1996 GMC JIMMY Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED DURING A RAIN STORM, THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES PREVIOUSLY. THIS PROBLEM WAS A RECALL ON THE 1995 BLAZERS AND JIMMYS, BUT NOT ON THE 1996 MODELS EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME PART USED ON BOTH YEARS, ACCORDING TO A PARTS PERSON AT A GMC DEALER SHIP. FORTUNATELY NO ONE IN OUR FAMILY WAS INJURED. I AM HAVING THE PROBLEM FIXED AT MY EXPENSE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT GMC WILL NOT PAY FOR THE DEFECT. I FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS FOR THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT, AND THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE CORRECTED, BY RECALL, BEFORE SERIOUS INJURIES OCCUR. SINCERLY, RONALD L KELLER *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES BUT MORE THEN OFTEN DO NOT WORK. I CALLED GMC AS THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THEY TELL ME MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. THE RECALL WAS A MONTH BEFORE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. WHY DO I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT I'M NOT PART OF THE RECALL? ON THE BRAKES- IT WAS RECALLED FOR THE ANTILOCK ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS. I TOOK IT IN FOR THE COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT AS PER THE RECALL FIX, THEY SAID IT WAS DONE AND A WEEK LATER, ON THE SAME ROAD IT FIRST HAPPENED TO ME, A LIGHT CHANGED, I HIT THE BRAKES (NOT HARD) AND ANTILOCK KICKED IN AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I ALMOST CRASHED AS MY HEART WENT INTO MY STOMACH. LONG BEFORE THE RECALL, I HAD MY TRUCK INTO GMC MANY TIMES FOR BRAKE PROBLEMS AND EVEN WROTE LETTERS THAT DESCRIBE THE RECALL LONG BEFORE I KNOW THERE WAS ONE! GM SAYS MY TRUCK BRAKES ARE FIXED BUT THEY'RE NOT. THE WIPERS THEY WON'T COVER. OTHER THEN THESE PROBLEMS AND THAT THE ENGINE IDLES ROUGH AND IS ROUGH AT LOW SPEEDS, I REALLY LIKE MY JIMMY!!*AK

RECALL 98V150001/ WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: ONGOING PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING DURING OPERATION. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING DURING OPERATION. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS ENUMERATED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 9332. VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE DURING STOPS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER,BUT DEALER REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS SINCE THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECAL 9332 DUE TO VIN. THE EFFECT COULD CAUSE CONSUMER TO BE INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT W/O PRIOR WARNING. *AK EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS ON OCCASSION WHEN BRAKES ARE SLAMMED ON. *YH

VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS ENUMERATED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 9332. VEHICLE MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE DURING STOPS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. BUT SINCE THIS PARTICULAR VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 9332 , DEALER DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE PROBLEM, AND REFUSED TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS. EFFECT OF THIS FAILURE COULD CAUSE CONSUMER TO BE INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT W/O WARNING. *AK

THE ABS SYSTEM HAS MALFUNCTIONED MANY TIMES. AT FIRST I DID NOT PAY ATTENTION TO IT, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST LIGHT BRAKE PRESSURE. THEN IT STARTED TO LOOSE PRESSURE AND KEEP GOING FORWARD WHEN STOPPING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND PAID FOR A NEW MASTER CYLINDER. THEN IT STARTED MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. I CONTACTED THE BBB AND WAS TOLD IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAD TOO MUCH MILAGE. WENT BACK TO DEALER AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER UNIT, NO CHARGE. THE IGNITION STARTED LOCKING AND THEY REPAIRED THAT FOR A FEE. IT TOO HAS GONE BACK TO LOCKING WHEN TRYING TO START. SAFETY IS A CONCERN, STILL. *AK

RECALL 99V193000/ABS: WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP PROPERLY, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. ON TWO OCCASIONS, ON THE SAME DAY WITHIN 20 MINUTES APART, VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING BACKFIRING, HAVING TROUBLE STARTING IN COLD WEATHER, AND HAS A ROUGH IDLE, THE CONSUMER STATES SHE RECEIVED A RECALL ABOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM IN OCTOBER OF 99, HOWEVER THREW IT AWAY. (POSSIBLE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL) *SLC

WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED BRAKES MAKE A HISSING SOUND, AND PEDAL GETS VERY HARD, PEDAL HAS TO BE RELEASED AND APPLIED AGAIN TO GET A RESPONSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK