1998 GMC JIMMY Complaints

SEAT RECLINER HANDLE BROKE OFF WHILE RETURNING SEAT TO NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITION.*AK

AFTER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE ACTUATED, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WHEN IT IS TURNED OFF. I FIND IT VERY DISTRACTING AND I WILL HAVE TO HIT OR JIGGLE THE ACTUATOR SWITCH TO GET THE WIPERS TO STOP. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON INTERMITTENTLY. SUV ACCELELERATE SLOWLY, RPMS REACH 3000 BEFORE VEHICLES MOVES. INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS GOING ON AND OFF, INCLUDING THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR. OVER HEAD DASH LIGHT WON'T WORK. TOOK MY SUV TO THE DEALERSHIP ON A FRIDAY 11/09/01. ALL PROBLEMS WERE OCCURING AT THAT TIME AND THEY COULD SEE FOR THEMSELVES. I WAS INFORMED THE THE DIAGNOSISTIC TEST SHOWED 5 TRANS CODES. AND THAT WIRE TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOOSE AND THEY RECONNECTED THAT WIRE AND ALL CODES WERE NOW CLEAR. THE VERY NEXT DAY MY SUV BEGAN DOING THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM ON MONDAY 11/12/01. I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE CAUSED BE A WIRE LEADING FROM MY IGNITION TO TRANSMISSION. AND THAT I MIGHT NEED AN IGNITION SWITCH. AND THAT TO DO THE WORK IT WOULD COST ME $400 TO $500. AND THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THE FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THIS PROBLEMS. THERE ARE TIME THAT I AM UNABLE TO CONTROL MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS. I HAVE READ OVER 12 SIMULAR COMPLIANTS & INCIDENTS. GMC NEED TO REPAIR THESE MALFUNCTION BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURIED. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDER SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE MY SUV WON'T ACCELERATE PROPERLY. AND TO BE DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY HAVE YOUR INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILS, THIS IS DISTRACTING AND UNSAFE. ALSO, MY EMERGENCY BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD. S.O.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THERE WAS PULSATING AND NOISE, DEALER DETERMINED ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED, THEY WERE DISINTEGRATED. COULD NOT BE TURNED, ALL 4 ROTORS WERE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

TRANS.MISSION ROORED WHEN FIRST STARTING OUT, THEN WOULD NOT SHIFT UNLESS YOU TOOK YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS, THEN COMPLEATLY FAILED, DRUM, CLUTCHES & BANDS HAD TO BE REBUILT. *AK

DEALER REPAIR CENTER STATES THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL CLUTCHES THAT WERE BURNT AND THAT A BROKEN BAND WAS FOUND AS WELL AS HAVING THE HOUSING SCALDED. SAID THAT AN AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION FILTER WAS FOUND IN THE UNIT AND THAT A SUBPAR FLUID WAS USED TO REFILL IT. THIS CAR WAS PICKED UP BRAND NEW OFF OF THE LOT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS NEVER SERVICED BY ANYONE SINCE WE HAVE OWNED IT. ALL REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE HAVE BEEN DONE AT THIS SAME DEALER AS WE HAD A WARRANTY ON THIS UNIT UNTIL 4 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE HIT 36,000 MILES.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING SEAL IS LEAKING. WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A TURN STEERING WILL NOT RESPOND. MAKES NOISE WHEN ALMOST DRY. DEALER HAS REPLACED RACK AND PINION SEAL 4 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*AK

THIS HAS BEE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DEALERSHIP AND THERE SERVICE DEPARTMENT I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED GMC ABOUT THIS . IF SOMEONE COULD HELP ME OUT.I WOULD LIKE TO SPEEK TO SOMEONE TO FIND OUT WHAT I CAN DO PLEASE CALL ME AT WORK [XXX] OR HOME [XXX] SO I COULD EXPLAIN ALL OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD THANK YOU. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHILE DRIVING, ALL PANEL LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE SPEEDOMOTER & TACHOMETER WENT TO ZERO. *AK

AUTO TRANSMISSION IN TWICE BEFORE FAILED,BATTERY LEAK DAMAGED ELEC SYS, REAR DEFOG STOPPED WORKING (GLASS HAD TO BE REPLACED), DEALER UNABLE TO STOP FRONT SUSPENSION POPPING NOISES, PASS SEAT RECLINER HANDLE KEEPS BREAKING OFF. *AK