Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1997 GMC Safari.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-26 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | THIS VAN BELONGS TO MY MOTHER. MY SISTER WAS DRIVING THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. SHE IS 60 YRS OF AGE AND A VERY GOOD DR… |
| 2011-08-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | 1997 GMC SAFARI BRAKE FAILED COMPLETELY NO REAR NO FRONT SUSPECT IT WAS THE ANTI LOCK CONTROL UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT . … |
| 2006-08-06 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | FUEL LEAK IN SAFARI SUPPLIED FUEL LINE THAT GOES TO THE GENERATOR. *NM |
| 2006-07-28 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE FAILURE, APPROXIMATELY IN EARLY 2006 ON 1000K TRIP. PARTS PURCHASED MODULE N12463 PART NUMBER … |
| 2006-07-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | 1997 GMC SAFARI VAN VEHICLE DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. *KB ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER HAD TO TIE THE DOORS WITH A ROP… |
| 2005-08-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1997 GMC SAFARI TRANSMISSION FAILURE. SUN GEAR SHELL FAILURE CAUSED NO REVERSE, SECOND OR OVERDRIVE ON THIS VEHICLE. |
| 2005-06-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | DT: DEALER TOLD THE CALLER THE THROTTLE STUCK WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE W… |
| 2005-05-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED . HE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND HAD REPAIR WORK DONE IN MAY 2005. … |
| 2005-03-25 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR… |
| 2005-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | BRAKES FAIL AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 5 MPH |
| 2004-09-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | AT 90000 MILES, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 97 GMC SAFARI SUDDENLY STARTED TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. 10 MINUTES L… |
| 2004-08-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS, AND UNDERNEATH HOOD FROM THE WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER PULLED O… |
| 2004-05-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. CO… |
| 2004-02-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE BAFFLE ON THE THROTTLE BODY CAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO REMAIN WIDE OPEN. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUAT… |
| 2004-02-19 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, MAKING IT HARD TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. *AK |
| 2003-09-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | A/C/HEATING: REAR HEAT WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REWIRED ENGINE: THE WATER PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO REPLACE IT, THAT W… |
| 2003-09-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE THROTTLE BODY ON OUR 1997 GMC SAFARI CAME APART SENDING PIECES INTO THE ENGINE AND FAILING IN A WIDE OPEN THROTTLE … |
| 2003-08-12 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. … |
| 2003-07-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | SEPTEMBER 1, 1999: AC PROBLEM (NOT COOLING) REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. NOVEMBER 3, 1999: LEFT DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW MOT… |
| 2003-07-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ANTILOCK BRAKES FAIL WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM STARTS TO FUNCTION AND THEN AT ABOUT 2 MPH T… |
| 2003-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1997 GMC SAFARI COMPLETE POWER FAILURE WHICH NEGATES POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, AND IS A DANGER TO ME AND MY FAMILY… |
| 2002-09-28 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MEC… |
| 2002-09-26 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENLY. MR |
| 2002-08-03 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN FAILED WHILE TURNING LEFT. DEALER STATED STEERING PUMP BROKE. AS A RESULT OF STEERING FAILURE THE P… |
| 2001-12-30 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT GO ON WHEN RAINING WHEN DRIVING. FAN BLOWS AIR OUT OF DEFROSTER ONLY NO MATTER WHAT POSITIO… |
| 2001-12-17 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK WHEN TURNED ON. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND STATED IT WAS NOT A COMMON PR… |
| 2001-12-13 | WHEELS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 67 MPH HE NOTICED A LITTLE WOBBLE IN THE STEERING, WITH IN ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT FRONT… |
| 2001-12-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH | No | 0 | GEARS CAN BE SHIFTED WITHOUT BRAKE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. CONSUMER REALIZED IT AFTER CHILD SHIFTED GEARS WHILE ENGINE … |
| 2001-08-30 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, FRONT END SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE, CONSUMER … |
| 2001-08-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | THE HONEYCOMB CATALYST MATERIAL IS BROKEN AND CAN BE HEARD TO BE RATTLING AROUND WITHIN THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE C… |
| 2001-08-01 | STEERING:LINKAGES | No | 0 | GM CHAS A FAILURE IN THE SAFARI AND THEY DON'T CARE, IT'S A LEMON!! NO SAFETY DEFECT STATED.*AK |
| 2001-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THIS SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF EXPENSIVE REPAIRS FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ARE STILL NOT RESOLVED. … |
| 2001-07-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 97 SAFARI CONSISTENTLY SETS P1870 CODE, TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN WARMED UP. THE VEHICLE SHIFT EXTREMELY HARD (ACTUALLY … |
| 2001-07-06 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO USE WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY BECOME INOPERABLE. MOTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED.*AK *JB |
| 2001-07-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE REPEATLY TAKEN THIS CAR TO A GM DEALER FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY CHARGED ME TWICE AND FINALLY ADMITTED THEY COULD NO… |
| 2001-06-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES | No | 0 | CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECAL 01V123000 FOR REPLACEMENT OF SAFETY BELT AUDIBLE WARNING MODULE. DEAL… |
| 2001-05-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH IN TRAFFIC VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO BRI… |
| 2001-05-11 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SAFETY BELT IN BACK OF VEHICLE DOES NOT LATCH. HAD REPAIRED ONCE.ALSO, SEAT LATCH BROKE. *AK |
| 2001-05-03 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ADDITIONALLY, UPON REPAIR OF FAILED POWERTRAIN TRANSMISSION AND AFTER SPEKAING TO ANOTHER SAFARI OWNER WHO HAD SIMILAIR… |
| 2001-04-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | SMELLED GASOLINE. CHECKED FOR LEAKS. FOUND GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE FITTING WHERE THE SUPPLY LINE TRANSITIONS FORM A P… |
| 2001-01-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | THIS PROBLEM RLESS THAN 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING THE VAN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN FIXED AT THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP… |
| 2001-01-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HAS ROUGH IDLE/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PREVIOUSLY, DEALER PERFORMED ENGINE TUNE-UP. NEXT PROBLEM OF ROUGH ENGINE/CHE… |
| 2001-01-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ENGINE STALLED. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP. ON JULY 1 WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ENGINE STALLED AGAIN. … |
| 2000-12-22 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES LEAK AT CRIMPS WHERE RUBBER MEETS THE METAL. *AK |
| 2000-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 1 | HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED, THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKES. CONSUMER TOTALLED VAN. *AK |
| 2000-11-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | SINCE LAST NOVEMBER, HAVE NOTED UNFORTUNATLEY WHEN IT START TO RAIN THAT THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS DON'T ALWAYS ACTIVATE WH… |
| 2000-10-15 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | IDLER ARMS THAT POSITION STEERING TIE ROD WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE. THIS ALLOWED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL WHEN APPLYING BR… |
| 2000-10-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH THE FAN BELT TENSIONER PULLEY SOUNDED LIKE IT EXPLODED, THE POWER STEERING QUI… |
| 2000-07-29 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | UNDERSTAND GMC IS AWARE OF MOTOR/CIRCUIT CONTROL WINDSHIED FAILURE(WHAT CAUSES WIPERS NOT TO WORK) BECAUSE AT THE DEAL… |
| 2000-07-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SENSOR AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM, … |