1996 GMC JIMMY Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE'S HEADLIGHTS BLINK ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AND MAKE SOME NOISE, CAUSING BY THE LOWER BALL JOINT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

THE ANTIFREEZE GUMMED UP AND THE COOLING SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPLACED. GM IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. MR

I HAVE REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT ON 7/25/97,10/23/98, 8/2/99, 10/25,99, 10/19/00, AND 9/14/01 HAVE REPLACED THE BELT TENSIONER ON 10/23/98, 8/2/99, 9/14/01. WHY DO THESE TWO ITEMS HAVE TO BE REPLACED SO OFTEN? IS THERE SOME OTHER PROBLEM CAUSING THIS?*AK

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT TIRES WERE WEARING OUT DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS IS LISTED SPECIFICALLY ON NHTSA AS A SAFETY RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE (4WD 1996 GMC JIMMY). I WAS TOLD ON A RECENT SAFETY INSPECTION THAT THESE BALL JOINTS HAVE FAILED AND THAT A CRASH CAN RESULT. HOWEVER, THE DEALER SAYS IT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO MY VEHICLE AND THAT GMC WILL NOT PAY FOR IT. THE NHTSA NOTICE MAKES NO MENTION OF MANUFACTURER'S DATES OR PARTICULAR VINS, SO IT SEEMS ODD THAT THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CLASS OF VEHICLE AND YET SOMEHOW IT IS NOT APPLICABLE TO MINE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL 98V150001. *AK

F BRAKES SUDDENLY ENGAGE FROM ACCELERATION ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. VEHICLE WILL SLIDE AS IF ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE.*AK

FAN CLUTCH SEPARATED AT HUB. TWO BOLTS WERE SHEARED OFF AND TWO OTHERS HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY BACKED OUT. THE CLUTCH PULLEY HAD LOOSENED AND THE SERPENTINE BELT HAD COME OFF. COMPLETE LOSE OF POWER STEERING, COOLING, ALTERNATOR ETC. WITHOUT POWER STEER. *AK

CONSUMER STATES AFTER FINDING OUT THAT HE COULD NOT GET HIS TRUCK ALIGNED, HE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THAT HIS LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE MOVING APPROX 1-1 1/2 IN. CONSUMER ALSO SAYS THAT WHEN HE SHIFTS HIS TRUCK FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE HE HEARS A KNOCK WHICH ALSO INDICATES THIS BALL JOINT PROBLEM.*JB