2017 GMC Yukon · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 27owner reports
- 79,000median miles
- $540median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Apr 8, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
48 of the 196 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 27 of those describe transmission shudder.
Tick what matches of 27 reports
Transmission shudder on other Yukon years
No other Yukon model year has enough reports of transmission shudder for a sheet of its own. See every Yukon year.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the torque converter (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
6 of the 27 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $200 to $600.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 31,000 and 96,700 miles, from the 13 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 27 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 GMC Yukon that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This service bulletin provides information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a delayed engagement into drive, shudder at a launch, or the transmission is slipping when shifting into 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th gears.
This service bulletin provides information on some vehicles that may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise.
This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
23 more on the 2017 GMC Yukon page.
What owners wrote
“Transmission jerks, shifts hard, loses power⦠Temp gets 199 just driving⦠Humming sounds, taken to dealer three time⦠188,000 miles⦔
Filed Mar 29, 2025 · 188,000 miles
“My transmission does not engage properly. From a starting position when I step on the gas the transmission lags and when it catches it slams / bangs into gear”
Filed Feb 12, 2025
“Tremendous transmission shudder prevented me from properly accelerating from a stop light thereby causing a dangerous traffic backup issue in a congested area.”
Filed Jul 31, 2024
“The SUV was stalled after getting in D to drove forward and all of a sudden itâs started with a big jerk and moved forward It went driving ok for them rest of the day but it kept repeating the incident n and off until June 15 when it was stalled on a traffic light I was able to put the emergency flashers and drive it in reverse to a near by parking lot”
Filed Jun 15, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 27 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
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