GMC Savana
Owners filed 348 complaints across 32 model years of the GMC Savana. The 2000 drew the most (49).
Which GMC Savana years should you avoid?
No GMC Savana year stands out. Across the 5 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 46), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
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 Savana model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | — | — | Structure | Routine | |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | — | — | Steering | Routine | |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 | — | 1 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | — | 1 | Steering | Routine | |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | Routine | |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 | — | — | Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner | Routine | |
| 2013 | 2 | 9 | — | — | Tires | Routine | |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 | — | — | Wheels | Routine | |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | — | 2 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2005 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2004 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2003 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 2 | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments | Routine | |
| 2001 | 19 | 0 | 1 | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Routine | |
| 2000 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1999 | 49 | 2 | — | 4 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1998 | 33 | 2 | 1 | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1997 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | Routine | |
| 1996 | 35 | 3 | — | — | Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump | Routine | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | Routine | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.