Owner-reported complaints naming the steering system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage. 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. 10 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
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THE ENGINE STOPS RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING AND WILL NOT START FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE GAS SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED, NEW COIL AND DISTRIBUTOR, OIL, AND STILL IT STOPS. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAD TO PARK THEIR JIMMY DUE TO THE UNSAFE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, THE JIMMY HAS BEEN TO 3 DEALERS WHO CHARGED A LOT OF MONEY BUT NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STREET STEERING WHEEL FELL OFF. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT THIS IS A TEST. *AK
ALTHOUGH WIPER PULSE CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER CAMPAIGN 98043 IT CONTINUES TO FAIL INTERMITENTLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH VEHICLE DIES OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. WHEN CONSUMER GETS INTO THE VEHICLE AND SHUTS THE DOOR, SHE CAN HEAR ALL TYPES OF NOISES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP NINE TIMES FOR REPAIRS, AND CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ALARM SYSTEM/ WINDOWS/HEAD LIGHTS, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS THAT ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
STEERING DESIGN ALLOWS WHEELS TO RUB AGAINST THE SWAY BAR, CREATING NOISES, VEHICLE WILL JUMP WHEN THIS OCCURS.
WHILE GOING ABOUT (45) OR (50) MPH DRIVER LOST THE STEERING, BRAKES AND ALL ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS, /HAPPENED ON 10/26/95. ON 10/10/95, WHILE DRIVING, ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF, HAPPENED AGAIN ON 10/14/96. *AK
FRONT INNER TIE ROD BROKE WHILE DRIVING, WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS POWER AND CONTROL. *AK
VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT UPON APPLYING BRAKES.
LEFT SIDE OF THE INNER WHEEL HIT THE FRAME WHEN TURNING LEFT, RIGHT SIDE INNER WHEEL HIT THE TORSION BAR WHEN TURNING LEFT, RESULTING IN CAR JUMPING. TT
FRONT WHEELS RUB AGAINST SWAY BAR, SUBFRAME AND WHEEL WELD WHEN MAKING ANY TURN. 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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