Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 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
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND TOOK OFF IN REVERSE AND RAN INTO A CONCRETE PARKING RAMP STRUCTURE. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS UNDETERMINED AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. *JB
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN BRAKES APPLIED THEY PULSATED AND RPMS ROSE TO 5,000. ABS LIGHT STAYED ON. INTERMITTENTLY, PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE VIN AND MILEAGE OF VEHICLE.*AK
TRAVELING I-71N, 6:30 A.M. TOUCHED GAS PEDAL TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. ACCELERATOR DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND STUCK. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED AND WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. BRAKED AS HARD AS POSSIBLE AND MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE TO 50 MPH. THREW VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO GET IT TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP GAINING SPEED, MOTOR CONTINUED TO RACE EXESSIVELY. VEHICLE TOWED TO SANTA FE AUTOMOTIVE, PARMA, OHIO. GM DIRECTED THAT THEY WANTED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GM DEALER DON BROOKLYN CHEVROLET , 4941 PEARL RD., CLEVELAND,OH (216) 741-1500. MECHANIC STATED "APPEARS THAT A PART INTERNAL TO THE ENGINE FELL OFF." "CAN'T TELL WHAT FELL OFF OR WHY THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT TAKING THE ENGINE APART." GM REFUSES TO INVESTIGATE AND WILL NOT PAY FOR THE COST OF THE TOW, THE INSPECTION ($140) OR TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. GM DISMISSED THE COMPLAINT WITH NO INVESTIGATION. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO RON'S AUTO REPAIR, 4512 BROADVIEW ROAD, CLEVELAND, OH (216) 741-9787 WHERE USED ENGINE WILL BE PUT IN ON 11/28. GM WILL PUT IN A REBUILT ENGINE IN (36 MONTH WARRANTY) FOR $5,800. VERY CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE AND THAT PROBLEM MAY REOCCUR. *AK
CAUSING EXCESSIVE GAS USAGE, HIGH ACCELERATION, GUNNING EFFECT. *AK
CARB0N DIOXIDE SMELL WITHIN VEHICLE. ALSO REPLACED EGR AND TP SENSOR. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES WILL ACCELERATE ABOVE THE ENTERED SPEED SETPOINT. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE ENGAGED OR THE SPEED CONTROL IS SWITCHED OFF, THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE WITH GOING DOWNHILL AT TOO STEEP OF AN ANGLE. WHEN THE SPEED CONTROL HAS BEEN SHUT OFF, THEN THE VEHICLE READILY SLOWED DOWN DUE TO BRAKING EFFECT EACH TIME. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE, AND EACH TIME SPEED BUILT RAPIDLY TO OVER 90 MPH. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND THE VEHICLE WAS GOING CRAZY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO RUN INTO A CARBOX. *AK
VEHICLE ACCELARATES TO HIGH SPPED ON IT'S OWN CAN NOT STOP VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING,FEELS LIKE ACCELARATION FROM CRUSIE CONTROL.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 45-50 MPH, FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE VEHICLE BUCKED AND JERKED THEN ACCELERATED TO A SPEED OF 70+ MPH. DRIVER RAN VEHICLE INTO A OPEN BAY AT GAS STATION TO STOP. THE VEHCLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED *AK. CONSUMER STATED DRIVER SIDE AIRG DID NOT DEPLOY.*JB
THROTTLE SENSOR FAILURE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. *AK
DRIVERS POWER SEAT FAILED.
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN ACCELERATION CONTINUALLY.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE GOES HIGH IDLE, AND OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE WAS AT STOP, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 5 MPH, WHEN APPLIED BRAKES THROTTLE WENT IN OPEN POSITION, DESIGN PROBLEM PEDAL TO THE BRAKES PEDAL IS TO LOW.
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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