GMC Safari
Owners filed 1,091 complaints across 16 model years of the GMC Safari. The 1995 drew the most (195).
Model years16
Complaints1,091
Recalls56
Fires22
Deaths1
Which GMC Safari years should you avoid?
Going by 1,091 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the GMC Safari years to avoid are 1995, 1996 and 1997.
- 1995195 complaints, 3.2× a typical Safari year, most often about the brakes.
- 1996139 complaints, 2.3× a typical Safari year, most often about the suspension.
- 1997135 complaints, 2.2× a typical Safari year, most often about the visibility.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every GMC Safari model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 2 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | — | — | Suspension | Routine | |
| 2003 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 2002 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 2001 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2000 | 68 | 2 | — | 11 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1999 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1998 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 9 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1997Avoid | 135 | 6 | 2 | 7 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1996Avoid | 139 | 6 | 2 | 9 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Torsion Bar | Routine | |
| 1995Avoid | 195 | 6 | 4 | 25 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 119 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1993 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 8 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1992 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1991 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1990 | 35 | 4 | — | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.