead stop. I turned the key on and off several times, and each time the speedometer needle dropped by 5 to 10 MPH, eventually resetting to 0. I continued on to my destination, again, the speedometer began acting the same way increasing and decreasing in jerky movement, but never completely going to zero. I never reset the speedometer again to zero, and now the speedometer shows 120 MPH at a dead stop. There is no way to tell how fast I am actually traveling in the vehicle. I have read many, many complaints stating problems exactly like, or similar to mine regarding the speedometers on similar year/model gm trucks. There should be a recall on the speedometer gauges used in gm's late model trucks.
The speedometer on my 2004 gmc yukon is stuck beyond 120 MPH.
Speedometer on my 2004 gmc yukon became very erratic, displaying speeds that were obviously way too slow than what the vehicle was actually traveling. Very dangerous situation as I cannot tell how fast the vehicle is going. Gm should conduct a recall as this is a safety hazard.
2004 gmc yukon. Speedometer reads wrong speed at all times. Started on highway one day and hasn't been fixed since. Sometimes reads 0 MPH while on highway and past 120 MPH while sitting still.
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