2025 GMC Yukon XL

Too new to assess

The 2025 GMC Yukon XL is too new for this measure. Almost every complaint about a vehicle this recent is a first-year complaint, because that is all the service life there has been, so the figure cannot separate a genuine early defect from simple youth. The complaint counts, systems and recalls below still stand on their own. The most-reported system is engine (15 complaints), typically at 1.5 yr or about 16,184 miles.

Complaints: 43
Median age at failure: 1.2 yr
Median mileage: 55,000 n=2
Crash / fire / tow: 4.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 1

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

26V304000 2026-05-14

Wheels:hub

General Motors, LLC is recalling certain 2025–2026 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban 1500, Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Yukon XL vehicles with 24-inch wheels. Incorrect bolts may have been installed on the left and right front wheel hubs, which can result in the bolts loosening or deforming over time.

A bolt that loosens or breaks during vehicle operation can result in loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

In owners’ own words

Engine mileage not reported 6 mo in service

We purchased the 2025 GMC Yukon XL on February 26, 2025. While I was heading out on March 24, 2025 I had a total engine failure. No warning sign or warning lamps were present. We had the vehicle towed to Hurd Auto Mall in Johnston Rhode Island where we purchased it. We were told that the engine had seized with only 1,488 miles on it. We saw that over 870,000 GMC engines from 2021-2024 had this same issue and/or have been recalled. We are curious if the 2025 model also have this problem.

Engine mileage not reported 1.5 yr in service

Engine failed, no check engine lights turned on. Needed to have the truck towed to a dealer

Engine mileage not reported 1.5 yr in service

Im hearing ticking sounds when starting the engine and I reported it to my dealership service department and thay said thay don't see any issue

Other Yukon XL 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.

2025 GMC Yukon XL

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Yukon XL model years

How to read this