NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 GMC Yukon Recalls
The 2002 GMC Yukon has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 29, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 GMC Yukon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 158
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 GMC Yukon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 GMC Yukon
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 2000–2001 Yukon, 6 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 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 2000–2001 Yukon, 3 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 Yukon, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2006 Yukon, 14 other models
2002 GMC Yukon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 158 owner complaints about the 2002 GMC Yukon, the newest on August 14, 2025. Of these, 15 describe a crash (9%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 GMC Yukon, the component group named most often is the service brakes (23%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (22%) and the air bags (7%).
1 of the 2002 GMC Yukon's 5 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 GMC Yukon owners gave the mileage (107 complaints), the median was 79,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes37
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic35
- Air Bags11
- Electrical System10
- Power Train10
- Seat Belts7
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17 | |
| 2003 | 21 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 30 | |
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 GMC Yukon peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 30. 48% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 GMC Yukon drew 1.0× the complaints of the median GMC Yukon year in the same window: 8th highest of the 17 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 158 complaints about the 2002 GMC Yukon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Yukon by model year
Other 2002 GMC models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted