Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-03-07 | 03V093000 |
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | 507,171 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE CORROSION OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES. BRAKE LINES SO CORRODED THAT THEY ARE CRACKING AND SPLITTING LEAKING FLU… |
| 2007-04-27 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 GMC SAFARI. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 160,000. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON A RAINY… |
| 2006-09-18 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | 1998 SAFARI VAN, RANDOM FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, THERE IS NO PATTERN TO IT, IT FAILS INTERMITTENTLY TO FUNCTI… |
| 2005-11-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 GMC SAFARI. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED. HOWEVER, THEY BEGAN OPERAT… |
| 2005-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1998 GMC SAFARI HAS DIED FIVE TIMES AND EACH TIME THERE WAS A LOSS OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING ABILITY.*MR STALLED WH… |
| 2005-01-11 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1998 GMC SAFARI VAN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MODEL 700, FAILURED AT 93,000 MILES DUE TO A 3RD GEAR SLIPPAGE. I FOUND IN M… |
| 2004-12-06 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | IDLE LINKS HAD TO BE CHANGED AT 21,000 MILES. CONSUMER WENT TO A REPAIR SHOP TO HAVE THE FRONT END ALIGNED, AND THAT W… |
| 2004-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | OUR VAN BROKE DOWN ON MY WIFE WHILE SHUTTLING 5 KIDS FROM SCHOOL. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, I WAS TOLD TH… |
| 2004-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | I HAVE A 98 GMC SAFARI, I HAVE HAD THREE (3) REAR AC BLOWER CONTROL SWITCHES BURN UP IN IT SIX (6) YEARS. THE SWITCHES… |
| 2004-05-15 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A LOT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP AND DOWN, AND IT MAKES … |
| 2004-02-17 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK BOLTS/RINGS SNAPPED. THIS CAUSED THE SEAT TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT … |
| 2003-11-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL | No | 0 | CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL RAIL LINE SYSTEM WAS LEAKING GASOLINE, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALER REPLACED FUEL RAIL.… |
| 2003-10-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE NOTICED THERE WAS A LEAK BETWEEN THE FUEL LINE AND FUEL TANK. *AK *SCC *JB |
| 2003-09-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | RECALL COMPLETED SEPT 19. ELECTRIC WONDOW ON DRIVER SIDE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPROPERLY STARTED SEPT 21. REPORTED TO DEALE… |
| 2003-08-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NUMEROUS FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO OPERATE ( SOMETIMES THEY WORK SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, WHEN THEY DO FINALLY C… |
| 2003-07-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT INPACT. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH |
| 2003-07-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WITHOUT WARNING THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. *AK THE CONSUMER WAITED 1 MINUTE … |
| 2003-06-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FORWARD, THE GAS PEDAL WOULD STICK AND HARD PRESSURE HAD TO BE APPLIED IN ORDER FOR THE PED… |
| 2003-05-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 03-V-930-000 RELATED TO A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE ELECTR… |
| 2003-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, THE EXTERIOR TAIL LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE UNLESS THE HIGH BEAMS WERE TURNED ON. *NLM… |
| 2003-04-20 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | SINCE DECEMBER, 2002, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO TURN ON ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. THE OPERATION IS TOTALLY UNPRED… |
| 2003-04-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAD THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE REPAIRED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN THE 3 YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT. THE… |
| 2002-10-10 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SEAT BELT WILL UNLATCH WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BUCKLE. TS |
| 2002-08-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF PULSE MODULE.*AK |
| 2002-07-14 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING GEARS WILL SWITCH FROM 1ST TO 2ND, AND IT WILL BE HARD TO CHANGE BACK … |
| 2002-06-25 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | BACK DOOR LOCK BROKE WITHOUT ANY FORCE, UNABLE TO OPEN BACK DOOR.*AK |
| 2002-01-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | ACCORDING TO PARTS WAREHOUSE, OVER 300 OF THESE HOSES HAVE BEEN ORDERED/REPLACED SINCE NOVEMBER 2001.*AK |
| 2001-10-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR | No | 0 | WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 25MPH, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AND TECHNICIAN STATED TH… |
| 2001-10-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN FEB 01 THE DEALERSHIP FIXED A ROUGH IDLE LOW POWER CONDITION BY USING A HIGH PRESSURE TOP END ENGINE CLEAN CALLED PR… |
| 2001-08-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES | No | 0 | THROTTLE CABLE FRAYED CAUSING EXTREME AND UNWARRANTED ACCELERATION FROM 65 MPH FWY SPEED TO 90 MPH AND THEN STUCK OPEN … |
| 2001-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE BROKEN SHAFT ON THE HYD. PUMP CONTROLS BOTH THE BRAKES ,WHICH I HAD NEXT TO NONE ,AND ALSO THE POWER STEERING .I W… |
| 2001-04-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER LOST CONTROL BECAUSE BRAKES DID NOT CATCH, CAUSING HIM TO HIT A PARKED CAR. HE WAS BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWA… |
| 2001-02-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CONSUMER PULLED UP IN DRIVEWAY WAITING FOR RAIN STORM TO CALM DOWN. VEHICLE WAS OFF AND KEY WAS OUT OF IGNITION. SMOK… |
| 2001-02-21 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WON'T ADJUST--STRIPPED GEARS. HOOD LATCH DOES NOT WORK--I HAVE TO PRY IT UP.*AK |
| 2001-01-26 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKES WERENT WORKING WELL, THEN NOTICED HEATER DIDNT WORK, SPEED ODEMTER DIDNT WORK. TOOK TO GMC REPAIR SHOP, WAS TOL… |
| 2001-01-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THIS VAN HAS THE REAR DUTCH DOOR CONFIGURATION (3 SECTIONS). THE ELECTRONIC REAR HATCH LOCK FAILS AND LOCKS ALL THE DO… |
| 2000-12-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-11-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | TENSIONER AND SERPENTINE BELT DISENTEGRATED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING AND POWER STEERING. NLM |
| 2000-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2000-05-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHEN BACKING UP SLOWLY VEHICLE WOULD STALL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THERE WAS NO POWER, AND NO BRAKES, CAUSING CONSUMER TO … |
| 2000-01-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | DRIVING CAME TO A STOP. WENT TO PULL AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PUSHED TO THE FLOOR, IT DIDN… |
| 1999-12-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | ACCELERATOR STICKS . WHEN BACKING OUT AND TRYING TO GIVE VEHICLE GAS ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL NOT GO DOWN TO FLOOR. *AK |
| 1999-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 25 MPH THE CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THEY DID NOT WORK, CAUSING CONSUMER TO … |
| 1999-07-18 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING 30-40 MPH DOWN AN INCLINE, CONSUMER NOTED VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEA… |
| 1999-05-15 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONVERSION VAN, SHOULDER SEATBELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT LOCK OR STAY IN PLACE, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK |
| 1999-05-07 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES FOR AN ELECTRICAL SHORT THAT EFFECTED THE INSIDE LIGHTS. DEALER COULD NPOT FIND … |
| 1999-05-04 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WAS CROSSING A 4- LANE HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDED SAFARI. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER … |
| 1999-02-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, FAILED AGAIN TWELVE HOURS AFTER WE GOT IT BACK! THEN ALL WAS FINE UNTIL 4-17-99 WHEN THE TR… |
| 1999-02-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON, AND THE VAN STARTS TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND HAS TO BE TAKEN IN FOR REPAIRS. *AK |
| 1999-01-25 | WHEELS:RIM | No | 0 | REAR PASSENGER'S WHEEL RIM HAS A HOLE IN IT WHICH ENABLES AIR TO LEAK OUT. DEALER CONTACTED, AND PER TSB THEY CAN JUST … |