NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 GMC Yukon Recalls
The 2003 GMC Yukon has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 22, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 GMC Yukon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 204
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 GMC Yukon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2003 GMC Yukon
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Yukon, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 04V045000
- Reported
- February 4, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68,875
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Yukon, 11 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 03V094000
- Reported
- March 7, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Yukon, 9 other models
Structure: body: door: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 03V037000
- Reported
- February 6, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 214, side impact protection
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Yukon, 14 other models
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 07E106000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2006 Yukon, 14 other models
2003 GMC Yukon complaints by year
NHTSA has received 204 owner complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon, the newest on May 2, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon, the component group named most often is the electrical system (26%), followed by the service brakes (20%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (9%).
1 of the 2003 GMC Yukon's 6 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2003 GMC Yukon owners gave the mileage (159 complaints), the median was 76,888 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System53
- Service Brakes40
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic18
- Vehicle Speed Control13
- Engine12
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 | |
| 2004 | 21 | |
| 2005 | 17 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 22 | |
| 2008 | 14 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 22. 34% 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 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median GMC Yukon year in the same window: 7th highest of the 17 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 204 complaints about the 2003 GMC Yukon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Yukon by model year
Other 2003 GMC models
Newest record on this page: May 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted