There are 21 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2004 GMC Yukonin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
STABILITY CONTROL DISABLED COMES ON WITH ENGINE POWER REDUCED. THIS HAPPENED AS I AS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY. SPEED DRASTICALLY REDUCED FORM 65 TO 10 MPH. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT ACT UNTIL THERE'S A FATALITY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. THIS IS CRIMINAL. NHTSA HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND HAS NOT ACTED.
WHEN DRIVING WHETHER HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS, THE CAR WILL WITHOUT NOTICE SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT 15MPH. A CODE OF "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" IS DISPLAYED ON THE DASH. THE CAR WILL NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 15MPH, EVEN WITH YOU FOOT ON THE GAS PETAL. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP MORE TIMES THAN I CAN COUNT. THEY KEEP REPLACING DIFFERENT PARTS THINKING THAT IT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. ALMOST WITHIN A WEEK AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN WITHOUT NOTICE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I TREASURE MY KIDS AND I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN WHENEVER I AM ON THE FREEWAY GOING 60 OR 70 MPH AND A SEMI TRUCK RUNS INTO THE BACK OF ME WHENEVER THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. APPARENTLY GMC DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR GMC MODEL. IS IT GONG TO TAKE THE LOSS OF SOMEONE'S LIFE BEFORE THE NHTSA TAKES A STAND ON THIS ISSSUE. I HAVE SPENT OVER $2000.00 IN REPAIR BILLS AND HAVE THE SAME ISSUE JUST THIS PAST WEEK. I BELIEVE THAT GMC SHOULD ISSSUE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM AND THEY REPAIR AT THE THEIR COST.
I WAS GOING TO WORK AND NOTICE MY SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT MOVING...AND THE RMP READING WAS NOT MOVING. I CHECK WITH MY MACHANIC AND THE PRICE WAS OVER $600. TO FIX AND ALL THE CABLES HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL PUT TOGETHER. GMC KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER CABLES. WE HAVE A 94 GMC AND NO PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. *TR
WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, THE "STABILITY CONTROL DISABLED" SENSOR COMES ON FOLLOWED BY "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND MY VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THE 4-5 TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND RESTART MY CAR. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED A HUB THAT MY MECHANIC SAID WAS CAUSING A "TRACTION CONTROL" PROBLEM FROM EARLIER. I AM READING ONLINE ALL OF THE NIGHTMARES AND I UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO KEEP TRYING TO FIX AN ISSUE THAT GMC IS CLEARLY AWARE OF. I HAVE 5 KIDS AND FREQUENTLY DRIVE THEM AROUND AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT AND I THINK GMC SHOULD TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY. *TR
2004 GMC YUKON. SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS. SPEEDOMETER ERRATIC. READS UP TO 120 MILES PER HOUR AND VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH BY GPS TRACKING DEVICE. VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 85K MILES.*DT
TRACTION ACTIVE APPEARS ON DISPLAY - WHILE STOPPED AT A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR ONLY TO HAVE THE TRACTION ACTIVE LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DISPLAY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD TO LET OFF THE GAS AND THEN PRESS IT AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AT AN APPROPRIATE SPEED IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. *TR
2004 GMC YUKON XL: WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS THIS VEHICLE WILL HAVE A WARNING LIGHT COME ON THAT SAYS "REDUCED ENGINE SPEED" THEN IT SHUTS DOWN TO 30 MPH INSTANTLY. THERE IS NO TIME FOR REACTION. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. IT HAS HAPPENED OVER 50 TIMES! A FEW OF THE TIMES ALMOST RESULTED IN FATAL CONSEQUENCES IN HIGH TRAFFIC. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND THE NEXT DAY HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WAS NOW THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ASSEMBLY. REPLACED THE ASSEMBLY AND TWO DAYS LATER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.CONTACTED GMC BY PHONE AND WAS BASICALLY TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WASN'T ON THE SAFETY RECALL LIST. I REALLY NEED SOME ADVICE OR HELP BEFORE IT COSTS MY WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN THEIR LIVES! *TR
MY SPEEDOMETER STARTING GOING FROM 0 TO 100. THEN IT WAS STUCK ON 40 FOR A WHILE AND NOW IT HAS BEEN STUCK ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE RIGHT FOR OVER TWO WEEKS. THERE ARE ABOUT 95,000 MILES ON IT SO IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THE VEHICLE POWERED DOWN TAKING THE SPEED FROM 35MPH OR ABOVE TO 5-10 MILES MPH WITH OUT WARNING. THIS CONTINUOUSLY HAPPENED AS YEARS PASSED AND GM CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP NEVER FOUND WHAT'S WRONG. UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, I GOOGLED ISSUE AND FOUND ITS RELATED TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WIRING FROM PEDAL THAT LEADS TO ENGINE THROTTLE CONTROL, I CHANGED THROTTLE CONTROL PLUG TO NEW AND REPLACED ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH USED PART AND WORKED FINE FOR TWO YEARS BUT HAS NOW STARTED FAILING AGAIN. I AM AFRAID OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I COULD BE ON FREEWAY GOING 65 MPH AND IF THESE FAIL AS THEY HAVE AND ARE, I THEN SLOW DOWN TO 5-10 MPH IN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. PLEASE HELP, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS. *TR
THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED, LEAVING THE NEEDLE STUCK AT OVER 120 MPH. I NOW HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING, PUTTING MYSELF AND OTHERS AT RISK. *AK
SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. I NOTE FROM DOING A WEB SEARCH THAT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK
WHILST DRIVING ON I-10 IT WAS NOTED THE INDICATED SPEED WAS LESS THAN POSTED. I ACCELERATED , BUT THE INDICATED SPEED DID NOT INCREASE. BY THE TIME I REALIZED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING INCORRECTLY I WAS ZOOMING PAST OTHER TRAFFIC. I WAS LIKELY TRAVELING 90 MPH IN THE 70 MPH ZONE. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY UNSAFE EVENT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILURES WERE VERY COMMON IN 2003 AND 2004 GM/GMC VEHICLES, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER . HE TOLD ME IF HE HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY ONE HE REPLACED HE WOULD BE A RICH MAN. *AK
I HAVE A 2004 GMC YUKON WITH 46,000 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STARTED STICKING AT RANDOM POINTS ON THE GAUGE. SITTING STILL WITH THE KEY OFF THE SPEEDOMETER CAN READ 10, 50 OR EVEN 70 MPH. AT THE MOMENT THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE INTERMITTENT, AND I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS, AND FOUND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET TAHOE, THE SAME TRUCK AS I HAVE EXCEPT LABELED AS A CHEVROLET . A REPLACEMENT FROM GM IS MORE THAN $500, INCLUDING THEIR INSTALLATION AND RECALIBRATING. I FIND THIS TO BE VERY CONCERNING FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD TO HAVE SUCH A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *AK
TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STICKING AND REPORTED THE INCORRECT VEHICLE SPEED ON A 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. OCCASIONALLY, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN THE CITY THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AT 40 MPH. *AK
SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING. EVERYTHING WAS GOING ALONG FINE, THEN, IT JUST WENT TO PAST 120 AND STAYED THERE. IT'S NOW STUCK. *JB
SPEEDOMETER SHOWS OVER 120 MPH WHEN PARKED AND WHILE DRIVING, OIL GAUGE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY EITHER, HAPPENED RIGHT AROUND 40,000 MILES, TWO FRIENDS OF MINE PURCHASED THE 2004 ENVOY AND HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, ALL VEHICLES WERE PURCHASED FROM THE SAME DEALERSHIP JUST A FEW MONTHS APART. *AK
THE GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOP WORKING. FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER THEN THE TACHOMETER, AND NOW THE AMP METER. ON GOING PROBLEM. DEFINATELY A SAFETY CONCERN BUT NO ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. THE DEALER WANTS 600.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR IR BUT DOES NOT GUARANTEE IT WILL BE THE FIX. OTHER VEHICALS OF THIS YEAR AND MODEL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.
ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO (3000 MILES) MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO PERIODICALLY MALFUNCTION. IT WOULD BEGIN TO SHOW ACCELERATION IN EXCESS OF 120 MPH EVEN THOUGH I WOULD BE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 45 MPH. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF IT WOULD SEEM TO WORK NORMALLY. THIS PROBLEM QUICKLY DEVELOPED INTO A FULL-TIME PROBLEM. NOW WHEN MY VEHICLE IS IN PART IT MAY REGISTER FROM 70 TO 90 MPH. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GMC DEALER FOR A QUOTE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD FIXED THIS SAME PROBLEM ON A NUMBER OF YUKONS AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE ODOMETER CONTINUED TO REPRESENT CORRECT MILEAGE, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT REGISTER THE SPEED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER DID NOT INSPECT THE VEHICLE HE SUGGESTED THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER COULD NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR BECAUSE OF A LACK OF PARTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY EXPLAINED THE PARTS WERE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. *AK
THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 80 MILES PER HOUR. THE PROCESS TO FIX THE VEHICLE REQUIRES THEM TO TAKE THE PART OFF SHIP IT TO DALLAS OR HOUSTON (MIN 3 DAYS W/O VEHICLE). REPAIRERS HAVE BEEN BEHIND (MIN 1 WEEK W/O VEHICLE). ACCORDING TO MY SERVICE PROVIDER THEY HAVE 5 OTHERS WAITING FOR THE SAME TYPE OF WORKED TO BE PERFORMED. IF THERE ARE 5 PEOPLE WAITING TO HAVE THEIR SPEEDOMETER REPAIRED (AT THE SAME TIME) SOUNDS LIKE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW HOW "ONE" STICKS THEIR SPEEDOMETER. *JB
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