1998 GMC Jimmy

1) INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, THEN POPS BACK ON. ON TWO OCCASIONS, IT HAPPENS WHILE CROSSING TRAFFIC LANES AND ALSO LOST POWER - ALMOST STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AFTER SUCH AN OCCURENCE 2) EXHAUST NOISE DURING ACCELLERATION. GETS MORE PRONOUNCED AS VEHICLE COMES TO NORMAL OPERATORING TEMPERATURE (3) DRIVER SIDE SEAT RECLINER LEVER BROKE OFF WITHOUT MUCH PRESSURE BEING APPLIED (4) AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WENT OUT DURING FAMILY VACATION. COMPRESSOR SQUEEKED FOR MONTHS BEFORE IT FINALLY QUIT (5) ALTERNATOR DIED.

I WAS KIND OF UPSET FOR A VEHICLE I BOUGHT USED WITH ONLY 19216 MILES AND NUMEROUS THINGS WENT WRONG FROM DAY I PURCHASED, ALREADY BROUGHT IN TO DEALER RIGHT AFTER PURCHASING FOR OTHER THINGS, BUT I HAD TO PURCHASE ALL 4 BRAKES AND ROTORS ALL THE WAY AROUND AND REPLACE THEM MYSELF SINCE IT WOULD HAVE COST ME BIG BUCKS. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ALL WENT BAD SO FAST.*AK

LAST WEEK TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND I COULD NOT GET MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION,ONCE ALL POWER WAS BACK KEY CAME LOOSE.I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MUFFLER SINCE 1ST MONTH SOUNDS LIKE A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST AND MAKES A LOUD PING SOUND ,DEALER JUST TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE MUFFLER.WHEN IN REVERSE AND BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY A LOUD CLUNK SOUND FROM FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.HAVE LOST POWER 2 TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET.HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I TURN ANYTHING ON IN THE CAR I AM LOSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER .THIS INCLUDES BLINKERS,RADIO,A/C ,IF THEY ARE ALL ON MY VOLTS DROP TO ALMOST 11.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, FRONT AND BACK, STOP WORKING WITH NO WARNING. THEY CAN BE ON AND STOP WORKING ALL TOGETHER OR NOT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE TRIED THE DIFFERENT RELAY SPEEDS AND THEY STILL WON'T COME ON OR CONTINUE WORKING. IT IS A VERY SERIUOS DRIVING HAZARD ESPECIALLY IF IT IS RAINING HEAVY. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PULL OVER AND WAIT UNTIL EITHER THE RAIN STOPS OR THE WIPERS START WORKING AGAIN.*AK

I HAVE HAD TWO INSTANCES OF BATTERY FAILURE - ACDELCO 75-6YR, THE FIRST AT THE ABOVE DATE AND THE SECOND ON 08/05/2002. BOTH FAILURES WERE THE SAME - THE POSITIVE BATTERY POLE BROKE OUT OF THE BATTERY SPILLING THE ACID OUT OF THE BATTERY AND ONTO THE COMPONENTS BELOW THE BATTERY. THE ACID COULD SPILL ONTO CRITICAL COMPONENTS SUCH AS BRAKE LINES, FLUID HOSES AND ELECTRICAL WIRES AS WELL AS EATING AWAY MOUNTS THAT SECURE THE BATTERY AND NEARBY COMPONENTS. THE TOW OPERATORS AND SERVICE WRITERS HAVE INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE OF THIS BATTERY, YET THE DEALER MENTIONED ABOVE HAS BEEN ARROGANTLY UNRESPONSIVE TO THIS KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO ACTUATE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS WITH NO DISCERNABLE PATTERN. FREQUENCY OF FAILURE IS INCREASING. WHEN THE WIPERS DO FAIL SOMETIMES THEY WILL ACTIVATE AFTER 15-20 ATTEMPTS TO TURN THEM ON. AT TIMES ONLY STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE IGNITION SWITHCH AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE WILL GET THE WIPERS TO ACTIVATE. TRANSMISSION FBEGAN FAILING WITH OCCASSIONAL BUT NOTICABLE LATE AND HARD SHIFTS FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR . ENGINE LIGHT CODE SCAN INDICATED A FAILURE OF THE VALVE BODY. REPLACEMENT OF THE VALVE BODY FIXED THE PROBLEM , BUT THE ADDTIONAL TORQUE PUT ON THE DRIVETRAIN FROM THE HARD SHIFTS MOST PROBABLY CAUSED THE FAILURE OF THE REAR U-JOINT AS WELL.