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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2003 GMC Yukon Denali Recalls

The 2003 GMC Yukon Denali has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 GMC Yukon Denali. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
72

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
6

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2003 GMC Yukon Denali, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali

Exterior lighting: headlights

Campaign
06E025000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2002 Yukon Denali, 5 other models

06E025000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2003 GMC Yukon Denali complaints by year

NHTSA has received 72 owner complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali, the newest on November 27, 2018. Of these, 6 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.

In complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the service brakes (14%) and the engine (11%).

The 2003 GMC Yukon Denali's only recall does not concern the electrical system.

Where 2003 GMC Yukon Denali owners gave the mileage (58 complaints), the median was 92,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System25
  • Service Brakes10
  • Engine8
  • Electronic Stability Control (Esc)7
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic7
  • Vehicle Speed Control5

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20033
20048
20051
20063
20079
20083
20093
20104
20117
20126
201310
20146
20152
20161
20172
20184

Complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 10. 21% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali drew 0.9× the complaints of the median GMC Yukon Denali year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.

That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured GMC Yukon Denali years.

GMC Yukon Denali years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Rollover: 3/5

The 72 complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon Denali are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

GMC Yukon Denali by model year

Other 2003 GMC models

Newest record on this page: November 27, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted