First 5,000 miles

[PG01]

Guessing you didn't own any stick shift vehicles.

Its a dying art….
When i first started at my company most of trucks were stick… new crop of guys they hired after me couldn’t drive them and mechanics were constantly doing clutches… company switched to automatics shortly after that

 

[RST Dana]

We made sure both of our sons could drive stick. One has had a stick GTI for several years and the other has had 3 different 3 peddle rides so far. I’m old school and was driving farm equipment and my dad’s school bus before I was 13.

 

[tjs3922]

Can't say "no one". There are 3 Escalades in my sub with 24's and the look really good. I will be #4 with 24's, that I'm aware of, on the Ultimate I'm fixing to order.

you are right. I was just exaggerating my point. I am just not a fan. They throw the profile off in my opinion. The 22” wheels really work in my experience.

 

[Jus Cruisin]

you are right. I was just exaggerating my point. I am just not a fan. They throw the profile off in my opinion. The 22” wheels really work in my experience.

I wasn't a fan of the 24's at first until I saw the Escalades with them. I walk by one every morning while out with my dog and I've gotten used to seeing them. I'm not thrilled with the standard 24 offered on the 2026 Yukon Ultimate. Hoping there will be a change. If not, I'll probably do an exchange at Detroit Wheel and go with pvd chrome standard wheels.

 

[lost1wing]

So time is moving fast! We got the Denali in late March, and here are my initial thoughts.

Still very impressed with the ride quality considering it has the ridiculous 24s.
The overall exterior is very well lined up, no odd panel gaps, paint is almost flawless.
The interior is a nice upgrade of our 21' and the leather on the front seats is pretty damn good.
The truck has not left us stranded, so that in itself is a huge upgrade of the Grand Wagoneer. And generally, most things always work, with the exception of the park assist.

A few things that have been less impressive
The park assist is constantly failing; it will just randomly go off, and then it will start working. Always a different message. Most of the time it will just say unavailable.
The setting for the drowsy driver alert is constantly turning itself back on, I have had to turn it off multiple times. I'm not sure why it keeps coming back on. It is very annoying, both my wife and I wear glasses and it just can't see our eyes very well and just goes nuts.
Brings me to the next thing, the Super Cruise, when it works, its pretty good, other than highways with curves(seems to not see vehicles directly in front), it is a very solid system. However, I have to wear my contacts and cannot wear my polarized sunglasses; the system struggles to see me. So most of the time I am just using Adaptive cruise control.

A few minor nitpicks: the driver's seatbelt always gets stuck between the B pillar and the seat, very annoying but our 21' did the same thing, so I ahve finally gotten used to it.
The Android-based radio software is buggy and will randomly lose functions. One time, the heated seats would not work until I turned off the truck and restarted it.
The Bose sound system is meh. My Ram with a base Alpine system is wildly better, and that truck cost less than half of the Denali the Ram also has much better carpet than these Yukons.

Overall, we are very happy with it, hoping I can get the dealer to look at the Park Assist and Homelink, but neither are worth a special trip, so I will wait till I do the second oil change.

We just hit the 5,000 mile mark ourselves with our HC. Supercruise is nice. Still has trouble with left highway exits. It does seem to bounce around on the highway, enough that I feel that I could get pulled over. I just help it a bit to prevent lane wander.

No other issues that I could mention.

 

[Stbentoak]

I wasn't a fan of the 24's at first until I saw the Escalades with them. I walk by one every morning while out with my dog and I've gotten used to seeing them. I'm not thrilled with the standard 24 offered on the 2026 Yukon Ultimate. Hoping there will be a change. If not, I'll probably do an exchange at Detroit Wheel and go with pvd chrome standard wheels. View attachment 488962

I gloss black powder coated my 24's and they look sharp... Get lots of complements on the overall blackout look....

 

[tjs3922]

We just hit the 5,000 mile mark ourselves with our HC. Supercruise is nice. Still has trouble with left highway exits. It does seem to bounce around on the highway, enough that I feel that I could get pulled over. I just help it a bit to prevent lane wander.
No other issues that I could mention.

My current 26 Yukon is our 4th SC vehicle. (My wife currently has a 26 Acadia Ultimate with SC) The 2026 Yukon had some SC features the other vehicles didn't have, mainly auto on once adaptive is engaged. I didn't like it at first but now really prefer over my wife's 26 which doesn't have the auto on feature.

The lane wander is a thing. Thru my years with SC I believe that the issue is more with the mapping of certain road sections. I have in my experience narrowed the wander down to particular roads thru the years.

I will be in the market next summer and really miss not having a Denali XL. But putting SC on it brings right to 100K. I saved 20K this year by getting an Elevation with SC but miss the Denali attitude, look, options. Not sure I miss it 20k worth though.

 

[tjs3922]

I gloss black powder coated my 24's and they look sharp... Get lots of complements on the overall blackout look....

I could probably get on board with the black out look wheels at 24".

 

[Jus Cruisin]

I gloss black powder coated my 24's and they look sharp... Get lots of complements on the overall blackout look....

I was never on board with the murdered out look but if you like it that's all that matters. I like black but not blacked out trim and wheels.

 

[TrueAt1stLight]

Just drove my 2026 Tahoe from NJ shore to Chicago with 7 people and luggage in a Thule.

Was cruising around 90mph the whole way I have to check the mpg. I think it was around 17 still.

“I’ll take ‘Things that didn’t happen’ for $500, Alex.”

 

[ReaperHWK]

“I’ll take ‘Things that didn’t happen’ for $500, Alex.”

Look there They are rated at 21mpg highway anyway. I would get more that 17 with an empty car, no cargo, and AFM enabled.

Looks like my best 450 mile stretch is saying it was 19.5 miles. That fuel economy is set for 450 miles. The trip 1 is the entire 880 mile trip. Look what it says?

 

[Saltydog]

Mine does that too. A vibration pad applied to the interior trim piece would stop the rattling. I can’t believe GM missed these issues with all their testing?

I am thinking of a felt pad as my solution.

 

[Saltydog]

Interesting comment on the 24"s. My local dealer has a 26 Tahoe with 24"s on the lot. They are actually a turn off for me. The 20' and 22" look and run perfectly with these rigs. Hey GM, No one wants 24" rims.

Initially, I was not interested in the 24's but the wife had to have the Midnight edition....
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I think the 22's look perfect, the 24's look just a hair too big, however, I must be in the minority on this, as we get so many compliments on the wheels.

I am just glad it rides so darn smooth

 

[Saltydog]

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Look there They are rated at 21mpg highway anyway. I would get more that 17 with an empty car, no cargo, and AFM enabled.

Looks like my best 450 mile stretch is saying it was 19.5 miles. That fuel economy is set for 450 miles. The trip 1 is the entire 880 mile trip. Look what it says?

I think ours is about the same, I am sure 21 mpg is possible, but it would have to be at 55-60 mph to achieve that.

We just did a 400-mile round trip in the 1974 Ramcharger, and it averaged 8.5 mpg.....so to me 17-19 mpg is fantastic! LOL

 

[tjs3922]

I have several of these vehicles over the last years. Some with the 5.3 and others with the 6.2

From my experience both motors get about the same MPG no matter what i did or where I drove.

My typical highway MPG was/is 18. I can top 20 if its just rural 55 MPH highways. But anything on the 65 and up roads I am at 18.

 

[JKeller]

I have several of these vehicles over the last years. Some with the 5.3 and others with the 6.2

From my experience both motors get about the same MPG no matter what i did or where I drove.

My typical highway MPG was/is 18. I can top 20 if its just rural 55 MPH highways. But anything on the 65 and up roads I am at 18.

My experience as well - I've had 3 5.3's and 2 6.2's. My 2021 Tahoe HC with the 6.2l got better mileage than my dad's Z71 Tahoe with the 5.3 (both were 4x4 vehicles).

 

[Marky Dissod]

My 2021 Tahoe HC with the 6.2L got better MpG than my dad's Z71 Tahoe with the 5.3L (both 4x4).

So, your '21 with the 6.2L & the 10L80, got better MpG than
your dad's WHAT YEAR with the 5.3L and the WHAT TRANSMISSION?