1997 GMC Jimmy

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHEN IDILING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND HAS REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK THE HEATING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO HEATING CORE FAILURE. THE A/C WAS NOT BLOWING WARM AIR. THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE VEHICLE LEANS TO THE LEFT DUE TO TORSION BAR OUT OF ADJUSTMENT. FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT AXLE SEALS WERE LEAKING. TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. BACK WINDOW HAD AIR LEAK. THE REAR WIPER STICKS DUE TO WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. FRONT END MAKES CLUNKING NOISE DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. THERE WAS CLUNK NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR DUE TO REAR D-SHAFT AND U-JOINT FAILURES. THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. THE THROTTLE STICKS. THE SERPENTINE BELT FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND THE WHEEL WAS CUT THROUGH CAUSING THE TIRE TO GO FLAT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND THE FRONT END HAD BEEN CHECKED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER BY A COMPETENT MECHANIC WHEN NEW SHOCKS WERE INSTALLED. TWO WEEKS LATER A FRIEND ALERTED ME TO "GM PRODUCT SAFETY CAMPAIGN" # 01048. THIS WAS AN ALERT TO UPPER BALL JOINTS SEPARATING WITHOUT WARNING ON SOME '96-'97 JIMMYS, BRAVADAS AND BLAZERS. I INQUIRED AT MY DEALER TO SEE IF MY VEHICLE QUALIFIED AND WAS TOLD "NO, THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALLS ON YOUR VIN.". I CALLED THE GMC CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AT 1-800-GMC-8782 AND SPOKE WITH "LISA" WHO ASSIGNED ME REFERENCE NUMBER 056 42 894. GM CONFIRMED THEY "CAN DO NOTHING FOR ME, AS THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALLS ON YOUR TRUCK." "IT WAS BUILT AT A DIFFERENT PLANT AND A DIFFERENT SUPPLIER PROVIDED THE BALL JOINTS THAN THE ONES IN THE RECALL." SOUNDS LIKE A LOAD OF CRAP TO ME. IF I SOUND OVERLY ANGERED BY A BALL JOINT FAILURE IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT GRIEF WITH THIS VEHICLE AND AM TIRED OF BEING A VICTIM. THE TRANSMISSION WAS PULLED UNDER WARRANTY AT 28000 MILES, YET I HAD TO HAVE IT PULLED AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE ($1474) AT 52500MILES. TWO OF THE FOUR O2 SENSORS HAVE FAILED, THE RADIATOR WAS FULL OF THE INFAMOUS "MISSISIPPI MUD" DEX-COOL SLUDGE, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, THE SERPENTINE TENSIONER FELL APART AT 37K MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 58K, THE WIPERS FREQUENTLY WON'T TURN ON UNLESS YOU HIT THE MIST LEVER AS YOU HIT A BUMP (COMMON ACCORDING TO THE EDMUNDS.COM SITE), AND LAST WEEK MY ABS WENT OUT FROM WHAT THE TROUBLE CODE DIAGNOSED AS A BAD LEFT FRONT SPEED SENSOR. I'LL HAVE TO DRIVE IT WITH THE SENSOR UNPLUGGED FOR NOW BECAUSE I'VE ALREADY PUT OVER $2000 IN REPAIRS INTO THIS THING DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2001 ALONE, AND I'M TAPPED OUT. SAME WITH THE WIPER CONDITION.

ACCIDENT ON ABS FAILURE ABOUT $2800. $850 OUT OF MY POCKET FOR ABS REPAIR. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THEY DONT. MENTIONED WINDSHIELD WIPER NOT WORKING TO THE TECH AT DEALER. HE SAID "WE HAVE QUITE A FEW WIPER PROBLEMS ON THAT MODEL, I EXPECT A RECALL SOON." PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO. THANK YOU. *AK

WHEN BOTH BACK WINDOWS ARE DOWN AND DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY55-65 MPH VEHICLE WILL SHAKE AND STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE . THERE IS NO SOLUTION, BUT VIBRATION WILL STOP IF ALL THE WINDOWS ARE UP OR IF ALL ARE DOWN. ALSO, AT ONLY 48,000 MILES RUST IS DEVELOPING IN COOLING SYSTEM POSSIBLY DUE TO RADIATOR . DEALER CLAIMS RUST IS NORMAL,AND THAT THE CAUSE IS DUE TO ENGINE BLOCK. BUT, THE ENGINE BLOCK IS MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM WHICH DOES NOT RUST.*AK