general problems of the 2001 GMC Yukon

I lost braking on my 2001 GMC Yukon 4 wd twice during the last month, first time I had 3 brake lines replaced that had failed due to corroston, then a week later another brake line failed while I was towing a boat. I had to down shift to prevent a crash. I have spend over $1500 replacing abs sensors, brake lines, rotors and emergency brake parts, all failed from corrision. Nothing but brake problems with this Yukon with only 36k miles . In the repair shop now.

I also have had issues with the parking brake and abs. If more people complain maybe there will be action taken. I do have a fuel module recall that I hope is going to be corrected. There are some dealers that do not want to even correct your safety recall. I am having to travel an hour and a half to a dealer out of town because my local dealer does not want to deal with me.

2001 Yukon xl parking brake inoperative. Dealer says normal wear and tear. But car is in excellent condition and I hardly ever use the parking brake. Normal brakes are still good at 68000 miles. Informed by several mechanics that this is a normal occurrence with this vehicle. This is a design flaw gm should fix.

My 2001 GMC Yukon xl 1500 slt parking brake has failed. The vehicle has 66000 miles and is in excellent condition and properly maintained. The parking brake foot lever goes to the floor and does not hold at all. The parking brake failure was reported to me by a chevy/GMC dealer during my latest state vehicle safety inspection. I am the second owner of the vehicle. The original owner says he never used the parking brake. I have never used the parking brake because it is not needed in our flat terrain. According to repair shops and the internet, this is a common safety problem with many os these vehicles. You may already be aware of this safety problem, but I show no information on your web site. I am informing you of this to perhaps prevent a serious accident. Any help you can provide will be grateful.

Upon moving to houston, I had an inspection performed on my 2001 GMC Yukon. It was found that the parking brake had become engaged, even though I do not even use it, and destroyed my rear left rotor, brake pads, and emergency brake pads. In addition to replacing the rotor and all brake pads on the rear left, I also had to have the brake pads on the right rear replaced as well. I have been driving for an unknown amount of time with no rear brake pads or emergency brake. In other words, had I parked my car on an incline and used the parking brake, it would not hold my car. I also had no rear brakes if my front brakes had failed. I have read forums online and have discovered this to be a problem with several other 2001 Yukon owners. I bought the car new in 2001 and have had no need for my parking brake. The total damages were over $500 and there is no guarantee this will not happen again as there is no indication when and if the parking brake activates itself. The indicator light does not come on and the parking brake is fully disengaged.

Parking brake will not hold. Vehicle will roll back with the brake fully applied. Vehicle has 35000 miles. Brake has been used only about 10 times over the life of the vehicle. Dealer states the brake cannot be adjusted. This is a serious defect.

The consumer experienced various steering, suspension and transfer case problems with her 2001 GMC Yukon. The cigarette lighter was hanging out. The dealer replaced the housing and element. The parking brake shoes were replaced. Teflon grease was installed on driveshaft to alleviate the bumpiness in the rear. License plate light fogged up. The dealer replaced the lamp. The driveshaft was replaced along with the yoke at the rear u-joint. The consumer heard a clunking noise when putting the vehicle in reverse. The dealer determined that the transfer case chain had stretched. The dealer r and r the transfer case and replaced the chain.

Non-working parking brake. If the vehicle is left in neutral (automatic or manual) with the parking brake applied the vehicle can roll. See 05v161000. This is caused by a design flaw from the manufacturer that causes the parking brake to not fully disengage while driving causing wear on the parking brake components. These vehicles have separate brake systems for normal and parking brakes. The parking brake system should never wear out. Applies to all 1999 - 2005 gm & GMC full size pickups and full size SUV vehicles.

The consumer stated that the parking brake system failed. The vehicle is a 2001 Yukon xl. The consumer took the vehicle to a repair shop to have it repaired. The consumer talked to gm, and they offered no free repair. The brakes have been failing for the past year. The consumer's vehicle failed inspection, and that was how he figured out there was a problem. The consumer felt that this was similar to nhsta recall 05v161000.

Parking brake did not hold. 1 rotor was bad and parking brake shoes were bad. Even after repair, parking brake goes all the way to floor. I believe brake shoes were defective when vehicle was purchased. This is poor engineering on gm's part. I think I should be reimbursed fully for repairs on parking brake. Since there was a service bulletin to dealers, I think the customer should have been advised. This was very unsafe. We had to pay $439. 47 for something that should not have happened. This was on 2001 GMC Yukon.

I own a 2001 Yukon xl and have a parking brake problem. When the pedal is pushed, it goes all the way to the floor. When I raised this issue with the service dept. In the first 3,000 miles, I was told this is normal, but have since discovered otherwise. I now have 46,000 miles on the vehicle. I just paid $125. 00 to have it repaired by another dealer who told me of the design defect. Gm needs to recall all the vehicles and correct the design flaw.

While applying the emergency brakes. The brake failed to hold. The driver noticed while driving,the brake light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. The consumer drove to the dealer for am inspection. The mechanic informed the consumer that the sensor for the emergency brake, and the master cylinder needed to be replacemed. Please fill in additional information.

2001 Yukon/xl parking brake does not work. Failed inspection twice, first repaired under warranty at ~15k miles, second for $225 at ~65k miles. Never has held. Last time was adjusted to hold, drags brake when released as too tight. Obvious poor design and safety hazard. Can never assume parking brake will hold.

The parking and emergency brake on the vehicle was defective. The vehicle rolled back and has been serviced twice. The vehicle would roll frontwards as well.

My 2001 Yukon xl has experienced a mechanical parking brake problem since purchase in 2000. At approximate mileage 11500 I took the vehicle into the GMC dealership where it was purchased to complain that the parking brake went to the floor when applied. They told me that was the way it was designed. Since that time I have tried to use the parking brake several times and found that it did not hold the vehicle when applied. A few months ago I had my vehicle serviced by a non GMC shop and told them about a "swishing/rubbing noise coming from the rear of the vehicle, which now has approximately 73 k miles on it. They told me that this was the parking brake pads rubbing on the rotor and that this was a GMC design flaw that GMC was well aware of. I then took the vehicle to a GMC shop, coury GMC in mesa, az, where I bought the vehicle. I again told them of the non functional brake as I had previously done at the 11. 5k mileage mark. Service personnel again told me that the brake was designed to go to the floor when applied. They also told me that the rear rotor and emergency brake pad was worn out and needed replacement. I showed them the previous service order from the 11. 5k mileage mark. They told me that they would not fix the parking brake at their expence because too many miles had accumulated between complaints. I live in the arizona desert and can count on one hand the number of times that I have applied then released the parking brake as it does not hold the vehicle. According to independent shop owners the parking brake design is defective and wears out even if it is not used. This is obviously apparent in my case. Not only does the parking brake not hold the vehicle when applied it wears out when not in use and causes damage to the rear brake rotor, a definate safety issue. I was not surprised that there are many other complaints on the NHTSA website covering this very issue.

Parking brake prematurely worn out.

While parking and applying the parking brake the consumer noticed that the brake did not hold. As a result, the vehicle will not pass the states inspection. Please provide additional information.

2001 GMC Yukon. Abs module failed causing pump to run continuously. Rather than pay $1,000 for repair, opted to have fuse pulled (suggested by GMC service manager). Abs light on dashboard stays lit constantly now. So does the brake light. Parking/emergency brake has not worked for three years now. Two weeks ago the traction assist off light came on and now it stays lit up too. From what I read in the owners manual, this problem may possibly be related to the abs. After much internet research, I have come to learn that problems referenced above are quite common with GMC vehicles. Since the problems are related to the braking capability of the vehicle I believe there are some serious safety issues that need to be addressed. Not to mention the fact that I will lose approximately $1500-$2000 value when I try to sell this vehicle.

2001 Yukon xl parking brakes inoperative. Failed dealer inspection. He said they just wear out. Interesting, my vehicle has 60000, and the disc brakes are still the original. I have rarely used the parking brake. Maybe on a hill once or twice. This is a design problem or a module problem and GMC is not taking responsibility. I have an extended warranty and its not covered according to the dealer. The abs went out at 40000, and was covered by the warranty. I'm perplexed about GMC's lack of concern for its products and safety.

The emergency brake failed to stop 2001, GMC, Yukon when the vehicle was put in drive ,and the emergency brakes were engaged. This was one of the test required for a inspection sticker in grapevine texas.

Parking brake failure every year for the past 3 years. Yukon xl will not pass state inspection due to parking brake failure. Have replaced rear rotors due to parking brake shoe malfunction. Rear brake shoe does not disengage and wears prematurely causing parking brake failure and rotor damage every year that state inspection is required.

Heard slight grinding noises while making turns. Short time later I discoverd the parking brake would not hold the vehicle while in neutral with the motor running. Vehicle begin rolling down my driveway. Made appointment with dealer and discovered parking brake drums and shoes were worn out. Repaired under warranty, but considering the work involved, I am sure it would have been rather expensive. I hope the dealer used the new style spring clip.

I have a 2001 GMC Yukon xl and took it in for some routine maintenance at about 30k miles. The dealer informed me that the parking brake was not operating properly (would not hold the vehicle). Since it is a wear item it wasn't covered by the warranty. I have owned several gm vehicles as well as many of my family members and I have never had a problem with the parking brake wearing out, let alone prior to 30k miles. The original dealer gave us an estimate of $800 to fix the parking brake. At this time we are waiting a response from gm's customer service dept.

Parking brake failure and transmission failure. Resulting in death of 4 year old child. Please sign my petition if you have this problem. . Read more...

On may 17, 2003 my 4 year old daughter was killed in our driveway by our 2001 GMC Yukon. We were cleaning the rear of our vehicle when the vehicle came out of gear and the parking brake failed to hold the vehicle. My 2 year old son was in the vehicle at the time, but there is no way that he could have applied the brake to release the vehicle out of gear. This is something that no family should have to endure and I am asking for help in proving these failures. I feel there are two failures with this vehicle. The parking brake on all models of these vehicles fails to hold these vehicles. I have searched your websites to find 50 plus complaints about the parking brake on GMC/Chevrolet vehicles of this kind failing to hold the vehicle and vehicles not passing safety inspections because the parking brake does not support the vehicle. The second issue is I believe that there was either a malfunction of the transmission or that there are mechanical overrides in this vehicle as in the 2003 GMC envoy recall campaign #03v075 that can allow the transmission to be shifted out of park with the ignition in the off position. I also, I found odi id number: 897722 which shows that this should be investigated. I believe a full investigation should be done on the parking brake and the transmission of the GMC and Chevrolet vehicles. This is the link to the accident. . Read more...

The contact stated the emergency brake failed twice. First, it happened in October 2002. The vehicle was taken to the dealership ,and they replaced the emergency brake bands ,and turned the drums. The dealership was unaware why it went out that early. This happened again in September 2005, the vehicle was taken back to the dealership, and they replaced the emergency brake system again. They said there was a clip in the brakes that may have fallen off. The contact then called gm, and they stated there was nothing that could be done. Updated 11/29/2005.

2001 GMC Yukon. There was a recall #05042, for the parking brake, however the recall did pertain to the consumers vehicle. The parking brake did not work. This started approximately may 25, 2002. The brakes dragged and eventually wore out because of a spring that was not working properly when the parking brake was released. The vehicle has not been in to be serviced for this problem, but was diagnosed by an independent mechanic. Updated 1/4/2006 -.

My 2001 Yukon xl failed inspection on 10/06/2003 due to an inoperative emergency/parking brake. The GMC dealer which performed inspections that this is a known problem (the parking brake hanging open and wearing) to both the dealer and to gm, but no recall has been issued. My husband adjusted the emergency/parking brake the same evening and the SUV passed at re-inspection the following morning, however, the emergency/parking brake is again hung open and wearing (less than 24 hours after being fixed and passing inspection).

While driving, the vehicle lost brake power. Vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The problem was with the parking brake which remained on a it came in contact with the rotor. Ph.

Emergency brake does not work properly, vehicle has failed the safety inspection twice. Manufacturer informed consumer that dealer adjusted emergency brakes to their specifications, and nothing else would be done. . . . .

Consumer complained about an emergency parking brake problem. Consumer stated emergency parking brake didn't hold. This vehicle failed the state safety inspection due to the parking brake problem.

Consumer complained about a parking brake problem. When parking brake was applied vehicle began to roll backward.

Problems with 2001 Yukon xl emergency brake. Consumer heard a humming sound coming from under the vehicle and the abs light illuminated. When taken to the mechanic, the consumer was advised the throttle body and electronic brake module needed to be replaced. . Also the emergency park brake was inoperative.

The vehicle didn't pass inspection because the parking brake failed.