general problems of the 2000 GMC Jimmy

Seat belt (drivers) will not engage. Sometimes will engage after you have driven a few miles.

I own a 2000 GMC Jimmy and some were recalled for their seat belts and I am experiencing the same problems but I was tolled mine was not included in the recall. (seat belts not tightening while one is buckled in and seat belts are so loose they get tangled when you unbuckle there is also one belt that keeps tightening after being buckled to the point of cutting the skin. ) I bought this Jimmy this year 2010.

U. S. Department of transportation national highway traffic safety administration office of defects investigation nvs-210, 400 7th street, sw I am writing your agency because I feel there is a serious automotive safety issue I feel you are responsible for vigorously addressing. I recently bought a used 2000 Jimmy (59,000) miles and while browsing your web sight I thought I would check the recall history of the model. I found that there were two safety recall campaigns that seemed to directly apply to the car I purchased. They are identified as nhsta campaign id numbers 01v364000 (brake lights etc. ) and 00v228003 (seat belts). Following up on this I called gm (10/3/05) to find out if the car I purchased had the safety items fixed. I supplied the VIN ( 1gkdt13w2y2375066) number to the gm representative and she refused to give me any information at all, saying that she would not because I was not the original owner. I can not understand that rationale and it indicates to me that either the items were not fixed or gm has inadequate record keeping and doesn't even know. None the less you have seen fit to issue a recall for these safety items and I fail to see how gm's refusalto disseminate knowledge about the safety status of a vehicle they manufactured furthers the mission your are charged with. It certainly would take less time to tell me the status of my vehicle than the amount of time their representative spent stonewalling me. I am seriously concerned now and request that you follow up with gm so that I can have an affirmative answer that my vehicle meets mandatory safety standards. The representative I talked to identified herself as sara roberts at 1-866-952-4368, ext 57063 and was originally polite but then became increasingly arrogant. I informed her that I intended to take up the issue with NHTSA but that clearly was not of any.

The 13 year old in the back seat behind the passenger was buckled. The impact happend on the passenger side behind the driver's seat (so opposite of the child). Some how he was suspened by the seatbelt in the back of my trunk. He bent the head rest in half, and the seat was still in place. He still was buckled and some how he ended up in the trunk. He is alive and has a few bruises and seatbelt burns around his stomach area, but it is a miracle his back and neck are okay.

Consumer feels vehicle has the same problems as in recall 01v364000. The consumer wanted to know if 2 recalls he discovered had been performed on his vehicle. Gm customer service would not release any information to the consumer because he was not the original owner.