2010 GMC Yukon Denali

Typical pattern

1.3% of complaints about the 2010 GMC Yukon Denali came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2010 vehicle — around the middle of the 203 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 6.7 yr in service. The most-reported system is other (28 complaints), typically at 6.7 yr or about 81,235 miles.

Complaints: 75
Median age at failure: 6.7 yr
Median mileage: 71,000 n=56
Crash / fire / tow: 2.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Air bags 64,000 mi 4.7 yr in service

DISCOVERED A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD AT AIRBAG. CAR IS GARAGED AND PARKED IN COVERED PARKING AT WORK. SINCE MAY, 2 ADDITIONAL CRACKS HAVE BECOME APPARENT. *TR

Air bags mileage not reported 5.3 yr in service

CRACKED DASH. STARTED SMALL AND HAVE ENDED UP WITH A HOLE OVER THE STEERING WHEEL.

Air bags 49,522 mi 2.3 yr in service

I PURCHASED A 2010 YUKON DENALI AND THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. IT STARTED AS A SMALL CRACK THAT WAS BARELY NOTICED AND IS NOW A LARGE CRACK ACROSS THE DASH BETWEEN THE AIR VENTS. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME DEFECT IN YUKON MODELS MANUFACTURED SINCE 2010. THIS IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS IF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY AND THE DASH COMES OFF IN SEVERAL SHARP PIECES AS SHOWN IN THE TAKATA RECALL ISSUE.

Other mileage not reported 4.8 yr in service

I PURCHASED A 2010 YUKON DENALI AND THE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING. IT STARTED AS A SMALL CRACK THAT WAS BARELY NOTICED AND IS NOW A LARGE CRACK ACROSS THE DASH BETWEEN THE AIR VENTS. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMERS ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME DEFECT IN YUKON MODELS MANUFACTURED SINCE 2010. THIS IS POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS IF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY AND THE DASH COMES OFF IN SEVERAL SHARP PIECES AS SHOWN IN THE TAKATA RECALL ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CHROME ACCENT ON MY DOOR HANDLES ARE PEELING OFF AND EVEN CUT THE HAND OF ONE OF MY PASSENGERS.

Other Yukon Denali model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2010 GMC Yukon Denali

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Yukon Denali model years

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