NHTSA Safety Recalls
GMC Safari Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the GMC Safari, across 6 model years from 2000 to 2005. The 2003 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2005 (2).
- Model years
- 6
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2003
- Owner complaints
- 159
2000–2005, with a recall
3 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 159 complaints with NHTSA about the GMC Safari across 6 model years; the most, 68, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 17 of the GMC Safari complaints (11%) and a fire on 4.
Across all GMC Safari model years, owners name the service brakes, hydraulic most often (at least 57 complaints), then the electrical system (18).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the GMC Safari in 2005: 31, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the GMC Safari is exterior lighting, in 6 model-year listings.
The newest GMC Safari recall, 05V099000, was reported on March 14, 2005 and concerns the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch.
GMC Safari years to avoid
Too few GMC Safari model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.GMC Safari years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the GMC Safari
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING6
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE6
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH2
- SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT1
GMC Safari model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every GMC Safari recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05V099000March 14, 2005 | exterior lighting: brake lights: switch | 2001–2002 | crash | 77,055 |
| 03V328000September 12, 2003 | suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint | 2003 | crash | 41,477 |
| 06E026000 | exterior lighting | 2000–2005 | crash | — |
| 06E043000 | fuel system, gasoline | 2000–2005 | fire | — |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the GMC Safari. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: November 15, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted