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1986 GMC Safari Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 23, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since May 16, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 GMC Safari. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Body & structureBrakes
Filed Oct 23, 2002

CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LINNING RUPTURED. *JG

NHTSA ID
567981
Engine
Filed Oct 15, 1998

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IS LOSING PRESSURE, AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. ALSO, THERE IS BLACK THICK SMOKE COMING TAIL PIPE. *AK

NHTSA ID
829018
Incident
Oct 10, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed May 29, 1996

DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE WHEN THE DRIVER SAT IN THE SEAT. *AK

NHTSA ID
984984
Incident
May 26, 1996
Interior & seatsExterior lightingSeat belts
Filed Apr 25, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

HEADLIGHT SWTICH FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

NHTSA ID
488921
Incident
Jan 24, 1994
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 25, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

CONSUMER WAS HIT IN THE REAR, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RECLINED BACKWARDS, DRIVER WAS FELL TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

NHTSA ID
981181
Incident
Feb 20, 1995
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 15, 1995

IRREGULAR WEAR OF B F GOODRICH TIRE TREADS, CONTRIBUTING TO BRAKING/STEERING PROBLEMS. *SD

NHTSA ID
483065
Incident
Mar 1, 1993
Steering
Filed May 16, 1995

ERRATIC OPERATION OF STEERING WHEEL. RESULTING IN POOR STABILITY. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN MORE DETAIL. TT

NHTSA ID
965393
Incident
May 3, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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