1998 GMC Jimmy complaints

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER SAYS THAT SOME STICKY SUBSTANCE WAS SPILLED IN THE CONSOLE BY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER AND CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT ASSY TO LOCK UP. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS SPILLED IN THAT AREA WAS A COVERED CUP FILLED WITH SWEET TEA THAT TIPPED OVER THE CUP HOLDER. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE LIQUID COULD'VE LEAKED UNDERNEATH THE CONSOLE AND CAUSE MY TRANSMISSION TO FREEZE UP. PEOPLE DRINK IN CARS ALL THE TIME, AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. THIS IS A DEFAULT WITH THE TRANSMISSION CONSOLE. BECAUSE IT LOCKED UP MY TRANSMISSION, MY VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE AND COULD HAVE PUT ME IN A SERIOUS RISK WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD OR PARKED IN AN UNSAFE AREA. FORTUNATELY THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT MY PARENTS HOUSE AND THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS. *AK

DRIVERS SEAT SLID FORWARD FORCING MY KNEE INTO THE DASH. I SUSTAINED A CUT TO MY LEFT EYELID, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY HITTING THE STEARING COLUMN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY THOUGH I HIT THE REAR OF ANOTHER SUV, A BLAZER. SEAT BELT DID NOT SEEM TO HOLD ME IN PLACE OR RESTRAIN ME.*AK

VEHICLE CONSTANTLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT, HAVE HAD THE DEALER LOOK AT IT 3 TIMES, THEY SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM.THEY GIVE ME EXCUSES SUCH AS TIRES NEED ROTATED, THE STEERING IS SUPER SENSITIVE, OR IT DRIVES STRAIGHT FOR THEM.

SUV PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN YOU LET GO OF THE STEERING WHEEL, THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO KEEP IT FROM GOING TO THE RIGHT

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY BRAKES LOCKED UP WITHOUT APPLICATION. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED THE PARKING BRAKE ASSEMBLY. *AK

STEERING ARM.

WINDSHIELD MOLDING.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING POWER FAILURE/STALLING & BUCKING, HOWEVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE WHICH DID NOT RESOLVE THE ENGINE PROBLEM*YC

WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL IS TURNED TO THE HIGHEST SETTING, IT DOES NOT WORK. ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, OFTEN IT ROARS AFTER BEING STARTED UP UNTIL IT GETS TO 3RD GEAR, THEN IT STOPS. DON'T KNOW WHY.*AK

TRANSMISSION MAKES LOUD ROARING NOISE USUALLY WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP (5-10 MPH) AND WON'T SHIFT INTO NEXT GEAR - HAVE TO DECELERATE AND TRY AGAIN AND SOMETIMES TAKES 3-5 ATTEMPTS BEFORE WILL SHIFT - HAD TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING RUSH HOUR. ALMOST IN ACCIDENT ON ONE OCCASION DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. OCCASIONALLY TRANSMISSION HAS ROARED WHEN TRAVELING 50 MPH AND HAD TO DECELERATE. NO TRANSMISSION LIGHT WARNING ME OF PROBLEM ILLUMINATES. HAD SERVICED TWICE AND STILL SAME PROBLEM AND DEALERSHIP FIXED OIL LEAK ON FIRST SERVICE (VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP) AND REPLACED PART 2ND SERVICE AND STILL IS A PROBLEM, LAST OCCURING ON 7/15/99, FOLLOWING 2ND SERVICE. I AM GOING TO REQUEST A 3RD SERVICE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT HAD A TRANSMISSION SERVICE/REPAIR MAN ON STAFF THE LAST 3 ATTEMPTS TO GET REPAIR. BOTH SERVICES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY ADAMS CHEVROLET/GMC IN RAYTOWN, MO BECAUSE DAVE CROSS HAS NOT HAD A TRANSMISSION MAN. HOWEVER, FOR THE 2ND SERVICE (JULY 1999), DAVE CROSS ACCEPTED THE JIMMY FOR SERVICE BUT HAD ADAMS DO THE SERVICE. DAVE CROSS SERVICE MGR (I BELIEVE IS MGR) TOLD ME WHEN I PICKED UP JIMMY FOLLOWING 2ND REPAIR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECENT "BULLETIN" THAT REQUIRED A PIECE BE REPLACED WHICH THEY DID AND SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, SO I WILL HAVE TO TAKE THE JIMMY IN AGAIN. ALSO, I REQUESTED TO SEE THE BULLETIN AND THE MGR REFUSED. HE SAID IT WAS NOT FOR CUSTOMER USE. *AK

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THE VEHICLE NOW EXHIBITS UNEVEN TIRE WEAR AND A POPPING NOISE FROM FRONT RIGHT SUSPENSION. ALSO, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING PROBLEM, IT CONTINUES TO COOL THE INTERIOR DOWN WELL BELOW SELECTED TEMPERATURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND LOST POWER WHILE TOWING 4200 POUND RV, A UNIT WELL UNDER THE TOWING CAPACITY OF THE GMC JIMMY. TRANSMISSION GOT HOT AND SLIPPED WITH NOTICABLE LOSS OF POWER. ODD ODOR CAME FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ALSO. "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON DURING FUEL STOP. WE THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO FUEL CAP OR GASOLINE USED. CONTACTED DEALER UPON RETURN FROM TRIP AND HAD ITEM SCHEDULED FOR CHECK ON MON 6/7/1998. HAD TRANSMISSION OIL AND FILTER CHANGED AND MECHANIC NOTED OIL EXCESSIVELY BLACK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT MONITOR INDICATED TRANMISSSION HAD OVERHEATED TWICE. RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DRIVE SLOWER, CHANGE OIL AND FILTER MORE OFTEN, GET A WIND RESISTANCE DEFLECTOR FOR TOWING VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS TOWING PACKAGE WITH EXTRA TRANSMISSION OIL COLLER RATED AT OVER 10,000 POUNDS TOWING CAPACITY. SALESMAN, WHO WAS A PREVIOUS RV DEALER/SALESMAN, ASSURED US WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THAT IT WAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO HANDLE THE TOWING OF THE RV (26 FOOT DUTCHMAN LITE, RATED AT 4200 POUNDS). AFRAID THAT TRANSMISSION WILL FAIL AGAIN AND WE WILL BECOME STRANDED. WIFE, WHO DRIVES VEHICLE DAILY, ALSO NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING PERIODICALLY WHEN DRIVING WITHOUT ANY LOAD ATTACHED TO THE VEHEICLE. AM OVERLY CONCERNED NOW THAT I ALSO HAVE A 1998 GMC SONOMA WITH SAME ENGINE, TRNASMISSION, AND TOWING CAPACITY FOR ALTERNATE FOR TOWING RV, AND THAT IT'S TRANSMISSION MAY EXPERIENCE THE SAME SYMPTOMS. *AK

THE STEERING WHEEL ABRUPTLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I TRIED TO STEER THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE ROAD, THE STEERING DID NOT RESPOND WELL. THE STEERING WAS OUT OF CONTROL. THIS CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO DO A 180 AND GO OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE SUBSEQUENTLY FLIPPED 4 OR 5 TIMES. ALSO THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS FRONT END DAMAGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 -40 MPH VEHICLE HIT A TREE AND ROLLED OVER. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAG SYSTEM DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

THE CAR WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED, LOST POWER, THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED INTO LOW GEAR, AND WOULD ONLY PROCEED AT A SLOW SPEED, THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE, THE SERVICE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON.I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THEY COULD NOT DETECT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM OCCURED NEAR, FOR THE THIRD TIME, NEAR CORAL SPRINGS GMC AND I TOOK THE CAR INTO THEM IMMEDIATELY AND THEY CAME UP WITH TRANSMISSIONS CODES ON THE COMPUTER. I WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TO KING SINCE THE OTHER DEALER DID NOT HAVE A TRANMISSION MECHANIC. KING WAS CONTACTED AND I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE CAR IN LATER , THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHT WENT OFF AND IT DROVE NORMALLY. THE DAY I BROUGHT THE CAR TO KING IT OCCURED AGAIN, AND THIS TIME THE SYMPTOMS WERE THE SAME, BUT THE INSTRUMENT ALSO WENT DEAD. KING REPORTED TO ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO LOOSE POWER, CREATING THE TRANSMISSION TO DOWNSHIFT AND, THE CAR TO LOOSE ENGINE POWER, AND THE INSTRUMENTS TO FAIL. AT HIGH SPEED THIS CREATES SOME CONCERN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. THEY INDICATED IT HAS HAPPEN ON OTHER VECHILES. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS SINCE I CONSIDERED IT A SAFETY PROBLEM. I FEEL OWNERS AND OTHER DEALERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED, SINCE APPARENTLY IT IS NOT EASILY RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU.

WHEN YOU LET GO OF STEERING WHEEL, CAR GOES IMMEDIATELY RIGHT. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER DID A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND IT WAS OKAY FOR A WHILE BUT THEN IT DID IT AGAIN AND WE TOOK IT BACK. THE SECOND TIME WE TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER THEY CHARGED US FOR A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND SAID WE HAD "CURBED" THE VEHICLE BUT WE HAD NOT. NOW IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR ANOTHER WHEEL ALIGNMENT.

I WAS STRUCK HEAD-ON (RIGHT OF VEHICLE CENTER) BY A DRUNKEN DRIVER. MY SPEED WAS APPROX 30MPH AND HIS WAS APPROX 50MPH. THE IMPACT OF THE COLLISION SHEARED OFF THE FRONT AXLE AND RIGHT FRONT TIRE AND ROLLED MY VEHICLE ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK

POWER STEERING PERFORMANCE IS POOR, VEHICLE WANDERS ON STRAIGHT ROAD AT SPEEDS BELOW 70 MPH, UNABLE TO RECTIFY.

MY FOOT WITH SHOES OR BOOTS IS 6 INCHES WIDE AND I GET STUCK UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL (AND AGAINST THE CONSOLE) WHEN SWITCHING FROM GAS TO BRAKE. SEVERAL TIMES, I HAD TO AVOID THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME AND HIT THE DITCH. NOW, I BRAKE WITH MY LEFT FOOT IN EMERGENCIES.

GEAR CLUTCHES FAILED.

GLASS PORTION OF TAILGATE(UPPER HALF) SUDDENLY OPENED WHILE DRIVING. IS THIS COMMON? *AK

AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYED IN FRONT END CRASH @ 45 MPH. ON STRAIGHT ROAD, DURING FLASH HAIL STORM. REMOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN. THIS CAUSED REAR END TO START SLIDING LEFT. RECOVERED, BUT THEN STARTED SLIDING RIGHT. NO ROOM TO RECOVER AND CRASHED. *AK

SECURITY SYSTEMS OPERATES ERRATICALLY. *YC

SUNROOF FAILED. NLM

RIGHT REAR IGNITION COIL CONNECTOR DISCONNECTED CAUSING FAILURE. *YC

ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM (RFW SENSOR) FAILED. *YC

BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. *YC

WIPER MOTOR FAILED. YH

POWER STEERING ADJUSTER PLUG ON THE PRESSURE HOSE FAILED. YH

STEERING WHEEL PULLS DRASTICALLY TO THE RIGHT, CAN NOT TAKE HANDS OFF STEERING WHEEL OR THE CAR WILL RUN OFF THE ROAD.

NO SUMMARY

REARVIEW MIRRORS EXTERIOR VIBRATE CONTINUALLY, REPLACED FIVE TIMES HOWEVER DUE TO DESIGN THEY CONTINUE TO VIBRATE CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

HEADLIGHT APPERS TO BE BLUISH IN COLOR AND IS TOO BLINDING.

WHEN RELEASING THE STEERING WHEEL THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BEGINS PULLING TO THE RIGHT.

WHILE GOING DOWNHILL AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER USED EMERGENCY BRAKES AND WENT INTO A DITCH TO AVOID A CRASH. PROBLEM BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY PART OF THE BRAKE HOSE LINE MISSING BECAUSE IT HIT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND MELTED. *AK

THERE WAS NOT A "FAILRE". THE TRANSMISSION ROARS AT INITIAL ACCELERATION. THE ROAR CONTINUES THROUGH FIRST GEAR AND QUITS PRIOR TO SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR. THE ROAR IS INTERMITTENT AND SO FAR UNPREDICTIBLE. THIS OCCURS DURING SLOW ACCELERATION.

WHEN APPLED THE ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT THE SYSTEM LOCKED UP, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING OVER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

TURN SIGNAL DESIGN HAS A LANE CHANGE FUNCTION, AT TIMES THE FLASHER UNIT SOUNDS BUT OUTSIDE LIGHTS FAIL.