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Can a $30 Fix Repair an $800 Estimate Fixing Defective GMC Yukon LED Tail Light / Brake Light

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Last week I got pulled over by a very friendly police officer letting me know that I had a taillight out on our 3 year old 2016 GMC Yukon XL Denali. We took it to the dealer to fix and they came back with a $800 estimate. I searched the internet to find a ton of others with the same problem. Apparently GMC had a safety defect on these but hasn't recalled them. I found a RU-vid video on how one person had fixed theirs but still had some questions ( I will link to it below). So I set out to fix ours and avoid the $800 bill. The repair was not too difficult but you will need some tools and a little bit of mechanical know how.
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@joetaylor1369 3 года назад

I think everyone who is experiencing this issue should contact NHTSA and file a complaint against GM. This is 100 % a safety issue and GM should be held responsible to fix every vehicle they have sold. They are lying thru their teeth to say they have not seen any issues and they need to be made accountable. I am a former gm service manager and can tell you the words lawsuit, class action and safety issue will make them take notice.

@melissacooper3358 Год назад

I have a 17 and have had more issues with it than any other vehicle ive had thay are junk

@garryzollman1532 5 лет назад

Thank you for showing how to do this. Mostly where the breaks occur. Fixed my wife’s Yukon in 20 minutes. Much better than $800 light Glad you shared. GZ

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

No problem grad it helped. I keep thinking any day now I will get the recall on it from them but not yet.

@timtalkstrash 5 лет назад

I did this repair as you showed. Perfect. Also, a narrow blade putty knife heated up is an ideal plastic cutter, very accurate. I sealed the light housing back up with "liquid black tape" out of a bottle with brush, very easy. That rubberized dip for plyers handles would work just as well. Thanks for your tireless research. GMC, shame on you. Total garbage and the ripoff cost of replacements just makes me wander further away from Detroit USA products and into the waiting arms of the Asian manufacturers. Sad.

@judsondevon1582 3 года назад

Instablaster

@tcgrizz59 2 года назад

Tail light just blew on my 2018 Sierra 1500 SLT. $750 for the OEM part.

@leehancock2782 2 года назад

GM strikes again.

@JJS_NINERS 5 лет назад

Man I’ve had to redo mine at least 3-4 times already. I’ve done just solder and a wire (like yours). Emailed back and forth with GMC, and they said they haven’t got much complaints about these taillights. 😡. I agree I think it’s ridiculous that their “professional grade” is pretty low grade, especially given the cash we dish out to buy these vehicles. And they won’t even recall this part, so frustrating.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Yeah I just tried again two weeks ago no recall and these are definitely a safety hazard. Probably needs to be a lawsuit at some point to get them to do the right thing.

@leehancock2782 2 года назад

Oh they know, just like the ignition switches in the 2000's and the ac evaporator in these same trucks

@jorgenavarro2146 3 года назад

This video is much appreciated! I paid about $80 for all materials but much better than $800. Thank you!

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Glad it helped

@NibNumbly Год назад

Thanks so much for the Vid. Mine was broken in 2 places. Also, the back of the unit is made of ABS, so you can use "Oateys Medium Black ABS Cement" to glue the access points back in.

@NewtTech Год назад

Thanks the hot glue was a mess

@tmannos6796 4 года назад

GOOD NEWS! Cheverolet and GMC Motors is completely aware of this and they now have a Safety Bulletin on this and will repair for FREE! I have a 2016 Yukon with drivers side brake out. After searching the internet I found the Safety Recall letter sent out to all dealers. When I called the dealer said they couldn't find and knew nothing about the Safety Recall.(They wanted $800) It's technically not a recall but a Safety Bulletin. They miraculously found it repaired it in ten minutes for FREE.

@NewtTech 4 года назад

You are lucky it has a mile limit on it that looks strategically designed to exclude most normal use vehicles

@tmannos6796 4 года назад

@@NewtTech Bulletin states 5 years 72000 miles.

@shawnhicks619 Год назад

I just bought a new to me 2015 Yukon xl Denali. Didn’t even make it home from the dealer I bought it from before passenger side failed. By the time I moved it over to my shop the drivers side had failed. Luckily I was aware of the issue before buying, the officer that pulled me over was just letting me know it was out because it was obvious from the temp tag I bought it that day, and I was already planning to preemptively repair them. One thing I personally did was I noticed a hole that the metal located into the plastic piece I cut out so I carefully drilled a second hole on the opposite side of the break. Then i roughed up the metal with a jewelers file and cleaned with 91% alcohol. Then I used a piece of copper wire that was inserted into the 2 holes and located along the narrow strip and soldered the entire piece of copper wire to the metal. I used a pretty good wattage solder iron and appears to have a nice strong bond. Hopefully it’s reinforced enough that it won’t break again at least for a good long while. I also used copious amounts of hot glue to seal mine back up with the thought I may need to do the repair again and would easily be reopened. I’ve seen silicone and other adhesives used but I’m confident hot glue will be sufficient.

@NewtTech Год назад

Good improvement the hole will keep it from failing there again there are two spots on each light designed to break so you may have to fix the other spot the same way and you should be done.

@shawnhicks619 Год назад

@@NewtTech did both tail lights I. Both spots

@NewtTech Год назад

@@shawnhicks619 smarter than me I did 3 spots and had to take it off again and do the 4th 😂

@shawnhicks619 Год назад

@@NewtTech well knowing the each taillight had 2 failure points going in to the purchase I already had planned the repair regardless of if they were already broken or not. While it’s not that difficult to remove the tail lights having prior experience with common failure items in other facets of work and life it seemed prudent to just make all the repairs/reinforcements to start with. So anyone reading this take heed that if you do remove the tail light to make a repair take the extra time to do both. You might be doing it again. Jason just reaffirmed my decision to do both repairs needed or not. Finally it appears my me that gm could have reinforced those sections pretty easily and effectively once the issue was known. And once the updated process was instituted would be a marginal increase in the overall part. Given the amount of these vehicles equipped with these tail lights it’s quite surprising they did nothing. I can’t think it’s cheaper to get sued over this. But perhaps this is a window into the future of manufacturing as a whole. It seems more and more the simplest things are under engineered with an eye twards replacement. Given the fairly high cost of replacement we are lucky to be able to repair them with minimal skill. I grew up in an era when you repaired things so I always try to figure out a way to fix anything that breaks. It’s about 50/50 in my experience. Sometimes the inability to repair something is due to cost or parts to repair, which isn’t the case with these. It literally cost me time as I already owned everything required for the repair, and even if I didn’t would be cheap.

@iksplizit 5 лет назад

This is an awesome video. I just started having this issue and was told that I would have to replace the whole light. Glad I found your video, as this is what I'm doing this weekend.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Glad I could help the way I thought about it was it's better than paying 800 dollars worse case I mess it up and still have to pay the 800

@iksplizit 5 лет назад

@@NewtTech that is my logic as well.

@nsgtr753 Год назад

This unfortunately is not a permanent repair, I did this to mine about 8 months ago and they went out again. I bought a rebuilt pair off eBay from a seller called Taillight Rescue, they fix them correctly with a board overlay correcting the failure issue permanently. One less thing I need to worry about on my Yukon

@NewtTech Год назад

How much were those? We have been fortunate I had one pop off once and soldered it again using a wire other than that they have held. The best way to fix this is to use the correct thickness of metal for the runner all the way around or directly wire each light. This appears to be planned obsolescence it was designed to go out so you would have to pay for replacement parts. This issue for GM is their engineers are so bad they can't even do that right. The whole truck is riddled with kidner grade engineering. The brakes, suspension, transmission, engine springs, brakes and external seals for things like the GPS are all designed either too small or under weight for such a large vehicle. They have lost so many customers by not backing these issues up and fixing them. The only thing saving them is the outside appearance they have that down. We now own a Ram 1500 and Ford SUV and neither one has been in the shop or broke down and left us stranded yet. By now the Denali had 3 times. My advice is fix it and get rid of it

@charlieblessington9888 5 лет назад

I have a 2004 Yukon XL SLT, bought it brand new in 2004 and it have had very few problems over the past 15 years using it as my daily driver.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

I think the older big SUV are.very reliable these newer platform ones are for the birds

@jremeee2011 4 года назад

As the old saying goes. “Nothings made like it used to be.”

@kindrar5301 5 лет назад

We have a 2015 and my passenger side tail light is out but works if we tap it. Also, you wanted to know what we thought of the vehicle... it’s been to the shop twice for transmission issues and needs to go back. It jerks all over the road... jumps forward when I ease into a stop and hesitates to go into reverse. Then when it does engage into reverse it jerks hard. Total disappointment. Waited years to have a vehicle of this class and my 2011 Nissan Pathfinder shifts smoother and hasn’t been in the shop as much! It has like 124,000 miles as well. We have also had a piece of trim by the door fall off. And my GPS antennae has water intrusion due to their faulty part/design and they want to charge $500 to put the exact same faulty part back on. It’s been a mess to say the least! Thanks for sharing the video. Saves us money and we appreciate it!

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Ours did the same thing as well we finally got a dealer that found a SB on it that said the wrong fluid was used in the transfer case after they flushed and replaced it, it has been better not great but better. Our light started that way and eventually failed completely. Our second tail light just started to do the same so it is on my list now. Glad it helped

@RubenGarcia-yo4ri 2 года назад

Thank you very much, yes they were cracked and i got the problem fixed thanks to your video.

@savage7992 5 лет назад

My 2015 GMC Yukon slt had the same problem. My two tail lights went out. Thank god my warranty covered it.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Ours was out of warranty by like 8k miles wish they would recall them and fix them for everyone before someone gets in a bad wreck

@savage7992 5 лет назад

Jason Newton I totally agree. I’ve had my two tail lights, my front headlight and my AC condenser fixed under warranty.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

@@savage7992 vehicles this expensive shouldn't have all these problems with quality

@savage7992 5 лет назад

Jason Newton exactly. That’s what the mechanic told me.

@timtalkstrash 5 лет назад

Besides benefitting from this excellent repair as shown, nice job mesmerizing everyone into submission with your hypnotic psychedelic lights. I hear and I obey...

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Funny glad it worked that was our new PC build with all the lights

@williefufu2985 Год назад

Sticking it to the man $$$$$$$$$

@cbader98 5 лет назад

I agree with you 100 percent. Next to the 99 Dodge Ram we had this auto has been a huge lemon. Transmission problems, a/c problems, and not the brake lights!!! Will not own another EVER!!!

@Guillotines_For_Globalists 4 года назад

What problems have you had with the AC and transmission? What else?

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

I would like to thank those of you that Subscribed to our channel after watching this video we really appreciate it.

@bnrz28 3 года назад

Had a 2003 Tahoe with over 200k miles as a daily had very minimal problems. Traded it for this 2015 and now have this brake light/ turn signal issues. Have had to put a condensor as well. They seem cheaply made now days 🤦‍♂️ but they jack up the price through the roof

@erichnl1 5 лет назад

Did this a couple of months ago on my passenger side taillight, now my driver side is failing.. the way I did it to cut the plastic I melted it with a cheap solder gun the one that looks like a test light, works pretty good

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

How did you seal it up afterwards. I missed a small hole in the corner it looks like so I have to pull it back off but now the second one went out so I get to do it again

@erichnl1 5 лет назад

@@NewtTech I kinda melted the plastic piece together with the same solder. Wherever I needed more I used a black tie wrap and melted it onto it.. didn't look very neat but I think it was sealed properly. I held it up towards a light and could see where I missed a spot till I couldn't see anymore red from the back side

@devonwilson7958 4 года назад

These lights were designed to fail

@NewtTech 4 года назад

I agree it looks like it was on purpose to me too

@jremeee2011 4 года назад

As all of GM stuff is nowadays. Every since the bail out. Look at the AFM lifter failures.

@kaaffiliate1491 5 лет назад

Awesome! Will do this tomorrow.

@StephenBlacktampa 2 месяца назад

Amazon has 90 dollar replacement lights now (finally).

@NewtTech 2 месяца назад

That is good this whole thing was ridiculous the quality of that SUV was a 0

@oheyjennymay1699 4 года назад

My back left just went out so going to try this. I’ve had a ton of issues with my Denali (her name is Black Denalia). This car has been such a drama queen. My tv recently stopped working and they say I have to replace the whole unit. My touch screen is glitching and has a delay when I swipe or tap sometimes. Wireless phone charger isn’t working. Half the USB ports aren’t working. Lurches forward when I’m braking occasionally. I’m about to be on my third set of brakes. The rubber trim by both my back tires on the inside both pop off anytime I take it through the wash. The top drivers side roof rail thing flew off while I was on the highway, lane assist randomly doesn’t work, and my GPS doesn’t show the direction I’m heading, and says I’m somewhere in Mexico every time I pull it up...only I live in the Dallas, TX area. 🤦🏼‍♀️ That’s just what I can think of off the top of my head that’s recent. GMC can eat a bag of dicks for charging that much for a car that everything breaks on, and when it does, it’s always damn near a mortgage payment by the time you leave the shop. This was my dream car. I drove a chevy Cruze (Name was Nugget) for five years before I got this car, and not one damn thing went wrong with it the whole time. Starting to miss that Nugget lol.

@NewtTech 4 года назад

We fill the same way if you are under 75k they are fixing the break lights now at least enough of us complained

@oheyjennymay1699 4 года назад

Jason Newton I got mine working again! I’m almost to the 100k mark. I live in the Suburbs of Dallas, and all four of the kids’ have stuff going on constantly, and everything here is so spread out, lol. Between drop offs and pick ups and football, we basically live in my car during the school year 😂

@NewtTech 4 года назад

Sounds like ours we are in the same area and had the same problem

@41696newt 5 лет назад

Thanks babe! Cherry and I are back on the road!!!

@matthew1992ya 3 года назад

I wasn't already working for Toyota I would work at GM cuz you will always have work there

@MrBaBaLaBa13 3 года назад

I assume these and the Sierra lights have that same issue? Mine has started acting up and am gonna try this out on it hopefully this weekend.

@arelylopez4721 4 года назад

Thank you so much!!! I did it and work again!!! Thanks 🙏🏼!

@NewtTech 4 года назад

That's great to hear glad I could help

@joearuba5970 3 года назад

Well Done ! Thank you Sir !

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Glad it helped

@iluminalighting_8316 5 лет назад

Did the repair on the same side, now the turn signals wont light up.. any idea what it would be?

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

The only thing I can think of is you may have got a solder joint too hot and disconnected the turn signal I would go back in and look to see if you see a disconnect there and try to resolder it.

@quuipo76 4 года назад

What happened to just change break light bulb? I’m so disappointed that I might not buy a American vehicle anymore!!

@NewtTech 4 года назад

It is truly ridiculous I thought they were kidding when they told me the price

@abrahamogbatsiyon6591 3 года назад

I was in shock when they say $ 811.00 dollars.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Here is a link to the video I watched, I subscribed to Corey's site as well to thank him for the info. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NNlDjPyMdZc.html

@complimentarycontemplation1873 3 года назад

A great car. My wife has one. Except in my estimation it’s got too many bells and whistles. Incredibly irritating to be bled to death financially. Life is too short.

@supersport1625 3 года назад

Thank you!

@johnwick7189 4 года назад

Blessings brother 💯👍

@kaaffiliate1491 5 лет назад

I did it exactly like you said and it worked perfectly, until I glued the plastic pieces back on and the glue was a little more runny than I expected. It jacked it up and now I don’t know what to do to get it back. Any good advice?

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

What happened the plastic fell through or something else

@TakingShapeCreations 5 лет назад

I think you should have covered the hole with black tape first, then use the glue gun to glue over the tape. That way, no glue can enter the housing.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

@@TakingShapeCreations good suggestion I need to do my other one I am going to try that out should make it easier

@TakingShapeCreations 5 лет назад

@@NewtTech I have the same issue on my 2010 Toyota Vitz, called Yaris in the US 🇺🇸. The passenger side brake led lights would just dim then work like normal again. They don't go completely out so I was researching ways to fix it then I stumbled upon this video. Glad I can help man.

@charlestappa59 3 года назад

I"ve replaced the tail lights twice on my 2015, Every new car I've ever purchased has been from GM. i'll never buy a GM car again after the terrible reliability and worse customer service from GM. Shame on you Mary Barra You and GM have FAILED and are losing many life long customers

@NewtTech 3 года назад

I feel the same way never again

@MrBrettly1990 Год назад

Can any one tell me what color the ground wire is on my gmc Sierra pick up truck with led factory lights i m installing new after market lights and had to cut the led bung off I have black wire .green wire . Red wire. Brown wire . Its a gmc all terrain 1500

@Dat901kid 2 месяца назад

This worked for one of my tail lights. The other only has brake lights working now; still no parking light. Any idea what’s wrong?

@NewtTech 2 месяца назад

One of the two areas didn’t take well

@NewtTech 2 месяца назад

You might try using flux

@elvr6557 2 года назад

Hi, mine light comes on one day and then doesn't work the next day, its weird. Do you think it has to do with the same problem. Should I do the same kind of repair?. Thanks great video btw.

@NewtTech 2 года назад

Yes that is how it starts the two pieces are cracked on yours soon it will quit.completely

@raidr4lyph 5 лет назад

Thank you Sir 👍

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

No problem our other side just went out last night so I am going to do it this weekend I guess

@raidr4lyph 5 лет назад

@@NewtTech thank you I will follow you I'm in sir .bump ur page

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Thank you for subscribing.

@travisburris3397 Год назад

Just did this fix and lights are on as they should be except I somehow lost the top section of red led. Any ideas?

@NewtTech Год назад

I am guessing when you soldered it probably got too hot and disconnected an led underneath.

@jrkeyesful 5 лет назад

Ok, so I am looking at this video because my right running light / brake light is not working. Does this mean the whole assembly is shot and I need to replace it or just the bulbs for the brake lights - I have not torn mine apart yet, but nothing on the right side is working.

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Yes they say they are not able to be fixed an the cost is 800 dollars per side this video shows a way to fix it for cheap but there is a flaw in all of them you will have to replace or fix both eventually my second one is flickering now so it is time to fix it next

@jrkeyesful 5 лет назад

@@NewtTech Thanks a lot for the video. This is a bunch of crap! I just replaced all the bulbs (inside and out) around my son's toyota 4Runner to LED for less than $150 - the new flip side to this apparently is that I need to replace ONE setup on my Yukon and it is $800!! Crazy. At least I will get the part and do it my self, but not sure I am handy enough for the soldering route...

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Jeff K I think there may be a few after market options that are cheaper you can convert it to the Escalade lights as well cheaper good luck keep hoping GM will stand behind the flaw at some point

@Lpchoguil 4 года назад

Hey there. What did you use to solder the wire to fix the gap. I’ve been using my soldering gun and acid core as well as the other kind of soldering and I can’t get it to stick to the aluminum-like material to keep the wire in place. TIA

@NewtTech 4 года назад

I had the same problem and got a hotter gun by Weller and used some flux. Put the flux on then solder with a powerful gun and it should stick. I just did the second one last weekend and it worked again. Make sure to use a flexible wire to connected them and do both spots if you don’t the other will fail. The first one has been on since this video was posted and it has held up very well (better than the original 🙂)

@Lpchoguil 4 года назад

Jason Newton I heard you. I’m fixing my cousin’s lights. It’s such a pain

@Lpchoguil 4 года назад

Jason Newton I’m gonna try with the Chicago electric gun 180 watts see what it does. Even with flux, I’ve had that problem. We’ll see

@Lpchoguil 4 года назад

By the way. Thank you for the reply and your video. Very helpful

@NewtTech 4 года назад

@@Lpchoguil let me know how it goes hopefully with Flux it will set

@mfhlgn6978 5 лет назад

What I dont understand is how you were able to pinpoint the 2 failures out of all the lights?

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

If you look at the lights on the front side you can see where they narrow and I did some research on other sites and hundreds of other people were complaining about the same problem. One guy opened up the whole light and I used that video to pinpoint my most likely spots and sure enough found one big problem and another future problem.

@abrahamogbatsiyon6591 3 года назад

Thanks . but can this problem be brake light fusi what do you think ?

@NewtTech 3 года назад

No it is a break in a weak part of the wiring unfortunately should be that simple though just a bad design

@abrahamogbatsiyon6591 3 года назад

I have 2016 yukon xl . I put new engine , transmission, condser, brake light . don't buy GMC.

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Sounds like ours the good news is the replacement parts seem to be lasting longer than the original

@jackwear9526 3 года назад

nobody stopping you from buying a toyota

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Except they don’t even make a car this big but a ford on the other hand that is in our near future

@scottytomcat4267 3 года назад

This was a great video thank you so much for all the help you were great Help

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Glad it helped!

@6aengland 3 года назад

How has it held up doing it this way? Have you had to redo your work?

@NewtTech 3 года назад

I had to redo one of them and replace a solid wire with a flexible one as it vibrated and broke the new joint

@Guillotines_For_Globalists 4 года назад

What issues have you had with your Yukon?

@NewtTech 4 года назад

We have had a lot the biggest have been lifter spring broke and shot through the heads $8k repair 2k miles out of warranty at less than 3 years old GM did cover almost 5k of it after multiple complaints, my wife drives it mostly non highway never a not paved road. It has had 5 front suspension issues and has gone through 4 sets of tires at less than 50k miles. Leaking gps antenna twice once covered by GM once by us,. Transmission stutters and slips been in multiple times there. Infotainment lock ups. I am sure I am forgetting some issues. All of our maintenance has been done by GM at the recommended intervals

@Guillotines_For_Globalists 4 года назад

@@NewtTech Thank you.

@Guillotines_For_Globalists 4 года назад

@@NewtTech Just to clarify, you were at 60,000 before the vehicle was 3 years old? The powertrain warranty is a 5 year/60,000 warranty. You might want to post about your issues on www.gm-trucks.com. I think plenty of members there would find it fascinating and perhaps a discussion would begin.

@NewtTech 4 года назад

Blaine Bugaski yes just barely 60800 when the spring broke and 38000 when the seal for the gps leaked the second time. I have read many others having some similar issues. Especially the brakes, transmission, gps and now the spring. Knock on wood it has been pretty stable other than the transmission issue and the suspension which seems like are universal for the last 5k.

@thom71gt 3 года назад

I did this fix and it did not work. I removed and exposed both fail points and one was intact and the other was clearly broken. I soldered a piece of wire across, plugged it in and... nothing. Still didn't work.

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Might double check it didn't come loose when you sealed it back up, that happened to me on the second light the material they used is a pain to solder.

@thom71gt 3 года назад

@@NewtTech I didn't even seal it, I just plugged it in and had it facing the front of the car so I could see and test it. I am wondering if I didn't use the right size gauge of wire.

@NewtTech 3 года назад

@@thom71gt try pushing on the repair while testing. I bet the solder is hovering of the repair, it is tough to bond to it. Did you use Flux?

@thom71gt 3 года назад

@@NewtTech I did use Flux, but as you said, I don't think it bonded. I'm going to get some 16 gauge wire and try again.

@NewtTech 3 года назад

@@thom71gt it is a pain to get it to stick

@yunghendrixwayne5674 4 года назад

Why is it the same driver side light.... Mines just went out.. 300 to 740 dollar light

@NewtTech 4 года назад

They are all defective from what I can tell it does seem like the drivers side goes first. But eventually both will go. I just fixed my other side about 2 months ago both repairs are still working and I have no issues. I was able to fix the other one with the same stuff I bought on the first. But it is ridiculous that they fail this much and are that expensive.

@yunghendrixwayne5674 4 года назад

@@NewtTech im not cheap but i do not wonna pay 1400 on both pair.... So... Whats the process on fixing them ( im all ears)

@NewtTech 4 года назад

@@yunghendrixwayne5674 the video walks you through it it takes about an hour and a half and the only thing that is hard to do is a couple of solders to replace the break in the circuit

@NewtTech 4 года назад

There is also a kit that replaces them with Escalade lights that is less than half the price i almost did that before I stumbled on the fix.

@DonaldConceicao 4 года назад

static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10169653-9999.pdf

@irrelevant1440 3 года назад

You sir kick a$$

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Glad it helped

@0926Flashover 2 года назад

I thinks is funny how a person who uses a knife, a tourch and flux in addition to flux core solder and grandmas hot glue gun to do an auto repair is calling out any auto manufacturer as unprofessional. If you reply, tell me one vehicle manufacturer that has zero issues. It's a machine, all machines and electronics have breakdowns. Even the most precision engineered machines break down, nothing lasts forever.

@NewtTech 2 года назад

This is designed to fail that is the difference and I am not a car manufacturer just a guy sick of being screwed over by GMC(800 to fix a tail light). They didn't back it when it did fail until they got threatened with their 3rd class action law suit on just this model. It has been in the shop for 15 months of the last 5 years and both of our neighbors have too. We have purchased 14 new cars from 6 different brands over the years and not a single one has been in the shop more than 5 times. Well except our two GMCs one 13 times in 65000 miles this one 29 times in 100000 miles. GMC is an absolute embarrassment and our whole family along with our neighbors that bought will never buy one again. Sorry if you work for GM but if you do instead of whining about it help fix the problem.

@NicoleJones 3 года назад

I have a 2016 yukon denali xl....already needed new engine, transmission work, tail light issues, and head light issues. Never again will I buy a GMC. They are trash!

@NewtTech 3 года назад

Sounds like ours we have had the same issues

@davidperry4013 3 года назад

GM sucks. Ford is much more reliable and they have a neat 3 tone chime.

@ryangraves3353 5 лет назад

By far the worst vehicle i have ever owned..repaired my brake light jus as you are doing 6 months ago and now its out again.....i hate this POS

@NewtTech 5 лет назад

Ours just had the engine fail at just over 60k miles and almost no help from GMC, Ford replaced our transmission at 75k miles because it should fail that early no charge. I can't believe how bad they are for the price.

@jremeee2011 4 года назад

Jason Newton what happened to the engine?

@NewtTech 4 года назад

jeremy the lifter spring failed at 51k miles and fell into piston and scored the wall 5k dollar repair 1k miles out of warranty GM did pay about Half of after I complained multiple times

@jremeee2011 4 года назад

Jason Newton oh the afm lifter. Yep same happened to my 11 Silverado.

@NewtTech 4 года назад

@@jremeee2011 crazy I have never had so many problems with one vehicle

@abrahamogbatsiyon6591 3 года назад

I will never buy gmc.

@NewtTech 3 года назад

I am there too myself they don't make good on any of their failures and don't get me started with professional grade.