Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 GMC Jimmy submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 27 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.
The 25 most recent of 27, in the owner's own words
THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.. AMP METER NEEDLE DROPS TO ZERO. AND THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. WE HAVE REPLACED BATTERY, AND ALTERNATOR TWICE.DEALERSHIP CAN"T FIX IT. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE BUT IT IS ALL WE HAVE.
THE CAR WAS RUNNING ON SOUTH HI 35, BEFORE ARRIVE TO 51TH ST, AUSTIN, TEXAS. IT WAS FRIDAY, AROUND 10:30, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE GOING TO A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT, WHEN THE CAR STOP WORKING, THE ENGINE WENT OFF. WE WERE TWO IN THE CAR, AND WE WERE SCARE. THANKS GOD WAS IN THE MORNING, NOT RUSH HOUR, BUT HI 35 IS ALWAYS BUSY. WE WERE LUCKY AND FOUND AN SPACE BETWEEN THE CARS. WE JUST PARK THE CAR CLOSE THE EXIT TO GO TO 51TH, BUT THE SAFETY TRUCK WHICH HELP ON HI 35, PARKED BEHIND US, SO IT PROTECTED US UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK CAME FOR US, ONE AND A HALF HOUR LATER. *TR
ENGINE SYSTEM: OIL COOLING LINES: OIL ( DRIPPING) LOSS FIRST NOTICED NOVEMBER, 2010 AT 90,000MI- DRIP BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER SEVERAL WEEKS CREATING POTENTIAL ENGINE DAMAGE AND FIRE DANGER. OIL COOLER LINES REPLACED FIRST WEEK JANUARY, 2011 AT 94,000 MILES. REPLACEMENT OF THE OIL COOLER LINES HAS BEEN A COMMON AND RECURRENT COMPLAINT FOR THE 2000 GMC JIMMY--SEE: MYCARSTATS.COM--SINCE 2002. *TR
NOTICED A UNUSUAL ODOR COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA IN LATE DECEMBER, 2008. WE TOOK OUR JIMMY IN FOR ROUTINE SERVICE (1/21/2009) IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINE OIL COOLER LINES WERE LEAKING AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. WE FOUND OUT THAT THE OIL WAS DRIPPING ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSING THE UNUSUAL ODOR. THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE AND LOSS OF VEHICLE OR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANTS IF IT WAS NOT NOTED BY THE DEALER TECHNICIAN. *TR
I BOUGHT A 2000 JIMMY FROM OAK MOTORS. I HAVE HAD IT FOR 5 MONTHS. IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, 3 PULLEYS, SERPENTINE BELT. THE BRAKES ARE GOING OUT, POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT, ENGINE IS TAPPING. I TOOK IT BACK AFTER HAVING IT FOR 10 DAYS BECAUSE THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEY WANTED 175.00 TO LOOK AT IT. I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE THAT I HAD TO PURCHASE THE WARRANTY FOR 995.00, I THOUGHT THIS WAS TO COVER ANY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. IT DOESN'T. THEY NOW WANT 540.00 TO FIX IT. PLEASE HELP. *TR
56,000 MILES-GMC ALTERED POSITION- CREATED PISTON SLAP- PREMATURE WEAR-NEEDS REBUILT ENGINE. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP. ADDITIONALLY, THE MECHANIC DETERMINED TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LOW AND THE WIRES OF THE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY, ADDED TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND NEW WIRES TO THE WIRING HARNESS. AFTERWARDS, THE STALLING PROBLEM PERSISTED. UPDATED 4/6/2006 - *NM
2000 GMC JIMMY EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT RIGHT HUB AND THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND OR WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. THE CONSUMER HAD RUN INTO A BRICK WALL AND BOUNCED INTO TRAFFIC. THE CHECK ABS SYSTEM LIGHT HAD IMMEDIATELY ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS THEN ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND BACKED INTO A PARKING SPACE. THE LEFT FRONT HUB WAS REPLACED DAYS BEFORE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO LOSING COOLANT. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT NO COOLANT WAS IN THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB
2000 GMC JIMMY EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH START UP AS WELL AS WITH THE GAS GAUGE ON THE DASHBOARD. *MR THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AN EXTREMELY COLD MORNING IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE VEHICLE STARTED, BUT THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE GAS GAUGE STARTED GOING FROM EMPTY TO FULL. THE CONSUMER WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAVE THEM REPLACE THE PCM MODULE (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE) FREE OF CHARGE. THE ENGINEER SUGGESTED THAT THIS PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR IF THE WEATHER IS VERY COLD. *SC THE PASSENGER SIDE WEATHER STRIP FAILED. *JB
AT 50,000 MILES, BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED, AS THE VEHICLE WAS PULLING OFF THE ROAD AS IT WAS BEING DRIVEN. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WORE BECAUSE OF NO GREASE. NOW AT 61,000 MILES, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET IS LEAKING, AND THE OIL LINES ARE ALSO LEAKING. THE DEALERSHIP ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS AT WELL OVER $1100 DOLLARS. THIS IS A 2000 GMC JIMMY, AND ONLY HAS 61,000 MILES. *NM
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT THE SAME SPEED AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE CONSUMER PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND THE VEHICLE WAS SMOLDERING UNDER THE HOOD. *JB *NM
ENGINE NOISE: THIS 2000 JIMMY WITH THE 4.3 VORTEC IS QUITE NOISY. WHEN STARTING COLD ,ABOUT 20 SECONDS LATER A LIFTER WILL START TO RAP, THEN WILL GO AWAY AND THEN BACK. AFTER COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY, SEVERAL LIFTERS WILL GET LOUD. NOW, I HAVE HEARD 4 1998-2000 4.3 IN BLAZERS AND JIMMYS DO THIS. THEN DALERSHIPS SAY THIS IS NORMAL...TECHNICIANS SAY THERE IS A VALVE TRAIN ISSUE. THIS IS NOT NORMAL NOISE..INA DDITION, WHEN LOADING THE VEHICLE, LIKE GOING UP A STEEP HILL, ONE OR TWO LIFTERS SOUND LIKE THEY ARE READY TO LET LOOSE.....CAUSE OF PROBLEM? *AK
VEHICLES SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. *AK THE VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT UP AFTER EACH INCIDENT. *JB
2000 JIMMY ENVOY IS ONE BIG PIECE OF JUNK!!!!!*AK
HAD TO REPLACE THE OIL COOLING LINES AT 22,118 MILES AT THE COST OF $292.29 ON MY 2000 GMC JIMMY. I HAVE CHECKED THE WEB SITE FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS AND THERE ARE SEVERAL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL BY GMC.*AK
MY 2000 JIMMY HAS LEAKS ASSOXIATED WITH THE OIL LINES. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS AND HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS. WHERE IS THE RECALL? I JUST SPENT OVER $400 TO REPAIR...GM SHOULD PICK UP THIS COST.
MY TRUCK LOST POWER AND STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ON THE AFTERNOON OF 9-19-03. IT WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION I WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG AND THAT IT RAN FINE. I WAS NOT CONVINCED. ON 9-22-03 IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRUCK NEEDED A NEW CATALITIC CONVERTER AND WAS DRIVEN IN. I PICKED IT UP THREE DAYS LATER. THE NEXT DAY THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRUCK'S COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. HOWEVER THE MAIN COMPUTER WAS DOWN AND AS SUCH WERE NOT ABLE TO SERVICE IT AT THAT TIME. I WAS ASKED TO RETURN FOR REPROGRAMMING. THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME BACK ON ON THE EVENING OF THE 30TH. I WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT IN TO THE SHOP UNTIL THIS WEEK AND IN THE MEANWHILE I WAS NOT DRIVING IT ALL THAT MUCH. THIS PAST WEEK END THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME BACK ON ON SATURDAY. SUNDAY NIGHT (10-5-03) WHILE DRIVING HOME THE TRUCK LOST POWER AGAIN (MUCH LIKE BACK ON 9-19-03)AND STOPPED RUNNING WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. I PROCEEDED TO PULL OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON BUT JUST MADE A RATTLING NOISE AND THEN I HEARD A POP. ABOUT THREE-FIVE MINUTES AFTER MY ATTEMPT TO TURN IT ON I SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE FRONT HOOD. I MANAGED TO GET MY DOG AND MYSELF OUT. IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES THAT WE GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK IT WAS UP IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND CAME TO TAKE OUT THE FIRE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME MY TRUCK WAS DESTROYED.
OIL LEAKING FROM TIMING COVER AND OIL PAN. I'M TOLD GM KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM, BUT IS NOT DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. ALSO HAD COOLING LINES LEAK, AC COMPRESSOR FAILURE, AND OTHERS JIMMY 2000 GMC. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. *JB
OIL COOLING HOSES WENT OUT AROUND 43,000 HAD TO REPLACE AND EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDNT COVER. HEARD ALOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THIS HAS ALSO HAPPEND TO THEM AND THINK GMC NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING.
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY BLAZER, AND A 2000 GMC JIMMY, WHICH ARE BOTH BASICALLY THE SAME VEHICLES. THE 99 BLAZER DEVELOPED AN OIL LEAK FROM THE OIL LINES AT 33,000 MILES, AND THE 2000 NOW HAS THE SAME OIL LINES LEAKING AT 41,000 MILES. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES, AND ENGINES HAVE BEEN RUINED DUE TO THE OIL LINES. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD OFFER TO REPLACE THE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE OIL LINES.
OIL COOLER HOSES LEAK. KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE. FAILURE RESULTS IN FULL OIL CAPACITY ON ROAD, AND PROBABLE ENGINE REPLACEMENT
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING OR AT A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE CUTS OFF, WITHOUT ANY WARNING. HAVING TOTAL LOST OF POWER,VEHICLE TAKES A LEAST 2-3 MINUTES TO START BACK UP. NLM
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER STATED NO WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON PANEL THAT SHOWED INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM. ALSO, VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH, LIKE ENGINE IS RACING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
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