1996 GMC JIMMY Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN IN USE. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND HAD WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REPAIRED. PROBLEM REAPPEARED. FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR MOTOR.*AK

CONSUMER'S COMPLAINED REGARDING RANDOM OPERATION OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF NHTSA RECALL 98V150001, ALTHOUGH, IT WAS SHOWING A SIMILAR PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AIK

EXCESSIVE EFFORT NEEDED TO USE BRAKES. THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR BRAKES, AND MANUFACTURER PERFORMED SERVICE ON VEHICLE; HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

NOISE WAS BEING EMITTED BY SUSPENSION SYSTEM. NOISE APPEARED AS A METAL TO METAL SOUND THAT CONSUMER FELT WAS VERY UNSAFE, IT FELT LIKE SUSPENSION WAS ABOUT READY TO FALL OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FUEL SMELL IS BEING RELEASED INTO CAB OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF ANY RECALL. *AK CONSUMER REPLACED FUEL LINE AT HIS EXPENSE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING TO INDIANAPOLIS ON JAN. 30,2001 FOR BUSINESS, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD QUIT WORKING PERIODICALLY. IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD AND THEY ONCE STOPPED WHILE PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ON TO INDIANAPOLIS, BUT STAYING IN THE RIGHT LANE OF INTERSTATE 74 ALL THE WAY SO AS TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE SHOULDER IF NECESSARY. I HAD TO HAVE THE WIPERS REPAIRED BEFORE RETURNING HOME, AND JUST RECENTLY RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTORS ON 1996 GMC JIMMY. WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR WORK DONE TO REPLACE MOTOR SO THAT I COULD TRAVEL HOME SAFELY.*AK

WHILE LOCKING CHILDREN IN REAR SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LOCK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE BELT TO LOCK WAS DUE TO DEFECT BUT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE DECLINED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *YH

ABS PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, EXCESSIVE BRAKING DISTANCE. TAKEN TO 2 DEALERS NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALERS SAID BRAKES WERE OPERATING NORMALLY FOR VEHICLE. *AK

WE HAD THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH REPAIRED 1 1/2 YEAR AGO, THEN IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH AGAIN. THEY FOUND ANOTHER PART WHEN OUT IN THE MOTOR CAUSING IT NOT TO GO INTO THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH. EACH TIME IT COSTS US $700 OR MORE FOR THE REPAIRS. WE ALSO HAD TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION LAST YEAR, WHICH COSTS US $1600 TO REPAIR!*AK

A MALFUNCTION HAS OCCURRED WITHIN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WHICH HAS CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE WHEN SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT SYSTEM WAS OPERATING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK