1999 GMC Jimmy

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC JIMMY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO DECELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC JIMMY. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHENEVER THE FUEL TANK WAS LESS THAN ONE QUARTER FULL. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES DUE TO THE RECURRING FAILURE. THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES BUT THE FAILURE WOULD STILL RECUR SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO EXHIBIT A LOSS OF POWER SPORADICALLY AFTER THE NUMEROUS REPAIRS TO THE FUEL PUMP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

LIVING NEAR A SALT MINE OHIO USES SALT LIKE CRAZY I'M FORTUNATE THAT I DO ALL THE WORK MYSELF ROTTEN BRAKE LINES FUEL LINES THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SNOW BELT ROT MY JIMMY IS MECHANICALLY SOUND WITH 190000 MILES DRIVE IT ALMOST 200 MILES A DAY TO AND FROM WORK UNFORTUNATELY IT WILL ROT TO PIECES BEFORE IT DIES AND I DON'T THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS NEED TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO GET RIDE OF ICE ON ROADS IN OHIO OR DIFFERENT ALLOYS TO MAKE LINES WITH. A LOT OF MECHANICS IN THE SOUTH WON'T OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK ON CORRODED PARTS OR SOME EVEN CHARGE A HIGHER RATE. *TR

I REPLACED MY FRONT PADS AND ROTORS. BEEN FINE FOR A WEEK TILL YESTERDAY I STOPPED AT A LIGHT BRAKES FELT SLIGHTLY SPONGY, NOT LONG AFTER MAYBE TEN MINUTES THREE CARS AHEAD OF ME HAD STOPPED AS I HIT THE BRAKE MY FOOT WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR AND I SMACKED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME DOING APPX. 35-40 MPH. IT WAS A FOUR CAR PILEUP I TOOK HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE MORE OR LESS TOTALED THE VEHICLE BUT THE AIRBAGS HAD FAILED TO DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFERING A CONCUSSION. THE SEATBELT DIDN'T LOCK AS IT SHOULD HAVE EITHER THEREFORE CAUSING MY WHIPLASH TO BE SEVERE. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE LINE KEEPS GIVING OUT EVEN AFTER REPLACING IT AND, THERE IS LOSS OF THE REAR BRAKES. THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF FIX THAT A GMC DEALER CAN PROVIDE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. *TR

EVER SINCE I GOT MY JIMMY MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED UNLESS I SLAM IT. NOW THE INSIDE PANEL IS TORE OFF DUE TO THE SLAMMING. EVERYONE I MEET AFTER THIS HAS THE SAME ISSUE BUT GMC REFUSE TO RECLL THIS PROBLEM!!! *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

BRAKE LINE FAILED AND NOW NOTICED ALL BRAKE LINES ARE RUSTED ABOUT 2 FEET FROM THE ABS WHERE THEY MEET AT TO ROUTE DOWN TO THE FRAME RAILS. *TR

DRUM IN HAT STYLE PARKING BRAKE 'WORE OUT' AFTER ONLY ABOUT 18 MONTHS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INCREMENTALLY DURING THE PERIOD AS THE PEDAL GRADUALLY HAD TO BE DEPRESSED FURTHER AND FURTHER TO BE EFFECTIVE. DEALER REPLACED ONLY SHOES UNDER WARRANTY. ONE YEAR LATER, AFTER THE SAME GRADUAL DECLINE IN PERFORMANCE MENTIONED ABOVE, THE PARKING BRAKE LOST FUNCTIONALITY AGAIN. DEALER CLAIMED NEGLECT ON OUR PART BY LEAVING THE BRAKE ENGAGED WHILE DRIVING EVEN THOUGH THE GRADUAL NATURE OF THE FAILURE COULD BE CONSIDERED EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. A CABLE ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE WHICH DID RESTORE PARTIAL FUNCTIONALITY. YET EVEN THOUGH WE EMPLOYED JUDICIOUS USE OF THE BRAKE FROM THEN ON, THE REPAIR LASTED ONLY A FEW YEARS. WE HAVE HAD NO FUNCTIONALITY FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW BELIEVING THAT SOME FLAW IN THE DESIGN MADE THEM NON-REPAIRABLE. RECENTLY IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS BRAKE SYSTEM (DRUM IN HAT MANUFACTURED BY TRW) HAS HAD SIMILAR ISSUES IN OTHER GMC PRODUCTS IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AND COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED (NHTSA ITEM #1006115, SERVICE BULLETIN #020526001B FOR EXAMPLE). ALSO WE DISCOVERED THAT AN ACTUAL RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED (NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN #05V161000) APPARENTLY FOR THE SAME TRW BRAKE SYSTEM IN THE GMC SIERRA (MODEL YEARS 1999 THRU 2005). APPARENTLY IT HAS BEEN THEORIZED THAT THESE BRAKES ARE FAILING BECAUSE THE SHOES ARE NOT BEING ADEQUATELY DISENGAGED FROM THE DRUM DUE TO SOME DEFECT IN THE RETURN MECHANISM. WE FEEL THAT THE GRADUAL NATURE OF THE FAILURE, THE SERVICE BULLETINS WHICH TARGET INADEQUATE RETURN SPRING TENSION, THE VARIETY OF GMC MODELS INVOLVED AND FINALLY OUR OWN (NOT PROVABLE) BELIEF THAT THE CAUSE OF THESE REPEATED FAILURES IS NOT FROM DRIVING WITH THE PARKING BRAKE SET WARRANT FURTHER INVESTIGATION. NOW THAT THERE IS A PROPER FIX AVAILABLE FOR THIS SEEMINGLY OBVIOUS DEFECT, I INTEND TO HAVE IT DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

I WAS INVOLVED IN CAR CRASH MY 1999 JIMMY WAS TOTAL THE FRONT END WAS COMPLETELY SMASH IN TO THE GLOVE DEPARTMENT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT COME DEPLOY AND THE MAN WHERE IT WAS TOWED SAID SHOULD CHECK IT OUT AS HARD AS IT WAS HIT THEY SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *TR

1999 GMC JIMMY. TRANSMISSION ISSUES. NEW TRANNY NEEDS TO BE REBUILT BY 80,000 MILES. SEATS AND STRUCTURE OF HANDLES BREAK EASILY AND LAST FOR MAYBE 35,000, NEW HUBS REQUIRED BY 40,000, BAIL JOINTS FAIL WITHOUT WARNING CREATING SERIOUS ROAD HAZARDS, ALTERNATOR FAILURE, UJOINT FAILURE. ALL PARTS REPLACED BETWEEN 35,000 AND 80,000 TO THE TUNE OF $11,000 YET NO RECALLS DESPITE MECHANICS CLAIMING THESE ARE RECURRING PROBLEMS IN THESE VEHICLES. NEVER BUY A GMC AGAIN. *TR