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2015 GMC Yukon XL brakes problems

The 2015 GMC Yukon XL has 64 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 16% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

64

Brakes complaints

16%

Share of year

5

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

Yukon XL brakes complaints by model year77 complaints1999: 3 complaints2000: 32 complaints2001: 77 complaints2002: 38 complaints2003: 22 complaints2004: 14 complaints2005: 8 complaints2006: 5 complaints2007: 2 complaints2008: 1 complaints2012: 1 complaints2013: 1 complaints2014: 2 complaints2015: 64 complaints2016: 41 complaints2017: 24 complaints2018: 10 complaints2019: 5 complaints2020: 3 complaints2021: 6 complaints2022: 3 complaints2023: 9 complaints2024: 1 complaints2025: 5 complaints
Yukon XL brakes complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“WIFE AND THREE KIDS IN VEHICLE, STOPS ON HILL SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. GOES BACKWARDS DOWN HILL FLIPS OVER LANDS ON ROOF. NO INJURIES THANK GOD! VEHICLE HAD BEEN BACK FOR TRANSMISSION RECALL TWICE, THE LAST TIME THEY SAID THEY HAD TO WAIT FOR PARTS... MIND YOU THE VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW.…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · September 4, 2015 · crash

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 2015 GMC Yukon XL have?

NHTSA has 64 complaints about the 2015 GMC Yukon XL brakes — 16% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.