AutoUtility currently tracks 53 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 GMC Yukon. Engine & Cooling issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 27 complaints (50.9% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 1 cites a fire, 1 reports one or more injuries.
- • Total NHTSA Complaints: 53 reports
- • #1 Reported Problem Area: Engine & Cooling (27 reports • 50.9% of submitted complaints)
- • Secondary Problem Areas: Powertrain & Transmission (12), Electrical System (9)
- • Crash-Citing Complaints: 0 filings
- • Fire-Citing Complaints: 1 filings
- • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 1 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Most Reported Problems for 2019 GMC Yukon
Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records
Engine & Cooling
Powertrain & Transmission
NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #26V289000 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
Electrical System
Brakes & Traction Control
NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:
- Campaign #19V761000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING
Steering System
Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 GMC Yukon
Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis
AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.
Loss of Motive Power While Driving
Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 GMC Yukon
Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
"My wife drives this vehicle to work, it has started to experience reduced engine power driving on the highway causing her to pull to the side of the road due to no throttle to maneuver the vehicle in and out of traffic, leaving her on the side of the busy highway, we have now parked the vehicle..."
"Vehicle shudders at acceleration at times making merging onto highways and passing vehicles dangerous."
"The vehicle experienced a sudden and rapid mechanical failure of the 6-speed automatic transmission (6L80 model) within a span of less than two weeks. The light did not come on until the transmission was past salvage. The failure escalated rapidly from initial minor slipping to a severe loss of..."
"Transmission is acting funny. Stuck in low gear /not shifting at low speeds. Vibration sometimes at higher speeds when shifting gears. 8 9 10 gears."
"I was driving home on the interstate from vacation and I was set on cruise control it was 1 am so not a lot of traffic was on the road thank god. It could have been really terrible if lots of traffic was present as the engine just died without notice! The vehicle was decelerating nothing was..."
Complaint History for GMC Yukon
Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2015–2026)
| Model Year | NHTSA Complaints | Crash Reports | Safety Recalls | Detailed Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 GMC Yukon | 546 | 10 | 10 | View 2015 Problems → |
| 2016 GMC Yukon | 266 | 4 | 5 | View 2016 Problems → |
| 2017 GMC Yukon | 196 | 10 | 3 | View 2017 Problems → |
| 2018 GMC Yukon | 69 | 2 | 3 | View 2018 Problems → |
| 2019 GMC Yukon Current Page | 53 | 0 | 2 | Current |
| 2020 GMC Yukon | 35 | 0 | 4 | View 2020 Problems → |
| 2021 GMC Yukon | 305 | 9 | 13 | View 2021 Problems → |
| 2022 GMC Yukon | 168 | 1 | 5 | View 2022 Problems → |
| 2023 GMC Yukon | 217 | 1 | 4 | View 2023 Problems → |
| 2024 GMC Yukon | 155 | 0 | 3 | View 2024 Problems → |
| 2025 GMC Yukon | 50 | 0 | 2 | View 2025 Problems → |
| 2026 GMC Yukon | 0 | 0 | 3 | View 2026 Problems → |
Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2019 GMC Yukon
Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 20 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications
| Vehicle Component / System | Total Complaints | Crash Reports | Fire Reports | Reported Injury Entries | Reported Fatality Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steering NHTSA category: STEERING | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEATS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.
Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.