1996 GMC Jimmy complaints

THE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT WAS DAMAGED, WHICH CAUSED THE WHEEL TO LEAN INWARD. *JB

COOLANT PROBLEMS WITH 96 GMC JIMMY. SLUDGE IN SYSTEM. PLUGGED HEATER CORE. COOLANT EVAPORATION.

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THEY LOCKED UP. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER.DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK *TS

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. ENGINE COOLANT HAS BROKEN DOWN AT 60,000 MILES 10/1/2001, 70,000 MILES 6/1/2002, 79,000 1/30/2003 AND HAS BECAME SLUDGE. OWNER'S MANUAL STATES 100,000 MILE MAINTENANCE. DEALER (GMC)WANTS TO REPLACE THERMOSTAT, RADIATOR, HEATER CORE AT MY EXPENSE. SYSTEM HAS BEEN SUPER FLUSHED, CLEANED AND NEW DEX-COOL COOLANT PER DEALER RECOMMENDATIONS. DEALER EVEN STATES COOLANT IS BAD. GMC STATES IIT IS MY FAULT.

FAULTY HEATER CORE THAT IS PLUGGED BY DEXACOOL ANTIFREEZE

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER AS STATED IN RECALL #98 V 150 001. THE VEHICLE MANUFACTURING DATE IS OUTSIDE OF THE DATE RECALLED. PH SCC

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE RADIATOR FLUID. THE RADIATOR FLUID IS RUSTING THE RADIATOR. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF FLUID THAT IS CONTAMINATING THE RADIATOR. PH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

PROBLEM STARTED UNDER 100,000 MILES. DT

CONSUMER STATE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND MAKE SOME NOISE, CAUSING BY THE LOWER BALL JOINT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

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THE ANTIFREEZE GUMMED UP AND THE COOLING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. GM IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. MR

I HAVE REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT ON 7/25/97,10/23/98, 8/2/99, 10/25,99, 10/19/00, AND 9/14/01 HAVE REPLACED THE BELT TENSIONER ON 10/23/98, 8/2/99, 9/14/01. WHY DO THESE TWO ITEMS HAVE TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN? IS THERE SOME OTHER PROBLEM CAUSING THIS?*AK

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT TIRES WERE WEARING OUT DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS IS LISTED SPECIFICALLY ON NHTSA AS A SAFETY RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE (4WD 1996 GMC JIMMY). I WAS TOLD ON A RECENT SAFETY INSPECTION THAT THESE BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED AND THAT A CRASH CAN RESULT. HOWEVER, THE DEALER SAYS IT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT GMC WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. THE NHTSA NOTICE MAKES NO MENTION OF MANUFACTURER'S DATES OR PARTICULAR VINS, SO IT SEEMS ODD THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CLASS OF VEHICLE AND YET SOMEHOW IT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO MINE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL 98V150001. *AK

F BRAKES SUDDENLY ENGAGE FROM ACCELERATION ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. VEHICLE WILL SLIDE AS IF ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE.*AK

FAN CLUTCH SEPARATED AT HUB. TWO BOLTS WERE SHEARED OFF AND TWO OTHERS HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY BACKED OUT. THE CLUTCH PULLEY HAD LOOSENED AND THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD COME OFF. COMPLETE LOSE OF POWER STEERING, COOLING, ALTERNATOR ETC. WITHOUT POWER STEER. *AK

CONSUMER STATES AFTER FINDING OUT THAT HE COULD NOT GET HIS TRUCK ALIGNED, HE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT HIS LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE MOVING APPROX 1-1 1/2 IN. CONSUMER ALSO SAYS THAT WHEN HE SHIFTS HIS TRUCK FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE HE HEARS A KNOCK WHICH ALSO INDICATES THIS BALL JOINT PROBLEM.*JB

THE LOWER BALL JOINTS MOVE EXCESSIVELY (APPROX 1-1.5 INCHES) AND ARE WITHIN 1 MONTH OF BREAKING AND CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT RISKING MY LIFE.*JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. THERE IS RECALL 98V150001, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION DUE TO A DEFECT IN IDLER ARM / LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

IN A SIDE COLLISON NONE OFTHE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR UPPER BALL JOINTS THAT WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO RECALL (01V-200). *YH WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD THE UPPER BALL JOINTS REPLACE, THEY WERE NOT REPLACED WITH GM PARTS. UPDATED *JB

THE GMC ANTIFREEZE KEEPS BREAKING DOWN FORMING SLUDGE SO BAD I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR . 6MONTHS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN THE DEALER SAYS THAT SOME ONE PUT THE WRONG ANTIFREEZE IN THE SYSTEM MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT HE HAS SEEN ANTIFREEZE MIXED IT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT KEEPS HAPPENING IN MY COOLING SYSTEM IS ANY ONE ELSE REPORTING THIS PROBLEM? MY RADIATOR HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY THE DEALER ONCE REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC ONCE AND SYSTEM FLUSHED. I WITH IN THE MONTH HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP THE DEALER DID THAT REPAIR AND POWER FLUSHED THE SYSTEM. IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THIS ISN'T A GMC PROBLEM LIKE THE TIME THEY FILLED THE FAULTY CADILAC ENGINE BLOCKS WITH STOP LEAK TO BE ABLE TO SELL THEM.GMC CLAIMS THAT THIS ANTI FREEZE IS SUPPOSED TO BE GOD FOR 100000 MILES WHAT GIVES. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT WHEEL BEARING BROKE, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE TIRE AND RIM. *JB THE BEARINGS FOR BOTH SIDES REQUIRE FIXING. THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS BROKE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AND CUT THE RIM RUINING THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BALL JOINTS, THE WHEEL AND THE TIRE. *YH

THERE WAS A RECALL OF 96 GMC JIMMY'S FOR INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM UPPER: BALL JOINTS. WE WERE ADVISED THAT OURS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM AT 53918 MILES ON JAN. 8 2002. THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH 2 FRONT TIRES THAT WERE WORN AND VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE BALL JOINT PROBLEM. ALSO REPLACED WERE: THE BELT TENSIONER, OIL COOLER LINES, WATER AND BELT - AT 54,000 MILES. WE RECEIVED A 168.98 REIMBURSEMENT FROM PONTIAC GMC AS A "GOODWILL ADJUSTMENT"(HALF OF THE BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT CHARGE). THEY NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE FOR PROBLEMS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN A RECALL. DOCUMENTATION OF REPAIRS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THANK YOU. *TS *NLM *DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS**761991

CALLED GMCABOUT VOLUNTARY NHTSA CAMPAIGN #661006000 SAID, UNTIL MANDATORY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. SO MUCH FOR THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT FAILING. NO SAFETY DEDFECT LISTED. *AK

LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVED CORRORED. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON UPPER BALL JOINTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001. *AK DEALER REFUSED TO ASSIST IN REPLACEMENT. GM REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT COMPONENT. WIPER FAILS AFTER ENGINE IS WARMED UP. *TT

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

I OWN A 1996 GMC JIMMY SUV MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY JUST STOP WORKING. THEY PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE, BUT WOULD JUST AS MYSTERIOUSLY START WORKING AGAIN. I HAD THEM CHECKED A COUPLE OF TIMES -- MOTOR WAS FINE, SWITCH WAS FINE. IN NOVEMBER 2000 DURING HEAVY RAIN MY WIPERS STOPPED WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY AT ABOUT 100KMH/65MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING, BUT MANAGED TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT A CRASH. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD!*AK

WHEN APLLYING BRAKE AT 15-20 MPH THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED ABS SENSOR. *AK

FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSORS HAVE NOW FAILED TWICE WITHIN A ONE YEAR PERIOD. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED DURING WINTER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE PREVIOUS EVENING THE ABS SYSTEM WAS APPARENTLY FUNCTIONING, ON BOTH OCASSIONS, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED THE FOLLOWING MORNING THE ABS DASH LIGHT WAS ON AND THE ABS WAS INOPERABLE. IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO MY VEHICLE IT SEEMS TO WARRANT SOME RE-ENGINEERING BY GMC. GIVEN OUR ROAD CONDITIONS, UN-ANNOUNCED FAILURES OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM COULD POSE A SERIOUS DANGER TO MOTORISTS WHO MIGHT JUST END UP RELYING ON THE SYSTEM TO HELP AVOID AN ACCIDENT. ADDITIONALLY, I AM TOLD THAT AS THIS IS TECHNICALLY AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE MY WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE COST OF REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRING SAFETY RELATED ITEMS ON THE VEHICLE THAT SEEM TO FAIL REPEADTELY OVER A RESANABLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. *AK

GMC/GM FILLED MY JIMMY AT THE FACTORY WITH DEXCOOL. DEXCOOL IS INVASIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE TO THE VECHICLE I PAID OVER 35 K FOR GMC/GM HAS SENT SERVICE SHEETS TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO BE FOLLOWED EXACTLY TO PURGE THE CONTAMINATION FROM THE COOLING SYSTEM. GMC/GM HAS HIDDEN THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF VECHICLES INVOLVED. GMC/GM HAS USED THE CONSUMER AS THEIR SCAPEGOAT. BLAMMED THE CONSUMER FOR THE 100,000 MILE PLUS COOLANT THEY HAVE USED. GO TO THE INTERNET EXPLORER TYPE IN DEXCOOL IN SEARCH. COOLING SYSTEM IS THE SUBJECT.WWW.SCUDERIACIRIANI. COM IS THE LOCATION. GO TO ANTIFREEZE THEN SCROLL TO DATE:SUN 2 APR 2000 23:42:41-0500 THE APPLICATIONS ENGINEER IS VERY SPECFIC ABOUT THE AFFECT. FORD HAD TRANSMISSIONS,FIRESTONE HAD TIRES. WILL IT TAKE SOMEONE OR SOMEONE'S WIFE AND CHILDREN TO BECOME AT A DISADVANTAGE DUE TO THE COOLING SYSTEM AND BE INJURED ATTACKED OR KILLED FOR THIS FACTORY ISSUE TO BE ADDRESSED? THE FIRST TIME I REACHED MY WIFE THE PROBLEM WAS A COVERED UP $700.00 REPAIR. THERE IS A DAMM GOOD POSIBILITY THAT THEIR HAVE BEEN INJURIES BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED AND THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAVING HAVE NO CLUE THE PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THEY ONLY KNEW!*AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATS, THEN STALLS AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME. DEALER HAS FLUSHED COOLING SYSTEM, DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE IS ON ITS 3RD TRANMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK AND HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST FORMING ON THE TRANMISSION FLUID STICK, ALSO THE REAR AXLE SEALS WER REPLACED.*JB

CONSUMER IS NOT SATISIFIED WITH REIMBURSEMENT RECEIVED FOR WORK DONE ON VEHICLE PRIOR TO SAFETY RECALL G01048S TO REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION UPPER BALL JOINTS, DEALER STATED THAT LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL BUT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL, CONSUMER REQUESTING FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES. *TT

ORIGINAL LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 41 MONTHS, 20,696 MILEAGE BY GMC DEALER WITH GMC PARTS. THE REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS AGAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER 2 YEARS, AT 35,710 MILES. THE VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEN OFF ROAD AND SERVICED REGULARLY. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE GM BALL JOINTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING BECAUSE COOLING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER INDICATED RUST WAS IN RADIATOR. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

VERY POOR BRAKES, PEDAL SPONGY AND HAS BEEN SINCE 20000 MILES OR LESS. DEALER CONTACTED COMPANY AND NO RESPONSE OTHER THAN SOME SPONGY KNEES IS NORMAL. BEEN LIVING WITH MISERABLE BRAKES UNTIL RECENT NEARLY DISASTEROUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO REAL AFFECT. ABLE TO PUSH BRAKE TO FLOOR EASILY WITH CONSTANT LIGHT PRESSURE. DEALER SAYS THAT NOW TO FIX WILL BE EXPENSVE EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD LOUSY BRAKES. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED SOLDER JOINTS NEAR WIRING HARNESS CONNECTOR IS CRACKED. THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 98V150001 DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *YH

RECALL 01V200000; IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED AND MALIFUNCTIONED. DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED, AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP SUPERVISOR WAS MIKE MONTAYA 4240 B STREET ANKORAGE AK 99503 907 562 2000. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN TURNED ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THEY CAME ON, AND SHUT RIGHT OFF. THEY WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN AT 15 MPH BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING EXACT PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL# 98V150000 FOR THE BALL JOINTS, DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD OVER FIRST GEAR, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES UP. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HAD TO REPLACE ALL 4 BALL JOINTS ND ACCORDING TO SHOP THAT FIXED IT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH JIMMYS LIKE MINE. DEALER SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MINE BUT I CHECKED ON LINE MYSELF AND OTHER 1996 JIMMYS HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE MY VIN #. WHEN TRYING TO GET INFORMATION FROM GMC AS TO WHY THEY SAID IT COULD BE DUE TO WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS MADE OR THAT THE BALL JOINTS USED COULD BE FROM A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURE. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE OUT THAT INFO. SAYING IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL. I TRIED GOING THROUGHT THE BBB AND WHEN GMC GOT THE COMPLAINT A LADY CALLED AND SAID BBB WOULD NOT HELP ME AND THAT THERE ISN'T A COURT IN THE COUNTRY THAT COULD GET THE INFO. ON WHERE VEHICLE WAS PRODUCED OR WHAT BALL JOINTS WERE USED ON MINE. SINCE MINE IS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE, HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD OR ABUSED, THAT THE BALL JOINTS WORE OUT BEFORE THE TIRES, AND THAT GMC HAS RECALLED SIMILAR VEHICLES LEADS ME TO BELIEVE MINE WERE DEFECTIVE ALSO! I HAVE ALL THE CORRESPONDANCE VIA EMAIL WITH GMC IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY. THANKS AND PLEASE ADVISE HOW TO PROCEED. BEN SHOWN FEELLING HELPLESS AGAINST GMC. *AK