1997 GMC JIMMY Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILURE / REPLACED TRANSMISSION - UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE / REPLACED UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS - REAR WINDOW WIPER FAILURE / INOPERABLE AT THIS POINT - EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENTS WITH NO OLD PARTS AVAILABLE AT THIS POINT. EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE I CAN ONLY ATTRIBUTE TO SEVERELY POOR MANUFACTURING OF PRODUCTS, THERE WAS NO OPERATING MISUSE OR ABUSE. ALSO OTHER PARTS THAT HAVE FAILED AND HAVE SINCE BEEN REPLACED ARE THE: ALTERNATOR, FUEL PUMP, FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND COOLING SYSTEM FAILURES. *JB

I WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN JUNE. A VEHICLE STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND I STRUCK THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE. THE ROAD WAS WET FROM RAIN. MY BRAKES, ALL FOUR WHEELS, LOCKED UP AND I SLID INTO THAT VEHICLE. NO INJURIES. PROPERTY DAMAGE PROBABLY $4,000. TOTAL BRAKE LOCKUP. HAD ANTI LOCK BRAKES WORKED PROPERLY I BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP AND AVOID CRASH. *JB

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 1997 GMC JIMMY. CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICE G02054 FROM THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THERE WAS A CRACKED SOLDER JOINT ON THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT ALL. THE LETTER STATED THAT IF CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM OR DID NOT BELIEVE HE HAD THIS PROBLEM NOT TO BRING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM AT THAT TIME. HE RECEIVED THE LETTER IN 2-2003. THE PROBLEM STARTED BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE LETTER, AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHY. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN HE GOT THE LETTER THE PROBLEM STOPPED. SO HE DID NOT HAVE IT FIXED. IT WAS FINE UP UNTIL THE PAST YEAR OR SO. CONSUMER HAD STUCK THE LETTER IN GLOVE BOX WITH OWNERS MANUAL. WHEN HE FOUND THE LETTER HE CALLED GMC AT 1-800-462-8782. THEY TOLD HIM THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THE NOTICE HAD EXPIRED ON 2-2004. THE DEALERSHIP THAT HE PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS.*AK *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNED A 1997 GMC JIMMY. HEARD A LOUD CRASHING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN HE LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR HE SAW SOMETHING BOUNCING IN A FIELD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND NOTICED THE SPARE TIRE WAS GONE. THE CABLE THAT HELD THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE BROKE. THIS OCCURRED LAST NIGHT, AND HE HAS NOT YET HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP. ALSO OCCURRED ON CONSUMER'S SON' VEHICLE, 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. *AK

I OWN THIS 1997 GMC JIMMY THAT I PURCHASED FROM MY MOTHER IN DECEMBER 2004. I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SIGNAL LIGHTS, THEY JUST QUIT WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER AND AT THAT TIME NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS REASON. I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THE SWITCH AND ASSEMBLY. I KNOW THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR GMC AND CHEVROLET MINIVANS FOR THIS SAME REASON. IT IS MY FEELING THAT THE 1997 JIMMY SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OR A SEPARATE RECALL SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE MODELS USING THE SAME ASSEMBLY AS THE 1997 JIMMY.

DT: ON 5/24/05 CALLER WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH ON LEVEL GROUND ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE SPARE TIRE FELL OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE ONTO THE VEHICLE BROKE AND ALLOWED SPARE TO BREAK AWAY AND FELL ONTO THE HIGHWAY. *AK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE CAUSED MANY PROBLEMS IN THE PAST AS WELL. THE WIPERS WOULD START AND STOP UNANNOUNCED AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND THE BLINKERS WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF ON THEIR OWN. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A GENERAL PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE CAR WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. EACH TIME THE CONSUMER FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH GAS, THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WOULD SMELL LIKE GAS AND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THE GAS GAUGE DID NOT WORK. *SC *JB

I OWN THIS 1997 GMC JIMMY THAT I PURCHASED NEW. IN JULY 2004 AT 51,500 MILES, I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE, SIGNAL, HAZARD FLASHER LIGHTS, THEY JUST QUIT WORKING AND I HAD A NEAR COLLISION BECAUSE OF IT TWICE BEFORE I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE NOT WORKING. I CARRIED IT TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER AND AT THAT TIME NO RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS REASON. I PAID THEM $427.45 FOR A REPLACEMENT ASSY. INSTALLED. I AM RECENTLY AWARE OF A RECALL FOR GMC AND CHEVROLET MINIVANS FOR THIS SAME REASON. IT IS MY FEELING THAT THE 1997 JIMMY AND BLAZER SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL OR A SEPARATE RECALL SHOULD BE MADE FOR THE MODELS USING THE SAME ASSEMBLY AS THE 1997 JIMMY. *JB

OWNER WAS DRIVING ON THE PARKWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ON ITS OWN. THE CRUISE CONTROL GOT STUCK, AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OPERATE. OWNER PUT THE VEHICLE IN O NEUTRAL, AND THE KEY WAS STUCK INTO THE IGNITION. OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER.*AK

SITTING IN CAR WITH MOTOR OFF..LIGHTS OFF. BACK WINDOW EXPLODED. WINDOW SHOT UP OVER CAR AND BROKE INTO A MILLION PIECES, WHILE WINDOW STAYED LOCKED. SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF . I WAS SITTING IN PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. POLICE REPORTED TO SCENE. GMC OF FRESNO COULD FIND NO REASON, SAID IT WAS NOT ELECTRICAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER GARAGE..THEY COULD FIND NO REASON EITHER. INSURANCE REFUSES TO REPAIR BECAUSE REPORT STATES NOT CAUSED BY ELECTRICAL. ALSO CAUSED FRONT DASH EQUIPMENT TO MALFUNCTION. VERY, VERY SCARY!! GLASS BLEW OUT EVERYWHERE! *JB

WHEN OWNER SWITCHES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON THEY FAIL TO ENGAGE, NOT OPERATING AT ALL. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER NOT TO HAVE VISIBILITY. OWNER STATES THE PROBLEM STRAIGHTENS AFTER THE WEATHER IS DRY. OWNER CONTACTED GMC, AND WAS TOLD THAT GMC HAS TAKEN THE RECALL OUT OF THE PARAMETER, ESTABLISHING A TIME LIMIT. SPECIFIC RECALL NOT FOUND. *AK.....CONSUMER ENCLOSED RECALL OF FAULTY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ISSUED ON 05/02/2003. *AK