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1999 GMC Savana

Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
48
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2000-03-16 00V085000 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS 10,468 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2014-02-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 GMC SAVANNA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE.…
2006-07-21 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP No 0 THE POWER BRAKE/STEERING PUMP SHAFT BROKE, RENDERING THE POWER BRAKE AND STEERING INOPERABLE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED WHI…
2005-04-04 STEERING No 0 STEERING FAILED COMPLETELY. DEALER STATED THE CONVERSION COMPANY MADE THE VEHICLE TOO HEAVY. *AK
2004-10-27 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 DEFECTIVE HINGES ON SIDE CARGO DOORS. SIDE DOORS NOT FREQUENTLY USED. REPEATEDLY GREASED/OILED TO REDUCE TENSION AND …
2004-09-17 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP No 0 WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH SUDDENLY, THE DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER TO THE RIGHT. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTRO…
2004-04-30 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 THE REAR PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT RELEASE. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARR…
2004-03-22 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL No 0 PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE THE VAN WAS PARKED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON 2 DAYS PRIOR …
2004-01-13 SEATS No 0 PASSENGER SEAT HAS TIPPED BACK; THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HINGE PIN AND PUT A SMALL SPROCKET …
2004-01-07 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 WHILE SHIFTING GEARS TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWN SHIFT ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECH…
2004-01-04 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 HINGES ON 60/40 CARGO DOORS ARE VERY STIFF. DOORS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO OPEN AND CLOSE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. RECENTLY…
2003-12-09 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Yes 0 I HAD TO MAKE A "PANIC STOP". I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. FELT THE VEHICLE SHUDDER SEVERAL TIMES AND …
2003-08-25 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 SIDE DOOR HINGES ARE STIFF, CAUSING THE DOOR TO BEARLY OPEN. THE HINGE IS CAUSING THE SHEET METAL TO FLEX AS IT TRIES …
2003-04-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 CONSUMER STATES THAT THE "ENGINE" CRACKED, RESULTING IN A SEVERE COOLANT LEAK.*AK
2002-12-31 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 INTAKE MANIFOLD GASGETS DETERIATING AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED WITH 25,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.
2002-04-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 CONSUMER GETS DIZZY AND ALSO GETS A HEADACHE WHEN LOOKING THROUGH WINDSHIELD. LOOKS LIKE WINDSHIELD HAS WAVES AND SPOT…
2002-03-27 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Yes 1 WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT FORD PICKUP REARENDED GMC ON PASSENGER'S REAR CORNER AND PUSHED IT INTO REAR OF ANOTHER V…
2001-12-21 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:SEAT HEATER/COOLER No 0 WHILE DRIVING CHILD IN PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT NOTICED SEAT GETTING VERY HOT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND SAW HEATER OF…
2001-12-09 TIRES No 0 DRIVING AT 65MI HR.--SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION CAR COME VERY CLOSE TO ROLLING OVER--REPLACED ALL 4 TIRES & HAD TO REPL…
2001-08-06 TIRES No 0 I HAD THE TYPICAL FIRESTONE EXPERIENCE EXCEPT THIS TIME IT WAS WITH A GM MODEL AND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF TIRE. THE TREAD…
2001-06-06 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Yes 0 WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL STOPPING CONDITIONS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE…
2001-05-18 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 INTERMITTENT STALLING. STALLS AT 55MPH, 20 MPH, WHILE IDLING IN PARK, OR WHILE IDLING IN DRIVE. DEALER SERVICE DEPT. UN…
2001-04-16 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 SIDE DOORS FAILED TO OPEN PROPERLY. HAD NOTICED PLASTIC PANELS INTERLOCKING AT BOTTOM. PLASTIC PANELS HAS FALLEN OUT. …
2001-01-17 STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION) No 0 THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE VEHICLE IS THE SHIFT CONTROLLER BREAKS OFF THE STEERING SUPPORT(INSIDE THE STEERING BOWL AS…
2000-11-25 TIRES No 0 WHILE DRIVING 50MPH UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE WAS BEING HIT BY SOMETHING GOING CLUCK, CLUCK. STOPPED & CHECKED VEHI TIRE WIT…
2000-10-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 REAR SEATBELT LOCKING MECHANISM DOESN'T WORK, IT IS USELESS. ALSO, REARVIEW MIRROR SHAKES WHEN DRIVING, DRIVER CANT…
2000-08-20 TIRES No 0 THE TREAD "PEELED OFF" BOTH TIRES WITHIN 3 DAYS OF EACH OTHER AT NORMAL HIGHWAY DRIVING SPEED. THANK GOD THAT THEY DIDN…
2000-08-02 VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR No 0 AIR CONDITION/HEAT VENTS NOT CONNECTED TO REAR; REAR VIEW MIRRORS SHAKE AT ALL SPEEDS, MAKING VISABILITY DIFFICULT FOR …
2000-07-26 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM No 0 DRUM AND BRAKES ARE FAILING EVERY 13,000 MILES WITHOUT NOTICE. SERVICE STATION ADVISES THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL RELATED P…
2000-07-14 TIRES No 0 TIRE BLOWOUT. TREAD IS GONE AND IN THE RIVER. ONLY SIDEWALLS REMAIN. TALKED TO DEALER AND THEY SENT ME TO FIRESTONE.…
2000-07-13 VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR No 0 SIDE MIRRORS ON BOTH THE FRONT LEFT (DRIVER'S DOOR) AND FRONT RIGHT (PASSENGER) DOOR ARE NOT STABLE PARTICULARLY AT MOD…
2000-06-13 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS No 0 SIDE CARGO DOOR HAS FROZEN AT HINGES AND DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE DOOR FAILURE W…
2000-05-17 SEATS Yes 1 THE GMC VAN WAS WEST BOUND ON HWY 67 AND WAS AT A STOP YIELDING FOR TRAFFIC TURNING ONTO CR 209. THE OTHER VEHICLE ALS…
2000-03-09 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH IN GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND PRESSED ON BRAKES & THE ABS BRAKES DIDN'T WORK. LEF…
2000-01-26 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 11/16/99 - OIL COOLER LINE FAILURE(198 MI), 11/16/99 - CHECK GAUGES LITE. 11/17/99 - FRONT BRAKE FAILURE (200MI.) , 11/…
2000-01-01 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 CONSUMER STATES SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE, BOLTS AND HINGES WERE RUSTED AND FROZEN, DEALER CONTACTED BUT NOT WIL…
1999-12-29 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS FAILURE CAUSED THE BRAKE NOISY. YH
1999-11-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHEN APPLYING BRAKES DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP ABS RELEASES TOO MUCH, AND WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN ACCELERATING…
1999-10-28 VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR No 0 CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRRORS SHAKING. IT'S BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES. ONCE THEY REO…
1999-10-19 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT No 0 SHIFT LEVER HAS BROKEN TWICE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED IT. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK SHIFT LEVER BROKE AGAIN …
1999-08-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS No 0 CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT GO OFF AND THE VAN HAD A VERY HARD BRAKE PEDAL LIKE T…
1999-07-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS No 0 THE FRONT BRAKE PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED 5 TIMES AFTER THE MENTIONED DATE. 11/13/99 @ 26,920 MILES, 12/23/1999 @ 29,524…
1999-05-04 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, LEFT WHEEL STARTED TO GRAB AFTER APPLYING ABS BRAKES. WOULD MAKE CLUNKING SOUNDS. STOPPING DISTA…
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 WHEN MAKING A NORMAL STOP VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO STOP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALE…
STRUCTURE No 0 BLIND SPOT TO THE RIGHT OF INTERSECTIONS. *SLC
UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 ALL PANELS ARE LOOSE AND VERY FLIMSY. YH
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 GLAVAL PACKAGE IS FALLING APART DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. YH
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS No 0 BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE DETERIORATED AND CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE WITHIN UNREASONABLY SHORT MILEAGE PERIODS, THE BRAKES S…
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS No 0 PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS. DEALER HAS REPLACED THREE SETS OF PADS.*AK