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Gmc Safari Brakes Problems

71 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 5 model years.

Complaints by Year

Worst year: 2000. Best year: 2004.

Owner Reports

A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.

Brakes · 2000 4

THERE WERE TWO CASES: FIRST I WAS INVOLVED IN A WRECK WITH A CAR HITTING ME IN THE REAR SO HARD THAT MY BACK COMPARTMENTS WONT OPEN AND NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND WONT GO OFF. ANOTHER CASE WAS AS I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY TO THE LAUNDRY ...

Brakes · 2000 4

PULLING INTO A PARKING SLOT, WITHOUT WARNING BRAKES FAILED AND HIT PARKING METER. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. VEHICLE DROVE FINE FOR AWHILE, AND THEN AGAIN, WITHOUT WARNING B...

Brakes · 2000 4

TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE DURING LOW SPEED, HARD LEFT TURN INTO PARKING SPACE ON DRY PAVEMENT. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, PULSING. VEHICLE CONTINUED INTO CONCRETE BARRIER. EXTERIOR DAMAGE: BUMPER, GRILL, AND HOOD CRUMPLED. INTERIOR DAMAGE TO ...

Brakes · 2001 4

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 GMC SAFARI. WHILE DRIVING 7 MPH AND WHEN T DEPRESSING THE BRAKES THE ABS ACTIVATED, AND THERE WAS A BUZZING NOISE. HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. THE ABS SENSOR WAS REPLACED...

Brakes · 2003 4

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC SAFARI. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE CONTACT SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. HE LIFTED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THE CLAMP THAT HELD THE BRAKE LINE WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE, AND THE VEHICL...

Brakes · 2000 4

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT LOW SPEEDS OF 5-10 MPH THE ABS ACTIVATES AND THERE IS DECREASED BRAKING POWER AND THE PEDAL PULSATES. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT RELATING TO THIS. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, WHEN APP...

Brakes · 2000 4

IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE MY HUSBAND WAS PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY, WHEN HE HIT THE BRAKES TO STOP WE DID NOT HAVE BRAKES, OUR VEHICLE RAMMED INTO OUR GARAGE DOOR. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS MY BRAKES HAVE WENT OUT WHEN DRIVING THE VEH...

Brakes · 2002 4

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE SHUDDERED, THE ABS KICKED IN, AND A COLLISION OCCURRED. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIF...

Brakes · 2002 4

VEHICLE HAD BRAKE FAILURE WHILE GOING DOWN AN INCLINE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT DIDN'T HOLD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. CONSUMER FELT GM SHOULD REPLACE THE VEHICLE. *AK *CB *JB

Brakes · 2000 4

ABS FAILURE AT LOW SPEEDS. TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 25 MPH APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP VECHILE, PEDAL STARTED PULSING AND DROPPED TO FLOOR. BRAKES NEVER SLOWED VECHILE AND CRASHED INTO REAR OF ANOTHER VECHILE. HAD ABOUT 4 CAR LENGHTS TO GET VE...

Brakes · 2000 4

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES FOR A RED LIGHT. THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND AND ACTUALLY SURGED CAUSING ME TO HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME AND RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKES ARE LOCKING AND BURNING. TOOK VEHIC...

Brakes · 2000 4

CONSUMER STATES PULLED INTO PARKING LOT. WHEN DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND HIT A TREE. CONSUMER ALSO ADVISED THAT PREVIOUSLY WHILE DRIVING, APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE COASTED THROUGH A STOP SIGN NARROWLY AVOIDING A ...

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