Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 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
THE CONSUMER STARTED NOTICING AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE IN THE VEHICLE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE CONSUMER SAW ANTIFREEZE AND OTHER FLUIDS ON THE FLOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE HAS HAD THE HEATER CORE REPLACED ONCE AND ANOTHER IS NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *PH *SC *JB
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000. BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *PH *JB
1994/GMC/JIMMY,S1500,4.3 /6/ MY FRONT DRVER SEAT ROCKS WHEN I HAVE TO BRAKE SUDDENLY. WHEN IT RAINS BRAKES LOCK UP, SLIDES BEFORE COMPLETELY STOPS, DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW DOESN'T WORK,LOCKS WORKS ON OCASSIONS,IT RATTLES WHEN PARKING OR PARKED.WHEN SHUTTING OFF SHAKES COMPLETELY THEN SHUTS OFF . AN AWFUL SMELL FROM GAS FUMES I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH THE OTHER THREE WINDOWS DOWN JUST TO HAVE FRESH AIR.,BLACK SMOKE,DO NOT START UPON FIRST TRY,BACK TAIL GATE RATTLES.FAN FOR A/C OR HEAT DON'T WORK THRU VENTS.SLOWS DOWN TO 15MPH SOMETIMES IT IT WILL SPEED UP UN NESSACARILY, WHEN ON ROAD IN CITY LIMITS SLOWS DOWN AND SHUTS OFF ON HIGH WAYS. BUT MOST OF ALL THE BRAKES SCARES ME I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL WORK OR WHEN IT WON'T ,SO I TRY NOT TO TRAVEL WITH MY CHILDREN OR WHEN IT IS RAINING .MY VEHICHILE WAS LISTED AS RELIABLE AND LOW GAS MILAGE I HAVE TO PUT$10.00 IN EVERY DAY AND NOT TRAVEL UNESSACARILY. I HAD NOT HAD THIS TRUCK LONG AND IT IS A LIABILITY HEALTH WISE AND FINACIALLY. IF SOME ONE CAN HELP OR HAVE INFORMATION THAT MAY BE USEFULL ,I AM INTERESTEDWHAT CAN I DO OR SHOULD DO.*AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM
THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WASHERS DON'T WORK, WIPERS DON'T PARK PROPERLY, FIRST FAILURE COVERED BY WARRANTY. SYMPTOMS IDENTICAL THIS TIME AS FIRST. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, RECALL ON 1995 AND 1996 MODEL YEAR, HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO YEAR.
IN COLD CLIMATE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BECOMES INOPERATIVE IN UPRIGHT POSTION, WHICH IN RAIN WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK *SLC
PROBLEM WITH DRIVER'S WINDOW. *SKD
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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