2023 GMC Yukon XL Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 1%of 226 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 1,100miles
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the air bags of the 2023 GMC Yukon XL, 1% of the 226 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 1,100 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“While driving in a gravel driveway, the window curtain airbags and the middle console airbags deployed, with no collision what so ever causing injury to the driver and should you have a child this could have been very damaging as the airbags came out in all the way back through the vehicle. …”
NHTSA complaint #11508711, filed 2023-02“The contact owns a 2023 GMC Yukon XL. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the Service SRS” message was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed that there was a failure with the passenger safety restraint system; however, the remedy for the repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the vehicle was not repaired, and that the safety restraint system was reset. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, and a case was opened. The approximate failure mileage was 1,100.”
NHTSA complaint #11508701, filed 2023-02, 1,100 milesRelated service bulletins
- 11019755Apr 29, 2025This service bulletin provides information on the restraint warning lamp being illuminated and the correction to this by replacing the passenger presence module.
Air bags: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 2% |
| 2021 | 4 | 2% |
| 2020 | 1 | 2% |
| 2019 | 3 | 4% |
| 2018 | 2 | 4% |
| 2017 | 4 | 3% |
| 2016 | 3 | 1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0% |
| 2014 | 2 | 18% |
| 2013 | 5 | 23% |
| 2012 | 5 | 38% |
| 2011 | 21 | 45% |
| 2010 | 15 | 54% |
| 2009 | 10 | 43% |
| 2008 | 42 | 61% |
| 2007 | 58 | 60% |
| 2005 | 2 | 5% |
| 2004 | 5 | 6% |
| 2003 | 2 | 2% |
| 2002 | 2 | 2% |
| 2001 | 1 | 1% |
| 2000 | 3 | 4% |
Other parts of the 2023 GMC Yukon XL
154 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
39 complaintsElectrical system
36 complaintsFuel system
21 complaintsOther or unknown
20 complaintsEngine cooling
11 complaintsBrakes
10 complaintsForward collision avoidance
9 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
8 complaintsVehicle speed control
7 complaintsSteering
4 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2023 GMC Yukon XL
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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