1994 GMC Jimmy

VALVES STARTED FAILING AT APPROXIMATELY 35K MILES. THE REAL PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE NO MORE THAN 20 MILES TO TRAVEL AFTER THE "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" COMES ON AND YOU WILL LOOSE THE POWER BRAKES. LAST FIX WAS ON 11/25/97 WITH ANOTHER EGR VALVE AND A NEW COMPUTER PROM PER GMC SERVICE BULLETIN #96067(A) DATED 6/1997. THE ONLY WAY THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS SERVICE BULLETIN IS IF THEY HAVE THEIR VEHICLE SERVICED BY THE DEALER. SINCE THE WARRANTY IS ONLY FOR 36K THE PUBLIC IS UNAWARE OF THE FIX AND THAT GM WILL WARRANTY THE PARTS TO 75K PER THE BULLETIN. EST COST $500.00. MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY BACK FROM NASHVILLE TN. 8/24, WHEN THE PART FAILED AGAIN ABOUT 20 MILES FROM HOME THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IS A LOSS OF SPEED EST TOP AT 45MPH WHICH IS A MAJOR PROBLEM ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A VERY SERIUOS PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR NOT TAKING ACTION IN 1997.

POPPITS LEAKING FUEL ON CENTRAL PORT INJECTORS CAUSING FUEL TO RUN RICH WHICH CREATES CARBON BUILD UP IN EGR VALVE. THIS CAUSES BRAKES TO MALFUCTION BECAUSE OF VACUUM. VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED OR CLEANED 4 TIMES. GMC HAS BEEN ALERTED AND I AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FOR COST OF REPAIRS, EST. $800. WHEN THE WARRANTY WAS VALID THEY REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, I FEEL THEY PROLONGED THE PROBLEM AT THE EXPENSE OF MY FAMILY'S SAFETY AND MONEY. THE WARRANTY IS NO LONGER VALID BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS IN MY PATH. GMC SHOULD ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM AND MAKE MY VEHICLE SAFE! PLEASE RESPOND IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME COMPLAINT, I NEED HELP. I AM A DISLOCATED WORKER AND I CAN NOT AFFORD TO TRADE OR FIX MY PROBLEM!

ON A SHORT TRIP "ENGINE CHECK LIGHT" LIT UP.I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTE FE (50 MILES)...REACHING ALBUQUERQUE, I TOOK THE EXIT AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. WAS ABLE TO STOP BY USING EXTREME PRESSURE, BUT HAD TO PULL OFF THE EXIT TO SHOULDER TO AVOID COLLISION, AND IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO COME TO A STOP. THE DEALER SAYS THE EGR VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE (THEY REPLACED IT YESTERDAY), BUT ADMITTED THAT SINCE THIS WAS THE 1ST TIME, I HAD TROUBLE WITH THE VEHICLE (IT HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE UP TO THAT POINT) HE WAS SURPRISED THE BRAKES HAD FAILED. THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS....NO WARNING....TOTAL FAILURE. THERE IS A SPECIAL POLICY #96067 IN PLACE FOR THE EGR, BUT THE MAXIMUM MILAGE FOR COVERAGE IS 75,000. (ALTHOUGH FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS OF MODELS IT IS UP TO 100,000.) I SEE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON MY BRAKE SYSTEM (ALTHOUGH I HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING YET), BUT THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE SAME ONE AS DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL INFORMATION FOUND ON THE WEB; MY BRAKES WERE NOT SLOW TO RESPOND, THEY JUST WEREN'T WORKING! THANKS , COLLEEN CADWELL. *AK

THIS IS VERY DISCOURAGING BECAUSE I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT GM WAS ONE OF THE BETTER MANUFACTURERS. THIS IS THE FIRST VEHICLE MY WIFE AND I HAVE PURCHASED TOGETHER, AND WE LEFT HONDA FOR GM. REPLACING OUR EGR VALVE ON OUR VACATION WAS A REAL STRESS POINT, ESPECIALLY AS WE WERE STRANDED IN SUPERIOR, WI THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN THUNDER BAY AND TERRACE BAY, ONTARIO THE NEXT TIME - WE WERE FORCED TO DRIVE 500 MILES WITHOUT OUR EGR VALVE FUNCTIONING, WHICH MAKES THE VEHICLE PULSE AND SEEM TO STALL. AFTER SPENDNG $260 ON EGR REPAIRS IN WISCONSIN, AND THEN DRIVING ONLY 500 MILES BEFORE WE NEEDED ANOTHER EGR VALVE, WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED AND WORRIED ABOUT WHAT ELSE WILL GO WRONG. GM TOLD US THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COSTS WE INCURRED FOR THE REPLACEMENT EGRS AND OUR FORCED OVERNIGHT STAY AT A HOTEL, FRUSTRATION, INCONVENIENCE, MISSED VACATION TIME AND MONEY USED TO FIX THE EGR THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO USE FOR OUR HOLIDAYS... WHAT CAN I DO?