1993 GMC Jimmy

BRAKES FAILED ON 4 OCCASIONS. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP ABRUPTLY. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WHICH HAD A RECALL ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T OWN THE VEHICLE DURING THAT TIME. I CONTACTED THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHO SAID HE DIDN'T HAVE IT FIXED AND WASN'T SURE IF HE EVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. I NOTIFIED GMC AND WAS TOLD BY THAT MY VIN WAS NOT FOUND . AM I STUCK WITH THIS PROBLEM? I FOUND OUT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $800.00 TO FIX! IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *LA

NHTSA RECALL 99 V 193 000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99041 CONCERNIG ABS, GMC CONSUMER CENTER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL WAS OVER.*AK THE VEHICLE HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. TOO MUCH PRESSURE HAS TO BE APPLIED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THERE IS A NOISE EMMITING FROM THE ABS CONTROL BOX UNDER THE HOOD. THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN HONORED. *JG

RECALLS 99 I 006 000 / 99 V 193 000/GMC ABS: VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCE A DELAY IN STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND AN APPOINTMENT WAS GIVEN FOR REPAIRS. *AK MANUFACTURER STATED THAT VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN RECALL, HOWEVER UNLESS THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, THEY CAN NOT DO ANY WORK TO THE BRAKES. *SLC

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE LAST YEAR AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I HAD ONE ACCIDENT, WHICH FORTUNATELY HAD NO INJURIES, NOR DAMAGE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE, BUT IT DID CAUSE DAMAGE TO MY TRUCK. I JUST DISCOVERED YOUR WEB SITE LAST EVENING AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGNS CONCERNING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK. AM I STILL ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE REPAIRS AT NO COST? WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REPAIR THE OTHER DAMAGE INCURRED TO MY TRUCK FROM THIS ACCIDENT?*AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. CONSUMER CONDUCTED RECALL SEARCH, AND CONTACTED DEALERSHIP REGARDING THIS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL, HOWEVER LATER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN RECALLS 99V193000 AND 99I006000. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE REFUSING TO PERFORM ANY WORK ON ABS SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

1) ENGINE- VEHICLE WOULD NOT DECELERATE FROM HWY SPEED, EVEN THOUGH OPERATOR WAS NOT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TO PUT IN NEUTRAL,THEN SHUT OFF ENGINE TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS WAS AFTER I WAS FORCED TO GO THROUGH A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT. 2) BRAKES- IN THE SAME SITUATION, THE BRAKES SUFFERED A COMPLETE FAILURE, WITH NO POWER-ASSIST, FORCING THE VEHICLE THROUGH A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE CAUSED VEHICLE TO SLIDE INTO FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEFECT WAS CORRECTED, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN CONSUMER'S HUSBAND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE DUE TO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. A MONTH AFTER THIS INCIDENT, CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 99V193000, AND TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. ON MARCH 7, 2001, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND SLOW VEHICLE DOWN. *AK THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON BEFORE THE BRAKE FAILUR. THE ABS MODULATOR WAS FIXED ON RECALL. THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL FOR ABS COMPUTER. *YH

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE. CAUSING ME TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT. PREVIOUSLY MY HUSBAND REAR - ENDED A VEHICLE, AND I SLID THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT NARROWLY ESCAPING BEING HIT BY A DUMP TRUCK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS AND IN FOR RECALL. VEHICLE WAS SAID TO BE SAFE TO DRIVE, WRITTEN ON THE RECEIPT. APPROX. 4,000 IN DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE AND 4 WEEKS IN THE SHOP.*AK

AT ANY TIME, WITH NO WARNING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL BECOME HARD AS A ROCK, AND WILL NOT DEPRESS, THEREFORE PROVIDING NO BRAKING TO THE VEHICLE. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND EACH TIME THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. ONE RECALL REPAIR WAS DONE TO THE TRUCK ABS SYSTEM, BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AS I APPROCHED A TOLL BOOTH AT 55MPH, WITH NO BRAKES. I RESERCHED YOUR SITE, AND FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND NOT ONLY THIS YEARS PRODUCTION, CAUSING ACCIDENTS, AND INJURIES. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPENDABLE BEFORE GM FEELS IT IS WORTH FIXING?*AK