Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. THE CONSUMER'S AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING A FRONT END COLLISION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK DURING THE COLLISION, 2 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. *SLC
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTEM FAILING, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO STOP PROPERLY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND HAS INSPECTED/ REPAIRS AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END FENDER BENDER AT APPROX. 30-35 MPH IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFED. *AK
THE HEAD RESTRAINTS ARE NOT ADJUSTABLE, AND DO NOT ADJUST THE HEAD RESTRAINT TO CONSUMER'S MODIFICATIONS. WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT'S NECK IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM. I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE FROM THE 1ST ONE (ABOUT 2 1/2 MONTHS AGO). WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS GOING ON? I HAVE A BABY IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME AND DO NOT PARTICULARLY CARE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF CONTINUED ABS FAILURE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN YOUR DATABASE NOW FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AS ME. WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEEN DONE? ARE YOU WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED? I SAW A WEBSITE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WHERE A WOMAN DID. HER HUSBAND SAID SHE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HER 1995 JIMMY AS EVERYONE ELSE HAD - THE ABS!
WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE HITS 1/4 IT GOES TO EMPTY & BOUNCES AROUND SO THAT I NEVER KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE LEFT.
ABS MALFUNCTIONS CONTINUALLY CAUSING TEMPORARY BRAKE LOSS.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKE PEDAL IN A CONSTANT DOWNWARD POSITION THE SYSTEM PROPERLY ENGAGES BUT RELEASES, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER STATES THAT A PROBLEM MAY EXIST WITHIN THE ABS COMPUTER SYSTEM. *AK *ML
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 30 MPH AND WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP ON TIME. ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES TOO SOON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR LONG TIME. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
TWO FREEZE PLUGS RUSTED COMPLETELY. ANTIFREEZE LEAKED.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID'NT DEPLOY.829274 DUP OF 829272; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF OF THE CONSUMER, AND THE CONSUMER REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. THE DRIVER 'S SIDE AIR BAG DID'NT DEPLOY. *AK
THE REAR MIDDLE LAP SEAT BELT WON'T LATCH ON OR UNLATCH DUE TO THE SEAT BELT BLOCK RETRACTOR THAT BROKE, WHICH MAY NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK; BRAKES SLIDE AND MAKE GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLIED ON UNEVEN ROAD OR GOING OVER BUMPS; SOMETIMES BRAKES GO OUT BRIEFLY THEN RETURN.
THE HANGER/BRACKET, LOCATED NEAR THE REAR LEFT TIRE, RUBS THROUGH THE RUBBER AND METAL INSULATION ON THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE. POTENTIAL FOR THE CABLE TO WEAKEN AND BREAK EXISTS.
UPPER AND LOWER OIL COOLING LINES FAILURE. VEHICLE CONSTANTLY LEAKING OIL.
OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH FRONT OF VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 T0 50 MPH, CAUSING NON DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. OWNER WAS HURT IN ACCIDENT DUE TO AIRBAG NOT DEPLOYING. *AK
REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY AND ONCE LATCHED IT GETS STUCK.
WHEN CONSUMER EASED UP ON THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL BECAME SOFT AND WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED.
ABS FAILURE.
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY WORKED, CAME ON WHENEVER, OR WHEN HITTING A BUMP ON THE ROAD. SOMETIMES NEVER CAME ON AT ALL, DEALER CONTACTED CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. RECALL INFORMATION 98V150. *AK
ABS FAILED RESULTING IN CRASH AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST, WAS NOT COVERED THIS WAS DONE AFTER THE SYSTEM WOULD NO TURN OFF THEM LEAKED BRAKE FLUID PROFUSELY, EEL I WAS SOLD VEHICLE WITH A FAULTY BREAK SYSTEM.
CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK DUE TO MOTOR FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED,BUT WILL NOT REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO THE CONSUMER. *AK *SLC
WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT GO DOWN, SO CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE ANY BRAKES. *AK
BRAKE POWER BOOSTER/MASTER CYLINDER FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, WHICH CAUSED THE TRUCK NOT TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE DRIVER HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, AND THE TRUCK SLOWED DOWN.
ANT-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION.
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE BRAKE PADS.
WHILE DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP WITH OUT INDICATIONS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE IS AN APPARENT PROBLEM WITH THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE WIPER MOTOR CONTROLLER PCA, CAUSING INTERMITTENT FAILURES OF THE WIPERS, THEY GO OFF AND ON AT ANY TIME. *SLC
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING A VEHICLE COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO CHEST, LEGS AND BACK.
EA97022; WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE; SOMETIMES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT COME ON. THE DRIVER HAS TO PULL ON THE WIPERS MANUALLY BEFORE THEY WILL COME ON. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRRECTED. *AK
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 50 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. 536788 DUP OF 824030; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL LOCKED AND WOULD NOT GO DOWN. DRIVER HAD TO USE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. DEALER REPLACED THE EGR VALVE FOR THE SECOND TIME.*AK
TRANSMISSION ALWAYS BREAKS DOWN ON WITHOUT ANY REASON. *AK
THE EGR VALVE HAS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE RECENT PAST. EITHER THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE, OR SOME OTHER COMPONENT IS CONTRIBUTING TO ITS FAILURE. ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC, HE HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF GMC VEHICLES WITH THIS ENGINE TYPE THAT HAVE HAD SIMILAR FAILURES.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD.
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND REALES BACK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE ABS WIRE/ THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKES PADS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A COLLISION. BURNS CAUSED BY AIR BAGS.
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. BRAKES HAVE TO BE PUMPED BEFORE THEY WILL CATCH. DEALER HS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
VEHICLE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER AUTOMOBILE THAT RAN A RED LIGHT. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, BUT BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURIES. VEHICLE ALSO SUSTAINED EXCESSIVE DAMAGE.
ABS BRAKES CAUSED PREMATURE STOPS.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKS UP AND MAKES LOUD NOISE.
EGR VALVE FAILURE. ALSO, BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT, NARROWLY MISSED PLOWING INTO A LINE OF TRAFFIC THAT STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
PRIOR TO CRASH BRAKES FELT SPONGY AND SEEMED TO TAKE TOO LONG TO STOP VEHICLE. INSPECTION FOUND NOTHING WRONG, BUT LATER BRAKE FAILED COMPLETELY ALLOWING VEHICLE TO CRASH.
ABS FAILED, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS SLAMMED TO STOP IN AN EMERGENCY. ROTORS FAILED, OUTSIDE PAD OF ROTORS WORE OUT BEFORE INSIDE PAD.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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