2000 GMC JIMMY Complaints

ENGINE NOISE: THIS 2000 JIMMY WITH THE 4.3 VORTEC IS QUITE NOISY. WHEN STARTING COLD ,ABOUT 20 SECONDS LATER A LIFTER WILL START TO RAP, THEN WILL GO AWAY AND THEN BACK. AFTER COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, SEVERAL LIFTERS WILL GET LOUD. NOW, I HAVE HEARD 4 1998-2000 4.3 IN BLAZERS AND JIMMYS DO THIS. THEN DALERSHIPS SAY THIS IS NORMAL...TECHNICIANS SAY THERE IS A VALVE TRAIN ISSUE. THIS IS NOT NORMAL NOISE..INA DDITION, WHEN LOADING THE VEHICLE, LIKE GOING UP A STEEP HILL, ONE OR TWO LIFTERS SOUND LIKE THEY ARE READY TO LET LOOSE.....CAUSE OF PROBLEM? *AK

MY FUEL GAUGE IS MALFUNCTIONING. IT FLOATS BACK AND FOURTH FROM FULL TO EMPTY. HOW SAFE CAN THIS BE? ALSO I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH WINDOWS NOT ROLLING UP AND DOWN AND MY BACK GLASS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE REAR OUTSIDE BUTTON. *AK

MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS 2000 JIMMY. BOUGHT IT USED FROM CARMAX AT 18K MILES ON JAN 2003, GOT EXT. WARRANTY, BUT SOON AFTER, FRONT BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED, REPLACED BY CARMAX FOR FREE, BUT 6 MOS LATER BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED. WAS ADVISED THAT REAR ROTORS AND BRAKES WERE ALMOST AT END OF LIFE. 9 MOS LATER, REPLACED REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR, SPENT $450 AS WELL AS REPLACING SERPENTINE BELT AND FLUSHING BREAK FLUID, TOTAL COST $650. PROBLEMS WITH SUNROOF STARTED IN APR 2003, IT FINALLY STOPPED WORKING AND WAS REPLACED AT 43K MILES UNDER EXT WARRANTY, HAD TO GET NEW BATTERY, NOISE IN UNDER CARRIAGE ON DRIVERS SIDE, DETERMINED TO BE PROBLEMS WITH HUB BEARINGS AND IDLE ARM, INNER TIE ROD, ALL REPLACED UNDER EXT WARRANTY, TOTAL COST WOULD HAVE BEEN $750. *NM

TOOK CAR IN FOR INSPECTION WAS TOLD LOWER BALL JOINT WAS WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY GM DEALER CAR ONLY HAS 23,330 MILES ON IT AND WAS PURCHASED 9/03. DID NOTICE WHEN DRIVING THE CAR WOULD MAKE A LOUD "POPPING" NOISE WHEN IT WAS TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION SINCE I PURCHASED CAR. THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS CHEAKED OUT BY DEALER

I WAS IN A 2000 GMC JIMMY WAITING FOR A WRECK TO BE CLEARED WHEN A MEDIUM SIZE CAR HIT US FROM BEHIND DOING ABOUT 55 MILES A HOUR. TOTALLY THE JIMMY BEYOND REPAIR. THE AIR BAGS NEVER CAME OUT TO PROTECT US FROM THE IMPACT. THE JIMMY WAS NEVER IN A WRECK PRIOR TO THIS SO THE AIR BAGS HAD NEVER BEEN USED. THEY FAILED.*AK

VEHICLES SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. *AK THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT UP AFTER EACH INCIDENT. *JB

ROLLOVER- ON A U-TURN TRUCK OVERTURNED! DESTROYED TRUCK- COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE EASILY. PASSENGER SIDE CRUSHED. 46,000 MILES. 4 SETS OF BRAKES ON THIS TRUCK. THEY ARE HORRIBLE, NEVER AGAIN BUY A GMC. TIRES ARE EQUALLY BAD. *AK

MY 2000 JIMMY HAS OIL LEAKING FROM THE OIL COOLER HOSES, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THESE VEHICLES. WHERE IS THE RECALL? ALSO, MY GAS GAUGE IS DISPLAYING INACCURATE READINGS. I HEAR THIS IS ALSO COMMON ON GMC JIMMY'S. WHERE IS THAT RECALL? NOW TO GO ALONG WITH MY POWER WINDOW SWITCH NOT WORKING, MOLDING COMING LOOSE, REAR INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BREAKING OFF, ETC. ALL THIS WITH ONLY 49,000 MILES.*AK

2000 JIMMY HAS HAD NOISE AND VIBRATION IN FRONT END SINCE IT HAD 4900 MILES ON IT. REPEATED COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALER BUT THEY "COULD NOT DUPLICATE" THE PROBLEM, SO NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. SOUNDS LIKE THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF, AND VIBRATION IS FELT IN STEERING WHEEL, SEAT AND FLOOR.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL BEARING FAILED, DRIVERS SIDE HAS FAILED TWICE NOW. CAN'T SEEM TO GET THE FRONT END TO ALIGN EITHER. BEEN TO 3 SHOPS AND IT STILL EATS MY TIRES. GOT A NICE EMAIL BACK FROM GMC SAYS THEY DON'T SHOW ANY CLAIMS THROUGH DTEALERSHIPS, I COULD BARELY AFFORD THE $400 BEARING MUCH LESS HAVE THEM BEND ME 90 DEGREES ON THE LABOR. *JB