2004 GMC Yukon Xl 1500

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON 2004 YUKON XL. WORKS FINE UNTIL SUDDEN FAILURE. SOME SPORADIC ATTEMPTS TO WORK AFTER BUT SPEEDOMETER CAN EASILY BE OFF BY 30-40 MPH. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE GM VEHICLES AND IS KNOWN BY GM. APPARENTLY THE STEPPER MOTORS MOVING THE NEEDLES ARE FAILING. THE SPEEDOMETER IS USUALLY FIRST (LIKE MINE) FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS THEY ARE ALL DRIVEN BY SIMILAR STEPPER MOTORS. A REASONABLE EXPECTATION IS TO HAVE THE SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. A FAILURE HERE AND THERE IS UNDERSTANDABLE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE FAILURES AT THIS FREQUENCY GOING ON IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT WAS UNDER DESIGNED. GM OFFERING TO STAND BEHIND ONLY IF IT FAILS UNDER 70K...MOST FAIL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. *TR

GMC YUKON XL DENALI -TRACTION STABILITY PROBLEM REGISTERS ON DASH AND CAR BOGS DOWN AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE IF YOU LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR IT WILL SEEM TO IMPROVE - TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND HAD WHEEL SENSOR REPLACED DID NOT IMPROVE TILL RUST BUILD UP WAS REMOVED FROM ON THE SPLINED HUB IT HAS SINCE RETURNED - WENT ON LINE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED SIMILAR PROBLEMS BUT DID NOT FIND ANY ANSWERS OF DEALERS BEING ABLE TO CORRECT - COULD BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WHICH COULD CAUSE REAR END COLLISIONS IF SOMEONE IS FOLLOWING TO CLOSE IN THE REAR SINCE THE VEHICLE NEARLY COMES TO A STOP. *TR

AT 71,200 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY YUKON XL WENT OUT. I CALLED THE LOCAL GMC DEALER REGARDING ISSUE. I WAS ADVISED THAT IF I HAD SERVICED MY VEHICLE WITH THEM THEY COULD HAVE POSSIBLY MADE AN EXCEPTION. I WAS GIVEN THE 1800# TO CALL. AFTER CALLING THE 1800#, I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THE MATTER. IN TWO WEEKS I WAS NOTIFIED THAT GMC WOULD BE UNABLE TO HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER BECAUSE THEY HAD ALREADY HELPED ME ENOUGH WITH THE SHAFT THAT HAD BEEN LUBRICATED SEVERAL TIMES AT NO COST TO ME. I REMINDED THEM THAT THIS WAS DUE TO THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT THAT HAD TAKEN TIME FROM ME TAKING MY VEHICLE EVERY 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO GET OILED. LAST WEEK I TOOK MY YUKON TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND ASK THAT THEY OIL THE SHAFT AGAIN. I WAS INFORMED THEY NO LONGER DO THIS BECAUSE THEY CAME UP WITH THE PART TO REPLACE IT LAST YEAR 2007. BUT BECAUSE I'M OUT OF WARRANTY THEY CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE UNLESS I PAY. YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED WHEN I TOOK IT IN IN NOVEMBER 2007 FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND GET THAT SHAFT LUBRICATED. THAT WAS ANOTHER GMC DEALER. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 YUKON XL HAS FAILED. SOMETIMES THE DIAL STAYS AT 0MPH NO MATTER MY SPEED, SOMETIMES IT READS 120MPH NO MATTER THE SPEED, AND SOMETIMES IT READS 20MPH ABOVE AND BELOW THE ACTUAL SPEED LIMIT. GM HAS IDENTIFIED IS AS A PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT AGREED TO COVER ALL 2004 MODELS FOR THIS REPAIR. THIS BE SHOULD BE IDENTIFIED FOR A SYSTEM WIDE RECALL AND GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY TO RECTIFY THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR