1996 GMC JIMMY Complaints

FAILURE OF BRAKE BOOSTER MAKE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO STOP WAS CONCERNED UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DEALER SAID HE HAS SEEN ALOT OF THESE VEHICLES COME IN WITH THIS FAILURE.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 10 MPH ON A SIDE STREET, FRONT PASSENGER'S TIRE BELT BROKE, AND TIRE TURNED INWARD AND WOULDN'T MOVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 10 MPH WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE, THE TIRE PITCHED INTO THE VEHICLE LEAVING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE, THE OTHER 3 BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO REPLACED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT WEAR. *TT

WHILE DRIVING LEFT BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD INTO GEARS, AND CONSUMER CAN FEEL THE TIRES GRAB ON PAVEMENT. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON DEPENDING ON WEATHER, IF IT'S COOL VEHICLE IS OKAY. PROBLEM STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO.*AK

TIRE EXPLODED WHILE THE JIMMIE WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY, 15 MINUTES AFTER A 3 MILE TRIP. AN 8 INCH TEAR RESULTED BETWEEN THE BEAD AND SIDEWALL. FRAYED TIRE CORD WAS SEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TEAR. TIRE WAS PROPERLY INFLATED TO 32 LBS. TIRE WAS ON DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE OF JIMMIE. EXPLOSION WAS HEARD BY 3 PERSONS FROM BEHIND THE BUILDING WHO INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY. 4 TIRES HAD BEEN PURCHASED TOGETHER IN JUNE 1999 AND HAD <20,000 MILES OF SERVICE. NO OFF ROAD OR ROUGH SERVICE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED BY THE TIRES. DEALER AND UNIROYAL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. DEALER'S POSITION IS THAT TIRE CANNOT BE DEFECTIVE SINCE IT HELD AIR FOR 2 YEARS. UNIROYAL'S APPEAL POSITION IS TO VISIT A SECOND UNIROYAL DEALERSHIP. MY POSITION IS THAT TIRES WHICH EXPLOSIVELY DECOMPRESS ARE, BY DEFINITION, DEFECTIVE. IS THERE AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO HAVE THIS TIRE EVALUATED FOR DEFECTS? CAN TIRES EXPLOSIVELY DECOMPRESS WITHOUT BEING CONSIDERED DEFECTIVE BY EITHER DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION?*AK (DOT NUMBER: P1096FD7 TIRESIZE: P235/70R15)

STEERING LOOSE & VERY NOISEY WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS, FRONT SUSPENSION WAS VERY NOISEY. BOTH UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS VERY LOOSE, REPLACED IMMEDIATELY OR I COULD POTENTIONALLY LOOSE A WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. HAD ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS REPLACED ALONG WITH LOOSE IDLER ARM.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY CONDITIONS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SOLDER JOINTS. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150001 DUE TO VIN. *AK

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS VERY NOISY AND CLUNKING. DEALER REPORTED VERY LOOSE AND DANGEROUS. REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. *AK

THE THROTTLE STICKS IN THE IDLE POSTITION AND REQUIRES CONSIDERABLE FORCE TO OVERCOME. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE BINDING APPEARS TO BE IN THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY.

4 YEAR OLD WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS WITHOUT APPYLING BRAKES WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK