1997 GMC JIMMY Complaints

REAR WIPER MOTOR BECAME INTERMITANT AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES AND STOPPED WORKING AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES. HAVE BEEN TOLD THE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *LA

HEATER STARTED TO FAIL AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES, NO HEAT AT ALL BY ABOUT 80,000 MILES. HAVE BEEN TOLD THE HEATER CORE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED; ALSO HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *LA

A YEAR AFTER RECALL O1I018000 REPAIRS FOR UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATION WAS PERFORMED, THE DEFECT RECURRED.*AK

ELECTRIC OUTSIDE REVIEW MIRROR SWITCH SHORTED OUT ON MY 1997 GMC JIMMY. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP AND GMC THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V093000). WHEN THE SWITCH SHORTED OUT IT CREATED A NOXIOUS BURNING SMELL THAT SHORTS CREATE AND THE SWITCH WAS HOT. THE FUSE ON THAT CIRCUIT ALSO BLEW. THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO ALL 1997 GMC JIMMYS - NOT JUST A FEW. *JB

WHEN TRYING TO STOP ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGES, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHEN TURNED ON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE OF THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY OVERHEATS DUE TO CORROSION IN ENGINE THAT PLUGS UP THE RADIATOR HEATER CORD. *AK

BALL JOINTS HAVE REPEATEDLY WORN OUT - ONCE AT 40000 MILES AGAIN AT 100000 MILES. THIS IS AFTER RELIGIOUS LUBE JOBS, ETC. CALLED GMC AND MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BUILT AND REGISTERED IN MICHIGAN, WHERE JIMMY'S WERE RECALLED FOR CORROSION.

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE UPPER BALL JOINT AS STATED IN RECALL 01 I 018 000, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. *AK *SCC *JB