2000 GMC JIMMY Complaints

ON 9-6-00 I HIT A CONCRETE LIGHT POLE BASE APROX 3FT HIGH & 2FT ACROSS.WITH MY 2000 GMCJIMMY I WAS GOING APROX 35MPH AT THE TIME THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF . THE INPACT WAS DEAD CTR & STRIGHT ON .THE ROAD WAS DRY .I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT AN NOT HURT THERE WAS $10,000+ DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK I WOLD LIKE TO KNOW IF & WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF THANKYOU

THE FRONT SEAT BACK RECLINER HANDLE HAS BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME. UPON REVIEW OF THE PART IT WOULD APPEAR THAT IT HAS FAILED UNDER A TORSION LOAD. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE PART, THE BOS THAT PROTRUDES FROM THE SEAT AND THAT THE RECLINER HANDLE ATTACHES TO IS THE ITEM THAT FAILED. THE BOSS ITSELF APPEARS TO BE MADE FROM POWDER METAL. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHEN CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE PART IS MADE OUT OF POWDER METAL. A SLOT IS CUT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CENTER OF THIS BOSS AS TO ACCEPT THE HANDLE SCREW. THE HANDLE SCREW SLOT PROBABLY WEAKENS THE BOSS EVEN FURTHER. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A PART THAT HAS REPEATED LOADING WOULD BE MADE OF SUCH A MATERIAL SINCE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES OF POWDER METAL DO NOT INCLUDE THOSE REQUIRED FOR REPEATED TORSION. AS I CAN SURMISE, THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE OF THIS PARTICULAR PART IN MY VEHCILE. THE PART WAS REPLACED BY JIM CAUSLEY GMC, JUNE OF 2000. I AM CONCERNED THAT A REAR OCCUPANT COULD BECOME TRAPPED IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT SINCE THE LEVER IN QUESTION CONTROLS THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE SEAT BACK. YOUR FOLLOW UP ON THIS MATTER IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. REGARDS KEN KECK. *AK

HERE IS A LETTER THAT I SENT THE DEALERSHIP (ARBORGAST) AND GMC.. 17 AUGUST 2000. SCC *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*730992

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30-35MPH, APPLYING BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP BY PUMPING BRAKES & FINALLY THEY CAUGHT. THIS WAS THE FIRST EXPERIENCE. DEALER WAS INSPECTING VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE SITTING IN VEHICLE ENGINE REVVED VERY HIGH. IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS VERY HOT. THREE WEEKS LATER, SAME PROBLEM, THEN A THIRD TIME, AND A FORTH TIME ENGINE QUIT AT STOP SIGN/DRIVING DOWN A HILL, AND ANYWHERE, WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGN. VEHICLE CUT OFF ON INTERSTATE ABOUT 6 TIMES. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND ROLL OVER WHERE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK TWO TIRES WERE FLAT, ONE ON THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ALSO. **YH

SEAT AND/OR COMPONENTS MOVES AT VEHICLE TAKE OFF AND STOPS MAKING ALSO MAKING A BOLD NOISE ON DRIVER SEAT GIVING THE SENSATION THAT DRIVER DOES NOT STOP/MOVES W/ VEHICLE WICH CAN BE DANGEROUS AT ANY REQUIRED MANUVERING MOMENT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/70R15 )

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK, AND CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN DRIVE, GEAR GETS STUCK, IT WON'T MOVE. ALSO, CAR WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

AT FIRST WE NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARDS WERE VERY WET. WE PROCEEDED TO LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE, SINCE IT HAD BEEN RAINING RECENTLY. THEN WE SAW TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE FRONT OF THE TRANSMISSION. TO THE REAR DRIVE AXLE. IMMEDIATELY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHERE THE TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET WAS REPLACED. THEN THE TRANSMISSION PUMP AND O-RING.A PASSENGER SIDE DOOR GASKET WAS ORDERED THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE LEAKING. WHILE WAITING FOR THE DOOR GASKET TO COME IN, IT HAD NOT RAINED IN TWO WEEKS, BUT THE FLOOR CONTINUED TO STAY WET.SINCE IT IS VERY HOT HERE WE NOTIFIED THE DEALER WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR THE DOOR GASKET REPLACEMENT. THE AIR CONDITIONING DRAIN LINES WERE BLOWN OUT TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK