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Every model year 2016–2027: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

12 Model years 2016–2027

51 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

2,966 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2027 Safety Signal

2017 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2027 Yukon →Which years to avoid Compare it

GMC Yukon — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — GMC Yukon · Photo: HJUdall · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Active NHTSA advisory on 5 model years of the Yukon — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every GMC Yukon model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2027	Gas Diesel	A	0	1	—	23 mpg
2026	Gas Diesel	C	3	83	★★★★★	23 mpg
2025	Gas Diesel	B	2	85	★★★★★	23 mpg
2024	Gas Diesel	B	3	181	★★★★☆	23 mpg
2023	Gas Diesel	C	4	471	★★★★☆	23 mpg
2022	Gas Diesel	D	5	358	★★★★☆	23 mpg
2021	Gas Diesel	F	14	570	★★★★☆	23 mpg
2020	Gas	D	4	84	★★★★☆	18 mpg
2019	Gas	C	3	126	★★★★☆	18 mpg
2018	Gas	D	5	130	★★★★☆	19 mpg
2017	Gas	C	3	359	★★★★☆	19 mpg
2016	Gas	D	5	518	★★★★☆	19 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2017

On the filed record so far, the 2017 is the cleanest Yukon year we hold, and the 2020 the one to check hardest. The 2020 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2017	C	0.3	40
2023	C	1.3	157
2022	D	1.2	90	1 critical
2021	F	2.8	114	1 critical
2019	C	0.4	18	Advisory
2016	D	0.5	52	Advisory
2018	D	0.6	16	Advisory
2020	D	0.7	14	Advisory

Which GMC Yukon years reported which system early

Source: NHTSA complaints, odometer at report

Earliest on the record: 2017 engine complaints at 0.95× the mileage of same-age vehicles (median 55,000 miles). Latest: 2019 engine at 2.49× (104,389 miles).

Year	Engine	Exterior Lighting	Power Train	Service Brakes	Electrical System
2024	1.41×	—	—	—	—
2023	1.18×	—	—	—	—
2022	1.31×	—	—	—	—
2021	1.5×	—	1.43×	—	—
2019	2.49×	—	—	—	—
2017	0.95×	1.72×	1.2×	1.79×	1.43×
2016	1.19×	1.18×	1.56×	1.35×	1.0×

Each cell is that model year’s median odometer when owners reported the system, divided by the median for the same system across every make’s complaints on the same model year. under 0.67× reported early; 1.5× or more late; a dash means too few readings. When problems get reported, not how often — complaint counts are in the table above. Across the whole fleet: which systems go first.

What owners filed about the GMC Yukon, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

engine problems 1,519 complaints, every model year transmission and drivetrain problems 543 complaints, every model year electrical problems 384 complaints, every model year brake problems 251 complaints, every model year fuel system problems 201 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2023: 20 → 12 EPA configurations
2021: added diesel; best combined mpg 18 → 23; 12 → 20 EPA configurations
2019: best combined mpg 19 → 18

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All Yukon head-to-heads →Which is better for you? →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2027 Yukon vs Chevrolet Traverse · Large SUV	Traverse +11.1
2027 Yukon vs Kia Telluride · Large SUV	Telluride +7.8

In the studies

Source: computed from the same record, method on each page

Odometer at first complaint · rank 72 of 79 2.15× the mileage of same-age vehicles GMC Yukon owners reported problems to NHTSA at a median 60,000 miles across 2018–2022 (fleet 23,512), later than vehicles of the same model year. 246 readings.

Common questions about the GMC Yukon

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which GMC Yukon year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2017 Yukon comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade C (79/100), 3 recalls and 359 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What GMC Yukon years should I avoid?

2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2026 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Yukon model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the GMC Yukon have?

Across model years 2016–2027, NHTSA has posted 51 recall campaigns for the GMC Yukon. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.