NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 GMC Safari Recalls
The 2003 GMC Safari has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2003.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 GMC Safari. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 18
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 GMC Safari, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2003 GMC Safari
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 03V328000
- Reported
- September 12, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 41,477
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Safari, 42 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Safari, 14 other models
2003 GMC Safari complaints by year
NHTSA has received 18 owner complaints about the 2003 GMC Safari, the newest on October 5, 2015. Of these, 1 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2003 GMC Safari, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (28%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (11%) and the power train (11%).
None of the 2003 GMC Safari's 3 recalls concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2003 GMC Safari owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 46,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic5
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Power Train2
- Service Brakes2
- Air Bags1
- Seat Belts1
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 GMC Safari peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 4. 67% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
The 18 complaints about the 2003 GMC Safari are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
GMC Safari by model year
Other 2003 GMC models
Newest record on this page: October 5, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted