1997 GMC Jimmy

I HAD COMPLAINTS OF ENGINE KNOCK SINCE PURCHASE NEW, DEALER COMMENT COULD NOT DUPLICATE, FINALLY TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THE COULD HEAR KNOCK, DEALER INSTALLED NEW CRANKSHAFT, VEHICLE STILL HAS KNOCK IN ENGINE, ALSO HAD TO HAVE RADIATOR CLEANED AND COOLANT JUG REPLACED DUE TO RUSTY CONTAMINATION, ABS CAUSES SKIDS AT SLOW SPEEDS ON WET PAVEMENT

VEHICLE DESCRIBED IN THIS COMPLAINT APPEARS TO HAVE A FLAW IN THE DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION. IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT, I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM AT 28,000 MILES WHERE THEY "REPAIRED" THE TRANSMISSION WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. IN BOTH CASES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE, THE 4X4 WOULD NOT WORK, AND CERTAIN GEARS FAILED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. I WOULD SUPPORT THIS NOTION BY THE COUNTLESS TRANMISSION COMPLAINTS (FOR THE EXACT SAME YEAR AND MAKE OR OTHER VEHICLES THAT MOST LIKELY USE THE SAME TRANSMISSION IE THE BLAZER) NOTED ON THE TOD COMPLAINT WEB SITE FOR GENERAL MOTORS, WHICH IS WHERE I FOUND A LINK TO THIS SITE.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY SLIPS INTO, BUT NOT FULLY, 4WD WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN REVERSE. THERE IS A VERY NOTICABLE NOISE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT FULLY ENGAGED. THE ONLY WAY TO ELIMINATE THE NOISE IS TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO 4WD AND THEN BACK INTO 2WD. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER ON AT LEAST 4 OCCASIONS WITH THIS COMPLAINT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEREFORE HAVE NOT DONE ANY RESEARCH. ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2000 THE SYMPTOM REAPPEARED AFTER BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER. THE SERVICE MANAGER THEN TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM I DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY DOES EXIST AND SCHEDULED ME TO BRING IN THE TRUCK ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2000. WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN THE MANAGER WHO HAD TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE JUST ONE WEEK AGO DID NOT SEEM TO RECALL THE CONDITION AND SAID THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE WHOLE THING IS BEING HANDLED. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT MY VEHICLE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. I WOULD THINK THAT GMC SHOULD HAVE SOME INFORMATION REGARDING THIS IN THEIR DATABASE. AT THIS POINT I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THE PROPER DIAGNOSTIC METHODS ARE BEING TAKEN TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM AND REMEDY IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO TURN AND I AM LOOKING TO YOU FOR ANY GUIDANCE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE. *AK

MY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, LOSING STEERING AND BRAKES AND ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY LEAKED FROM THE POSITIVE CABLE, RUNNING DOWN THE SIDE MOUNT CABLE TO THE STARTER, EATING THROUGH THE STARTER AND ALTERNATOR. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO 3 OTHER FRIENDS OF MINE AS WELL WITH THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING. MY BROTHER IN LAW IS A CERTIFED ASE MASTER MECHANIC FOR GE CAPITAL FLEET AND THEY HAVE HAD OVER 28 OF THE SAME REPORTED PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ALSO HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES REPORTED WITH THE SAME CONDITION. WITH BATTERY ACID BLOWING ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, I'M WONDERING IF OTHER COMPNENTS HAVE BEEN COMPRIMISED, ESPICALLY THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. *AK