NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 GMC Yukon Recalls
The 2001 GMC Yukon has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 7, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 GMC Yukon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 197
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 GMC Yukon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2001 GMC Yukon
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 07V521000
- Reported
- November 7, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,974
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 05V379000
- Reported
- August 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,353,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Yukon, 6 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Yukon, 9 other models
Seats: front assembly: head restraint
- Campaign
- 02V253000
- Reported
- September 17, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 558,904
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Yukon, 3 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 01V159000
- Reported
- May 17, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,196
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 00V343000
- Reported
- October 25, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,659
- Risk NHTSA names
- death
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Yukon, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2005 Yukon, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2006 Yukon, 14 other models
2001 GMC Yukon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 197 owner complaints about the 2001 GMC Yukon, the newest on November 18, 2025. Of these, 23 describe a crash (12%); owners reported 14 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2001 GMC Yukon, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (29%), followed by the service brakes (12%) and the air bags (9%).
1 of the 2001 GMC Yukon's 8 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2001 GMC Yukon owners gave the mileage (108 complaints), the median was 69,999 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic57
- Service Brakes23
- Air Bags18
- Electrical System17
- Tires17
- Seat Belts15
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 27 | |
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 17 | |
| 2004 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 31 | |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 GMC Yukon peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 31. 48% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 GMC Yukon drew 1.3× the complaints of the median GMC Yukon year in the same window: 5th highest of the 17 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 197 complaints about the 2001 GMC Yukon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Yukon by model year
Other 2001 GMC models
Newest record on this page: November 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted