1995 GMC Jimmy complaints

O2 SENSOR REPLACED THREE TIMES CLEANED ONCE. MANUFACTURER UNABLE TO ADVS US WHY IT KEEPS FAILING. *AK

THE OEM BATTERY DEVELOPED A SLOW LEAK. THE HIGHLY CORROSIVE FLUID DRIPPED ONTO SEVERAL BRAKE LINES AND THE ACTUATOR CABLE FOR THE 4WD TRANSFER CASE. THE CORROSIVE DESTROYED THE CABLE AND BEGAN TO EAT AWAY AT SEVERAL BRAKE LINES THAT RUN TO THE FRONT BRAKES. IF I HAD NOT FOUND THE LEAK IN TIME, THE BATTERY CORROSIVE WOULD HAVE EATEN THROUGH THE BRAKE LINES CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. THE BATTERY ACID ALSO CORRODED THE RIGHT FRONT FRAME MEMBER. I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT OTHER GMC TRUCKS (NOT JIMMY/BLAZER) HAVE HAD THE SAME/SIMILAR PROBLEM WHICH TRIGGERED A NHTSB PRODUCT SAFETY ALERT. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED GMC AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS...THEY SEEMED INDIFFERENT. I TRIED TO TELL THEM ABOUT THE PRODUCT SAFETY ALERT FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM TO THEIR YUKONS & SUBURBANS BUT GMC WOULD NOT CORROBORATE MY INFORMATION. THE FILE NUMBER GMC ISSUED FOR MY COMPLAINT WAS 00048689. THANK YOU. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL BECAME SOLID AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. IT WOULD SLOW DOWN, AND THEN KEEP GOING. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS FAILED TWICE AND MY MECHANIC HAS STATED THAT GM IS AWARE THAT THE PART IS A PROBLEM AND IS UNRELIABLE AND IS SUBJECT TO BREAKDOWN AT ANY TIME. GMC JIMMY 1995 FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM PART #17113384. THIS HAS COST ME OVER $1,600.00 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO REPAIR THE PART TWICE. THE FIRST BREAKDOWN WAS AFTER 37,500 MILES AND THE SECOND FAILURE OF A REPLACEMENT PART WAS 10 MONTHS AND 9,000 MILES LATER. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE IN TRAVELLING FAR FROM HOME AS THE PART MAY FAIL AT ANY TIME. THIS VEHICLE HAS ALREADY HAD 7 RECALLS FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. I AM NOT PLEASED WITH THIS PRODUCT. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED ON ROCKY PAVEMENTS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON BACK ROAD HIT BLACK ICE, APPLIED BRAKES, AND RAN INTO A DITCH. DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

ENGINE STALLED DUE TO A MALFUCTIONED EGR VALVE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR) PRIOR TO NOTICE. *MJS

MY S. JIMMY REQUIRED NEW FRONT BRAKES AT APPROX. 18,000 MILES WHICH MY WARRANTY COVERED. KNOW I FIND OUT AT 35,567 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT BRAKES AGAIN DUE TO THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM THAT WEARS THE BRAKES DOWN TO REPLACEMENT STATUS, AFTER APPROX. 18,000 MILES. I QUESTIONED THE DEALERSHIP AS TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT ALL S-JIMMY'S FOR 1995 TO CURRENT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. A DEFECT WITH THE ABS SYSTEM IS CAUSING TOTAL FRONT BRAKE REPLACEMENT ON ALL THESE VEHICLES. I DO NOT CONSIDER PAYING FOR NEW FRONT BRAKES EVERY 18,000 MILES NORMAL MAINTENANCE. GM SHOULD REIMBURSE ME THE $177.71 AND COME UP WITH A RECALL TO FIX THIS DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STREET STEERING WHEEL FELL OFF. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT THIS IS A TEST. *AK

9335-99-I-006-000: WHILE DRIVING 45MPH & MAKING A GRADUAL STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SLIDE THROUGH THE LIGHT AND REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. NO INJURIES . DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING, AND A LOUD NOISE IS HEARD. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PADS THREE TIMES. DEALER IS INSPECTING VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL 99V193000, EA94038;WHILE DRIVING 50MPH & COMING ACROSS AN INTERSECTION APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY WHENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ABS SYSTEM FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL (99V-193). YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAD STOPPED THREE TIMES WITHOUT A REASON. *AK

FAILURE OF BRAKES, WIPERS, RADIO, RUSTING, AND FEUL TANK (UNACCEPTABLE). *AK

BRAKES FELL GOING 25 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY USING EMERGENCY BRAKES MANUFACTOR AND DEALER WERE CONTACTED NOT UNDER RECALL, BUT MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. RECALL # 99I006000. *AK

ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED ERRATIC OPERATION WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A VEHICLE COLLISION. 1ST. INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, IT CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE BEFORE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE APPROACHING WITH BRAKES APPLIED. SUDDENLY LOST BRAKE PRESSURE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ON INTO THE INTERSECTION BEFORE STOPPING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

MOISTURE HAS GOTTEN INTO TRANSMISSION VIA FLUID DIPSTICK, FLAW IN SEAL WHERE THE DIPSTICK SITS, CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *ET

ANY TIME THE VEHICLE GETS TO 1/3 OF TANK OF GASS WHEN CONSUMER MAKE A SUDDEN STOP THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE COMING DOWN HILL TOWARDS A STOP SIGN, PUT ON BRAKES AND BRAKES WORKED FOR ABOUT 1 SECOND,AND THEN THEY WENT OUT. CONSUMER RAN A STOP SIGN AND HIT A TRUCK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD HEAR A SQUEALING NOISE WHENEVER THE ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 2 DIFFERENT TIMES & WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT LEAST EVERY 8,000 MILES. *AK

THIS CAR HAS HAD ON-GOING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE SECOND TO LAST FAILURE INVOLVED A REAR END ACCID. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THESE FAILURES ARE GETTING MORE FREQUENT AND ARE A BIG CONCERN TO US. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND A COUPLE OF NON DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT WITH NO HELP. WE DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND FEEL IT IS DANGEROUS.

DURING OIL CHANGE, TECHNICIAN SHOWED ME MY TRANSMISSION DIP STICK, IT WAS RUSTED ENTIRELY AND RUST PARTICLES ARE GETTING INTO MY TRANSMISSION, HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT AND TO CONTACT THE DEALER. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. SAID THE DIPSTICK WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DRAINED AND REPLACED. THIS WOULD COST APPROX. $100 NOT INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF DIP STICK. CAN YOU HELP? I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE THIS DONE, SINCE THE DIP STICK SHOULD NOT BE RUSTING OUT . THANK YOU. *AK

FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WORN AT 51000 MILES. VEHICLE IS WELL CARED FOR AND NOT USED OFF ROAD.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE STALLS/HESITATES, ESPECIALLY WHEN PULLING ON HILLS. *AK

ALTHOUGH WIPER PULSE CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER CAMPAIGN 98043 IT CONTINUES TO FAIL INTERMITENTLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

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

THE AIRBAG MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $400.00. WITHOUT THIS PART THE AIRBAG COULD BE DEPLOYED ACCIDENTLY OR NOT AT ALL IN THGE EVENT OF A CRASH. THIS PART SHOULD BE COVERED LONGER, JUST AS THE EMMISIONS EQUIPMENT IS.

BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY HARD WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. DASHBOARD WOULD LIGHT UP WITH BRAKES & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE TIRES WOULD BE SQUEAKING. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

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

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

BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD ,NOT ALLOWING BRAKES TO ENGAGE, CAUSING ABS CODE LIGHT TO FLASH AND LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ERRATIC OPERATION OF ABS SYSTEM; INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AS BRAKE PEDAL APPLIED, WOULD HAVE TO PUMP THE BRAKE STO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. MANUFACTURER / DEALER NOTIFIED. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

ONGOING/ INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ERRATIC OPERATION OF ABS. WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY MAKE A NOISE, AND CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN THE PEDAL IS APPLIED IN EMERGENCY SITUATION THE BRAKES DON'T CATCH, THE PEDAL GOESTO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM FINALLY KICKS IN THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL. CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHENEVER THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND AFTER GOING 35MPH, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP AT REQUIRED TIME. WOULD HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, EXHIBITS GRINDING NOISES. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND THE VEHICLE WAS GOING CRAZY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A CARBOX. *AK

AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO ISOLATE PROBLEM, IT WAS DETERMINED TO REPLACE ORIGINAL ENGINE AT 75800 MILES. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. SOMETIMES ABS BRAKES LOCK UP. PROBLEM IS CONSISTENT. WILL BE TAKING TO DEALER. *AK

CENTRAL INJECTOR FAILED AND WE WERE TOLD BY OUR MECHANIC AND THE DEALER WHO SOLD HIM THE $400.00 PART, THAT THIS IS A DEFECT IN THESE CARS. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FAILURES OF THIS PART AND THEY FELT WE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. THIS ALSO SHOULD BE A RECALL. GMC REJECTED OUR REQUEST.

WHILE COMING TO A STOP AND APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL, IT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES SLOWED , AND ABS DID NOT ENGAGE, CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

POOR ABS BRAKE PROFORMANCE RESULTING IN EXTENDED DISTANCE PLUS REQUIRING MORE PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. YH

THIS ABS FAILURE IS THE SUBJECT OF AN ALLEGED GM "SPECIAL POLICY" AND NOT A FORMAL RECALL. WE CONTACT GM AND THEY SAID THAT UNLESS THEY WERE FORCED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH A RECALL, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. THEY BASICALLY THUMBED THEIR CORPORATE NOSE AT THE NHTSA AND SAID THAT YOU CAN ONLY FORCE THEM TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THROUGH A RECALL AND THAT WITHOUT A RECALL THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER FOR THIS PROBLEM IS 99I006000.

FAILURE OF INTERNAL HYDROLIC PUMP FOR ANTI LOCKING BRAKE SYSTEM. PART COSTS OVER $1000.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR PER DEALERSHIP. AS COST IS PROHIBITIVE, PROBLEM NOT FIXED CAUSING LOSS OF ANTI LOCKING BRAKE SYSTEM. NOTIFIED GM CUSTOMER COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. ASKED GM COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT IF THEY COULD GET DESCRIPTION OF PUMP SYSTEM MADE BY KELSEY HAYES TO DISCOVER WHY FAILURE ACCURED SO PREMATURELY. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GIVE OUT SUCH INFORMATION. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SOME HELP SHOULD BE GIVEN. THANK YOU.

ON TWO OCCASIONS, I BELIEVE THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE FIRST OCCURRED IN ABOUT 1996 WHEN A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME. THE ROADWAY WAS WET AT THE TIME. I HAD THE DAMAGE REPAIRED AT A BODY SHOP CHOSEN BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES ALSO. THEY REPORTED THAT THE BRAKES WERE FINE. THE VEHICLE WAS OWNED AT THE TIME BY MY EMPLOYER. I LATER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM MY EMPLOYER AND TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THEY REPORTED NO PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/99, ON I-10 NEAR PHOENIX, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY BRAKED AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. I BRAKED HARD AND BEGAN TO STEER AROUND, AS IT FELT LIKE I WOULD NOT STOP IN TIME. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BOUNCED INTO IN THE DIRECTION I WAS STEERING AND I COLLIDED WITH THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE.

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NO SUMMARY

SENSOR LIGHT CAME ONE. WAS TOLD BY WRIGHT AUTOMOTIVE THAT ABS CHIP AND ABS PUMP (MASTER CYLINDER) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. QUESTIONING THE FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM AND THE CURRENT ATTENTION GMC IS GIVING TO THE BRAKES. ALSO, SHOULD BOTH SYSTEMS SHORT OUT AT THE SAME TIME? IS THIS A NORMAL REPAIR FOR A CAR WITH ONLY 56,000 MILES? DOES THE CHIP GMC THINKS IT NEEDS TO REPLACE SHORTING OUT? COULD IT OF CAUSED MY PROBLEM? THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY.