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1988 GMC Jimmy S15 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 16, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jul 19, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 GMC Jimmy S15. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Seat belts
Filed May 16, 2003

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT IS FRAYING AT THE RETRACTOR COVER. SEAT BELT HAS CUT THE MOLDED PLASTIC COVER DUE TO RUBBING. APPROXIMATE 1" CUT INTO THE PLASTIC MADE BY SEAT BELT. *NLM

NHTSA ID
10018805
Incident
May 8, 2003
Tires & wheels
Filed Jul 19, 2001
Crash reported1 injury reported

BLOWOUT AT 50 MPH ON SR16,ON REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. TIRE TREAD CAME COMPLETELY OFF. FIRESTONE HAS TIRE FOR INSPECTION, NO RESPONSE FROM THEM FOR WAY TOO LONG.ALL OTHER TIRES DEFLATED AT ACCIDENT. REAR PASSENGER WENT THRU REAR WINDOW.CAR COMPLETELY TOTALED,AXLE FRAME BENT, WINDOWS CRUMBLED. NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED.DRIVER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE AMAZINGLY WELL. TIRE HAD TO BE DEFECTIVE,NO OTHER REASON FOR ACCIDENT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: VO6661A156 TIRESIZE: 30X9.SR15)

NHTSA ID
748775
Incident
Nov 12, 2000

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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