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1988 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 Jun 5, 2003
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.
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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.
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Reports on file since Nov 2, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 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

Seat belts
Filed Jun 5, 2003

THE FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE. *JB

NHTSA ID
10022457
Incident
Jun 5, 2003
Steering
Filed Jun 5, 2003

THE BOLTS ON THE POWER STEERING BOX SNAPPED OFF. *JB

NHTSA ID
10022455
Incident
Jun 5, 2003
Steering
Filed Oct 22, 1997

STEERING WHEEL: DRIVING ALONG AND BUSHINGS FELL OUT OF TILT STEERING WHEEL COUPLING, AND STEERING WHEEL DROPPED IN CONSUMERS LAP. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID
817382
Incident
Oct 18, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 2, 1997

RECALL REPAIRS DONE ON BROKEN SEAT BOLT, BUT DEALER CHARGED CONSUMER.

NHTSA ID
517674
Seat belts
Filed Apr 3, 1997

(7) OF (8) SEAT BELTS WILL NOT LOCK. BELT IS VERY LOOSE, ALLOWING ALOT OF MOVEMENT AND (1) 0F (8) SEAT BELT BUCKLES DOES NOT LATCH. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
810664
Engine
Filed Nov 28, 1995

ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, OIL RINGS HAVE BROKEN, CAUSING OIL LEAK. TT

NHTSA ID
975627
Incident
Nov 28, 1995
Body & structureInterior & seats
Filed Nov 2, 1995

THE DOOR LOCKS IN THE REAR DOORS BROKE, UNABLE TO OPEN DOORS FROM INSIDE. TT BOLTS SNAP OFF FROM THE MOTOR THE ONES HOLDING THE POWER STEERING BOX. THE BELT COMES OFF BECAUSE THE BRACKET BREAKES. *YH

NHTSA ID
974461
Incident
Oct 2, 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.

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