2000 GMC Jimmy problems
The 2000 GMC Jimmy has 307 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (15%) concerns suspension. After that come brakes (14%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 307 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 15% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 72,000 miles 132 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 27 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 42 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 8 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 10 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 132 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 72,000 miles. For suspension specifically, the median reported mileage is about 62,000 miles (17 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 11 model years of the GMC Jimmy with enough data (229 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While traveling at 45MPH and as a result of an head-on collision, air bags did not deploy at any time. Vehicle experienced two frontal collisions in one accident, the first collision was at 40 MPH and the second was at 5 MPH, air bags failed to deploy both times, 2 consumers were injured in accident, an inspector state airbags not a manufacturer problem. *slc
I was in a 2000 GMC jimmy waiting for a wreck to be cleared when a medium size car hit us from behind doing about 55 miles a hour. Totally the jimmy beyond repair. The air bags never came out to protect us from the impact. The jimmy was never in a wreck prior to this so the air bags had never been used. They failed.
While traveling, there were trees lining the road, consumer could not see an intersetion or light, consumer then traveled through the intersection and consumer was broadsided by another vehicle, consumer states airbags failed to deploy.
This happens a lot. I was backing up out of my sister's driveway and when I hit the brakes there was a crunching feeling under my foot along with a weird sound like, "doing" at the end. I could not stop fast enough and ran into her brother in laws hitch on his truck with my right rear corner bumper cover. (if that's what it's called? Maybe fascia?) it didn't hurt his truck at all, but it sure busted up that corner piece real good on my jimmy. It's been scary a few times since!
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 GMC jimmy. The contact stated that the spider port injector was leaking gasoline between the firewall and the engine. There was a recall for the previous year, make, and model vehicle, but not for the 2000 jimmy. The contact smelled gasoline in the vehicle and took it to a personal mechanic. The dealer stated that gasoline leakage was a common failure. The contact feels that this is very unsafe due to the fact that gasoline leaking on a hot engine may cause a fire.