2017 GMC Yukon XL Exterior lighting Problems

“Rear passengers brake light flickers off and on causing a safety risk while driving. Previous years of same make and model are having same issues causing a shortage in $400-800 replacement of tail light assembly. Rather, Gmc should recall and correct the original manufacturing quality to begin with.”

“Intermittent failure of one brake light while moving. Vehicle has only 38000 miles. This appears to be a common complaint (judging by car forums). I understand Gmc makes an improved version of this assembly. Given the potential safety issue, this should be a recall.”

“Right tail/brake light has intermediate problem. Advised dealership, they hit the light with hand and it flashed. Gmc is aware that this is a problem. No detection from any of the sensors advising there is a problem with the tail/brake light. This is obviously an issue with Gmc yukons wherein there is a broken wire in the light itself and it is a full unit that cost approximately $650.00. Prince dealership did not even advise that there is a recall on my vehicle at the time of checking the tail/brake light was warranted.”

“Right rear taillights stopped working. Unit is sealed and whole assembly must be replaced, at great expense. This appears to be a common problem but GM will not fix.”

“Taillight failure: the failure of LED light is a direct result of the alloy base circuit used to maintain continuity. The alloy's inability to expand and contract due to the current design, causes failure of the product. Evident by the videos of repairs online. The alloy is breaking, interrupting the current from maintaining continuity resulting in failure. This is a manufacturing defect where the product should have had expansion and contraction points on such a part to prevent premature failure. The light is nonrepairable without breaching the permanently sealed shell.”