2000 GMC JIMMY Complaints

GMC JIMMY 2000 FUEL GAUGE NOT READING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL . THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM. RUNNING OUT OF GAS IS A BIG PROBLEM IF YOU DON'T TRACK MILEAGE. VERY UNSAFE AS ONE COULD BE STRANDED . *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 GMC JIMMY MY LEFT SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE. LUCKILY I HAD JUST CAME OUT OF A SHARP CORNER AND MY SPEED WAS ONLY ABOUT 25 MPH. A CAR HAD JUST PASSED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION WHEN MY VEHICLE SWERVED TO THE LEFT, HALFWAY INTO THE OTHER LANE BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET CONTROL OF IT. UPON INSPECTION, THE TIRE WAS LEANING INWARD AND MY BRAKE LINE WAS SEVERED. I HAD TO USE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. *TR

AT 94,445 MILES: NOTICED A SMALL LEAKAGE ON GARAGE FLOOR, FORWARD OF LEFT REAR TIRE--WITHIN 10 MILES NOTED SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED BRAKING CAPABILITY. TAKEN TO REPAIR FACILITY THE FOLLOWING MORNING...THE STEEL BRAKE LINES ON DRIVER'S SIDE WERE FOUND CORRODED AND CRACKED WHICH CAUSED BRAKE FLUID LOSS- IRONICALLY AS THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN WAS PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO THE SERVICE BAY--THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF REAR BRAKES-- ONLY THEN--IN THE BAY, DID THE "BRAKE" SERVICE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON! (GOOD REASON TO CALL THEM ' IDIOT' LIGHTS). *TR

UPON INSPECTION OF 2000 GMC JIMMY 4DR / 4WD BRAKE LINE DRIVERS SIDE OVER FRAME NEXT TO FUEL TANK HELD DOWN BY A CLIP LEADING TO REAR BRAKES RUPTURED DUE TO CORROSION AROUND THE CLIP AREA THAT HOLDS THE LINE TO FRAME CAUSING TOTAL LOSS REAR BRAKES AND PROPER BRAKING WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHILE RETURNING HOME TO PARK VEHICLE AT OUR RESIDENCE,.. LUCKILY AT TIME OF INCIDENT WE WERE ON OUR OWN RURAL PROPERTY IN DRIVEWAY WHICH IS (APPROXIMATELY 2/10 MILE LONG) AND NOT THE BUSY MAIN HIGHWAY WHICH WAS TRAVELED AT 55 MPH. THE TERRAIN WAS USED IN OUR DRIVEWAY TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE STOP. THANKFULLY NO INJURY'S TO OCCUPANTS (INCLUDING A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD) OR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE OCCURRED WITH THIS INCIDENT. *TR

STARTED OUT WITH A WOBBLE ON THE TIRE THEN MY BALL JOINTS UPPER AND LOWER LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT ALONG WITH MY TIE RODS INNER AND OUTER LEFT AND RIGHT MY LEFT BALL BARRING HUB WAS REPLACED ON THE LEFT SIDE FRONT ALSO I STILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE STABILIZING FRONT BAR WHICH I WILL BE PURCHASING THIS WEEK OF SEPT 1ST. THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST THESE PAST TWO WEEKS AND NOW I AM FORCED TO PURCHASE 4 TIRES THAT I CANNOT AFFORD AFTER SPENDING ALL THAT MONEY TO FIX THE FRONT END. PLEASE HELP ME. I DID NOT HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS THAT IS JUST FROM DRIVING TO WORK AND FOR PLEASURE. *TR

ENGINE SYSTEM: OIL COOLING LINES: OIL ( DRIPPING) LOSS FIRST NOTICED NOVEMBER, 2010 AT 90,000MI- DRIP BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER SEVERAL WEEKS CREATING POTENTIAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND FIRE DANGER. OIL COOLER LINES REPLACED FIRST WEEK JANUARY, 2011 AT 94,000 MILES. REPLACEMENT OF THE OIL COOLER LINES HAS BEEN A COMMON AND RECURRENT COMPLAINT FOR THE 2000 GMC JIMMY--SEE: MYCARSTATS.COM--SINCE 2002. *TR

TL *THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 GMC JIMMY. THE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF BECAUSE NO FUEL WAS BEING PUMPED IN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

MY 1998 ENVOY HAD THIE SAME ISSUE (WHICH I BOUGHT NEW) AS THE USED 2000 GMC DIAMOND EDITION JIMMY I BOUGHT TO REPLACE IT AFTER I WAS T-BONED IN AUG 2009... FUEL GAUGE IS TOTALLY FAULTY AND I HAVE TO RESET THE TRIPOMETER EVERY TIME I FILL UP OR WILL RUN OUT OF GAS DUE TO FALSE READINGS. AS A SINGLE MOMMY WITH TWO KIDS I AM SCARED OF THE IDEA OF GETTING STUCK ON A DARK HIGHWAY HEADED IN OR OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE OF THIS. IF THE TRIPOMETER EVER GOES I WILL BE AT A LOSS. THE KEY STICKS IN IGNITION AND I HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OF AND ON SOMETIMES 30 OR 40 TIMES WHILE OTHERS ONLY TWICE OR SO... WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE WEB... )AND THAT IS ONLY AT FIRST GLANCE) I HAVE SEEN WITH THESE KNOWN ISSUES I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR

I OWN A 2000 GMC JIMMY AND SOME WERE RECALLED FOR THEIR SEAT BELTS AND I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT I WAS TOLLED MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. (SEAT BELTS NOT TIGHTENING WHILE ONE IS BUCKLED IN AND SEAT BELTS ARE SO LOOSE THEY GET TANGLED WHEN YOU UNBUCKLE THERE IS ALSO ONE BELT THAT KEEPS TIGHTENING AFTER BEING BUCKLED TO THE POINT OF CUTTING THE SKIN.) I BOUGHT THIS JIMMY THIS YEAR 2010. *TR

1999 AND 2000 GMC JIMMY'S. CONSUMER STATES LEFT STEEL BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED/CRACKED WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID IN THE 2000 AND NUMEROUS GAS LINES LEAKING, CORROSION ON THE 1999 GMC JIMMY. *TGW