general problems of the 2004 GMC Yukon

On March 12 my family was in a bad accident. We were cut off by another vehicle. It was raining. . The Yukon slid. . Hit the barrier. . Flipped 3 times. . Finally stopping upside down. . By the grace of god we are alive today. . . The air bags didn't deploy. . We were on the highway going 60 miles when this accident happened.

My key was in the ignition and then the power went of and I drove into a terr it affected the drivers side of the truck. I have replaced the key once already and now it need to be replaced again, im not going to fix it im going to sell it get a Toyota.

We were headed back to our hotel room, when all of a sudden a deer jumps out in front of us, and we avoided the deer by swerving and missing it. Unfortunately the vehicle over corrected and we ended up rolling it. No air bags were deployed, and my seat belt came undone and I was thrown around in the vehicle as it rolled.

I purchased a 2004 Yukon xl on 10-19-04 and I have had problems with the vehicles air bag system ever since. I have taken my vehicle in on at least 12 occasions, with repeat visits for same problem usually the same day. My car has given off numerous codes which include but are not limited to the following: b0026, b0040, b0041, b0043, b2470, b0229, b3770. I have taken my car to 3 separate dealerships where they have replaced harnesses, wires, connectors etc. None of this seems to have worked. I have for the last 6 months also have had NY horn blowing intermittently. I have called onstar to perform diagnostics on my vehicle and they have told me that the car has numerous codes coming up, and that I should not drive my vehicle until corrected, because the air bag may deploy on its own or it may not deploy if my car is wrecked. This is a very dangerous situation and I do not feel safe in my car, but I do not have any other choice but to drive it because I do not have an extra $40,000 to buy a new one. I have explained all of this to GMC's arbitration department, but they have sent me several letters stating that they are not willing to buy my car back. My family's lives are not replaceable, and I worry every time I get in the vehicle that something will happen, and this is horrible feeling for a mother, whose job is to protect her children. I would also like to say that I feel very sorry for the individual dealerships, because they have all gone out of their way to try and fix these problems, but all have been unsuccessful. It is not the dealerships fault, it is the manufacturer of the vehicle. I truly believe as my kids have said that this vehicle is truly possessed, and in my opinion not fixable.

I have three separate complaints: 1) in December 2004 I was driving on the freeway, then suddenly there was a loud crashing sound that came from underneath of the hood of my Yukon. It was apparent that something came apart from underneath the hood because when I looked in the rear view mirror, and then pulled over to the shoulder of the freeway; there was nothing visible in any of the freeway lanes which would indicate that I ran over something. Whatever came apart, you could hear it being drug from the front, all the way to the rear of the truck. It tore the entire left fender well apart, it cut a whole into my left custom tire, and it caused me to lose control of the vehicle , almost causing me to have an accident. My husband took the truck to the nearest GMC dealer for this problem, and the service person told him that we would be charged for them to look into this matter. My husband was also told that we would have to endure the cost to have the left rear fender well that was damaged from this incident. (2) in March 2005 my Yukon's digital reading kept stating service air bag. Also, it displayed the picture of a person in the seat with the airbag deployed. I should not be having these problems with a vehicle that is fairly new, that has only 18,007 miles on it. I purchased this vehicle for safety purposes, and now I have to deal with defects that the dealer is not willing repair at no cost to me. (3) the transmission is shifting gears very roughly, and at times when it is placed into reverse or drive it jerks very hard, and other times when proceeding to drive it drags as if it has no power.