Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1996 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
(1) THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION. (2) I CAME TO A DEAD END STREET AND HAD TO TURN AROUND, I PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I MANAGED TO GET TURNED AROUND BY PUSHING THE TRUCK. THE TRANSMISSION WILL ALSO NOT SHIFT INTO THE SECOND OR OVERDRIVE GEARS. I CAN ONLY DRIVE IN FIRST AND THIRD GEARS. (3) I HAVEN'T REPAIRED THE VEHICLE.*AK
THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS AS STATED IN RECALLS 01I018000 LOWER BALL JOINT; RECALL 03V159000 WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, AND TRANSMISSION. RECALL NUMBER UNKNOWN. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT DUE TO A CRACKING NOISE. WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE SNOW, THE CONSUMER WASN'T ABLE TO USE THE 4WD BECAUSE THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INTERMITTENT, A LOUD CRACKING NOISE HAD COME FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS THE TRANSMISSION WHICH HAD A LEAK AND THE IGNITION SWITCH. *SCC *JB
SECOND FAILURE OF BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER ON 1996 GMC JIMMY 4WD - ACTUAL MILAGE 38,910. THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE HAVE NEVER WORKED PROPERLY SINCE NEW. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES - NO BETTER."A ROLLING NON-BRAKING NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE !! SECOND ALTERNATOR, 4TH BATTERY, RUST IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION,DRIVER'S POWER-WINDOW MOTOR @ 30,000 MILES HIS VEHICLE NEVER BEEN USED "OFF-ROAD.*AK IT IS DRIVEN BY AN OLDER WOMAN TO AND FROM WORK, SHOPPING, & PLEASURE.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE IS ON ITS 3RD TRANMISSION, THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK AND HOUSING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO RUST FORMING ON THE TRANMISSION FLUID STICK, ALSO THE REAR AXLE SEALS WER REPLACED.*JB
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD OVER FIRST GEAR, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES UP. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER (A/C) IS NOT COOLING, LEAKAGE AT THE COMPRESSOR AND EVAPORATOR, LEAKING WATER INTO THE FLOOR, AND THE A/C FAN INTERMITTENTLY HAS POWER SURGE FROM HIGH TO LOW BY ITSELF, HEATER BLEWS COLD AIR FROM HEATER CORE. *TT
VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD INTO GEARS, AND CONSUMER CAN FEEL THE TIRES GRAB ON PAVEMENT. ALSO, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON DEPENDING ON WEATHER, IF IT'S COOL VEHICLE IS OKAY. PROBLEM STARTED A FEW WEEKS AGO.*AK
4 YEAR OLD WAS ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS WITHOUT APPYLING BRAKES WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WE HAD THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH REPAIRED 1 1/2 YEAR AGO, THEN IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH AGAIN. THEY FOUND ANOTHER PART WHEN OUT IN THE MOTOR CAUSING IT NOT TO GO INTO THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH. EACH TIME IT COSTS US $700 OR MORE FOR THE REPAIRS. WE ALSO HAD TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION LAST YEAR, WHICH COSTS US $1600 TO REPAIR!*AK
A MALFUNCTION HAS OCCURRED WITHIN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM WHICH HAS CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE WHEN SYSTEM WAS ACTIVATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THAT SYSTEM WAS OPERATING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE ENTIRE 1996 GMC- JIMMY SERIES MADE NEED TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE THE OWNER HAS TO MANY REPAIRS TO BE DONE ON THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICES ENGINE LIGHT COMES VERY OFTEN TO INDICATE REPAIRS ON THE TRUCK AND THEIR ARE TO BE PROBLEMS WITH THIS 1996 JIMMY. I SUGGEST A TOTAL RECALL OF THIS VEHICLE AND THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. IT HAS A VERY BAD BRAKING SYSTEM ABS.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
CLUTCH CABLE BROKE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WHEN TURNING A CORNER AT 15 MPH, APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND ABS SYSTEM KICKED IN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE. ALSO, POWER BRAKE SYSTMEM WENT AND TRANSMISSION WENT FAILED. IN ADDITION, DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. *AK
RUSTED TRANSMISSION DIP STICK CONTAMINATES TRANSMISSION.
4-WHEEL DRIVE MODULE AND ENCODER MOTOR FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND BACK TO DRIVE. *AK
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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