2000 GMC Savana problems
NHTSA has received 70 complaints about the 2000 GMC Savana, and 44% of them involve brakes. After that come tires (11%) and steering (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 70 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 44% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 55,000 miles 19 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 | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 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 19 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 55,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the GMC Savana with enough data (51 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
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.
2000 GMC savana vehicle is equiped with antilock brakes. On two occassions when I had to make sudden stops I encountered brake failure. Although, there were other times they never resulted in accidents. The brakes would seem to engage then let go causing vehicle to travel father than expected.
Our vehicle caught on fire with my wife and three small children inside. We had the child sefety locks engaged and quickly realized that if my wife had gone to the rear of the van from the inside (via between the seats) to retrieve the children the results would have been deadly since she would not have been able to open the door from the inside while the child safety lock was engaged. Although they were installed with good intentions we have learned they are unsafe during a fire and will never engage them again.
While driving there was smoke. Once getting out of the vehicle it became engulfed with flames. Other than normal service, nothing was wrong. The consumer was told that this year and model vehicle has had numerous fire problem. The consumer would like to e contacted to discuss the failure.
Consumer had vehicle serviced 8 times. Each time rotors/brakes, and drums were repaired. Mechanic stated the shoes did not fit the drums.. GM has technical reference dated 09/01/1999 tha thas them putting some part on. Every time they take it in to the shop it comes out with the same resukts. Consumer's deduction was the same as the mechanic, that the part is not sized rightly.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 GMC savana. The contact stated that the fuel gauge was defective. The contact mentioned that he had to watch the mileage on the vehicle in order to know the fuel level instead of relying on the fuel gauge. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and current mileage was 135,000.