Owner-reported complaints naming the powertrain system, filed with NHTSA
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Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
WHEN UNDER ONE QUARTER (1/4) OF A TANK OF FUEL THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DECELERATING (READ: HARD BRAKING, BRAKING BEFORE A TURN) WITHOUT WARNING, DISABLING ALL POWERED CONTROLS INCLUDING POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKING. ISSUE WOULD OCCASIONALLY RESOLVE ITSELF AND THEN COME BACK AT RANDOM INTERVALS. *TR
I BOUGHT MY 1999 GMC JIMMY WHEN I WAS 16, I LOVED IT 4X4 BUT THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON CAUSING THE THING NOT TO READ HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE AND NOT ALLOWING IT TO PASS INSPECTION. YES ITS OLD BUT IT SHOULDN'T OF MADE THE E-VAP SYSTEM DO THAT AND THE PROBLEM IS WHEN IT DOSE DO THIS YOUR WASTING GAS LIKE CRAZY CAUSING YOU TO RUN OUT OF GAS IN DANGER SPOTS WHILE DRIVING. RECALL THE 1999 GMC JIMMY FOR THE E-VAP SYSTEM. COST TO REPAIR BY OWNER USED $499.00 NEW $699.00 WITH OUT LABOR. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THERE WAS A THUMPING NOISE FROM UNDERNEATH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO DETERMINED THE DIFFERENTIAL UNIT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.
2/2003 FRONT END COLLAPSED ON HIGHWAY TRAVELLING AT 65MPG DUE TO BALL JOINT FAILURE. BRAKES AND STERRING WOULD NOT WORK. HAD TO CRASH INTO A HILL TO STOP VEHICLE. BALL JOINTS AGAIN FAILING ON 7/2005.
2000 MILES AFTER THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS REPLACED, VEHICLE SPUN #6 ROD BEARING AND DESTROYED THE WHOLE ENGINE. GM IS AWARE OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. OFTEN LEADS TO CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE. ALSO FOUND RUSTED DEXCOOL BLOCKING THE HOSE TO THE RADIATOR RESERVOIR, WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM.
1-NORMAL CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS VEHICLE.2-THE DOOR HINGES FAILED ON BOTH FRONT DOORS, NEEDING EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT.3-BOTH FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES FAILED AT 85,000 MILES, COSTING $700.00PLUS TO REPAIR. BOTH FAILURES ARE UNACCEPTABLE!*AK
THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN ANY GEAR EXCEPT FIRST GEAR AT 5 MPH. DUE TO A FAILED TRANSMISSION. *JB
THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED SEVERAL TIMES, BECAUSE THE AIR PUMP FROZE, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING, FUEL PUMP, AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. *AK *JB
VEHICLE HAS PROBLEM WITH WHEEL BEARINGS. ONCE BEFORE LEFT WAS REPLACED, AND RECENTLY RIGHT WAS REPLACED. THEY WOULD MAKE A GROWLING SCRAPPING NOISE WITHOUT TOUCHING BRAKES. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING AND MAKING NOISE WHICH INCREASED AS SPEED GOES UP. THE SHAFT SEALWAS REPLACED TWICE. *YH
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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