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1990 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.
11
Latest Jan 15, 2004
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.
2
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 May 11, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 11 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 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 1–11 of 11

Body & structureEngineSteering
Filed Jan 15, 2004

REPLACED HEATER CORE (A/C) DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR SEPARATED FROM INSIDE DOOR PANEL. HESITATION ON START, AND THROUGHOUT DRIVING RANGE, SEEMS INDICATIVE OF FUEL LINE, CARB, OR SOMETHING INTERNAL. IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS I TYPE. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START, AGAIN SEEMS LIKE A FUEL OR CARB ISSUE. DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THOUGH. PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. IT IS A RED, GOING TO GREY. STEERING ISSUES; STEERING COLUMN SEPARATED FROM HOUSING, BASICALLY IT WAS SLOWLY UNSCREWING ITSELF. CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN TO OFF POSITION.

NHTSA ID
10070146
Incident
Aug 15, 2002
Mileage
72,000 mi
Electrical
Filed Oct 27, 1999
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER STOPPING AND OPENING THE HOOD OWNER DISCOVERED ENGINE FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
851880
Brakes
Filed Oct 4, 1999

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, CONSUMER TRIED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. *AK

NHTSA ID
849749
Incident
Sep 30, 1999
Brakes
Filed Jan 15, 1998
Crash reported

BRAKES: DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN AREA, AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, COULDN'T GET ENOUGH BRAKING POWER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AN RAN INTO A HILLSIDE BEFORE GETTING IT TO STOP. *AK

NHTSA ID
819050
Incident
Nov 12, 1995
Brakes
Filed Oct 24, 1997

UPON APPLICATION ON WET/DRY SURFACES BRAKES GIVE FALSESINCE OF STOPPING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID
817572
Brakes
Filed Feb 14, 1997

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES,SHE STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE WENT TO USE BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, OWNER ALSO NOTES THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK

NHTSA ID
808928
Fuel system
Filed Jan 6, 1997

THE FUEL TANK SHIELD/PROTECTOR WERE REPLACED DUE TO CONTAMINATION THAT RESULTED IN LEAKAGE. *YC

NHTSA ID
527723
Incident
Aug 25, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 28, 1996

CONSUMER WAS REARENDED AND THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER FELL BACKWARD AND THE ASHTRAY CAME APART AND HIT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN THE FACE . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

NHTSA ID
801499
Incident
Aug 7, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 9, 1996

WHILE MAKING SHORT STOP, DRIVER FELL FORWARD/BACKWARD, WHOLE SEAT BACK BROKE OFF COMPLETELY, PINS THAT HOLD SEAT TO BASE SHEARED OFF, SPEED 35 MPH. *AK

NHTSA ID
986625
Incident
Nov 15, 1990
Brakes
Filed Dec 21, 1995

POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS BRAKES. TT

NHTSA ID
500722
Incident
Dec 21, 1995
Body & structure
Filed May 11, 1995

FLOOR PAN RUSTED OUT ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER. TT

NHTSA ID
965147
Incident
May 4, 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.

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