Other body or interior problem on the 2009 GMC Yukon Denali
When other body or interior problem gets reported
Owners of the 2009 GMC Yukon Denali report other body or interior problem at a median of 75,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 65,000 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles, from 12 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 1st most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 55,000 miles at the tenth percentile to 110,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 53,500 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
Reports bunched into a band this tight usually mean the component has a life of its own: it goes at roughly the same mileage regardless of who owns it.
0% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55,500 miles | 63,750 miles | 75,000 miles | 98,500 miles | 109,000 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 $200–$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 11 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2008, at a median of 50,000 miles, and latest on the 2003 at 135,000 miles.
By volume the 2007 carries the most reports, with 28; the 2009 has 14. 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 yukon denali. The contact stated the vehicle would independently lock and once the vehicle was locked, the contact was unable to open any of the doors with the keyless entry or manually. The contact would then call a towing company to come and unlock the vehicle. In addition, the rear door hatch would open and close independently. The vehicle was taken to the deale where the dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 gmc yukon denali. The contact stated that the vehicle locks were not operating. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the door sensors were defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no other assistance. The failure mileage was 49,928. And the current mileage was 49,992.
The dash where the passenger airbag and above the instrument panel cracked. When I was searching to find a repair shop near me, I came across several blogs (http://repairpal.com/the-upper-dash-may-crack-554 and http://www.carcomplaints.com/gmc/yukon/2009/accessories-interior/cracked_dashboard.shtml) many people complaining of the exact cracks. When I called gmc they explained any recall has to be processed through this association, which I certainly wasn't aware of, and I do not think the other people were either because it's an approximately $1,600 repair at the dealership, and people have paid it. I really think this is an issue that should be rectified through gmc, so if this one complaint is not enough, please give me an opportunity to find others with the same issue to file a complaint as well. Thank you! *tr
Also reported on the 2009 GMC Yukon Denali
Airbag inflator rupture
Steering column or shaft failure
Other electrical problem
Instrument cluster or gauge failure
Fuel pump failure
Seat belt or retractor failure
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 14 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 body or interior problem happen on the 2009 GMC Yukon Denali?
Across 12 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 75,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 65,000 miles and a quarter after 100,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other body or interior problem on the 2009 GMC Yukon Denali?
14 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 139 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