GM announced earlier this year that it would apply its new Denali Ultimate nameplate to the 2023 GMC Yukon after the ultra-luxurious trim level was first introduced on the refreshed 2022 GMC Sierra 1500 pickup. The Denali Ultimate will be the most lavish Yukon trim level available, coming standard with Vader chrome exterior trim, 22-inch wheels and full-grain leather upholstery, among more.
GM Authority has now learned the 2023 GMC Yukon Denali Ultimate will also come standard with GM’s Rear Seat Media System (RPO code UW9) which includes the following equipment:
- Dual rear seat-mounted 12.6-inch diagonal color-touch LCD HD screens
- Wi-Fi wireless projection capability
- Two Bluetooth headphones
- Two HDMI ports on the back of the center console
The Rear Seat Media System for the 2023 GMC Yukon Denali is also available to order as a $1,995 optional extra on the SLT, AT4 and Denali trim levels, but is not available to order on the base SLE trim. This feature was, unfortunately, unavailable to order on the 2022 model year GMC Yukon due to the semiconductor chip shortage, however, so it cannot currently be equipped on any Yukon trim level.
It’s worth noting that GM’s hands-free, semi-autonomous Super Cruise tech is also not available to order on the GMC Yukon at the moment due to the semiconductor chip shortage. It’s unclear if Super Cruise and the Rear Seat Media System will be available to order on the 2023 model-year GMC Yukon from launch, or if they will carry late availability.
GM pulled features from its Rear Seat Media System for the 2022 model year. This included the deletion of the Navigation feature, which allowed users to view the vehicle’s location on a 2D, top-down map, search points of interest and push a navigation/location request to the central infotainment screen in the front of the vehicle. The second-row USB-C ports were also made to be charge only, removing the ability stream music via a wired phone connection, while Miracast screen mirroring was also ditched.
Production of the 2023 GMC Yukon will commence at the GM Arlington plant in Texas on July 18th, 2022.
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As a dealer I can tell you I can ORDER the rear entertainment on a 2023 Yukon/XL right now. Getting allocation for it is another matter.
Of course with over 4,000 vehicles built shy piled up around the Arlington, TX factory it certainly seems irresponsible to launch a new trim with more features before taking care of those existing orders with customers already left in the dark for months on end. Very disappointing handling of the situation, regardless of how difficult it is for GM.
As it should… it’s the “ultimate.” Should have a long list of standard features.
They need to put the LT4 engine in it and price it around $95-100K; making it a much cheaper performance alternative to the overpriced Caddy Escalade V.
I would like to see them put in the “Night Vision” option on the Denali. Available on Cadillac.
All this needs is the AR feature that the Escalade has and it’s hands down the better choice 😀
What’s AR feature?
Preety hard to justify spending close to 100 K for a luxury vehicle that is feature crippled by any manufaturer. These years of vehicles will depreciate so fast once the chip shortage is over.
Help me understand what features you believe won’t be on a Yukon Denali Ultimate. I mean I’m sitting here looking at GM’s order workbench and there aren’t many options you can select for it BECAUSE IT ALREADY HAS EVERYTHING. LIterally just accessories and wheel choices. Same with the Sierra AT4X and Denali Ultimate. If there’s one thing to understand about the auto market it’s that loaded and rare doesn’t mean fast depreciation.
Well this is the list of features disabled or unavailable for GMC in 2022 due to chip shortage also published on GM Authority for 2022. Almost every brand has a list of crippled or feature limited options due to chip issues, this does not just affect GM vehicles. I wont be interested in buying any of these vehicles myself as it defies logic to pay better part of 100 K for some vehicles to be missing options that would normally be included.
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2022/03/2022-gmc-models-get-new-microchip-shortage-constraints/
Jon if you do a search GM authority has a list of feature crippled or missing vehicle for GMC for 2022. Items such as heated steering wheel, front and rear parking assist, heated and ventilated seats, slliding center console storage etc. I have seen that Super Cruise is also unavailable on some vehicles as well. These type of issues are not just limited to GM either. In my opinion resale on a lot of 2020 to 2022 vehicles will be drastic reduced once the features are available when chip shortage is resolved. I have not seen a list for 2023 yet but no one is making the 2023’s yet.
Hi George! I’m a GMC dealer. (Thus I was able to look at the Order Workbench when I was writing before.) I am thoroughly familiar with the shortage. Most of those features you’re talking about are credited on the invoice so the customer can have them installed once parts become available. Resale won’t be affected by that. In fact the only features I’ve seen that are truly unavailable on some specific VINs is HD radio and Auto Stop/Start. Considering how many hate ASS (personally I think it’s great) that’s going to be an asset rather than a liability, and most have no idea what HD radio is or how to use it.
This Denali Ultimate is another matter entirely. It’s not a 2022, for starters. I’ll bet if it’s missing anything at all it will be only things with retrofit credit, but I believe it’s far more likely they won’t be missing anything at all. These new flagship setups (Denali Ultimate on 1500 and Yukon/XL, and Hummer) are high priorities for GM who has been salivating for years for GMC badges that sticker over $100k.
I was the first person I know of to point out that these missing features may turn into a mess with trade values down the road, when they were first announced. But it hasn’t played out the way I expected. Nearly all of my affected customers have opted to wait it out when a feature they wanted was constrained, rather than take a build without it. Even those that did take their build without some feature they would have liked just have a vehicle with a specific configuration. We’ve always needed to check feature-by-feature on trade evaluations for GM vehicles as they allow far more customization than many other brands.
Incidentally I don’t recall any issues with 2020 model year vehicles, other than some shipping later than expected at the start of Covid. Shortages didn’t start until the end of the year, well into 2021 model year. Many customers didn’t believe us that a shortage was coming and missed out on vehicles we had on the lot. Very distinct memories of that period as a result.
This is a difficult time in the industry, but these kinds of predictions really don’t help. I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to have to have conversations with customers on a daily basis about rumors and theories they see online. Sometimes it’s the first conversation with a customer. Sometimes it’s a month into the wait for their custom order. It always comes down to people making wild guesses with either insufficient information, or outright misinformation. Not that rampant misinformation online is anything new…
I do agree with you that some of these predictions will definately take a while to confirm and web information may be questionable. But speaking just for myself not taking into any account of disinformation on the web, I would likely skip 2021 to 2022 model vehicles for consideration. The issue of simply not knowing which features are or were not available at time of delivery. Althhough the features or options may be able to restored when chip availability occurs, who wants to deal with that process? This is my opinion but I am pretty sure I am not the only one who feels that way
The majority will be done by the original owner. Like when they have it in for an oil change. That won’t factor into trade/used value.
It feels like maybe you haven’t shopped for a used vehicle for a while? You always have to confirm what features they have. That’s not going to change.
Jon I actually typically only buy used vehicles that are well maintained between 2 to 4 years old. I undertsand that the features you buy on a used vehicle are take it or leave it. However resale prices lets just say for a 2021 Yukon SLT, thereis not going to be a seperate price for fully functional SLT option and then for Chip compromised SLT features missing. So the art of haggling is going to be necessary and if the owner is not savy that some vehicle were shipped with full SLT functionality the process just becomes tedious or causes both parties to walk away from a deal.
Jon just to point to not wanting to deal with waiting for chips and the process too get them fixed. I have a 2011 Merceds GL350. It took 5 1/2 years to get the Takata steering wheel airbag replaced and this was a life threatening issue should the airbag deploy. I also have a 2013 Chevy silverado and I got the GM recall notice for the Takata airbag recall as well about 4 to 5 months ago. At least the GM recall is not for the steering wheel airbag but the passenger side airbag inflator. Maybe GM is quicker but I had to leave my Mercedes with the dealer for 4 days. Who knows how long chip constraint will last and how long it will take to retrofit the vehicles missing features. As you can see I tend to buy a vehicle and hold onto it for a while so purchasing a vehicle for me is a 10 or 12 year purchase. I had a 2001 Yukon that I bought brand new and drove for 14 years before getting the Mercedes as a 4 year old vehicle.
The largest recall in automotive history has very little to do with this current situation. Believe me, I worked in the business at a Honda store when the first round of those Takata recalls hit. We had to rent space from nearby shopping centers to handle the load of customer vehicles that had to be shuffled around. It was a nightmare.
For perspective, the majority of those airbags were forced recalls even though those part numbers have never been found to be faulty. The ones with known issues were the first priority. That it took 5+ years tells me without looking into it that yours was almost certainly just a Takata part, but not a known faulty design. NHTSA erred on the side of caution but that created a huge problem across the industry.
Regardless, that’s not what this is going to be like. EVERY single vehicle produced for each of those models (not yet destroyed in an accident or whatever) had to be recalled for a very time-consuming service. These retrofits are going to be much easier to install, with only select VINs affected. Seriously, you are actively fear mongering. Not many people set out to do that consciously. This is what it usually looks like. Relax. Step away from the internet for a bit and get some fresh air. It’s going to be okay!
Despite GMs disappointing track record I am laser focused on buying a Yukon Denali XL Ultimate – and praying it doesn’t leave me completely underwhelmed. I’ll walk away if there are any chip related modifications. I’ll be disappointed but not disappointed and angry!
Just ordered with allocation (August 4) an Ultimate with rear seat media and super cruise. Scheduled build date is end of the month. I too was wondering how GM can be building 16 way adjustable seats when for the last year you could only get two way lumbar adjustment. But I think the previous comments have it spot on—GM wants this new flagship on the road.
I got my pre order in when the books first opened in may. Recently got a target production week of August 1st. Super cruise was standard but rear entertainment was still unknown if it would be standard or optional. Need checked back in to find out since I wasn’t too interested in it.
Kay Please refrain from turning this board into a political thing. I dont see how Trump is involved in any feature set for a GMC Yukon.
23 Yukon Denali XL on order, with known missing items such as the rearview mirror not displaying the reverse cam, for example. That feature is present in the dash, so while I’m paying for it and it will be initially missing, it’s not the end of the world and when the chip arrives it arrives. My dealer thus far has been excellent about letting me know what will not be there, so there (hopefully) won’t be many surprises. That said, it needs to be the case that GM take every effort to install those items that “should” be there and are not.
Can someone explain why headphones will not say connected to rsi? I had to buy extra headphones as I have more than two kids and the ones that came with the 2023 are terrible. Connected them and when we got back in they aren’t connected and I can’t reconnect them. I have delete them and tried to add again without success.
We have just bought a 2023 Yukon Denali ultimate can we get a cover for the back entertainment units. Is there an after market item to cover the monitors any suggestions??