2008 GMC Yukon electrical system problems

29 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2008 GMC Yukon — 16% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

16%

share of all complaints

40,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 4

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“It started shutting off at a light for autostop.but when it would turn green it would intermittently just drop out of autostop without restarting. Then may start back up or maybe not, many time after restarting at the light it would died in the middle of the inspection. A parasitic draw kept…”
filed Jul 9, 2023
“My 2008 yukon has had an electrical mystery for awhile now. When you open the doors the "chime" will be very faint and then the next time it's very loud. The clock resets like the battery has been disconnected after shutting the car off. The door locks will lock and unlock by themselves will I'm…”
filed Oct 2, 2019

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

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