1997 GMC S/T Jimmy

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the exterior lighting. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Exterior Lighting1
000
Engine1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine
Filed Sep 24, 2020188,500 milesAK

THE VEHICLE HAS LOST ALL POWER TO GO. SHE SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS SUFFOCATING AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH AIR. I HAVE CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER, THE MAF(THAT IS THE CODE THAT IS BEING THROWN FROM THE CHECK LIGHT) SPARK PLUGS. ALSO CYLINDER 5 IS MISFIRING.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Jan 22, 2010IN

I HAVE NOTICED MANY NONWORKING 3RD BRAKE LIGHT (HIGH MOUNTED LED STRIPS) ON LATE 90S CHEVY BLAZERS AND GMC SUVS. I HAVE A 1997 GMC JIMMY THAT HAS THIS FAILURE. I DO NOT KNOW OF ANY SPECIFIC INCIDENT(S) RELATING TO THIS PART FAILURE. *TR

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20012000Routine
20002000Routine
19981000Routine
1997 — this page2000Routine
19961000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.