Where that model was Cadillac-like in comparison, the '92 through '99 Yukon offered a decent ride and reasonably good
![](//picolio.auto123.com/art-images/46483/inline_05.jpg) |
Owners of 2-door Yukons sometimes complained of an uncomfortable, choppy ride. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
maneuverability around town. Owners of 2-door Yukons sometimes complained of an uncomfortable, choppy ride, 4-door customers seemed satisfied. The steering is over-boosted in traditional GM fashion, making it light during parking situations but hardly sporting at higher speeds, with vagueness at its center position and a rather large 12.6 meter (41.2 foot) turning circle in rear-wheel drive and 13.1 meter (42.9 feet) in four-wheel drive. Model year 1997 remedied the situation, with a tighter turning radius of 11.6 meters (38.1 feet) for rear-wheel drive and 12.4 meters (40.7 feet) four-wheel drive models and the addition of speed-sensitive power steering.
The latter helped out in the corners. Its wide stance generally allows it to
![](//picolio.auto123.com/art-images/46483/inline_07.jpg) |
Model year 1995 Yukons featured a standard driver-side airbag and a redesigned instrument panel. (Photo: General Motors of Canada) |
keep up to fast traffic fairly well too, no matter the curves making up the road in question. It's a bit top-heavy for sure, requiring its driver to keep a level head so that its limits are breached, but when needed to be reeled in its standard ABS-equipped brakes did a commendable job when new. By the way, 1995 model year Yukons featured a standard driver-side airbag, while a standard passenger-side airbag took two more years to arrive. What's more, a redesigned instrument panel was also a '95 addition. The improvement was monumental due to larger and better laid out controls.