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NHTSA Safety Recalls

GMC Jimmy Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 5 recall campaigns for the GMC Jimmy, across 4 model years from 2000 to 2004. The 2000 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2004 (1).

Model years
4

2000–2004, with a recall

Recall campaigns
5
Most recalls
2000

4 recalls

Owner complaints
314

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 314 complaints with NHTSA about the GMC Jimmy across 4 model years; the most, 211, concern the 2000.

Owners marked a crash on 26 of the GMC Jimmy complaints (8%) and a fire on 4.

Across all GMC Jimmy model years, owners name the suspension most often (at least 53 complaints), then the service brakes, hydraulic (43).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the GMC Jimmy in 2004: 50, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the GMC Jimmy is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest GMC Jimmy recall, 08V231000, was reported on May 21, 2008 and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch.

GMC Jimmy years to avoid

Too few GMC Jimmy model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the GMC Jimmy, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2004122not ranked
2003111not ranked
2001310048not ranked
2000421190not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.GMC Jimmy years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the GMC Jimmy

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH4
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS2
  • SEAT BELTS2
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP1

GMC Jimmy model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every GMC Jimmy recall campaign (5)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the GMC Jimmy, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
08V231000May 21, 2008exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2000–2001crash5,862
04V132000March 18, 2004equipment: other: labels2003–2004—183,922
01V364000December 3, 2001exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2000–2001crash506,377
00V228003August 7, 2000seat belts2000–2001crash156,305
99V220000August 11, 1999service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip2000—3,947

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the GMC Jimmy. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: August 23, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted