1999 GMC JIMMY

202 complaints filed with NHTSA.

202
Complaints
18
Crashes
1
Fires
13
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING10
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT9
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION8
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP6
AIR BAGS6
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER6
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT5
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP5
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE4
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS4
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING4
STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT4
SERVICE BRAKES4

Recent Complaints

20190212CrashAIR BAGS

I HAD A HEAD ON A ACCIDENT WHICH BENT THE BODY FRAME BUT AIR BAGS DIDN'T COME OUT

Mileage: 16,000

20190212CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY

I HAD A HEAD ON A ACCIDENT WHICH BENT THE BODY FRAME BUT AIR BAGS DIDN'T COME OUT

Mileage: 16,000

20130811CrashAIR BAGS

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 CO

Mileage: 138,999

20130811CrashSERVICE BRAKES

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 CO

Mileage: 138,999

20130811CrashSEAT BELTS

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 CO

Mileage: 138,999

20100604CrashAIR BAGS

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

Mileage: 92,000

20100214CrashPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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

20071024FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

1999 GMC JIMMY CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE. *KB (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT)*JB

20050707CrashPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

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.

Mileage: 63,676

20040707CrashPARKING BRAKE

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. REPEATED SERVICE VISITS, FIRST THREE TIMES IT WAS ADJUSTED, THIS DID NOT HELP ANOTHER TIME I WAS TOLD I NEEDED CALIPERS (INSTALLED). PROBLEM PERSISTS. PARKING BRAKE FAILS TO HOLD VEHICLE FROM ROLLING ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST GRADE.*AK

Mileage: -10,000

20031130CrashAIR BAGS

DURING A FRONT END CRASH BOTH OF THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. STATE TROOPER ON THE SCENE ADVISED ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THIS HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO GMC. *AK

Mileage: 53,303

20020731CrashENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

VEHICLE COTINOUSLY CUTS OUT, CAUSING SLOW BUT COSTLY ACCIDENT.*AK

20020423CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

WHILE DRIVING 25 TO 30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

20010910CrashSUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING

THE PERMANENTLY SEALED WHEEL BEARING "FROZE UP" CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SHEAR OFF. THIS WAS ACCORDING TO THE DEALER.*AK

20010723LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH

ON MONDAY, APRIL 30,2001, I DROVE MY 1999 GMC JIMMY INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME. I STOPPED THE CAR WITH MY FOOT BRAKE TO LET MY HUSBAND GET OUT OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO MAKE THE GARAGE DOOR GO UP SO HE COULD GET IN. HE DIDN'T DUCK FAR ENOUGH AND HIT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD ON THE BOTOM OF THE DOOR. IT STUNNED HIM AND HE SPUN AROUND AND BACK TOWARDS THE CAR AND SLUMPED OVER THE HOOD OF THE CAR (HEAVILY ENOUGH TO MAKE A DENT). I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND GOT OUT OF THE

20010129CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CONSUMER INVOLVED IN COLLISION IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS HIT ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETIALS.*AK

20001025CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH AND BRAKING FOR IMPACT. CONSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE NO WHERE ELSE TO GO. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

20001025CrashAIR BAGS:FRONTAL

RENTAL VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TREE AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

20000718SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY

CSS WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY AN OFFICER IN THE MIDDLE REAR SEAT AND RESTRAINED BY REAR LAP SEATBELT. WHILE DRIVING MADE A SUDDEN STOP, AND CSS WHICH WAS RESTRAINT BY THE MIDDLE REAR LAP BELT RELEASED, CAUSING THE CSS TO FLY OUT AND HIT THE DRIVER'S HEADREST. CHILD SUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

20000215CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE IS INTERMITTENT MALFUNCTION OF ABS SYSTEM. WHEN MAKING EMERGENCY STOPS, BRAKES GIVE WAY AND INCREASE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS MAINLY AND HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES IN PAST RECALLS THAT DO NOT COVER MY YEAR. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE CONDITIONS,AND I HAVE A CASE NUMBER WITH GENERAL MOTORS #99213442. *AK