1991 GMC Jimmy

Defect. CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

Risk. WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

Remedy. PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN 4-WHEEL DRIVE PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH ABS (ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM) MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 1989 THROUGH AUGUST 1996. UNDER CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SWITCH WHICH SIGNALS THE ABS SYSTEM WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN 2-WHEEL OR 4-WHEEL DRIVE CAN MALFUNCTION CAUSING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING ABS STOPS WHILE IN THE TWO-WHEEL DRIVE MODE.

Risk. IF THIS OCCURRED AT A TIME WHEN MINIMUM STOPPING DISTANCE WAS REQUIRED, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE OR REPAIR THE 4-WHEEL/2-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH.

Defect. THESE VEHICLES EXHIBIT A CONDITION IN WHICH A REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTON CAN STICK IN THE UNLATCHED (DOWN) POSITION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS BECAUSE THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY CAN MOVE INSIDE THE SEAT BELT COVER. IF THE COVER MOVES FAR ENOUGH, IT CAN CREATE AN INTERFERENCE CONDITION WITH THE LATCH RELEASE BUTTON. WHEN IT DOES, THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CANNOT BE LATCHED.

Risk. THE REAR BELTS MAY NOT HOLD AN OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT INCREASING THE RISK OF PESONAL INJURY.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE THREE REAR-SEAT BELT BUCKLES (ONE ASSEMBLY) WITH A NEW, REVISED DESIGN.

Defect. VEHICLES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED WITH THE FUEL TANK SENDER SEAL OUT OF POSITION.

Risk. IN THE EVENT OF ROLLOVER ACCIDENT, AN OUT OF POSTIONSEAL COULD ALLOW FUEL SPILLAGE IN EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT PRESCRIBED BY FMVSS 301.SPILLED FUEL COULD IGNITE NEAR AN IGNITION SOURCE.

Remedy. REPLACE SENDER SEALS.

Defect. USE OF IMPROPER PRIMER ON METAL SURFACES OF WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOW OPENINGS COULD CAUSE LOW ADHESION TO THE METAL SURFACE AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE RETENTION REQUIRED BY FMVSS 212.

Risk. WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOW GLASS WOULD NOT PREVENT THEEJECTION OF VEHICLE OCCUPANTS DURING A VEHICLE CRASH, WHICH CAUSES SERIOUSINJURIES AND FATALITIES.

Remedy. REMOVE AND REINSTALL GLASS USING PROPER PRIMER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 GM JIMMY. WHILE DRIVING IN A 35 MPH ZONE THE CONTACT ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS WAS THE SECOND CRASH. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE MILEAGE, DATE OF ACCIDENT, OR PURCHASE DATE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 99V193000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17200.*AK

AFTER DRIVING 55MPH WOULD APPLY BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN RIGHT AWAY. WOULD NEED TO PUMP BRAKES 3 OR 4 TIMES BEFORE BRAKES CAUGHT ON. PROBLEM WAS CONSISTENT AND GETTING WORSE. HAD CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

ICY CONDITIONS, USED BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN AND REAR END BEGAN TO SLIDE. HIT GUARDRAIL, WENT INTO DITCH AND ROLLED OVER. I CONTACTED GMC WHEN I HEARD OF RECALL AND WAS INFORMED DECISION WAS BEING APPEALED ON THIS VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 99V193000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKES. CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER INSISTED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE RECALL PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES FRONT BRAKES THEY LOCK UP, AND THE REAR WHEELS SPIN BACK AND FORTH. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

SEAT BELT LATCHES ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS DO NOT REMAIN LOCKED IN THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

SPARE TIRE MOUNT SWINGS AWAY FROM TAILGATE AND WOULD DROP DOWN. WHENEVER A BUMP OR CRACK IS HIT, MOUNT WOULD COME OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. SPARE TIRE ON TAILGATE WOULD BE IN TRAFFIC ONCE IT SWINGS OUTWARD. SPARE TIRE WAS BOLTED ON TAILGATE BY A LATCH. HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER.*AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WILL LOCK UP AND JERK VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER LANE WHILE DRIVING. THIS OCCURS ON A RANDOM BASIS. ALSO, LEFT BRACKET ON DRIVERS SEAT HAS BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC UNIT KEEPS FAILING, CAUSING ABS LIGHT TO STAY ON. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE SAME EXACT PART 3 TIMES. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK

CONSUMER HAS BEEN USING MANUEL BRAKING BECAUSE ABS FAILED. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, BUT THE VIN FOR RECALL 99V19300/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99041 DIDN'T REGISTER. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL99V193000: ANTI-SKID BRAKES. PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK

CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER OR MANUFACUTRER FOR RECALL REPAIRS OF ABS BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS CALLED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ,AND LEFT MESSAGES, BUT THERE WAS NO RETURN CALL BACK FROM DEALER. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE RETRACTOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS HAS HAD NOTHING BUT BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER HAS TO PUT FOOT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS DRIVING CONSUMER'S TRUCK HE WOULD REAR END SOMEONE. BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED REPEATEDLY. *AK *ML

MY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. GM DEALERSHIP (MORRIS PONTIAC GMC) STATES THAT NOTHING IS WRONG. WHEN BRAKING, I EITHER ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OR CANNOT PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL DOWN AND THEREFORE CAN'T STOP. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. A FEW DAYS AGO I ALMOST WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. THERE ARE OTHER GMC JIMMY OR CHEVROLET BLAZER OWNERS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THEIR RIGHT FRONT BRAKES ALSO. THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT GM IS NOT ADDRESSING. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. *AK

STUCK IN MUD: RAN CAR AT HIGH THROTTLE, TURNED CAR OFF, TRIED TO RESTART. CAR CAUGHT FIRE. *AK

WHEN I PRESS ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR DOES NOT STOP STRAIGHT.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMRY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE PAINT IS PEELING VERY BADLY FOR SOME REASON. *AK

REAR AXLE BROKE CAUSING VEHICLE ACCIDENT/ ROLLOVER, RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER- REQUESTING INFORMATION). MJS

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING WHICH CAUSED A MINOR COLLSION AND MINOR INJURIES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RIGHT FRONT SEAR BELT WILL NOT EXTEND/LOCKS UP. NLM

BRAKES FAILED TO STOP ME FROM REARENDING ANOTHER VEH. SLID INTO THEM.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND GOING THROUGH SOME WATER ,APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE SKIDDED. ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN REAR END COLLISION. MJS

FRONT PASSENGER'S SEATBELT WILL NOT EXTEND OUT ,CANNOT RESTRAINT, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR AXLE BROKE RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER). MJS

BRAKES FAILED TWICE IN THREE MILE AREA...ONCE AT SIGNAL, NEXT AT LEFT TURN LANE

NO SUMMARY

EA94038, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DURING BRAKING, NO WET PAVEMENT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WAS REQUIRED. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. OWNER WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, USING A CODE TESTER. THE SENSOR ON THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WILL NEED REPLACEMENT. *AK

RANDOM ABS FAILURES, BRAKES WOULD NOT FUNCTION ON FIRST APPLICATION, ABS UNIT REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD A SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE. SOMETIMES WHEN THAT DOESN'T WORK, CONSUMER HAS TO SHIFT TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL/STEP ON THE BRAKES, AT THE SAME TIME DRIVE OFF THE ROAD, AND SHUT ENGINE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN VEHICLE WILL START AS NORMAL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML

THE BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING TO WORK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD. I RECENTLY READ A COMSUMER REPORTS ARTICLE DATED NOV. 1997 THAT EXACTLY DESCRIBES THE BRAKE FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES. THE FAILURE OCCURED SUDDENLY WOTH NO WARNING, HOWEVER THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKES CHECK OUT FINE. I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ABS SYSTEM COMPUTER.

POWERTRAIN HAS A DISTINCT "DRAG" CAUSING EXCESSIVE FUEL CONSUMPTION AND SAFETY CONCERN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. DURING DECELLERATIO, DRAG EFFECT ON SNOW OR ICE CAN CAUSE VEHICLE TO SLIDE FROM REAR RESISTANCE. NO DIRECT POINT OF DRAG HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP , THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL WENT HALF WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A VEHICLE RUNNING THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONS.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AT 25 MPH, APPROACHING ON STOPPING VEHICLES WAITING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE, CONSUMER COMMENCED TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. HIT THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE . DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS FAILED.

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS DURING NORMAL BRAKING, THE PEDAL WOULD TRAVEL ALMOST TO THE FLOORBROAD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ON MARCH 5, 1998, WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 10-15 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED.

ABS BRAKES FAILED FOUR TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

WHILE DRIVING TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STILL TRAVEL, CONSUMER HIT A WALL. *AK

ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNIT VALVE/PUMP MOTOR SHORTED OUT, CAUSING FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM

WHILE DRIVING BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE AND WENT INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SKID, RESULTING IN A COLLISION/INJURY. *AK

BRAKES:DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH ON INTERSTATE AND ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN, BUT COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO STOP. RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNKNOWN. *AK