1997 GMC JIMMY Complaints

WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS DURING RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP INTERMITTENTLY/WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THERE IS GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. SOMETIMES WHEN HITTING THE BRAKES REAL QUICKLY THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE, AND THE PEDAL FEELS LIKE IT'S BACKING UP. DEALER HAS DONE EVERYTHING THAT COULD TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. BUT, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. DEALER CHARGED $68.00 FOR EVALUATION AND ADVISED THAT AN AIR BAG DERM MODULE IS REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE DEFECT AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $450.00. THE DEALER INDICATES THAT THE AIR BAG PROBABLY WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN A COLLISION AND EVEN INDICATED THAT THEY COULD NOT RULE OUT THAT THE AIR BAG MIGHT DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT A COLLISION TO TRIGGER DEPLOYMENT. GMC REFUSES TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY DEFECT AT NO COST TO THE OWNER AND HAS ONLY OFFERED A 50/50 SPLIT. I FEEL THAT GMC SHOULD BE REPLACING THIS DEFECTIVE SYSTEM AT 100% THEIR COST. YOUR WEB SITE SAYS THAT IF A SAFETY-RELATED DEFECT EXISTS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, THE MANUFACTURER MUST FIX IT AT NO COST TO THE OWNER.*AK

CONSUMER WAS GOING TO THE SUPERMAKET AND SHE HEARD A LOUD POP. GOT OUT OF VEHICLE, AND LOOKED DOWN AT WHEELS, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS CAVED IN AT ABOUT 45 DEGREE ANGLE. SHE HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT SHE NEEDED BALL JOINTS.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, ABS WOULD ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSE FRONT WHEEL TO GRAB, AND BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED VEHICLE TO CONTINUE ON BEFORE STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I APPLIED MY BRAKES AS I WAS COMING UP TO AN INTERSECTION. THE ABS ENGAGED AND THE PEDAL WAS THROWN TO THE FLOORBOARD THE FRONT TIRES THEN LOCKED UP AND I SKIDDED INTO THE INTERSECTION. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAD HAPPENED. CONTACTED GMC AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOT MUCH I COULD DO EXCEPT GET A NEW SYSTEM.*AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED PEDAL BECAME HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH CAUSED A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE JUST STOPPED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

I HAVE HAD MY JIMMY SERVICED PER THE OWNERS MANUAL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND ONLY AT A GMC DEALERSHIP, MARTIN GMC IN LAKE CHARLES LA. IN JANUARY OF 1999 THE COOLING SYSTEM STARTED GETTING A HEAVY BUILD-UP OF RUST DEPOSITS IN THE COOLANT RESERVOIR AND RADIATOR. I BROUGHT IT IN TO MARTIN GMC ON 1/21/99 (30,253 MILES) AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A BREAK DOWN OF THE DEX-COOL COOLANT IN THE SYSTEM AND THAT THIS WAS NORMAL AND WOULD CAUSE NO PROBLEMS LATER. I BROUGHT MY JIMMY TO AND INDEPENDENT AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT SAME DAY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS BADLY RUSTED AND IT NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED AND REFILLED. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO MARTIN GMC AND WAS AGAIN TOLD THAT THIS RUST WAS NORMAL AND WOULD CAUSE NO PROBLEMS. AFTER THIS THE JIMMY WAS SERVICED BY MARTIN GMC 3 MORE TIMES IN 1999.ON 5/2/00 (43,773 MILES)I BROUGHT THE JIMMY IN AND HAD IT SERVICED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION LEVEL COULDNT BE CHECKED BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET THE DIPSTICK OUT OF THE DIP STICK TUBE. THE RUBBER/PLASTIC GASKET ON THE DIPSTICK HAD HEATED AND SEALED TO THE METAL DIP STICK TUBE. SOON AFTER THIS, WHILE DRIVING THE JIMMY, I STARTED HEARING LOUD WATER FLOWING SOUNDS INSIDE UNDER THE FRONT DASH. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO MARTIN GMC 5/31/00 TO HAVE THIS CHECKED OUT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COOLING SYSTEM WAS CLOGGED WITH RUST AND NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED. THEY SAID THAT THEY BELIEVED THE WRONG TYPE OF COOLANT WAS PUT IN THE SYSTEM CAUSING THIS. I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD MADE THEM AWARE OF THE RUST PROBLEM LONG BEFORE NOW AND THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS RUST PROBLEM ALSO CAUSED POOR COOLING OF THE ENGINE WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROBLEM WITH THE DIP STICK. *AK

THE BOLTS ON THE BUMPER BUDDY ARE INCORRECTLY SIZES WHICH CAUSES TO NOT ENGAGE THE LOCK NUTS PROPERLY. YH