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1997 GMC Yukon power train problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1997 GMC Yukon11% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Power Train complaints
11%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I was driving home when my vehicle would not accelerate anymore. After pushing the truck home and upon further inspection found that the transmission casing was cracked. The cost to replace transmission with a remanufactured one was approximately $2200.00 , not includind labor. The cracked…

    filed Jan 23, 2006

  • I put my 1 year old in his car seat and went around the other side to continue fastening in my other two toddlers, brooke, 4, and mason, 3, into their seats as well. Once I got inside the drivers seat, before starting the vehicle, I had realized that I had better get another bottle out of the…

    filed Sep 26, 2003

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Power Train problems in other Yukon years

YearReportsShare
2026 Yukon733%
2025 Yukon612%
2024 Yukon1214%
2023 Yukon3617%
2022 Yukon2616%
2021 Yukon4816%
2020 Yukon1441%
2019 Yukon1223%
2018 Yukon1826%
2017 Yukon4824%
2016 Yukon3413%
2015 Yukon469%
Yukon power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.