Seven problems related to air conditioner have been reported for the 2016 GMC Yukon. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 GMC Yukon based on all problems reported for the 2016 Yukon.
Air conditioning condenser refrigerant leak at the coupler.
The vehicle was purchased in December used. The vehicle now has 62,000 miles. Vehicle was parked overnight after working fine the day before. Went to use air conditioning and it would only blow hot air. After checking online, and with experiences from other owners, the air conditioning failures appears to be a very costly common issue but there are no recalls for the defective parts. The vehicle is still in for repairs at this time. Although this issue was not specifically safety related in my situation, the potential for safety concerns exist. Had the ac failed while the vehicle was running with children or animals inside could be fatal.
Air conditioning - we were told by the dealership July 1st 2019, an air conditioning hose has a crack in it, and thus the refrigerant has leaked out. A new hose was ordered. It is now August 13th and we still do not have our vehicle back. The dealership has dozens of vehicles that are in need of this fix ( which, we are told is not covered under any warranty since we have 50,000 miles on it). Please push gm for a recall, since the problem is a design related flaw. 2016 GMC Yukon thank you todd bielawa.
Air conditioning blowing hot air.
Air conditioning system constantly blows out hot air. Air condition was recharged and still has negative results.
My 2016 GMC Yukon xl denali's air conditioner started blowing hot air after approx. 30,000 miles. The dealership informed me that I need a new air conditioner condenser and that the part is on national back order. Based on my online research, this seems to be a very common issue with GMC, chevy and Cadillac SUV's/trucks, so wanted to make sure that my complaint was also logged with the many others.
I purchased a 2016 Yukon denali brand new from the dealer in October 2016. Since this time the vehicle has been in the shop 5 times. The first time was due to front driver side door not being fully aligned with the front fender. This issue was not resolved as they said it would "most likely mess the vehicle up further". In February of 2017 my Yukon went back to the dealer for service involving the power running boards not deploying and control panel not illuminating. The control panel was blamed on a software update. While at the dealer the service manager stated that "gm put out this software too early". In may 2017 the rear dvd player went blank and stopped working. These two issues were both covered under warranty. In November 2017 the radio started to "freeze" and wouldn't change channels. I was told this was a software update issue and I needed a new hmi ($500) and will not be under warranty as I now have 40,000 miles. In December 2017 my Yukon went back to the service department due to air conditioner failure. After reviewing on the internet this seems to be a common problem for this vehicle. Apparently, there was a special bulletin the consumer isn't aware of until it breaks, so it was also covered; however the blower motor ($377) that broke due to this issue wasn't covered. I contacted gm customer service and filed a complaint with a supervisor. I was told there is nothing they can do due to my Yukon being out of warranty, and when they build these vehicles "they do not know how long parts will last". In my opinion this is unacceptable especially for a $75,000 + vehicle that is only 2 years removed from the manufacturer. I have owned 3 gm products (tahoe, Yukon, and now this vehicle) and I will never buy another gm product.