1998 Gmc JIMMY: complaints, problems and recalls

FRONT WHEEL BEARING

Owner-reported narrative. 85,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10000141 at NHTSA ↗

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE BALL JOINT CAME OFF CAUSING THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL TO COLLAPSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10001623 at NHTSA ↗

WHEN DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A HIGH PITCH NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT ALL OF THE GMC FUEL PUMPS WERE MAKING THAT PARTICULAR NOISE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

Owner-reported narrative. 60,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10003677 at NHTSA ↗

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS JUST STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND START BACK WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT. I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 3:00 AM. IN A BAD RAIN STORM THIS MORNING, AND NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME MY WIPERS JUST STOPPED. I ALMOST WRECKED AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE OF A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE UNTIL THEY JUST STARTED UP AGAIN. I WAS VERY LATE FOR WORK. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO STOP. MY SISTER HAS THE SAME MODEL , MAKE AND YEAR CAR. HER WIPERS HAD BEEN STOPPING ON HER FOR TWO YEARS OFF AND ON. HERS FINALL…

Owner-reported narrative. 34,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10005304 at NHTSA ↗

1998 GMC JIMMY WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT AT 6:35 A.M. ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003. THE VEHICLE IMPACTED AN EMBANKMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, CAUSING IT TO ROLL TWICE AND EVENTUALLY REST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.

Owner-reported narrative. 99,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10005598 at NHTSA ↗

THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWAY TO THE RIGHT.*JB

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10007076 at NHTSA ↗

PURCHASED NEW TIRES AND WENT TO HAVE THE FRONT ALLIGNED, AND THEY ADVISED THEY COULD NOT ALIGN DUE TO THE NEEDED REPLACEMENT OF THE LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE VEHILE HAD AROUND 64000 MILES AND I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID IT DID NOT NNED THE REPAIR ONLY ALLIGNMENT.PRIOR TO ALLIGNMENT THE VEHICLE ALWAYS DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RAOD IF THE STEERING WAS RELEASED, IT ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE A STRUGLE FROM DRIFTING OR PULLING EVEN WITH BOTH HANDS OF WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE DEALER ALIGNMENT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO …

Owner-reported narrative. 67,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10008040 at NHTSA ↗

THE ROTOR RUSTED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE LIMITED BRAKING ABILITY.*JB *TS

Owner-reported narrative. 55,747 miles reported. Look up ODI 10009132 at NHTSA ↗

Reported: 1997-11-24 (November 24, 1997)

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: LIGHT DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS AND MULTI-PURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES. A FATIGUE FRACTURE OF THE REAR AXLE RIGHT-HAND BRAKE PIPE CAN OCCUR CAUSING A SLOW BRAKE FLUID LEAK RESULTING IN A SOFT BRAKE PEDAL. IF THE BRAKE PIPE BREAKS, THE DRIVER WOULD EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN DROP IN THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BRAKE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE, AND THERE WOULD BE A LOSS OF REAR BRAKE PERFORMANCE.

Consequence: PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING AT A TIME WHEN MINIMUM STOPPING DISTANCE WAS REQUIRED COULD RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE BRAKE PIPE.

Reported: 1998-03-09 (March 9, 1998)

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH 4-WHEEL DRIVE OR ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE. ONE OR BOTH OF THE ATTACHING NUTS FOR THE RIGHT-HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM ARE UNDER TORQUED. THIS CAN ALLOW THE ATTACHMENT BOLT TO LOOSEN AND SUBSEQUENT BREAK RESULTING IN SEPARATION OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FROM THE FRAME.

Consequence: THIS CONDITION CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND RETIGHTEN THE RIGHT-HAND LOWER CONTROL ARM NUTS TO THE PROPER TORQUE SPECIFICATION.