EXCESSIVE "PLAY" IN STEERING COLUMN OF 2003 GMC YUKON, AFTER 26,000 MILES AND 8 MONTHS OF DRIVING WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY OR MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT. DEALER INDICATED THAT REPAIR INVOLVED A LUBE KIT FOR "INTERIM STEERING SHAFT". DEALER ADVISED THAT GMC ISSUED A MAINTENANCE CIRCULAR REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT OR MISTAKE BY FACTORY. OWNER CONTACTED GMC CONSUMER AFFAIRS. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DETROIT STATED THAT NO GOVERNMENT RECALL ISSUED ON THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE/VIN#, BUT THAT PERHAPS GMC HAD ISSUED A "SPECIAL POLICY" TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM. GMC POLICY ON "SPECIAL POLICY" PROBLEMS IS TO WAIT FOR MAINTENANCE PROBLEM TO MANIFEST ITSELF AND BE IDENRTIFIED BY OWNER, INSTEAD OF INFORMING OWNER AND/OR TAKING PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. *AK
2004
STEERING:COLUMN
2004 YUKON CUSTOMER STATES THAT IN DEC BEGAN EXPERIENCING A RATTLE THAT BECAME LOUDER OVER A PERIOD OF A COUPLE WEEKS**CC THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RATTLING WAS DUE TO THE CAR BEING IN NEED OF LUBRICATED BODY MOUNT CUSHIONS. THE CONSUMER STATES, NOW IT IS JAN 2007 AND PROBLEM IS RECURRING. THE CONSUMER STATES THE WEBSITE WWW.TOPIX.NET HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS DEALING WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. GMC HAS EVEN CREATED A LUBRICATION KIT FOR THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING COLUMN, BUT THE LUBRICANT ONLY SILENCES THE PROBLEM FOR A WHILE. *TR
