1996 Safari Sahara

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › driveline › driveshaft. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment › Electrical96V194005

Filed Apr 15, 1997604 vehiclesSafari Motor Coaches, Inc.

Defect. THE "O" RINGS OF THE REGULATOR ASSEMBLY IN THE ONAN EMERALD AND MARQUIS BRAND GENERATOR SETS CAN WEAKEN AND BREAK WHEN EXPOSED TO HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES.

Risk. IF AN IGNITION SOURCE IS PRESENT, LIQUID PROPANE GAS (LPG) LEAKAGE COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. OWNER NOTIFICATION WILL BE CONDUCTED BY ONAN. DEALERS WILL EITHER REMOVE THE LPG REGULATOR AND REPLACE IT WITH A MODEL NOT SUBJECT TO RUPTURE, OR INSTALL A PRE-REGULATOR IN THE FUEL SYSTEM.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft

Filed Jul 23, 1999FL

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVESHAFT FELL OFF. CONSUMER HEARD A BANGING SOUND AND VEHICLE COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
1996 — this page	1	1	0	0	Routine
1995	2	0	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Apr 15, 1997. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.