1995 GMC Jimmy

THIS ABS FAILURE IS THE SUBJECT OF AN ALLEGED GM "SPECIAL POLICY" AND NOT A FORMAL RECALL. WE CONTACT GM AND THEY SAID THAT UNLESS THEY WERE FORCED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH A RECALL, THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. THEY BASICALLY THUMBED THEIR CORPORATE NOSE AT THE NHTSA AND SAID THAT YOU CAN ONLY FORCE THEM TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THROUGH A RECALL AND THAT WITHOUT A RECALL THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER FOR THIS PROBLEM IS 99I006000.

FAILURE OF INTERNAL HYDROLIC PUMP FOR ANTI LOCKING BRAKE SYSTEM. PART COSTS OVER $1000.00 NOT INCLUDING LABOR PER DEALERSHIP. AS COST IS PROHIBITIVE, PROBLEM NOT FIXED CAUSING LOSS OF ANTI LOCKING BRAKE SYSTEM. NOTIFIED GM CUSTOMER COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. ASKED GM COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT IF THEY COULD GET DESCRIPTION OF PUMP SYSTEM MADE BY KELSEY HAYES TO DISCOVER WHY FAILURE ACCURED SO PREMATURELY. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GIVE OUT SUCH INFORMATION. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SOME HELP SHOULD BE GIVEN. THANK YOU.

ON TWO OCCASIONS, I BELIEVE THAT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING AN INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE FIRST OCCURRED IN ABOUT 1996 WHEN A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY STOPPED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP IN TIME. THE ROADWAY WAS WET AT THE TIME. I HAD THE DAMAGE REPAIRED AT A BODY SHOP CHOSEN BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES ALSO. THEY REPORTED THAT THE BRAKES WERE FINE. THE VEHICLE WAS OWNED AT THE TIME BY MY EMPLOYER. I LATER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM MY EMPLOYER AND TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THEY REPORTED NO PROBLEMS. ON 8/17/99, ON I-10 NEAR PHOENIX, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME SUDDENLY BRAKED AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. I BRAKED HARD AND BEGAN TO STEER AROUND, AS IT FELT LIKE I WOULD NOT STOP IN TIME. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BOUNCED INTO IN THE DIRECTION I WAS STEERING AND I COLLIDED WITH THE REAR OF THAT VEHICLE.

VEHICLE PLAGUED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF FAULTY COMPONENTS FIRST FAILING WITHIN THE 36,000 MILE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY PERIOD: 070396 (SEE 033199)-LEAKING CENTRAL PORT INJECTOR REPLACED @ DEALER; SUBSEQUENT PROBLEMS NOTED 091897, 042098, 112198, 022399. 091897 (SEE 030998): SMOKE & FLAMES FROM DRIVER'S SIDE UNDER HOOD-CONNECTION @ JUNCTION BOX REPAIRED @ DEALER. SLOW START ALSO NOTED (SEE 033199). 030998 (SEE 091897): WIRES UNDER HOOD SMOKED-IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED OUT & REPLACED @ INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY. ALSO NOTED WIPERS NOT WORKING (SEE 112198). 042098: PINION SEAL LEAKING/REPLACED @ INDEPENDENT FACILITY/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON-ROUGH START (SEE 033199). 060198: HEAT/SMOKE @ DASH & ALARM MALFUNCTIONING-SHORT IN DRIVER SIDE SEAT LUMBAR SUPPORT SWITCH WIRING REPAIRED @ INDEPENDENT FACILITY. 112198 (SEE 030998): WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED @ INDEPENDENT FACILITY/HARD STARTING ALSO NOTED (SEE 033199). 022399: EGR VALVE REPLACED @ DEALER BUT 0699-CODE 32 ON COMPUTER @ INDEPENDENT FACILITY (EGR VALVE); DEALER ADVISED CENTRAL PORT INJECTOR LEAKING (SEE 070396) . 033199: CENTRAL PORT INJECTOR REPLACED AGAIN, @ INDEPENDENT FACILITY (ORIGINALLY REPLACED 070396, REPORTED FAULTY 091897, 042098, 112198, 022399). 070499: ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED @ 65 MPH, RESULTING IN TRIPPED ROLLOVER & 3 INJURIES-VEHICLE TOTALLED; WHEELS LOCKED, SKIDDED 300' ON STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD (WET/DRY). INJURIES INCLUDED SEVERE LACERATIONS FROM BROKEN GLASS, CONTUSIONS, SEAT BELT BURN @ NECK (SEAT BELTS NON-ADJUSTABLE), AND ABRASIONS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED (072299).