robgreg75
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I have Yukon 22 with less than 1000 mile, went downhill a mountain that is 10 miles long. I found it very difficult to stop or get the Yukon to slow below 20 mph. I had to use low gear to help and I got a waring message on the cluster saying that brakes are over heating, comparing it to Nissan armada 2017, the Armada was light years better in the same situation. I was really scared I will not make it safely. good thing I was not towing a trailer.
I will not trust it again until I figure out what's wrong. View attachment 370534
Ok so many factors here. What was the first 1000 miles of driving like? Did you drive mostly on the highway and the brakes never had a chance to bed in? Did you ride the brakes the whole way down? Did you use a lower gear to assist slowing by engine braking? You know different cars automatically engine brake on decent does your Armada do that?
I race cars in WRL and Champcar, I have a car with big brakes and on a 10 mile downhill I know I could overheat even that car if I did it all wrong. Constant braking heats everything up with no chance to cool off.