1996 GMC Jimmy complaints

AIR BAG: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH AND VEHICLE HIT HEAD ON AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND LINING, ROTORS AND DRUMS FAILED ON THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY EXPERIENCING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

BRAKE CALIPER FROZE/STUCK, CAUSING WEARING OF PADS AND ROTORS.

PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR.

BRAKES EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON ONE SIDE RESULTING IN VEHICLE PULLING TO THE SIDE WHILE BRAKING.

4 OF THE 5 LUGS: NUTS:BOLTS ON THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL FAILED. *AK

EXCESSIVE OIL USAGE.

FRONT BRAKE PADS WEAR SENSOR WAS INOPERATIVE AND ROTORS HAD TO RESURFACED ON ONE SIDE AND REPLACED ON THE OTHER SIDE.

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP/FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

SPARE TIRE MOUNT AND RELEASE AREA (BUMPER ACCESS) CAN BE EASILY BROKEN INTO DUE TO DESIGN.

DEFECT IN FUEL INJECTOR IS CAUSING ENGINE TO COMPLETLY DIE, LOSS OF BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING. DEFECT IS STILL OCCURRING . DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL INJECTOR TWICE.GMC HAS STATED THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK

POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.

ABS FAILS.

ABS MALFUNCTIONS AND THE DEALER CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM.

BRAKES FAIL RESULTING IN LOSSE OF CONRTOL OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND DIES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE STARTER, THE STARTER SOLENOID/THE ELECTRONIC BRAIN IN THE DASH/ THE FUEL FILTER AND THE FUEL PUMP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL OUT. *AK

RUSTED TRANSMISSION DIP STICK CONTAMINATES TRANSMISSION.

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED

ABS BRAKES FAILED.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS: WHEN DRIVING WIPERS WILL CUT OFF, HAVE TO TURN SWITCH OFF AND TURN BACK ON TO GET THEM TO START. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CAUSES VERY POOR VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IN HARD RAIN. TOOK TO DEALER WITH NO RESULTS. *AK MODULE AND PULSE WIPER CONTROL WAS REPLACED. *SLC

ABS BRAKES FAIL PERIODICALLY. READ IN CONSUMER REPORTS ABOUT ABS BRAKE FAILURES IN GMC AND CHEVROLET TRUCKS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE CONTROL.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK LOSES ALL POWER AND THAT RESULTS IN NO STEERING IN THE TRUCK. THIS HAD HAPPENED TWICE, AND THE CONSUMER THINKS THAT THIS IS A VERY BAD PROBLEM WHILE ON THE ROAD. THE TRUCK JUST STOPPED IN FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

BRAKES LOCK UP.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES GRABBING WHILE STOPPING CAUSING VEHICLE TO EXTEND ITS STOPPING DISTANCE.

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHILE DRIVNG ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, A HOWLING NOISE CAME FROM THE BRAKES. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT BRAKES WERE WORN OUT, AND NEEDED A RIGHT ROTOR. BOTH ROTORS WERE DAMAGED. THE RIGHT ROTOR WAS REPLACED AND THE BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE LEFT ROTOR HAD TO BE GRINDED DOWN. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES SYSTEM IN THE LAST YEAR. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE.

THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION, PLACED THE VEHICLE FROM PARK INTO DRIVE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK GMC STATES THAT THERE IS NO DEFECT, HOWEVER DEALER, WHO IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS, STATED THAT BRAKES WERE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT. *SLC

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING BRAKE PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. HAD BRAKE PADS ROTORS AND MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. VEHICLE IS IN SHOP NOW. *AK.

SPARK PLUG FAILED.

BRAKES: ON MOUNTAIN ROAD VEHICLE APPROACHING, HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES RAPIDLY AND THEY DID NOT ENGAGE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING OKAY NOW. *AK *SLC

4-WHEEL DRIVE MODULE AND ENCODER MOTOR FAILED.

THE REAR LEFT SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE BELT BUCKLE. WHEN PRESSING THE RED RELEASE BUTTON, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT MOVES BACK AND FORTH WHEN PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR OR BRAKE. *AK

WHEN STOPPING AND PUSHING BRAKE PEDAL DOWN, THE VEHICLE LURCH'S FORWARD.

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT CANNOT FIX THE VEHICLE UNTILL 20 DAYS FROM NOW. MEANWHILE THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. DRIVER TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS FROM THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. *AK

BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

WHILE EXITING OFF A RAMP DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, ABS ACTIVATED/BRAKE SFAILED, STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHICH STOPPED AT LIGHT. *AK

DRAIN PLUG AND OIL PAN BOLTS WERE LEAKING.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FOUR CAR PILE-UP. CONSUMER WAS THE FOURTH CAR IN THE PILE-UP, SHE WAS DRIVING APPROX. 55-60 MPH WHEN SHE SKIDDED ABOUT 25 FEET AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF CAR AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED . *AK CONSUMER STATED SEAT BELT SNAPPED AND SHE HIT STEERING WHEEL, CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES DUE TO ACCIDENT. *SLC

OIL LEAKS CONTINUOUSLY FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, PUMPED BRAKES, RETURNED TO NORMAL. FURTHER DOWN ROAD, PEDAL AGAIN WENT TO FLOOR, VEHICLE SPUN AROUND, COULD HAVE CAUSED CRASH, ACCORDING TO DEALER, WATER GOT INTO BRAKE LINE; ALSO ALL WHEEL DRIVESHAFT LOCKED, CAUSING FRONT TIRES TO LOCK UP. *AK CONSUMER STATES TIRES LOCKED UP ABOUT 4 OR 5 TIMES WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER FROM LANE TO LANE. *SLC

THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED ON THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN TRYING TO BRING THE VEHICLE INTO A DRIVEWAY FOR A STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED, IT WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE TRUCK DID NOT STOP AND HIT A FENCE. *AK

DEFECTIVE ABS.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED.

BRAKES: WHEN APPLYING BRAKES HAVE NORMAL BRAKE PEDAL BUT NO BRAKING AT ALL. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, IT IS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATES AT THIS TIME THEY CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.