2011 GMC Yukon XL consumer reviews

Traded in our 2008 Suburban for a 2011 Denali. We thought the cars would be similar but the Denali is awesome. The power is great and the ride is smooth and stable. With 3 young kids it is the perfect size for our family and my wife loves driving it.

This is the perfect size for a family vehicle. We are always needing lawn chairs, sports bags and equipment, luggage, etc and constantly cramming into other suvs. Wish I would have gone with the long suv years ago. The Yukon XL is also a sharp looking suv that rides nice. It is easy to drive as our youngest who is learning to drive will agree to as well. I would recommend this to any family who travels .

We have recently purchased a 2008 GMC Yukon XL SLT and the whole family loves it! The Yukon has a 5.3 Vortec V8 engine with about 310 horsepower. The Yukon's have rain sensing windshield wipers with a rear window wiper as well. On the SLT models, there is a built in rear entertainment system, back up camera w/object sensors, standard GPS, Bose speakers, and much more! Also, the Yukons have an automatic rear lifting door/glass. On leather interior Yukons, there are front and rear heated seats. The backseat has it's own air conditioning controls w/heat/air, fan speed control, etc. Yukons come with headphones for the rear entertainment system and radio system. The GPS has buttons next to it to get to you navigation, radio, movie selection, and more. The windshield wipers and washers are on the turn signal stalk. You twist the small, skinny loop down to turn the front windshield wipers on to rain sensing mode. Turn them on further for the wipers to move faster. The front winshield washer fluid comes out of the wipers, you twist the knob on the turn signal stock away from you and wait for the fluid to come out. The rear windshield wiper controls are on the end of the turn signal stalk. Move the switch over for intermittent wiping, move it over one more time for continuous wiping. Push the button on the very end of the stalk to wipe/wash the rear window. Wiper fluid also comes out of the rear wiper and shoots onto the window. The rear hatch opens by putting your hand on the handle at the very bottom of the door and lightly pressing the rubbery like button. The car will make a dinging noise then will open. To shut the hatch, press the small button on the very right side of the door and the door will close and lock. The rear glass on the hatch will also open up, feel the right part of the hatch where the licsense plate is (the top part) and you will feel another rubbery button, press it lightly and the glass will pop out a little bit. The rear camera will automatically come on when the car is in reverse. Look at you GPS and you will see what is behind you without having to look out the window. The Yukon has many safety features such as dual front airbags, dual side airbags, OnStar, emergency button on rear view mirror. To contact OnStar, press and hold your blue button on you rear view mirror and it will make a noise and start contacting a OnStar operator. I hope my review has been helpful to you!

Just bought a new YukonXL for my family, the car is perfect size, everything fits, 10x more comfortable than past models and it's an excellent smooth ride. Highly recommend, 2011 SLT loaded.

The 2011 GMC Yukon XL 3/4 ton, is probably the biggest workhorse in the consumer vehicle department, with class-leading 9,600 pounds of towing, large interior space, class-leading power, and great off-road capability. The fold-flat seats have come in handy countless times. I commonly use the space for my Kayak and paddles, several tool boxes, or extra camping supplies. The 5.4-Liter, 6.0-Liter Vortec, and especially the 6.2-Liter Flex-Fuel (which I personally own) engines have roughly twice the Hp, as many heavy-duty commercial vehicles. This is the power you will want when merging, or passing other vehicles (even the aggressive ones) on the freeways. And it has the low-end torque to climb the steepest roads even with heavy trailers, and a full interior. Not to mention it can get me over rough, technical terrain. Speaking of technical terrain, the off-road ability is excellent. Even with my RWD, the Yukon will easily overcome most obstacles on technical forest roads, and I can easily maneuver around twisting former-logging routs; which are the common roads leading to camp grounds. Hence you will have no problem with nearly 10,000 Lbs of RV camper. If you want optimum off-road capability I would recommend the AWD Denali, or 4WD options I love the styling, and it is the seats are decently comfortable, though not as much as a luxury SUV such as the Cadillac Escalade. The Yukon XL 2500 has all the luxuries I need, with retractable running boards, XM satellite radio, heated seats, and navigation, with traffic updates. Heated side mirrors, and a rearview mirror camera are also options, however my Yukon does not include them. I haven?t had any problems with reliability, however I?ve only owned my Yukon XL for 2 months.