IllustrationNORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. MALFUNCTIONING/ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER, RESULTING IN SPEED 30 MPH OVER ACTUAL SPEED VERIFIED VIA GPS NAVIGATION. NO REPAIRS COMPLETED. *TR
2004 GMC Yukon Denali
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
More warning signs than most Yukon Denali years
Owner complaints for the 2004 GMC Yukon Denali are substantially higher than the model-year median of 32.
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
100–25K
1025–50K
2550–75K
1875–100K
22100–150K
4150K+
89 reports with mileage · 20 unknown
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Electrical System. Review the 57 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Electronic Stability Control (esc). Review the 11 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic. Review the 9 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
5 crash reports5 fire reports3 injury reports
What owners actually said
109 reportsTHE ABS TRACTION CONTROL ON MY 2004 YUKON DENALI ACTIVATES ON DRY ROADS AND NEARLY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WHILE PULLING OUT ONTO THE ROAD, THE TRACTION CONTROL KICKED IN AND CUT POWER TO THE TRUCK. I COULDN'T ACCELERATE AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR
MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR THIS FOR MODEL YEAR 2003-2006, BUT ONLY UP TO 80,000. I HAD 104,000 WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE. IT COST ME $600 TO GET THIS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A LIMIT ON …
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MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR THIS FOR MODEL YEAR 2003-2006, BUT ONLY UP TO 80,000. I HAD 104,000 WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE. IT COST ME $600 TO GET THIS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A LIMIT ON MILEAGE. NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. BY DRIVING TO SLOW, ONE CAN CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO ERRATICALLY PASS AND ZOOM BY YOU OR DRIVING TO FAST CAN CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO HURRIEDLY GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS. THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE CAUSE OF A SPEEDING TICKET I GOT BACK IN MAY 2009. IT POSSIBLY WAS ACTING UP, BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY FAIL UNTIL JULY 2009. *TR
SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILED. GM IS COVERING THE MALFUNCTION UP TO 70,000 MILES. I HAVE 80,000...IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON MALFUNCTION. GM WON'T COVER OVER 70,000 MILES. ITS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOUR SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING. *TR
FLASHING ABS LIGHT AND THEN ALTERNATING FLASHING TC (TRACTION CONTROL) LIGHT. THEN THE VEHICLE LOCKS UP THE LEFT SIDE FRONT BRAKE AND PULLS THE VEHICLE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. CAUSE BY THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILING ON THE VEHICLE. REPLACEMENT OF PART REMOVES ISSUE. *TR
IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON, THE SPEEDOMETER HANGS UP INDICATING A HIGHER SPEED THAN ACTUALLY TRAVELING. INITIALLY, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT INTERVALS GREATER THAN 6 MONTHS BUT SEEMS TO BE RECURRING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY - EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO. UPON INITIAL PROBLEM BEING NOTICED, I FOUND THAT OTHER MODEL YE…
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IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON, THE SPEEDOMETER HANGS UP INDICATING A HIGHER SPEED THAN ACTUALLY TRAVELING. INITIALLY, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT INTERVALS GREATER THAN 6 MONTHS BUT SEEMS TO BE RECURRING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY - EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO. UPON INITIAL PROBLEM BEING NOTICED, I FOUND THAT OTHER MODEL YEAR YUKONS HAD THIS ISSUE AND WERE REPAIRED, POSSIBLY UNDER RECALL BUT MY MODEL YEAR WAS EXCLUDED. *TR
2004 GMC YUKON DENALI - TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGE COMES ON AFTER A STOP WHEN YOU START TO GO AGAIN AND IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO GO. THE VEHICLE STARTED DOING THIS ABOUT 20K. WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE BUT COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS DUE TO NO CODE IN THE COMPUTER. FINALLY AT 47K WE …
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2004 GMC YUKON DENALI - TRACTION CONTROL MESSAGE COMES ON AFTER A STOP WHEN YOU START TO GO AGAIN AND IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO GO. THE VEHICLE STARTED DOING THIS ABOUT 20K. WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE BUT COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS DUE TO NO CODE IN THE COMPUTER. FINALLY AT 47K WE TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND MADE THE DEALERSHIP RIDE WITH US AND THE TRUCK DID THIS, THEY REPLACED A SENSOR BUT NOW WE ARE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NEVER HAD BEFORE, THE ABS LIGHT IS COMING ON, SERVICE STABILITY LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT COME ON. I CAN'T BELIEVE AFTER ALL THIS TIME THEY CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, IT IS GETTING VERY COSTLY HAVING THE TRUCK IN EVERY FEW WEEKS. *TR
THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER. THE SPEEDO SEEMS TO STICK AND READS INCORRECTLY. IT HAPPENS DAILY AND HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. *TR
2004 GMC YUKON DENALI: SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT WORK; AUTO HAS 61,750 MILES. SAFETY HAZARD WHICH SHOULD BE A RECALL CORRECTION BY GM. *TR
WE PURCHASED OUR GMC DENALI USED IN JULY 2007. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR I NOTICED SOMETIMES THAT WHEN I WOULD LOOK AT THE SPEEDOMETER IT WOULD SAY THAT I WAS DOING ABOUT 40 MPH, WHEN I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOING THAT SPEED. I WAS KEEPING UP WITH TRAFFIC WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT AND THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 55MPH. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I NOT…
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WE PURCHASED OUR GMC DENALI USED IN JULY 2007. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR I NOTICED SOMETIMES THAT WHEN I WOULD LOOK AT THE SPEEDOMETER IT WOULD SAY THAT I WAS DOING ABOUT 40 MPH, WHEN I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOING THAT SPEED. I WAS KEEPING UP WITH TRAFFIC WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT AND THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 55MPH. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I NOTICED THAT THE SPEED ODOMETER WOULD SAY I WAS NOT MOVING AT ALL THAT MY SPEED WAS 0, AND I WOULD BE DRIVING AT THE TIME. THEN IN JULY OF THIS YEAR WE WERE COMING BACK FROM A FAMILY DAY TRIP AND WE WERE PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING. THE OFFICER INFORMED US THAT WE WERE GOING ABOUT 55 WHEN THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 40. ACCORDING TO THE SPEED ODOMETER WE WERE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. NOW WHEN I DRIVE THE VEHICLE I AM EITHER GO NO SPEED AT ALL OR THE SPEED ODOMETER STARTS GOING CRAZY OR GETS STUCK AT 40MPH. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINE ANY RECALL ON THIS MATTER. *TR
Official recalls
0No recalls in this snapshot.
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NHTSA investigations
0No exact-year investigations in this snapshot.