1987 GMC JIMMY Problems & Recalls

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. *AK

Mileage: 200,000

1987 GMC JIMMY CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING.*MR CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE WHILE DRIVING. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE BERM WHERE THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SUFFERED FIRE DAMAGE. CONSUMER STATED SHE FILLED THE VEHICLE WITH OIL EARLIER IN THE DAY AND SPILLED SOME ONT...

MY HUSBAND, SON, NEPEW & FRIEND WENT CATFISHING. APPROXIMATELY 5 AM THEY GOT INTO THE JIMMY TO WARM UP/STARTED ENGINE & TURNED ON HEATER. THEY FELL ASLEEP, MY HUSBAND WOKE TO FIND THE CAR ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THEY ALL GOT OUT BUT WERE TRAUMATIZED THAT MY SON HAS NIGHTMARES STILL. NEPHEW IS AFRAID ...

FUEL ODOR UPON STARTING-FUEL WAS RUNNING OUT OF LINES OVER TANK AND DOWN TO THE GROUND AS THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING-MECHANIC SAID THE EXITING FUELS COMING OUT OF THE GAS TANK FAILED-CAR COULD OF IGNITED, RESULTING IN THE GAS TANK CATCHING ON FIRE AND POSSIBLY EXPLODING. *AK

SHOULDER HARNESS ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILS TO RETRACT.

EXPERIENCED BAD VIBRATION DUE TO THE MANIFOLD BRACKETS THAT ARE CROOKED WHICH EFFECTS THE STEERING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT