1998 GMC SAFARI Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING 30-40 MPH DOWN AN INCLINE, CONSUMER NOTED VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER INDICATED THAT THE REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP AND BURNED OUT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER GRINDED DOWN BOTH REAR DRUMS AND REPLACED SHOES. *YC

WAS CROSSING A 4- LANE HIGHWAY WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDED SAFARI. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED SPINAL INJURY AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. POLICE REPORT INCLUDED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH RIGHT FRONT WHEEL CAME OFF WITH 21,000 MILES ON VEHICLE DUE TO 5 BOLTS SHEARING OFF. MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TOOK DAMAGED PARTS TO MANUFACTURER & WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. HAS ALL REPORTS PERTAINING TO BOLTS. CALLED HOTLINE & LEFT SEVERAL MESSAGES. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, FAILED AGAIN TWELVE HOURS AFTER WE GOT IT BACK! THEN ALL WAS FINE UNTIL 4-17-99 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AGAIN. DEALERSHIP IS CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO FIXING IT AGAIN. *AK

REAR PASSENGER'S WHEEL RIM HAS A HOLE IN IT WHICH ENABLES AIR TO LEAK OUT. DEALER CONTACTED, AND PER TSB THEY CAN JUST FILL HOLE WITH POXY. REPAIRWORK DONE. PROBLEM WILL STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT705MPH, FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE ROTOR BECAUSE ALL FIVE LUGS, NUTS, & BOLTS CAME OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED & DECLARED NOT THEIR PROBLEM.*AK *ML

TIRES ARE WORN ON OUTER EDGES TO WHERE THERE IS NO TREAD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIRES, BUT INSISTS THAT PREMATURE TIRE WEAR WAS DUE TO IDLER ARM HAVING TOO MUCH PLAY AND THROWEN OUT OF ALIGNMENT. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A HARD AND SHARP PLASTIC CONNECTED TO THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT. CONSUMER INFORMED THIS PART APPEARED TO BE A GUIDE FOR THE SEAT BELT, BUT NOT BEING USED. THIS CONDITION HAS TORN DRIVER'S PANTS WHENEVER THE CONSUMER WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. BUT THE MAJOR COMPLAINT IS THAT IT COULD CAUSE SERIOUS CUTS TO ANYONE GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND HAD NO POSITIVE RESPONSE TO THIS PROLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING HARD SHIFT SINCE PURCHASED. REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE ON FOUR OCCASIONS. *YC

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 45-50 MPH AND BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES BEYOND THE GAS PEDAL, SO FOOT ENGAGES BOTH BRAKES AND GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE KEEPS GOING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED NO PROBLEM, CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML