GMC Yukon 2000–2006
Common on this vehicle:Warning lightNoiseCorrosion or rustMisfire or rough idleLoss of engine power, no accelerationStalls or shuts off
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 2000–2006・ABS light, 2002
Candidate cause (the documents say what to do)
Unwanted ABS activation at low speed (front wheel speed sensor mounting corrosion)
These vehicles may have a condition permitting corrosion to occur between the front hub/bearing assembly and the wheel speed sensor.
With the brakes applied between about 6 km/h (3.7 mph) and 16 km/h (10 mph), the corrosion may cause unwanted ABS activation.
What to do
- The reading should be at least 350 mV AC; if it is less, the wheel speed sensor must be replaced.
- If the sensor's mounting surface is warped or bent, the sensor must be replaced.
- Dealers remove the sensor, clean its mounting surface on the bearing, apply rust inhibitor and grease, reinstall it and check peak-to-peak output voltage.
- The passage heading states that the repair is cleaning the wheel speed sensor mounting surface.
- The recall procedure is to remove the sensor, clean the mounting surface, apply a rust inhibitor (Zinc-X) to the surface and reinstall the sensor; the sensor is replaced if necessary.
- GM's earlier recall procedure in Canada also included greasing the mounting surfaces and verifying that the wheel speed signal output voltages were within specification.
Caution: Do not pry the sensor out of the bore; prying breaks the sensor body off in the bore.
What is needed
- Parts and materials
- Wheel speed sensor (when the reading is less than 350 mV AC)
- Wheel speed sensor (when its mounting surface is warped or bent)
- Rust inhibitor (Zinc-X, applied to the mounting surface)
- Grease (applied to the mounting surface)
- 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
- Wheel Speed Sensor: cleaned 1
See the evidence (2 technical documents, 3 records)
Passages of the technical documents
The recall covers 1999-2002 Chevrolet Silverado, 2000-2002 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche, 1999-2002 GMC Sierra, and 2000-2002 GMC Yukon and Yukon XL located in the listed severe-corrosion areas.
MODELS: 1999-2002 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2000-2002 CHEVROLET TAHOE, SUBURBAN 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1999-2002 GMC SIERRA 2000-2002 GMC YUKON, YUKON XL LOCATED IN THE SEVERE CORROSION AREAS LISTED BELOW
General Motors (recall bulletin filed with NHTSA under 05V-379) 2008-03-01
The condition is more likely in environmentally corrosive areas.
THIS CONDITION IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN ENVIRONMENTALLY CORROSIVE AREAS.
NHTSA (recall summary text as published by NHTSA)
The recall was launched only in the listed salt-belt states and the District of Columbia.
THIS RECALL WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE "SALT BELT" STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONLY.
NHTSA (recall summary text as published by NHTSA)
These vehicles may have a condition permitting corrosion to occur between the front hub/bearing assembly and the wheel speed sensor.
These vehicles may have a condition permitting corrosion to occur between the front hub/bearing assembly and the wheel speed sensor.
General Motors (recall bulletin filed with NHTSA under 05V-379) 2008-03-01
Manufacturer’s documents
Records
- ABS activation at low speeds in Canadian Atlantic provinces Recall 2004-11-05
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.

