1997 GMC Jimmy

UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINT SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING HAD TO REPLACE BOTH ALONG WITH IDLER ARM PITMAN ARM & TIE ROD ENDS , HAD RECEIVED NOTICE ABOUT POSSIBLE FAILURE ON THESE WHEN I CALLED GMC THEY REPORTED MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS POSSIBLE RECALL. COST OF 1500.00 ALSO FUEL PUMP FAILED COST OF 700.00 NOW DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS DEFECTED WILL NOT CLOSE , PROBEMS WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM LOCKS ,WINDOWS, LIGHTS INTERIOR & EXTERIOR,WIPERS WILL ONLY WORK OCCASIONALLY, FUEL GAUGE STICKS. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD, I WAS GOING SIXTY MILES PER HOUR AND VEHICLE JUST STALLED OUT, GOING TWENTY MILES PER HOUR AND VEHICLE STALLS OUT. HAVE HAD IT HOOKED UP TO COMPUTER AND CANNOT BE DIAGNOSED UNLESS IT IS HAPPENING AT TIME OF DIAGNOSIS. THIS IS A DEFINATE SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU ARE GOING DOWN ROAD AND VEHICLE JUST STALLS OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS A CONSTANT OCCURRENCE. *AK

SHORTLY AFTER ADJUSTING THE FRONT PASSENGER POWER SEAT CONTROL I NOTED A TRAIL OF SMOKE FROM BENEATH THE SEAT AND THE SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC. I IMMEDIATELY OPENED THE FUSE PANEL AND ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE MAIN FUSE. THE UPPER MAIN BUSS THAT CONTROLS THE POWER SEAT MOTORS, POWER DOORS, AND ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM WAS SO HOT THAT I COULD NOT TOUCH IT WITHOUT BURNING MY FINGERS. I HAD TO USE A PEN KNIFE TO REMOVE IT. NO OTHER FUSES WERE AFFECTED. FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF THE FUSE MY TURN SIGNALS, EMERGENCY FLASHERS, AND REAR STOP LIGHTS ARE ALL INOPERATIVE. THESE ELEMENTS ARE ON A SEPARATE CIRCUIT FROM THE MAIN BUSS I REMOVED. I BELIEVE THAT HAD I NOT GOTTEN THE FUSE REMOVED WHEN I DID THE ELECTRICAL SHORT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS FIRE. *JB

POWER ACCESSORY CIRCUIT BREAKER (20) GETS EXTREMELY HOT AFTER POWER WINDOWS AND POWER SEAT FAILS TO OPERATE. AT SAME TIME, WHEN HIT A BUMP IN ROAD, INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER. BURNED FINGERS TRYING TO REMOVE BREAKER BEFORE FIRE MAY HAVE STARTED. DEALER GUESSED AND REPLACED DRIVER SEAT ELECTRIC SWITCH, BUT STILL GETS HOT AND FAILS.*JB

97 JIMMY. ELECTRICAL IGNITION FAILURE. 5X AT LEAST. DRIVING ALONG AND , FOR NO REASON, ALL POWER CUTS OUT COMPLETELY. DRIFT TO SIDE OF ROAD, STOP, AND VEHICLE USUALLY STARTS AGAIN EITHER RIGHT AWAY, OR IN A COUPLE MINUTES. [XXX] DANGEROUS. 2 DIFFERENT GMC DEALERS DON'T HAVE A CLUE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OUT UNTIL THE BRAKE LIGHT FUSE BLEW OUT. REPLACED FUSE AND BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OUT. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS AGO AND I TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO JONES CHEVROLET IN SUMTER, SC. THEY SAID THEY ADJUSTED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THIS TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TIM'S AUTO PRO IN DALZELL, SC TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. TIM FOUND THAT THE WIRING FROM THE FUSE BLOCK UP UNDER AND BEHIND THE DASH HAD SHORTED OUT DUE TO THE WAY IT WAS INSTALLED ORIGINALLY AT THE FACTORY. PART OF THE WIRING HARNESS WAS CHAFFED IN SEVERAL PLACES AND THE WIRING MELTED TOGETHER KEEPING OUR BRAKE LIGHTS ON. HE REMOVED THE DASH AND ASSOCIATED ITEMS TO GET TO THE HARNESS AND REPAIRED IT SO OUR BRAKES WORK AND THERE ARE NO SHORTS. MY CONCERN IS THAT GMC SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS REPAIR SINCE THE HARNESS WAS NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT. IF BY SOME CHANCE THE WIRING HAD CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE DASH WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER GMC JIMMY DOWN THE ROAD THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OR LOSS OF LIFE. PLEASE CHECK FOR ME WITH GMC AND SEE IF THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED ON OTHER GMC JIMMY OR BLAZER PRODUCTS.