2000 GMC JIMMY Complaints

I OWN A 2000 JIMMY AND HAVE GONE THROUGH 2 SETS OF UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND AT THIS TIME THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINTS WENT AGAIN. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS? THIS IS COSTLY TO REPAIR, AS WEL AS DANGEROUS, AFFECTING THE STEERING. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IMPROVMENTS ARE BEING DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, AND IF IT IS A COMMON OCCURANCE AMONG OTHER GMC SUV'S. THERE SHOULD NOT BE DISPOSIBLE PARTS PUT ON THE FRONT END OF ANY VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAS COLLIDED INTO THE REAR BUMPER OF ANOTHER VEHICLE . UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED. *AK

PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF HIGHWAY (RAINING) AND ENGAGED THE HAZARD SIGNAL BRIEFLY AND DISENGAGED AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE. MECHANIC CHANGED ALL BULBS THAT WERE BURN OUT. HAZARD LIGHTS AND BRAKING LIGHTS ARE STILL NOT OPERATIONAL.*AK

1) CAR WOULD START, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE GAS GAUGE FLUCTATED BACK AND FORTH WHILE PARK AND NEUTRAL. TOOK VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED (IN EXCESS OF $1000+ *AK

INTERMITTENTLY IT WOULD BE HARD TO START THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 2004, I WENT TO RED HOLMAN PONTIAC TO REPLACE A HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY ON THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL OF MY GMC JIMMY 2000. A GRINDING AND METALLIC NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND I HAD TO HAVE DONE AT THE DEALER. TWO YEARS AGO, THIS SAME HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT 48000 MILES. NOW, THIS VEHICLE HAS 75000 MILES AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY. THIS MEANS THAT THIS PART ONLY LASTED 48000 MILES AND THE REPLACEMENT PART LESS THAN 27000 MILES. ON BOTH INSTANCES, THERE WAS ALSO A FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. I HAVE OWNED OVER THE YEARS MORE THAN 11 GM CARS WITH VARIOUS MILEAGES AT TRADING TIME AND I NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A BEARING. WHEN THE FIRST REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY WAS PUT IN, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A HAZARD AND FOR THE OTHER WHEEL, THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD ON MY INVOICE IF THESE PARTS POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF GMC OWNERS, WHY IS GMC INSTALLING PARTS WITH MATERIAL DEFECTS? I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART CARRIES ONLY A 12000 MILES WARRANTY AND THE PRICE IS ABOUT $460 AND LABOR $124.00. LUCKILY, THE FIRST REPAIR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEALER AND I HAD TO PAY $284.00. I BELIEVE THAT THESE PARTS SHOULD LAST LONGER SINCE THERE IS NEITHER MAINTENANCE NOR ANY FACILITY TO DISASSEMBLE THE UNIT. I SEE NO FAULT WITH THE DEALER; RATHER I SEE A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THIS REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE GMC RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO THE SHORT LIFE SPAN OF THIS PRODUCT.*AK SINCERELY, CLAUDE DURAND

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FRONT END VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. DEALER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED. *AK

UPON HEARING THE WEAR INDICATOR ON FRONT BRAKES OF MY 2000 GMC JIMMY WITH 24000+ MILES ON IT, I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR EXPECTING ONLY PAD REPLACEMENT AND MAYBE MACHINING OF THE ROTORS. AS IT TURNED OUT, ALL 4 ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO LARGE AREAS OF DEEP CORROSION THAT, ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR SHOP, WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO AFFECT BRAKING, AND THUS, PAD WEAR, LEADING TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO MACHINE ONE ROTOR TO GET PAST THE CORROSION, BUT THE CORROSION WAS TOO DEEP AND WOULD LEAVE THE ROTOR TOO THIN. THE REPAIR SHOP IS BEGINNING TO SEE THIS PROBLEM ON LATE MODEL GM VEHICLES, AND AS SUCH, PROVIDED ME WITH ALL THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED (4 ROTORS AND ALL PADS) AS WELL AS AN ITEMIZED LIST OF NEW PARTS USED IN ANTICIPATION OF SOME SORT OF FOLLOW-UP ACTION FROM GM OR THE GOVERNMENT.*AK

LOUD HUMMING SOUNDS, AND FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE HUB BEARINGS FAILED. BOTH HUB BEARING KITS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER AT A COST OF ALMOST $1100.00. THIS VEHICLE HAD JUST TURNED 70,000 MILES AND HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROADING. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT THE SAME SPEED AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE CONSUMER PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOLDERING UNDER THE HOOD. *JB *NM