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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2010 GMC Yukon Recalls

The 2010 GMC Yukon has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 GMC Yukon. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
4

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
105

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
1

2 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2010 GMC Yukon, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

4 recalls on the 2010 GMC Yukon

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
21V050000
Reported
February 5, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 2,641,272
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2007–2009, 2011 Yukon, 13 other models

21V050000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
21V053000
Reported
February 5, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 692,526
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2009, 2013 Yukon, 13 other models

21V053000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
21V054000
Reported
February 5, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 1,778,128
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
Same campaign
also 2011–2014 Yukon, 11 other models

21V054000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment

Campaign
10E043000
Risk NHTSA names
injury
Same campaign
also 10 other models

10E043000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2010 GMC Yukon complaints by year

NHTSA has received 105 owner complaints about the 2010 GMC Yukon, the newest on October 8, 2025. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.

In complaints about the 2010 GMC Yukon, the component group named most often is the air bags (50%), followed by the structure (25%) and the engine (8%).

3 of the 2010 GMC Yukon's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2010 GMC Yukon owners gave the mileage (64 complaints), the median was 75,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags53
  • Unknown Or Other38
  • Structure26
  • Engine8
  • Electrical System3
  • Power Train3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2010 GMC Yukon received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20111
20121
20133
20146
201512
201625
201723
20187
20197
20205
20217
20222
20233
20241
20252

Complaints about the 2010 GMC Yukon peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 25. 5% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.

NHTSA crash-test stars

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

The 105 complaints about the 2010 GMC Yukon are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

GMC Yukon by model year

Other 2010 GMC models

Newest record on this page: October 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted