2000 GMC Jimmy

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE ABS ACTIVATED. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE DURING LOW-SPEED APPLICATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AT THIS TIME.*AK UPDATED 1/4/2005 - THE FAILURE OF THE ABS DID NOT RESULT IN THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED AT A GMC DEALER TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *NM

2000 GMC JIMMY EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT RIGHT HUB AND THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND OR WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. THE CONSUMER HAD RUN INTO A BRICK WALL AND BOUNCED INTO TRAFFIC. THE CHECK ABS SYSTEM LIGHT HAD IMMEDIATELY ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND BACKED INTO A PARKING SPACE. THE LEFT FRONT HUB WAS REPLACED DAYS BEFORE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO LOSING COOLANT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NO COOLANT WAS IN THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

1ST 3 TIME NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON FOR THE SAMR THING SECONDARY AIR INJECTOR SYSTEM MALFUNCTION.IT WAS JUST A BAD SENSOR ITS STILL DOING IT.THEY WANT 140. JUST FOR PARTS TO FIX IT. 2ND I SPENT ABOUT 1000.00 TO FIX FROUNT BRAKES ROTORS PADS ANDWHEEL BERRINGS.THE OWNER OF THE GARAGE SAID THAT HE FIXED ABOUT 50 OF THESE A YEAR MY SUV WAS ONLY 2 AT THE TIME 3RDI ALSO SPENT ALMOST 3000. 00 ON A TRANNY LAST YEAR BECAUSE I LOST ALL GEARS I ONLY HAD DRIVE.I HAD RECOMENED THE GMC JIMMY TO AT LEAST 8 TO 10 FRIENDS 7 BOUGHT THEM 5 HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I HAVE WITH TRANNY AND BRAKES NOW MY BRAKES ARE SQUEEKING FROUNT AND BACK NOT GRINDING NOTHING WRONG WITH BACK BRAKES EVER HAD THEM CHECKED THEY SAID THEY ARE FINE.BUT VERY SQUEEKY THAT IS VERY ANNOYING.WHEN WE LOST REVERCE WE WAS BACKING UP AND IF THE CAR BEHIND US DIDNT BACK UP WE WOULD HAVE HIT HIM.I THOUGHT I WOUL LET YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPING TO MYSELF AND FRIENDS THE LAST THING WE FIXED WAS THE TRANNY.

ON WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 2004, I WENT TO RED HOLMAN PONTIAC TO REPLACE A HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY ON THE FRONT LEFT WHEEL OF MY GMC JIMMY 2000. A GRINDING AND METALLIC NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND I HAD TO HAVE DONE AT THE DEALER. TWO YEARS AGO, THIS SAME HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED AT 48000 MILES. NOW, THIS VEHICLE HAS 75000 MILES AND I HAVE TO REPLACE THE RIGHT HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY. THIS MEANS THAT THIS PART ONLY LASTED 48000 MILES AND THE REPLACEMENT PART LESS THAN 27000 MILES. ON BOTH INSTANCES, THERE WAS ALSO A FAILURE OF THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. I HAVE OWNED OVER THE YEARS MORE THAN 11 GM CARS WITH VARIOUS MILEAGES AT TRADING TIME AND I NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A BEARING. WHEN THE FIRST REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY WAS PUT IN, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A HAZARD AND FOR THE OTHER WHEEL, THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD ON MY INVOICE IF THESE PARTS POSE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF GMC OWNERS, WHY IS GMC INSTALLING PARTS WITH MATERIAL DEFECTS? I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART CARRIES ONLY A 12000 MILES WARRANTY AND THE PRICE IS ABOUT $460 AND LABOR $124.00. LUCKILY, THE FIRST REPAIR WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS TIME I HAD TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE DEALER AND I HAD TO PAY $284.00. I BELIEVE THAT THESE PARTS SHOULD LAST LONGER SINCE THERE IS NEITHER MAINTENANCE NOR ANY FACILITY TO DISASSEMBLE THE UNIT. I SEE NO FAULT WITH THE DEALER; RATHER I SEE A MANUFACTURER DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. THIS REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE GMC RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO THE SHORT LIFE SPAN OF THIS PRODUCT.*AK SINCERELY, CLAUDE DURAND

UPON HEARING THE WEAR INDICATOR ON FRONT BRAKES OF MY 2000 GMC JIMMY WITH 24000+ MILES ON IT, I TOOK IT IN FOR REPAIR EXPECTING ONLY PAD REPLACEMENT AND MAYBE MACHINING OF THE ROTORS. AS IT TURNED OUT, ALL 4 ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO LARGE AREAS OF DEEP CORROSION THAT, ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR SHOP, WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO AFFECT BRAKING, AND THUS, PAD WEAR, LEADING TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF THESE CRITICAL COMPONENTS. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO MACHINE ONE ROTOR TO GET PAST THE CORROSION, BUT THE CORROSION WAS TOO DEEP AND WOULD LEAVE THE ROTOR TOO THIN. THE REPAIR SHOP IS BEGINNING TO SEE THIS PROBLEM ON LATE MODEL GM VEHICLES, AND AS SUCH, PROVIDED ME WITH ALL THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED (4 ROTORS AND ALL PADS) AS WELL AS AN ITEMIZED LIST OF NEW PARTS USED IN ANTICIPATION OF SOME SORT OF FOLLOW-UP ACTION FROM GM OR THE GOVERNMENT.*AK

MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS 2000 JIMMY. BOUGHT IT USED FROM CARMAX AT 18K MILES ON JAN 2003, GOT EXT. WARRANTY, BUT SOON AFTER, FRONT BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED, REPLACED BY CARMAX FOR FREE, BUT 6 MOS LATER BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED. WAS ADVISED THAT REAR ROTORS AND BRAKES WERE ALMOST AT END OF LIFE. 9 MOS LATER, REPLACED REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS, NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR, SPENT $450 AS WELL AS REPLACING SERPENTINE BELT AND FLUSHING BREAK FLUID, TOTAL COST $650. PROBLEMS WITH SUNROOF STARTED IN APR 2003, IT FINALLY STOPPED WORKING AND WAS REPLACED AT 43K MILES UNDER EXT WARRANTY, HAD TO GET NEW BATTERY, NOISE IN UNDER CARRIAGE ON DRIVERS SIDE, DETERMINED TO BE PROBLEMS WITH HUB BEARINGS AND IDLE ARM, INNER TIE ROD, ALL REPLACED UNDER EXT WARRANTY, TOTAL COST WOULD HAVE BEEN $750. *NM

SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES I HEARD A NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED NEW FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. IN ADDITION, REAR ROTORS WERE SO CORODED THAT THEY WHERE NOT RESURFACABLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TOTAL CHARGE $1000. WHY WOULD REAR ROTORS CORODE SO SEVERELY AFTER ONLY 46,900 MILES AND 3.25 YEARS OF DRIVING?*AK