Tailgate Problems of GMC Yukon

The contact owns a 2016 GMC Yukon xl. While the vehicle was parked, the contact's wife noticed a leak entering the cabin from the overhead antenna. There were no warning indicators illuminated. Also, while pulling into the driveway and depressing the brake pedal, the contact's neighbor informed him that all the rear brake lights (rear driver and passenger side brake lights and tailgate brake light) were not functioning. The vehicle was taken to north county Buick GMC (located at 1515 auto park way n, escondido, CA 92029, (866) 852-7135) where it was diagnosed that the overhead antenna and all three brake lights needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the rear driver's side brake light and antenna were repaired, but the other brake lights were still not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failures. The failure mileage was 61,000.

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I usually open the whole tailgate to access the rear cargo area, however since I was towing a trailer I opened the rear glass to retrieve an item. When I pushed down to close the rear glass, I noticed that the glass did not fit to close properly. I opened the glass and saw that the passenger side hinge on the rear glass was broken and partially separated from the rear glass. This results in an unsafe condition, as the rear glass is now secured to the truck with a single hinge and the latch. I am worried that if I drive the truck on the highway the whole rear glass will have a catastrophic failure and injure drivers behind me. Using a plastic hinge at a point under heavy load seems like an obvious design flaw.

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Have 2 kids aged 9 and 4. The tailgate decided to go on my 2007 Yukon xl. The gate almost crushed my 9 year old son if it had not been for me standing there. This is an electronic gate and is only 3 years old. This should never have happened.

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My wife was driving on the highway and the back lift glass blew off the tailgate and hit a motorcyclist he was not injured but there was some damage to his bike. The insurance company will not cover the repairs to the glass and the dealer said that there is no recall for the glass so I have to pay for replacement out of pocket. When I went to the glass place the guy told me the same thing happen with his SUV and the dealer said they had to update his lift glass with bolts instead of the glue that was originally used when manufactured.

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While driving, rear cargo door opens. Dealership stated gap at the top of the doors was not causing the problem; gap was just an adjustment. Dealership unable to duplicate problem. Once problem duplicated, parts ordered incorrectly. Auto out of state for 4 months. Returned in April 2001 and latch replaced. At this time the doors rattled/chattered. Because of other issues and dealership failure to address problems, GMC CO rep contacted and all items were completed except the issue rattle/chatter. Co rep stated new weather stripping. 6 months of adjusting, weather stripping and waiting on parts the gap is still apparent and causing the rattle chatter. 11/30/2001 dealership said there was nothing else they could do. Only way to stop the rattle/chatter is to pull in on the passenger cargo door and push out on the driver cargo door. Independent explained that until you know whether the problem is in the doors, hinges or body of the vehicle, you will not be able to adjust the doors to stop rattling/chattering. Because of time restraints and no response from dealership, proposal of either trading me out to a new vehicle (paying $8,150. 07 difference) or buying back car for $28,500. No response from dealership. 01/03/2002 GMC customer service stated CO rep said no buy back of vehicle and the only thing the dealership would do is to continue adjusting the doors to latch tighter.  I questioned why that would be done and no answer given. This car has a marketability issue. No one will want to drive a vehicle that does nothing but rattle/chatter down the road.

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