1997 GMC JIMMY Complaints

COOLANT HAS FAILED AND IS GELLING UP IN ENGINE. GM HAS STATED THE COOLLANT SHOULD LAST 5 YEARS OR 100000 MILES. THE COOLANT SYSTEM NOW NEEDS AN ACID FLUSHH AND REPAIR PARTS WHICH WILL COST $440. GM STATES THIS IS M=NOT A FLAW , BUT THE DEALER STATES THAT IT IS ONLY OCCURRING IN THE JIMMY AND CHEVY S-10 VEHICLES. THEY HAVE RECEIVED A SEREVICE BULLETIN ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE BALL JOINTS FAILED. DRIVER SUSTAINED SOME INJURIES. HOWEVER DEALER REFUSED FOR THE LAST 44 DAYS TO PERFORM REPAIRS UNLESS CONSUMER SIGNS A WAIVER RELEASING GM OF ANY LIABILITIES AND PREVENTING THE AFFECTED PARTIES FROM DISCUSSING THE MATTER WITH ANYONE. CONSUMER STATES SHE WILL NOT SIGN THE FORM DUE TO THE GAG ORDER CLAUSE FROM THE AGREEMENT. CONSUMER IS AWARE THERE IS A RECALL CAMPAIGN NOTICE 01V200000 INVOLVING REPLACEMENT OF THE BALL JOINTS. *TT *JG

PRIOR TO THE RECALL NOTICE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 01V200000, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER IS SEEKING FURTHER REIMBURSEMENT. *YD

CONSUMER STATES PRIOR TO RECALL 01V2 THE BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS THE ROTORS AND 1 FRONT WHEEL BEARING PLUS AN ALIGNMENT. DEALER STATES THESE REPAIR ITEMS WERE A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FAULTY UPPER BALL JOINTS. *YD

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. ALSO, THERE WAS NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE. THEY COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED AS OF YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WE, AS THE PURCHASERS, DID NOT KNOW THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE UNTIL WE WENT TO PUT GAS AND WERE STRANDED WITH A DRY TANK AND THE FUEL GUAGE READING HALF FULL. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR REPAIR IS $1,000. THE DEFECT WAS PRESENT AT THE MOMENT WE DROVE THE VEHICLE OFF THE DEALERSHIP LOT. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS COMPENET AND ITS TENDANCY TO EASILY FAIL. I FEEL THIS IS DANGEROUS BEACUSE IF I RUN OUT OF GAS, THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN, SOMEONE COULD HIT MY VEHICLE CAUSING INJURY TO BOTH PARTIES, ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE MY TWO YEAR OLD SON. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 5 DAYS AND IT HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY FOR ALL 5 DAYS!*AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES WE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. GM IS RECALLING LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS ON 1997 GMC JIMMYS, BUT THEY CLAIM THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL.*AK

NHTSA ID 01-I-018-000 MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01049, THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 25-30MPH AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID INTO A PARKING LOT, CONSUMER WAS INJURED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE UPPER BALL JOINT. GM HAS TO AUTHORIZE THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, GM WILL NOT FIX THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE CONSUMER SIGNS A GAG ORDER AND REFRAINS FROM NOTIFYING ANYONE REGARDING THE DANGERS INVOLVED. *YD

MY CAR BEGAN LEAKING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OIL IN FRONT OF AND BEHIND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE. MY LOCAL DEALER SUGGESTED I BRING THE CAR IN TO BE INSPECTED. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A BADLY LEAKING OIL COOLING LINE. THEY SAID THE PARTS FOR THIS REPAIR ARE ON A 7-10 DAY BACK ORDER BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM IN VEHICLES OF MY CLASS, BUT GMC HAS NOT RECALLED OR SENT OUT A SERVICE NOTICE. I AM REALLY GLAD THAT I NOTICED THE LEAK WHEN I DID. I WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM LEAVING ON A TRIP. I AM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT AND WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION FOR ME TO BE IN, HAD THE OIL LINE BLOWN. I HAD NOTICED APPROXIMATELY 12 DRIPS OF OIL ON MY GARAGE FLOOR WHERE I PARK THE CAR, OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS. THAT WASN'T MUCH OIL COMPARED THE THE GRAPEFRUIT SIZED PUDDLES NOW LEAKING FROM MY CAR. I THINK THAT GMC IS AWARE THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD SEND A SERVICE NOTICE TO THEIR PATRONS.*AK