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2016 GMC Yukon XL hesitation / surging reports

6 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2016 GMC Yukon XL — roughly 3% of all complaints for this model year.

6
Hesitation / surging reports
3%
share of complaints
55,750 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other Yukon XL years

2023 Yukon XL7
2002 Yukon XL5
Yukon XL hesitation / surging by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2016 GMC Yukon XL report before drawing conclusions.