1999 GMC Safari problems
Owners have filed 92 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 GMC Safari. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. After that come transmission (15%) and fuel system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 92 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 16 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 10 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the GMC Safari with enough data (67 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While sitting in traffic on an incline, vehicle accelerated suddenly, hitting vehicle in front, injuring 3 people. Wife was standing on brake pedal to bring vehicle to a stop. Vehicle was going to be examined during coming weeks. Another accident occurred on 26-aug-2001, 2 additional people were injured in this accident due to sudden acceleration while vehicle was stopped, later the cruise control was found on when it had not been activated, dealer disconnected it and consumer has not had any further problems.
The vehicle was involved in an accident, where the seat belts in the rear did not hold the passenger in the seat. The dealer has been notified. Mr scc
While driving 35 to 40 MPH consumer rear ended another vehicle. Upon impact, driver and passenger sides air bags failed to deploy. Damaged to front driver side. 1 injury, consumer has yet to contact the dealer. Please provide any further details.
I have had to replace the coil wire twice on this vehicle. When the wire fails, the engine cuts off causing complete loss of control of the vehicle. The power steering and power brakes fail to work. This causes a severe safety hazard to vehicle occupants and other vehicles on the highway. **dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut over to artemis**767118
I own a 1999 GMC safari that had its transmission fail at less than 50,000 miles. It failed before its first scheduled maintenance. I contacted the dealer and was told I was out of the 3/36 warranty period so I was out of luck. *nlm