The final gen-four year and the quietest in our data — low volume, three recalls, and the old body's known homework.
The quietest gen-four year — low complaint volume, three recalls, and no new problem to worry about.
A low-drama late gen-four year — few complaints, only two recalls, and the same transmission-and-lifter homework.
The quietest year we cover for this truck — 34 complaints — but the ones that exist are transmissions, and parts have been scarce.
Complaint volume falls by two-thirds against 2017 — the quiet middle of the generation, with one brake campaign the Suburban does not carry.
Engine flag: this is 5.3L V8 and 6.2L V8 trouble — the 3.0L Duramax diesel doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The smallest complaint file in the band — and the most expensive individual failures in it.
Complaint volume drops by nearly half — the quiet middle of the old body, with the same short homework list.
Three recalls and the second-lowest complaint count in the band — but two free GM programmes you have to ask for by name.
The redesign settling down — far fewer recalls than 2021, but the 6.2L engine and 10-speed stories continue.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The same gen-four issues as 2016, quieter — brakes and the 8-speed lead, and the AC coverage still applied.
The quietest-looking year in the band and the worst engine file in it — a 6.2L that fails like the recalled trucks but sits one year outside the recall.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The engine story hardens — this is a near-pure 6.2L failure year, and owners report the recall fix not sticking.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Quieter than the launch year but the engine problem hardens — and this build gets a second GM programme whose remedy is a new engine.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Far fewer recalls than the launch year, but two separate GM programmes will replace a 6.2L engine outright.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Only three recalls, but the complaint file is almost entirely engines — and owners report passing the recall inspection and failing anyway.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Quieter on recalls than the 2016, but it inherits every expired programme and adds a tail-lamp fault of its own.
The same truck as the 2016 with a third fewer complaints — brakes and transmission still decide it.
Complaints rise again and roughly half of them are the engine — GM wrote two separate programmes for this build that both end in a new engine.
Engine flag: this is 5.3L V8 and 6.2L V8 trouble — the 3.0L Duramax diesel doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Thirteen recalls and 295 complaints in the first year of a brand-new truck — buyable, but only with the whole campaign history in hand.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
Twelve recalls in the first year of a brand-new body — buyable, but only with the whole recall history in hand.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The redesign year, and it launched loud — the most-complained-about Tahoe we cover, with 16 recalls and the engine at the center.
Engine flag: this is 6.2L V8 trouble — the 5.3L V8 and 3.0L Duramax diesel don’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
The loudest Suburban we cover — a hard brake pedal and a tired transmission are the two things that decide this truck.
The loudest gen-four year — brakes, the 8-speed, and the AC all show up, but most of the expensive fixes are covered.
The loudest year in the band, and every free programme that once covered it has expired.
Engine flag: this is 5.3L V8 and 6.2L V8 trouble — the 3.0L Duramax diesel doesn’t share it. Which engine is in yours? →
- 1 GM publishes a single “Yukon” line in its U.S. deliveries table and does not break out the long-wheelbase Yukon XL, so this figure counts both trucks. Our report covers the standard-wheelbase Yukon only, which makes the denominator larger than the vehicle it normalizes — the rate reads a little low. Chevrolet's Tahoe and Suburban are reported on separate lines and carry no such bundle.
Rates use published U.S. sales as the denominator — a rate, not a raw count, so best-sellers aren’t punished for selling. It’s imperfect on purpose and we say exactly where (the methodology page): sales aren’t surviving fleet, some makers publish entangled figures, and complaint filing is self-reported.
“The average full-size SUV is fine. You’re not buying the average — you’re buying one specific year of one specific badge.”
Shortlisting from this board? We’ll watch your years.
New recalls, federal investigations, and quiet warranty programs land months after you buy. Tell the canary which years you’re considering — it sings when something changes.
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Heavy-duty pickups, Luxury SUVs, and Subcompact SUVs aren’t ranked yet — each has only one model in our data so far, nothing fair to compare against. They join the Index when their segment-mates ship.