2016 GMC Yukon service brakes problems
52 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2016 GMC Yukon — 20% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Engine light keeps appearing and when checked it shows catalytic converter needs replaces and its sensors need replaced. Brake light has short in it and I repaireable”
filed May 6, 2025
“Transmission failure, hard shifting, slipping and loss of power also severe shuddering. Very dangerous driving. I had to have the transmission replaced after taking the vehicle to a dealership and upon verification from same dealership reproducing the transmission failure. Massive financial loss…”
filed Apr 10, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- If a wheel-speed sensor fails, while the vehicle is traveling between 41 and 60 mph in…Campaign 19V761000 · Oct 24, 2019
- Amount of vacuum created by the vacuum pump may decrease over timeCampaign 19V645000 · Sep 6, 2019
Service Brakes problems in other Yukon years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Yukon | 1 | 2% |
| 2024 Yukon | 6 | 7% |
| 2023 Yukon | 10 | 5% |
| 2022 Yukon | 2 | 1% |
| 2021 Yukon | 7 | 2% |
| 2020 Yukon | 3 | 9% |
| 2019 Yukon | 4 | 8% |
| 2018 Yukon | 5 | 7% |
| 2017 Yukon | 41 | 21% |
| 2015 Yukon | 85 | 16% |
| 2014 Yukon | 2 | 4% |
| 2013 Yukon | 2 | 2% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2016 GMC Yukon
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.