Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY I HAVE TO CHANGE THE EGR VALVE EVERY SIX MONTHS, AND I ONLY RECEIVE A ONE MONTH WARRANTY ON IT WHEN PURCHASED? WE ARE NOT SURE IF OUR ABS HAS EVER BEEN SERVICED SINCE THE RECALL. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE CAN GET INFORMATION ABOUT IT, AND IF IT HAS NOT, IS IT TOO LATE TO BE SERVICED WITHOUT US PAYING FOR IT? *JB
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE SHUT DOWN, AND VEHICLE'S PLASTIC TOP CONNECTOR INSIDE OF GAS TANK CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN, AND DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE TROUBLE, AFTER PULLING OVER ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND IT EXTINGUISHED ITSELF, OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *TT
VEHICLE STARTED IDLING VERY ROUGHLY AFTER IT HAD WARMED UP OR WHEN TURNING A CORNER, IT WOULD ALMOST CUT OFF. CONSUMER COULD SMEEL FUMES, TOOK TO MECHANIC, AND IT WAS A FUEL INJECTOR LEAK. FUEL INJECTOR AND EGR VALVE, AND ENGINE GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER STATED THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE OR CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT. *AK
EGR VALVE FAILED 3 TIMES, CAUSING OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE, AND COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL NOT FAIL AGAIN. *AK
WHENEVER ENGINE GETS WARM VEHICLE WON'T START UP. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE 0F THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH VEHICLE STALLED AND CUT OFF DUE TO THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE MALFUNCTIONING. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEED THE VEHICLE WILL STALL/IDLE AND DIES OUT. THE ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGH. CONSUMER HAD THE EGR VALVE REPLACED, AND THE DEALER STATE'S THE PROBLEM IS WITHIN THE EXHAUST EGR VALVE. *AK
DRIVING VEHICLE UP NORTH; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON & OFF; VEHICLE WOULD THEN DIE OUT; HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TOOK TO DEALER & FOUND NOTHING WRONG; DID CHANGE COMPUTER CHIP & CHANGED EGR VALVES; BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
LINEAR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
FLYWHEEL REPLACED.
WHEN DRIVING UP A HILL OR STEEP AREAS CAR WILL BEGIN TO SMOKE FROM FLOOR AREA. TT
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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