2001 GMC JIMMY Complaints

DT: 2001 GMC JIMMY, FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTS. THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO BE REAR END, LATER THE CONSUMER FOUND THE BRAKE LIGHTS HAD BEEN RECALLED. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT INFORMED THE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER WAS THE ORIGINAL OWNER. MANUFACTURER FIXED THE BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM, BUT WOULD NOT REMEMBERISE THE CONSUMER FOR THE OTHER DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FAULTY BRAKE LIGHTS. *AK *JB

REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH FUEL (I.E. FULL) THE GAS GAUGE WILL FREQUENTLY JUMP DOWN TO EMPTY AND LOW FUEL LIGHT COME ON. THIS HAPPENS IN DRIVE AND NEUTRAL ON A DAILY BASIS. CONSTANTLY JUMPING BACK AND FORTH. SOMETIMES WILL STAY ON EMPTY WHEN FULL

DT: CONTACT STATES AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING A FRONT END COLLISION. CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH.*AK

DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED HER VEHICLE IN 2001 AND HAS ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM BECAUSE THE BRAKES PADS WERE WORN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IN ABOUT 3000 MILES FOR A RECHECK. IN SEPT. 2004 SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO FIRESTONE FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THEY CHECKED THE BRAKES AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT EVERYTHING WAS RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REAR BRAKES WERE REPLACED IN MARCH 2005. *NM

THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH DEVELOPED AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION THAT RESULTED IN THE STOP LAMPS AND THE REAR HAZARD LAMPS BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP FAILED TO REPLACE THE HAZARD SWITCH CARRIER AS STATED IN RECALL 01V364000. THEY ONLY INSPECTED THE PART AND CLOSED THE CAMPAIGN. CURRENTLY, THE DEFECT OCCURRED THEY CHARGED TO CONSUMER TO REPLACED THE PART DUE TO THE CAMPAIGN BEING CLOSED.*AK

THE BRAKES DID NOT OPERATE WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A CHECK UP, AND RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WILL REPAIR THEM AT OWNER'S EXPENSE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. DRIVER BROUGHT VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE AT 11,000 MILES ONE YEAR AGO WENT FOR STATE INSPECTION AND THE ROTORS WERE SO RUSTED THAT THEY COULD NOT BE REFACED SO THEY WERE REPLACED UNDER THE GENERAL VEHICLE 3 YR 30,000 MILE WARRANTY. THEN TODAY AT 27140 MILES DURING STATE INSPECTION THE ROTORS WERE ONCE AGAIN RUSTED SO BADLY THAT THEY REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. FAILURE OF THESE ITEMS COULD CAUSE FAILURE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. EXPLANATION FROM DEALER WITHOUT ANY TESTING WAS THAT THIS WAS DUE TO THE ROAD SALT. NONE OF MY OTHER GM VEHICLES ( 1991 JIMMY WITH 169,000 MILES,AND A 1996 GRAND AM WITH 159,000 MILES) EXHIBIT THIS SYMPTOM EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE USED ON THE ON THE SAME ROADS. THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM WITH THE SPECIFICATION FOR THE METAL IN THESE ROTORS. THIS IMPROPER SPECIFICATION MAY LEAD TO POSSIBLE CRACKING OF THESE ROTORS. I AM REQUESTING THE OLD PARTS FROM THE REPAIR SHOP SO THAT GM MAY INSPECT THEM. BEING A QUALITY ENGINEER I KNOW THAT GM WILL WANT THESE BACK TO PERFORM METALLURGICAL ANALYSIS ON THE ROTORS AND FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE RUST. *NM

CAR HAS 27140 MILES AND THERE WAS A GROWLING IN THE LEFT FRONT AXLE THE FAILURE WAS LF HUB ASSEMBLY IF THIS HAD FAILED COMPLETELY THE WHEEL MAY HAVE FALLEN OFF. THIS WAS REPAIRED BY GM DEALER BAGLIER BUICK DURING STATE INSPECTION. *NM

SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH 2001 GMC JIMMY. BATTERY - WAS LEAKING & RUNNING DOWN ENGINE COMPARTMENT - (UNDER WARRANTY) DEALER WAS GOING TO REPLACE BATTERY & FIX WHERE ACID HAD EAT UP PAN, UNDER COATING,WIRES, ETC. DEALER DID NOT DO ANY OF THIS - ALL THEY DID WAS SUPER GLUE BAD BATTERY CONNECTOR BACK TO BATTERY. I WENT BACK TO DEALER TO COMPLAIN & WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO EVEN LOOK TO VERIFY THAT NOTHING WAS DONE. WARRANTY EXPIRED 2 DAYS LATER. GO FIGURE! BRAKES - HAVE GONE THRU 2 SETS OF PADS ALL AROUND - HAD TO REPLACE 2 ROTORS SO FAR- AS THEY WERE EAT UP COMPLETELY - NOTHING LEFT ON ONE SIDE. MAKES CONSTANT GRINDING NOISE LIKE BRAKES ARE BEING RIDDEN. LIGHTS - HAD TO HAVE EMERGENCY SWITCH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.( HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS) TRANSMISSION - ALWAYS REVVING UP OR DROPPING DOWN. FRONT END - POPPING CRACKING NOISES. INTERIOR LIGHTS - DIM & LIGHT ALWAYS ON EVERYTHING. ASK 1ST DEALER FOR A PRINT OUT OF SERVICE ON VEHICLE- WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE TO IT EVER. ASK 2ND DEALER FOR PRINT OUT - FOUND THAT VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOWED IN 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS ( I BOUGHT IT WITH 10,000 MILES ON IT) THEY HAD REPLACED A FEW THINGS SEVERAL TIMES (FORGIVE ME I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFO HANDY AT PRESENT) ALSO, SOMETIMES IE FEELS LIKE ACCELERATOR STICKS. I USUALLY DRIVE CHEVY - THIS WAS MY 1ST & LAST GMC (I KNOW THAT THEY ARE THE SAME BASICALLY) I FEEL UNSAFE IN MY CAR & I'M CURRENTLY TRYING TO GET MY OLD CHEVY RUNNING AGAIN SO I CAN GET RID OF THIS PIECE OF JUNK!!!! PLEASE HELP IF POSSIBLE. THE TIME LINE IS FROM JULY 2002 THRU CURRENT JAN 2 2005. *JB