FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Jimmy

Owners have filed 3,778 complaints about the GMC Jimmy with NHTSA across model years 1982 to 2004. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1995 GMC Jimmy

713 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2001 GMC Jimmy

141 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Jimmy year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2004 3 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2003 1 0 0 Brakes
2001 B 141 12 0 63,853 Lights
2000 C 307 22 5 72,000 Suspension
1999 C 202 18 1 73,000 Suspension
1998 C 355 26 5 71,696 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1997 C 421 36 8 70,000 Suspension
1996 D 605 67 9 100,000 Brakes
1995 F 713 95 8 118,182 Brakes
1994 C 424 65 6 141,262 Brakes
1993 C 263 44 11 163,000 Brakes
1992 134 11 2 Brakes
1991 139 16 9 Brakes
1990 15 1 1 Brakes
1989 17 4 1 Brakes
1988 15 2 0 Seat Belts
1987 6 0 2 Fuel & Propulsion
1986 3 0 1 Engine & Cooling
1985 6 1 0 Brakes
1984 5 1 1 Seats
1983 2 0 0 Tires
1982 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a GMC Jimmy

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 1,334 35.3%

Worst in 1994

Engine & Cooling 343 9.1%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1998

Suspension 289 7.6%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1995

Airbags 111 2.9%

Worst in 1995

Lights 102 2.7%

Worst in 1997

Steering 96 2.5%

Worst in 1997

Seat Belts 87 2.3%

Worst in 1991

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1995

Seats 61 1.6%

Worst in 1998

Exactly what failed on a GMC Jimmy

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 944 56.9%
Windshield Wiper/Washer 121 7.3%
Motor 109 6.6%
Automatic Transmission 102 6.2%
Gasoline 82 4.9%
Frontal 71 4.3%
Upper Ball Joint 63 3.8%
Foundation Components 59 3.6%
GAS Recirculation Valve (Egr Valve) 54 3.3%
Engine 53 3.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Jimmy, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 92 Aug 2024

GMC Jimmy problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the GMC Jimmy

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.