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GMC Jimmy premature wear problems
17 of the 2,668 owner complaints about the GMC Jimmy describe rotors or pads wearing out early, most of them for the 1993 model year.
- owner complaints
- 17
- worst model year
- 1993
Is there a fix? There are 4 recalls for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20002
- 19991
- 19982
- 19971
- 19963
- 19953
- 19933
- 19922
Often reported together
Brake failure 2Ball joint 2ABS 2Transmission failure 1Grinding brakes 1
What owners say
While driving at any speed vehicle vibrated and a roaring noise was heard. Consumer, stated the problem was the premature wear of front wheel bearing. Consumer replaced three sets of front wheel bearings within 70,000 miles of wear. The dealer and manufacturer were notified.
Upon hearing the wear indicator on front brakes of my 2000 gmc jimmy with 24000+ miles on it, I took it in for repair expecting only pad replacement and maybe machining of the rotors. As it turned out, all 4 rotors needed replacement due to large areas of deep corrosion that, according to the repair shop, was severe enough to affect braking, and thus, pad wear, leading to premature failure of these critical components. An attempt was made to machine one rotor to get past the corrosion, but the corrosion was too deep and would leave the rotor too thin. The repair shop is beginning to see this problem on late model gm vehicles, and as such, provided me with all the parts that were replaced (4 rotors and all pads) as well as an itemized list of new parts used in anticipation of some sort of follow-up action from gm or the government.
Vehicle was purchased in 02/01 with 32,195 miles. Within 7000 miles right side upper/lower ball joints and idler arm failed and were replaced. Approximately 2 months later, dealer had to replace the left upper/lower ball joints/ right lower ball joints, and the idler arm again due to being prematurely worn. Within an additional 11000 miles, dealer had to replace the lower ball joints on both the right and left sides and the idler arm again.
The rotor rusted, which caused the vehicle to experience limited braking ability.*jb
When applying brakes, the pads wear out due to the fact that pads on the disc brakes outside have no sensor, and on the inside have a sensor. The bracket wore into the rotors, damaging the rotors.
Front right brakes began to squeak, within 5 days took vehicle to franchise brake repair shop (firestone) and then to gmc dealer for brake service/inspection. Result: premature wear of passenger-side brake pads/gouged rotor beyond repair. Driver-side rotor damaged but serviceable. Additionally, firestone's opinion is passenger-side calipers may be damaged, and that both rotors should be replaced.
Brake caliper locks up causing premature wear of the pads and rotors.
Brake calipers are causing premature wear of pads and rotors, replaced calipers however continue to wear unevenly.
Front brake pads wear sensor was inoperative and rotors had to resurfaced on one side and replaced on the other side.
Related recalls
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: s -trucks equipped with 2 wheel drive. These vehicles may have had the right-hand antilock brake system (ABS) module feed pipe and/or brake crossover pipe tube nuts tightened without seating the pipe-flared-ends enough to withstand normal assembly and vehicle inputs without partially unseating. This does not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 105, "hydraulic service brake normal, emergency, and park braking performance."
- Risk
- If this occurred, the seating seal could be broken during vehicle assembly, or from early road inputs or brake fluid cycling, and a leak could occur increasing the brake stopping distance.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect the brake pipe union for signs of brake fluid, and if necessary, install a new brake pipe union.
Recall number 99V220000 · Recall details
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: certain 4-wheel drive pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles equipped with ABS (antilock braking system) manufactured from september 1989 through august 1996. Under certain driving conditions the switch which signals the ABS system whether the vehicle is in 2-wheel or 4-wheel drive can malfunction causing increased stopping distances during ABS stops while in the two-wheel drive mode.
- Risk
- If this occurred at a time when minimum stopping distance was required, a vehicle crash could occur without prior warning.
- Remedy
- Dealers will replace or repair the 4-wheel/2-wheel drive switch.
Recall number 99V193000 · Recall details
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- What is wrong
- Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and multi-purpose passenger vehicles. A fatigue fracture of the rear axle right-hand brake pipe can occur causing a slow brake fluid leak resulting in a soft brake pedal. If the brake pipe breaks, the driver would experience a sudden drop in the brake pedal, the instrument panel brake light would illuminate, and there would be a loss of rear brake performance.
- Risk
- Partial loss of braking at a time when minimum stopping distance was required could result in a vehicle crash.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect and replace the brake pipe.
Recall number 97V218000 · Recall details
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- What is wrong
- The brake pedal pivot bolt was started in the weld nut, but was not torqued correctly causing the bolt to disengage from the weld nut.
- Risk
- This condition can result in a total loss of brakingcapability.
- Remedy
- Dealers will inspect for hand-started brake pedal bolts and torque them to correct specifications.
Recall number 94V242000 · Recall details
Questions about the GMC Jimmy premature wear
Which GMC Jimmy years have rotors or pads wearing out early problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1993 (3 complaints), 1995 (3 complaints) and 1996 (3 complaints).
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