1998 GMC JIMMY Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

THE ENGINE CONTINUALLY MISFIRES. THERE IS A TSB BULLETIN #00-06-04-003B. DEPOSIT BUILDUP ON POPPED VALVE BALL &/OR SEAT, CAUSING IT TO STICK. THERE IS A RECALL BECAUSE OF THIS BUT ONLY IN CALIFORNIA. I LIVE IN ALASKA. I GOT AN ESTIMATE OF $1200 BUCKS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. BECAUSE OF THIS, I ONLY GET 5-7 MPG, AND HAVE LITTLE POWER. ALSO, MY ABS LIGHT TURNS ON AND THE ABS ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY GROUND. MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS TOTALLY MESSED UP. MY RIGHT CLICKER JUST THE SOUND NOT LIGHT) GOES OFF WHEN DRIVING. IT IS COMPLETELY ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE. MY SPEAKERS TURN OFF AND ON SPORADICALLY. *AK MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT ADJUSTER BROKE OFF WITH LITTLE PRESSURE. MY STEERING WHEEL CONTINUOUSLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THIS MANY PROBLEMS IN A VEHICLE IS RIDICULOUS. WHAT A LEMON. ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE SEEN THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THIS SIGHT ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE.

THE ENGINE CONTINUALLY MISFIRES. THERE IS A TSB BULLETIN #00-06-04-003B. DEPOSIT BUILDUP ON POPPED VALVE BALL &/OR SEAT, CAUSING IT TO STICK. THERE IS A RECALL BECAUSE OF THIS BUT ONLY IN CALIFORNIA. I LIVE IN ALASKA. I GOT AN ESTIMATE OF $1200 BUCKS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. BECAUSE OF THIS, I ONLY GET 5-7 MPG, AND HAVE LITTLE POWER. ALSO, MY ABS LIGHT TURNS ON AND THE ABS ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS ON DRY GROUND. MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS TOTALLY MESSED UP. MY RIGHT CLICKER JUST THE SOUND NOT LIGHT) GOES OFF WHEN DRIVING. IT IS COMPLETELY ERRATIC AND UNPREDICTABLE. MY SPEAKERS TURN OFF AND ON SPORADICALLY. *AK MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT ADJUSTER BROKE OFF WITH LITTLE PRESSURE. MY STEERING WHEEL CONTINUOUSLY PULLS TO THE RIGHT. THIS MANY PROBLEMS IN A VEHICLE IS RIDICULOUS. WHAT A LEMON. ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAVE SEEN THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THIS SIGHT ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE.

NOTED ISSUES WITH MY 98 JIMMY (PURCHASED 12/97)THAT I HAVE HAD TO REPAIR WHICH I BELIEVE WERE DEFECTIVE PARTS: 1) 10/00 MILEAGE=57248 REPLACED FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH DUE TO DASH BOARD LIGHTS NOT WORKING 2) NOT REPAIRED TO DATE: WIPERS HAVE HAD OCCASIONS THEY DID NOT WORK. I USUALLY CAN GET THEM WORKING BY TURNING THEM ON/OFF A FEW TIMES. INTERMITTENT MODE TAKES A LONG TIME(3-10 SECONDS) TO START RUNNING IN BEST SCENARIO. 3) BOTH FRONT RECLINING SEAT LEVERS BROKE OFF(BRITTLE METAL ROD)WITHIN FIRST 3 YEARS OF USAGE. I HAVE NOT REPLACED DUE TO COST OF REPLACING COMPLETE SEAT ASSEMBLIES IS ONLY FIX. 4) 12/04 MILEAGE=129,518 THROTTLE CHOKE PLATE ASSEMBLY DISINTEGRATED PARTIALLY AND JAMMED THROTTLE OPEN. THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS COULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE CAR WAS RUNNING. AFTER BROKEN PIECE WORKED ITS WAY PAST THE VALVES I NEEDED $1900 IN CYLINDER HEAD REPAIRS. *JB

Mileage: 129,485

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ,VEHICLE SHUT OFF COMPLETLEY WITHOIUT WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH

THE PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN BULLETIN #990602012D OCCURED WITH MY COOLANT SYSTEM ON THE INCIDENT DATE. I HAD THE WHOLE SYSTEM FLUSHED AND NEW COOLANT ADDED. ON 5/21/03, I HAD THE COOLANT SYSTEM FLUSHED AGAIN AND NEW DEX-COOL ADDED. AS OF TODAY'S DATE 7/14/03, I NOTICED WHILE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY AIR CONDITIONING, WHICH MAY BE RELATED, THAT THE DEX-COOL IS ALMOST COMPLETLY EMPTIED OUT OF THE OVER-FLOW. I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY WRONG WITH THE COOLANT SYSTEM AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!! A 5-YEAR ANTIFREEZE SHOULDN'T ONLY LAST 2 MONTHS. *AK

ENGINE OIL LEAKAGE AT BOTH ENGINE OIL COOLER/FILTER LINES. *AK

Mileage: 61,800

LAST WEEK TRUCK LOST ALL POWER AND I COULD NOT GET MY KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION,ONCE ALL POWER WAS BACK KEY CAME LOOSE.I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MUFFLER SINCE 1ST MONTH SOUNDS LIKE A HOLE IN THE EXHAUST AND MAKES A LOUD PING SOUND ,DEALER JUST TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE MUFFLER.WHEN IN REVERSE AND BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY A LOUD CLUNK SOUND FROM FRONT PASSENGER SIDE.HAVE LOST POWER 2 TIMES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET.HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I TURN ANYTHING ON IN THE CAR I AM LOSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POWER .THIS INCLUDES BLINKERS,RADIO,A/C ,IF THEY ARE ALL ON MY VOLTS DROP TO ALMOST 11.*AK

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED THREE TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATES, DRIVER?S WINDOW MOTOR FAILED AND WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN, ALL DASH LIGHTS AND GAUGES WILL STOP WORKING, MUFFLER HAS HOLE IN IT AND MAKES LOUD NOISE, MUFFLER AND PIPE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED, AND WHEN CRANK SOMETIMES BACKFIRES AND SHIFTS HARD, SERVO MAKING BANG SHIFT, INSTALLED SERVO AND 2 SYNOLIDS. *YD

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED THREE TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE SOON LIGHT ILLUMINATES, DRIVER?S WINDOW MOTOR FAILED AND WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN, ALL DASH LIGHTS AND GAUGES WILL STOP WORKING, MUFFLER HAS HOLE IN IT AND MAKES LOUD NOISE, MUFFLER AND PIPE EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED, AND WHEN CRANK SOMETIMES BACKFIRES AND SHIFTS HARD, SERVO MAKING BANG SHIFT, INSTALLED SERVO AND 2 SYNOLIDS. *YD

VEHICLE IS CUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS THE OIL COOLER LINES HAVE STARTED TO HEAVILY LEAK AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*AK

UNABLE TO OPERATE HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK THE WINDOWS ONLY GO DOWN FROM THE DRIVER'S DOOR CONTROL BECAUSE THE WINDOW LOCK WAS SHORTED OUT. THE MIRROR SWITCH WAS BURNT OUT. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING. THE OIL COOLING LINES WERE LEAKING BADLY. *YH

UNABLE TO OPERATE HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK THE WINDOWS ONLY GO DOWN FROM THE DRIVER'S DOOR CONTROL BECAUSE THE WINDOW LOCK WAS SHORTED OUT. THE MIRROR SWITCH WAS BURNT OUT. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING. THE OIL COOLING LINES WERE LEAKING BADLY. *YH

UNABLE TO OPERATE HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK THE WINDOWS ONLY GO DOWN FROM THE DRIVER'S DOOR CONTROL BECAUSE THE WINDOW LOCK WAS SHORTED OUT. THE MIRROR SWITCH WAS BURNT OUT. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING. THE OIL COOLING LINES WERE LEAKING BADLY. *YH

POWER WINDOWS LOCK UP/ SWITCH IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND UNABLE TO OPERATE WINDOWS. VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. *AK THE MIRROR SWITCH WAS BURNT OUT AND THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAD A SHORT, THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING , HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, AND THE OIL COOLING LINE WAS LEAKING BADLY. *YD

POWER WINDOWS LOCK UP/ SWITCH IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND UNABLE TO OPERATE WINDOWS. VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. *AK THE MIRROR SWITCH WAS BURNT OUT AND THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAD A SHORT, THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING , HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, AND THE OIL COOLING LINE WAS LEAKING BADLY. *YD

POWER WINDOWS LOCK UP/ SWITCH IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND UNABLE TO OPERATE WINDOWS. VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. *AK THE MIRROR SWITCH WAS BURNT OUT AND THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH HAD A SHORT, THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS CRACKING , HEAD LIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, AND THE OIL COOLING LINE WAS LEAKING BADLY. *YD

CONSUMER RECENTLY HAD VEHICLE SERVICED CONCERNING COLLANT CORROSION, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE RESERVOIR FOR THE COLLANT WAS RUSTED AND INSTEAD OF AN ORANGE COLOR IT WAS A GREENISH COLOR, THEREFORE COOLANT HAD TO BE FLUSHED OUT AND NEW COOLANT ADDED. *JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, IT T-BONED A 1988 DODGE, DAKOTA AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK AFTER COLLISION, THERE WAS AN ENGINE FIRE. *YH

ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS OR TURNING. ALSO, IDLING CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN IT TO DEALER 4 TIMES, BUT DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE DEFECT. *AK

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTING IN FIRE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS

THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER IS AN ITEM REQUIRING NO MAINTENANCE. WHEN IT FAILS THE VEHICLE IS COMPLETELY DISABLED. THE TRANSMISSIN COOLING LINE FAILED WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS CONNECTION POINT IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM SO WHEN IT FAILS TRANSMISSION OIL IS SPEWED ALL OVER THE HOT EXHAUST PIPES/CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

TRUCK WOULD NOT RUN AT FULL POWER DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH LIGHTS WOULD ALSO FAIL ON THE DASH . KEY WOULD ALSO GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION DO TO A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION . THE EXHAUST PROBLEM WAS THE BAFFELS WERE BUSTED INSIDE THE MUFFLER . WINDSHIELD HAD A VOID BETWEEN THE UPPER FRAME AND THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO LEAK. BELT TENSIONER BROKE DURING A START UP . AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WENT OUT DURING MY TRAVEL HOME FROM WORK.AK

TRUCK WOULD NOT RUN AT FULL POWER DUE TO THE IGNITION SWITCH LIGHTS WOULD ALSO FAIL ON THE DASH . KEY WOULD ALSO GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION DO TO A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION . THE EXHAUST PROBLEM WAS THE BAFFELS WERE BUSTED INSIDE THE MUFFLER . WINDSHIELD HAD A VOID BETWEEN THE UPPER FRAME AND THE WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO LEAK. BELT TENSIONER BROKE DURING A START UP . AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WENT OUT DURING MY TRAVEL HOME FROM WORK.AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING POWER FAILURE/STALLING & BUCKING, HOWEVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE WHICH DID NOT RESOLVE THE ENGINE PROBLEM*YC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING POWER FAILURE/STALLING & BUCKING, HOWEVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SYSTEM WAS REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE WHICH DID NOT RESOLVE THE ENGINE PROBLEM*YC