What would the approximate cost be to repair my 1999 GMC Jimmy?

[jagergurl06]

I looked around online and haven't found quite what I was looking for. So, here is my problem:

I bought a 1999 GMC Jimmy in February of this year. There wasn't really many noticeable problems. It pulled slightly to the right and I had a friend who worked at Jack Williams look it over. Apparently, there was alot of front end work that needed to be done. The vehicle had no inspection stickers (in my county of Pennsylvania, you need a yearly inspection and a yearly emissions test) on it, so the dealer said to take it to this place and he would pay for the inspection. So, I took it to the garage he instructed me to, knowing what was wrong with it. One of the problems you could spot easily is that one front tire was a different size from the rest and the steel was showing on it. Well, I was in and out within 20-30 minutes with my passed inspection stickers. I was pretty positive you can't do $1500 worth of front end work in 30 minutes. The tire was still there, so I had my friend look at it again, and nothing had been touched. So then I went to the state police and the dealer did all the work for free.

Okay, now, I bought the car in cold weather. Other than the front end problems, everything else seemed fine. Then it warmed up outside and started getting hot every day and I found out there's problems with overheating. The radiator is cracked and the overflow tank leaks into the engine oil. Also, the heat and the A/C do not work.

So, hypothetically speaking, if the engine doesn't have major problems from running it like it is, how much approximately would replacing the radiator, the overflow tank, and fixing the heat & A/C problem run me?

 

[LeAnne]

Slow down........there is no way that the radiator leak or the overflow tank is leaking into the engine oil (this is a blown intake or head gasket - or worse).
Do not run this vehicle with coolant in the engine oil or you will eventually destroy the engine - and it won't take very long.

 

[don r]

$1000-$2000. When they start getting into it, they will find more and more stuff wrong. It is a quality problem. That's the way GM lost customers over the years, and they think they'll attract new customers with their flashy ads claiming that tey're better than Toyota lately does nothing for their old customers, stuck with what you have. Back in the '90s GM cut quality to lower their selling price, but got it back- and more- in parts and service costs.