GMC Yukon XL 2000–2006
Common on this vehicle:Does not startSmoke or fire
Possible causes
The documents say what to doOnly records name itThe size of a node, the width of a link and the numbers are records matching this search, not likelihoods.
FaultCrate・GMC Yukon XL 2000–2006・Smoke or fire
Candidate cause (the documents say what to do)
Positive battery cable contact with steering shaft universal joint (Denali) - Transport Canada 2001092
The positive battery cable assembly could contact the steering shaft universal joint.
What to do
- Dealers inspect the cable routing and reroute if necessary.
- The cable is also inspected for wear and replaced if necessary.
What is needed
- Parts and materials
- Cable (inspected for wear; replaced if necessary)
- Labor time
- Not stated
- Special tools
- Not stated
- Scan tool
- Not stated
Only what the technical documents state. "Not stated" does not mean not needed.
In the records
No record states work done for this cause.
See the evidence (1 technical documents, 0 records)
Passages of the technical documents
The recall concerns certain Yukon Denali and Yukon XL Denali vehicles.
On certain Yukon Denali and Yukon XL Denali vehicles
Transport Canada 2001-04-12
The positive battery cable assembly could contact the steering shaft universal joint.
the positive battery cable assembly that could come in contact with the steering shaft universal joint.
Transport Canada 2001-04-12
This could wear through the conduit and cable insulation and cause intermittent electrical shorting.
This could eventually cause a wear through of the cable assembly convoluted conduit and cable insulation and result in intermittent electrical shorting.
Transport Canada 2001-04-12
The insulation and conduit could overheat and ignite, with a possible underhood fire.
This could result in overheating and igniting of the cable insulation and conduit and a possible underhood fire.
Transport Canada 2001-04-12
A cause or a result a complaint states is the owner’s view or what a dealer told them, not an established fact.
Put together by FaultCrate from public records and technical documents. The cause and the repair are for the workshop to decide with the vehicle in front of it. Counts are records, not failure rates.

