Safety Score
93
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
39
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2001 GMC Safari.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER RUNNING ERRANDS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. TIME IN BETWEEN ERRANDS 2 HOURS. OUTSIDE TEMP 95. HAD TO WAIT 15 … |
| 2014-07-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER FUELING, COULD NOT RESTART VEHICLE. DASH LIGHTS. HAD TO WAIT 15 - 30 MINUTES UNTIL I WAS ABLE START VEHICLE. B… |
| 2014-07-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER RUNNING ERRANDS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. BRAKE & ABS INDICATOR LIT. WAIT 15- 30 MINUTES AND VEHICLE MAY RES… |
| 2014-05-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL NOT START UNTIL THE STEERING COLUMN SHIFT LEVER IS MOVED. ALL POWER IS UP, TURN KEY AND NO RESPO… |
| 2011-08-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING | No | 0 | AT SLOW SPEEDS THE ABS ACTIVATES AND THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO STOP. THE SIERRA VAN USES THE SAME COMPONENTS AS THE TRUCKS… |
| 2006-06-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE'S ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM SENSORS WERE FAULTY AND ACTIVATED ON DRY PAVEMENT AT A… |
| 2006-03-01 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW GOES PART WAY DOWN, WILL NOT GO OUT - INTERMITTENT PROBLEM INCREASED TO PERMANENT PROBLEM. … |
| 2005-08-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC SAFARI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATES, BACKFIRES, AND FAILS TO START WHE… |
| 2005-03-23 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO COME ON. DRIVER TOOK … |
| 2005-03-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | I HAVE A 2001 GMC SAFARI VAN.APPROX 49000 MILES.I FIRST EXPIERENCED MY ANTILOC BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATING WHEN NOT NEEDED … |
| 2005-02-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | THE FUEL PUMP ON MY GMC 2001 SAFARI VAN MAKES A LOUD WHINING NOISE. I AM LOOKING INTO WHY THIS WOULD OCCUR ON A 4 YEAR … |
| 2005-01-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO PULL INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PRESS THE BR… |
| 2005-01-03 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | POWER STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING .NO ACCIDENT,VEHICLE WAS STARTING OUT FROM PARKED POSITION, WHEN POWER… |
| 2005-01-02 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | POWER STEERING FAILED, DRIVE SHAFT IN PUMP BROKE, CAUSING BRAKES TO FAIL. NO ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS BEING BACKED OUT OF… |
| 2004-12-29 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNBUCKLED ON ITS OWN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC … |
| 2004-12-20 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE'S ABS MALFUNCTIONED. *NM THE ABS WOULD RELEASE WHEN THE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IN A NORMAL MANNER IF THE CON… |
| 2004-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE … |
| 2004-09-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE.*JB....ALSO WILL NOT DISENGAGE WHEN SWITCHED OFF. ENGINE REVS UP T… |
| 2004-08-12 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING, AT NIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WENT OUT. THE PROBLEM WOULD BE INTERMITTENTLY. WAS IN… |
| 2004-07-19 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH | No | 0 | REPLACED CARBURETOR, IGNITION COIL AND ROTOR. STEERING FLUID PUMP LEAKS, RUST COMING THROUGH PAINT, DOORS DO NOT LOCK M… |
| 2004-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN STOP LAMPS AND REAR HAZARD LAMPS BECOMING INOPERATIVE. CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP … |
| 2003-10-22 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS | No | 0 | WHENEVER I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE THE HAZARD WARNING FLASHERS ARE ON, THE FUSE BLOWS. I HAVE REPLACED THE FUSE RE… |
| 2003-09-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PULLED OVER TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE, FOUND FOUR WAY FLASHERS AND BRAKE LIGHT DO NOT WORK. FORCING THE FLASHER SWITCH LEFT… |
| 2003-09-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | 2001 GMC SAFARI VAN CAUGHT FIRE BURNED TO GROUND AFTER STARTED. WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM DASH IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTED. … |
| 2003-09-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | EVERY WINTER WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME FROZEN AND OBSTRUCT THE DRIVER'S VIEW. ALSO THE ENGINE STALLED AT ANY SPEED. *… |
| 2003-07-10 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LOWER BRAKE LIGHTS ON VEHICLE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. THE BULBS AND FUSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT… |
| 2003-06-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, IT TOOK LONGER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE VIBRATED TO… |
| 2003-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | BRAKES FAULTY. BRAND NEW PADS INSTALLED LAST WEEK ALL AROUND ADJUSTED AND DEALER CLAIMS ALL IS WELL BUT PROBLEM STILL E… |
| 2003-02-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE DUE TO RIGHT-FRONT BRAKE LINE RUBBED ON THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE UNTIL THE BRAKE LIN… |
| 2003-01-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DT: 2001 GM SAFARI. THE CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES WILL NOT WORK FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND VEHICLE COULD SLIDE INT… |
| 2002-12-02 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR | No | 0 | ABS LEFT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILED @30K MILES,THEN THE RIGHT 300 MILES LATER. WITH NO WARNING AND NO WARNING LIGHT THE … |
| 2002-10-19 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 55 | CONSUMER STATES: WHILE DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF 55MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ALSO… |
| 2002-06-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE STALLS AS VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AS PROGRESSED BY NOT RESTARTING AFTER IT STALLS. THIS WILL B… |
| 2002-03-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 1 | THE ENGINES REVS UP WHEN VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD. ONE TIME, WHEN DRIVING TO MAILBOX TO RETRIEVE MAIL, CAUSED MY ARM TO HI… |
| 2002-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | VEHICAL DISTROYED BY ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK |
| 2001-06-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST | No | 0 | WITH THE ENGINE OFF THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKING ABILITY AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE CONSUMER WAS LETTING THE VA… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | DUE TO LOCATION OF BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER, BRAKE FLUID IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CHECK OR REFILL, BRAKE FLUID CONTAINER IS LOC… |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS | No | 0 | BUMPER FRACTURED LIKE GLASS WHEN BUMPED BY A VW LEAVING SHARP EDGES AND MATERIAL DANGEROUS TO PASSERSBY. THE TEMPERATU… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE ENGINE IS NOT STARTED THERE ARE NO BRAKES, AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. THIS HAPPENED… |