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2001 GMC JIMMY — Complaint #866396

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH filed July 11, 2011

NHTSA complaint #866396 (ODI reference 10411821) concerns a 2001 GMC JIMMY and was filed on July 11, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 11, 2011. The vehicle had 130,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:hazard flashing warning lights:switch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC JIMMY cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:hazard flashing warning lights:switch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 GMC JIMMY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 GMC JIMMY
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH
State
Illinois
Mileage
130,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC JIMMY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXTERIOR BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH YET, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V231000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH) BUT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 08/30/11

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 866396
ODI Number 10411821
Date Filed July 11, 2011
Failure Date May 11, 2011
VIN 1GKCS18W71K

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.