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1986 GMC Jimmy 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.
3
Latest Nov 23, 1998
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.
1
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.
0
Reports on file since Feb 10, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 GMC Jimmy. 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

Showing 1–3 of 3

Engine
Filed Nov 23, 1998
Fire reported

VEHICLE ENGINE FIRE.

NHTSA ID
542702
Incident
Oct 26, 1998
Brakes
Filed Oct 21, 1997

CONSUMER CAN BE DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH AND GOES TO STEP ON BRAKES, NOTICED THAT VEHICLE GOES OUT FURTHER, DOES NOT STOP ON TIME. PUSHES BRAKES TO FLOOR, NO RESPONSE. *AK.

NHTSA ID
817344
Incident
Oct 1, 1997
Visibility
Filed Feb 10, 1995

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. TT

NHTSA ID
959874
Incident
Feb 10, 1995

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.

Data sources

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