1996 GMC Jimmy Reviews

Mostly minor things.

Rear wiper motor failed.

Front window regulators fell off track. $500 each at dealership to repair, not replace.

Heater core and radiator just last year.

Plugs, wires, shocks, brakes, general tune up stuff.

The Jimmy is one tough truck. I use it to its max limit, and have nothing but confidence in its ability to handle the job.

But sitting in the passenger seat is unbearable for more than a few minutes. Very uncomfortable.

The paint is still like new though.

I recently bought my first car. A 1996 GMC Jimmy SLT 4x4. I have had to replace a ball joint, a belt pulley, and that's about it. It has 131,000 miles on it.

The brakes are weird, the windshield wipers work when they want, and a few other things. I recently found out they are all recalls, and they weren't fixed when they came out, so my local GM dealer is fixing them for free.

Very nice first car.

I had to charge the air, cost $21.

Flushed the tranny, cost $39.

Power mirror fuse blew, cost $0.30.

I bought this SUV because I'm sick and tired of paying out the nose for import parts (oh yes, you need them for imports also), in fact the Honda this Jimmy is replacing is STILL sitting in my driveway with bad bearings, seized air compressor, some freaky electrical problem that causes it to just STOP running AS YOU'RE DRIVING IT (pile of import junk if you ask me).

Now don't get me wrong, all these things can and should be fixed on the Honda, but why? The Jimmy is by far cheaper to maintain, looks better, drives better, any part I might need doesn't need a trip to the bank to dip into my saving account, and anybody that doesn't own their own creeper and grease gun shouldn't own a car in the first place. So you all go out and get your Honda SUV, and WHEN they puke on you and you can't afford what Honda thinks their parts are worth, just line it up behind my Honda, but hurry, my brother just towed his Civic over and I'm running out of room for the "more money than brains cars"

4x4 no longer works, used to get jammed, but after not using it for a while it no longer works.

Sometimes get relaly hot near the feet.

Gas lines had to be changed along with a new gas tank.

Heater stopped working and blower motor started making noises, had to be changed.

Dash lights and back running lights stopped working one day.

Sometimes stalls for no apparent reason when idling too long.

Runs well on the road.

Not too bad on gas.

Good off road and in the winter.