Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade:
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F
ungraded
What breaks on a 1990 GMC Jimmy
Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
Brakes
640.0%
1 crashes, 0 fires
Seats
213.3%
Body & Structure
213.3%
Median failure at 72,000 miles
Other & Unspecified
16.7%
Median failure at 72,000 miles
Fuel & Propulsion
16.7%
Steering
16.7%
Median failure at 72,000 miles
Electrical System
16.7%
0 crashes, 1 fires
Engine & Cooling
16.7%
Median failure at 72,000 miles
When owners complained
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing
out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single
owner can see from inside their own car.
May 1995peak 4Apr 2004
NHTSA investigations into the 1990 GMC Jimmy
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough
complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks
something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
EA94029Opened 29 Jul 1994Closed 31 Jul 1996ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES
AN ALLEGED MALFUNCTION IN THE ATLERNATOR RESULTING IN ENGINE COMPARTMET FIRES.
EA92015Opened 22 May 1992Closed 28 May 1993VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
HIGH IDLE FLARE
PE92001Opened 7 Jan 1992Closed 22 May 1992VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
HIGH IDLE FLARE
PE91057Opened 6 Mar 1991Closed 12 Jul 1991EXTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHT SWITCH FAILURE
Complaints that involved harm
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
Weedville, PAFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER STOPPING AND OPENING THE HOOD OWNER DISCOVERED ENGINE FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #851880 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Varney, KYCrash
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES: DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN AREA, AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, COULDN'T GET ENOUGH BRAKING POWER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AN RAN INTO A HILLSIDE BEFORE GETTING IT TO STOP.
NHTSA complaint #819050 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
The most recent complaints
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
at 72,000 milesNewark, DE
STEERING
REPLACED HEATER CORE (A/C) DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR SEPARATED FROM INSIDE DOOR PANEL. HESITATION ON START, AND THROUGHOUT DRIVING RANGE, SEEMS INDICATIVE OF FUEL LINE, CARB, OR SOMETHING INTERNAL. IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS I TYPE. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START, AGAIN SEEMS LIKE A FUEL OR CARB ISSUE. DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THOUGH. PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. IT IS A RED, GOING TO GREY. STEERING ISSUES; STEERING COLUMN SEPARATED FROM HOUSING, BASICALLY IT WAS SLOWLY UNSCREWING ITSELF. CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN TO OFF POSITION.
NHTSA complaint #10070146 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
at 72,000 milesNewark, DE
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REPLACED HEATER CORE (A/C) DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR SEPARATED FROM INSIDE DOOR PANEL. HESITATION ON START, AND THROUGHOUT DRIVING RANGE, SEEMS INDICATIVE OF FUEL LINE, CARB, OR SOMETHING INTERNAL. IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS I TYPE. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START, AGAIN SEEMS LIKE A FUEL OR CARB ISSUE. DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THOUGH. PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. IT IS A RED, GOING TO GREY. STEERING ISSUES; STEERING COLUMN SEPARATED FROM HOUSING, BASICALLY IT WAS SLOWLY UNSCREWING ITSELF. CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN TO OFF POSITION.
NHTSA complaint #10070146 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
at 72,000 milesNewark, DE
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
REPLACED HEATER CORE (A/C) DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR SEPARATED FROM INSIDE DOOR PANEL. HESITATION ON START, AND THROUGHOUT DRIVING RANGE, SEEMS INDICATIVE OF FUEL LINE, CARB, OR SOMETHING INTERNAL. IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS I TYPE. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START, AGAIN SEEMS LIKE A FUEL OR CARB ISSUE. DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THOUGH. PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. IT IS A RED, GOING TO GREY. STEERING ISSUES; STEERING COLUMN SEPARATED FROM HOUSING, BASICALLY IT WAS SLOWLY UNSCREWING ITSELF. CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN TO OFF POSITION.
NHTSA complaint #10070146 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
at 72,000 milesNewark, DE
STRUCTURE
REPLACED HEATER CORE (A/C) DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR SEPARATED FROM INSIDE DOOR PANEL. HESITATION ON START, AND THROUGHOUT DRIVING RANGE, SEEMS INDICATIVE OF FUEL LINE, CARB, OR SOMETHING INTERNAL. IN THE DEALERS SHOP AS I TYPE. WOULD TURN OVER, BUT WOULD NOT START, AGAIN SEEMS LIKE A FUEL OR CARB ISSUE. DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THOUGH. PAINT HAS BEEN PEELING FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW. IT IS A RED, GOING TO GREY. STEERING ISSUES; STEERING COLUMN SEPARATED FROM HOUSING, BASICALLY IT WAS SLOWLY UNSCREWING ITSELF. CURRENTLY IN SHOP, IGNITION WOULDN'T TURN TO OFF POSITION.
NHTSA complaint #10070146 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Weedville, PAFire
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. AFTER STOPPING AND OPENING THE HOOD OWNER DISCOVERED ENGINE FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #851880 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Sedgwick, CD
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, CONSUMER TRIED TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP.
NHTSA complaint #849749 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Feeding HI, MA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE FUEL TANK SHIELD/PROTECTOR WERE REPLACED DUE TO CONTAMINATION THAT RESULTED IN LEAKAGE.
NHTSA complaint #527723 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Varney, KYCrash
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES: DRIVING DOWN A MOUNTAIN AREA, AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, COULDN'T GET ENOUGH BRAKING POWER TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AN RAN INTO A HILLSIDE BEFORE GETTING IT TO STOP.
NHTSA complaint #819050 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VAN Couver, WA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
UPON APPLICATION ON WET/DRY SURFACES BRAKES GIVE FALSESINCE OF STOPPING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
NHTSA complaint #817572 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Norman, OK
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES,SHE STATES WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SHE WENT TO USE BRAKES AND THEY LOCKED UP, OWNER ALSO NOTES THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.
NHTSA complaint #808928 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Rowlett, TX
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER WAS REARENDED AND THE FRONT SEAT RECLINER FELL BACKWARD AND THE ASHTRAY CAME APART AND HIT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IN THE FACE . PLEASE DESCRIBE .
NHTSA complaint #801499 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Davie, FL
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE MAKING SHORT STOP, DRIVER FELL FORWARD/BACKWARD, WHOLE SEAT BACK BROKE OFF COMPLETELY, PINS THAT HOLD SEAT TO BASE SHEARED OFF, SPEED 35 MPH.
NHTSA complaint #986625 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Lodi, CA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS BRAKES. TT
NHTSA complaint #500722 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Lodi, CA
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
POOR PERFORMANCE OF ABS BRAKES. TT
NHTSA complaint #500722 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
Yonkers, NY
STRUCTURE:BODY
FLOOR PAN RUSTED OUT ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER. TT
NHTSA complaint #965147 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.