2000 GMC Jimmy SLE from North America - Comments

Bought a 2000 JIMMY for my daughter almost 2 years ago.

WORST PIECE OF S*** vehicle I or anyone in my family has ever owned.

Thing after thing after thing wrong.. Transmission now shot.

A recent trip to the family mechanic had him saying "YOU DIDN'T DRIVE THIS THING INTO THE RIVER YET?"

A piece of crap.

I've owned my 2001 Jimmy since I bought it new. Currently 146K on it. Yes I have had some of the above said issues, including a lot of other repairs not listed, but my front bearings first went bad within the first 2 years of age. Under warranty I've had them replaced 3 times. Out of warranty so far only once. Been going strong ever since. Maybe because I didn't go to the dealer to have them done. I think after-market parts work better.

My biggest issue lately with my Jimmy has been the erratic fuel gauge, whiny fuel pump, and a horn that only seems to work during vehicle inspection "thank God" :-) Been this way for about a year now, except the horn.

Oh yeah since the get go.. my Jimmy always had this stinky exhaust, it comes and goes since I hit the 100K mark. I will admit it does get fairly good gas mileage, I average about 18-20 mpg hwy to & from work. Long travel I can get up to 23 mpg. Not bad I guess. Oh and I also use synthetic oil only 10w-30 Mobil 1. My engine runs so smooth.

I love my Jimmy...yes it has cost me a pretty penny in repairs over time... what vehicle hasn't?

I'll run my Jimmy till it falls apart & explodes.

I recently went to the beach in my 99 GMC Jimmy 4x4, and I pushed the 4hi button and it just kept on blinking. I'm guessing it never engaged and I didn't go offroading like I wanted. If anybody has had this problem or knows what's wrong, please e mail me at pqsus@yahoo.com thanks.

I bought my 2000 GMC Jimmy with 29,000 miles on it. This car has been nothing but problems.

Rebuilt transmission with 65,000 miles.

Front wheel bearings.

New fuel pump.

New fuel gauge.

Water pump.

Head gasket.

Four wheel drive doesn't work, and many other problems that I can't keep track of.

Now the transmission doesn't work anymore. This piece of junk has cost me more money than I know what to do with. I wish I would have read these comments before I bought it. I think it is time to put the nail in the coffin on this Jimmy.

I have a 2005 GMC Jimmy. I've got 160 000k on it and the only thing that's wrong is the front passenger wheel bearing, and this would be the first thing I will put in since I've had it since 60 000k. And I'm 18 years old and it has taken one heck of a beating. Its held up good. No complaints here.

I have a 1994 and a 2000 GMC Jimmy, and I love them both. We are having to repair the left wheel bearing as well, but this car is driven a lot. We live on a farm and have to have 4 wheel drive in the winter to get up our drive, and I have been amazed how well they do. Like someone else said; if you keep up on maintenance and pay attention to how your car drives, you can avoid many of these issues.

I purchased a GMC Jimmy 4WD 24 months ago with 83000 miles. I now have 117000. Have had transmission replaced.. tensioner and idler arm replaced... Front upper and lower ball joints replaced and brake calipers. It has been costly but no problems in last 6 months. If I ever buy another used truck, all these will be checked beforehand.

Own 2000 Jimmy from new. Just lost heat today. Found this website by looking to see what kind of nightmare I have ahead of me. Wow, reading all of the comments, can't believe I've gone thru them all, tranny went, master cyl. was replaced early in ownership, lots of brake problems, two fuel pumps, on and on. Why did I buy this beast? So I guess I go for a flushing, and hope that's it. Never again will GMC get my $$.

I have owned a 2000 Jimmy for four years now. In that time I have replaced the fuel pump twice, replaced both front wheel bearings and hubs, replaced radiator, rebuilt the transmission, replaced serpentine belt, passenger side seat adjuster has broke off, had and still have alignment problems, horn has never worked, air conditioning does not work and has been serviced twice and I also have the worst gas mileage EVER!!! It sucks it out faster than I can pump it.

I am very disappointed with my JIMMY and from the looks of this sight many of you are dealing with the same issues. I am sorry to hear this and ashamed of GMC for selling such a poor product. These cars are not cheap and I don't know about the rest of you, but I work hard for my money and could be putting it to much better use than in this money pit.

Now my alternator just went out. I am buying a new car one piece at a time.

I own a 2001 GMC Jimmy SLE. I replaced the fuel pump, ball joint, oil cooler line, secondary air injection, ABS brake lights, code 410/440/c0265 & many other suspension issues & suspension noise.

HOWEVER, MOST CARS ARE DAMAGE DELIBERATELY & INTENTIONALLY BY YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANICS & DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. THEY WANT YOU DO KEEP COMING BACK BY SABOTAGING YOUR CAR.

ASE CERTIFY.

I had a green 2000 Jimmy and I loved it, until I rolled. I got a black 2000 Jimmy and the 4 wheel drive doesn't work. Both had the passenger side seat adjuster broken off (why?). Some Jimmies OK, others are not.

Our 2000 Jimmy is piece of junk. We have had the driver side window motor go out, fuel gauge hasn't worked in 3 years, that is if you have a half a tank or less, and the gas mileage is crap, so it is hard to estimate how many miles you can go on a tank of gas.

Both driver and passenger side seat adjustment handles simply broke off in our hands, replaced wheel hubs on both sides, now need to replace upper and lower ball joints both sides, have replaced the alternator, 3 batteries, and now that we replaced our 3rd battery, the piece of crap doesn't want to stay running. It acts like it has bad gas or is out of gas.

I want a new truck, and with today's economy, can't afford one.