Other electrical problem on the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali
When other electrical problem gets reported
Owners of the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali report other electrical problem at a median of 90,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 80,000 miles and a quarter after 110,000 miles, from 8 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 85,000 miles. It is the 4th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 70,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 145,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 74,458 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68,900 miles | 79,250 miles | 89,500 miles | 110,128 miles | 143,358 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $250–$2,000 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 7 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2009, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 2007 at 90,000 miles.
By volume the 2004 carries the most reports, with 17; the 2007 has 8. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Traveling on I-75 northbound from chattanooga to knoxville, the speedometer goes to zero, car reduces speed almost to a halt. Off to the ramp at really slow speed. Check engine light comes on, and soon after the traction control light. Computer indicates: service stabilitrac - service traction control - power assist off - transmission fluid hot, idle engine. Removed the battery cable for 5 mins. Car restarts but all the lights and messages still on. Returned home (about 35 miles) with engine revving around 3500 and speed at about 50 MPH. Engine temp and oil pressure indicators ok. This was scary with 2 kids in the car! Taking it to garage tomorrow. *tr
This has now happened several times since, at no particular speed. I will be driving and all of a sudden the stabilitrak lights and traction control lights come on, and the engine begins to run very hard and will not accelerate very quickly and cannot reach full capacity. This is somewhat scary as it has happened on the highway several times, as well as just driving around my residential area, always with my kids in the car. Usually once I turn the car off and leave it for a little bit, then restart it, the lights are off except the engine light will stay on. It seems to me that many people are having the same issue with this model and that gmc should be taking this safety concern very seriously as not being able to accelerate on the freeway is definitely a huge safety issue. *tr
My driver's side electric control panel stopped working abruptly. One morning, I got into my car and immediately noticed a burning smell. I turned the car on and tried to open the window. I was unable to open either the driver's side window or the passenger's side window. Additionally, I was unable to lower the back passenger window and the power door opener was not working on the driver's side. I called my local gmc dealer and they examined the car. They told me that water got into the casing in the electrical switch control panel causing an electrical short. They also stated that this was a problem with nissan suvs and isuzu suvs and was the subject of a re-call. However, since my SUV is a yukon denali, it is not eligible to be fixed under the re-call. They took the control panel apart and showed me a small white plug inside the control panel that was burned, brown and melted on the end. They disconnected this plug and told me that it was too dangerous to operate the car with it plugged in. I told them that I do not understand why they would not repair this obvious safety hazard simply because it did not occur on an isuzu or a…
Also reported on the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali
Other body or interior problem
Airbag inflator rupture
Other engine problem
Other driver assistance problem
Liftgate, tailgate or trunk failure
Other powertrain problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 8 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other electrical problem happen on the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali?
Across 8 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 90,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 80,000 miles and a quarter after 110,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other electrical problem on the 2007 GMC Yukon Denali?
8 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 79 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed