2000 GMC Safari Interior & seats Problems

NO BRAKES (3) TIMES, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE 2 TIMES. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG. SOMETIMES JUMPS WHEN FIRST STARTED UP LIKE IT IS GOING TO JUMP FORWARD OUT OF GEAR.*AK DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. DRIVER DOOR LOCK DOES NOT UNLOCK WITH REMOTE WHEN SUN HITTING ON CAR. DEARLER LOOKING AT NOW. WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN AND THEN START AGAIN TRANSMISSION JERKS. DEALER LOOKING AT NOW.

NHTSA ID

10091350

Incident

Jul 16, 2004

2000 GMC SAFARI, BACK TOP DOOR NEVER SEATED RIGHT AND FIXED TWICE. RESULTED IN SLOW LEAK UNTIL SEALS BROKE AND VAN ACCUMULATED WATER UNDER CARPETS AND MOLD OF VARIOUS SORTS GREW. RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND ALLERGIES. HUSBAND BEGAN TO CHECK WHERE LEAKING AND FOUND CARPET UNDERNEATH ENTIRE VAN AS A CEASE-POOL FILLED WITH GREEN SLIMMY STUFF AND DRENCHED AND SMELLING. GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE, DEALERSHIP AND WARRENTY NOT ACKNOWELGE A FAULT IN THE "TRI-DOOR" SEATING AND BLAMMING ON WEATHER STRIPPING THAT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRENTY. WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WE KNOW IN THIS AREA WITH SAME FAULT. PLEASE BE AWARE TO ALERT CONSUMERS OF THIS FAULT AND HEATLTH RISK. GET BACK TO DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS YOU NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE OF LEAK IN VAN ANYWHERE! WE NOW HAVE TO REPAIR ALL OUT OF POCKET. GMC DID NOT STAND BEHIND THIS ONE!

NHTSA ID

10037225

Incident

Aug 31, 2003

Mileage

52,000 mi

REAR DOOR HANDLE BECAME STIFF AND HARD TO OPEN WITHIN MONTHS OF PURCHASE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX IT PROPERLY. OVER THE FOLLOWING TWO YEARS THE PROBLEM BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND NOW THE HANDLE IS CRACKING. WE CANNOT USE THE BACK DOOR ANYMORE. I HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VAN EXTENDING BACK TO 1993. (TSB#020864013)

NHTSA ID

10000104

Incident

Dec 16, 2002

Mileage

1,000 mi

HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. CRUISE QUITS THEN WORKS. POWER WINDOWS QUIT, THEN WORK. DEALER CHECKED GROUNDS AND INSTALLED NEW HEADLIGHT AND POWER WINDOW SWITCHS. NOW POWER DOOR LOCKS QUIT AND CRUISE QUIT AGAIN. FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. PROBLEMS NOT SOLVED.*AK

NHTSA ID

752735

Incident

Sep 5, 2001

TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY WOULD SLIP WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP POSITION OR WHILE TRAVELING AT A REGULAR SPEED. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON TWO OR MORE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLS ON THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE DEALER REPAIRED ALL CONNECTION AT STARTER AND ENGINE. ALSO THE VEHICLE HAD POPPING SOUND WHEN BRAKES WAS APPLIED DUE TO PROBLEM WITH REAR RIGHT SUSPENSION AND TIRE. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RISER WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD A ROARING NOISE ON HARD STOP AND EXTENDED CRANK INTERMETING ROUGH STAND DUE TO ROTORS FAILURE. *YH

NHTSA ID

889022

Incident

Jun 15, 2000

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL IT WOULD PULSATE. WHEN THIS OCCURS, DRIVER HAS TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL HARDER TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP;. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OR MORE TIMES, AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL FEELS SPONGY. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT RISER NOT OPERABLE. THE BRAKES VIBRATE. THE LEFT WINDOW WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD COOLANT LEAK. *YH

NHTSA ID

889019

Incident

Jul 1, 2000

ON 4 OCCASIONS DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. AFTER SHUTING OFF VEHICLE AND WAITING 15 MINUTES, LIGHTS WILL RESTART. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK

NHTSA ID

885555

LATCH ON THE SLIDDING DOOR DOES NOT STAY SECURE WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED, DOOR DOES GET LOOSE, AND SLAM ON A PERSON IN THE WAY. *AK LATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED. *YH

NHTSA ID

867411

Incident

Aug 9, 2000

WHEN VEHICLE PARKED ON INCLINE (NOSE DOWN), THE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT HOLD OPEN. GMC CONFIRMS A DESIGN CHANGE FROM 1999 WHICH REMOVED A SAFETY CATCH ON SLIDING DOOR. PREVIOUSLY, YOU HAD TO MOVE DOOR HANDLE TO RELEASE THE DOOR FROM FULLY LOCKED OPEN POSITION, THIS RELEASE MECHANISM HAS BEEN REMOVED. AT TIME OF DELIVERY, DOOR WOULD NOT STAY OPEN. DEALER HAS ADJUSTED ROLLER CATCH 1/4". ENTERING VEHICLE WHILE ON INCLINE MAY JIGGLE CAR ENOUGH TO DISLODGE CATCH AND DOOR CAN SLAM INTO PASSENGERS WHILE ENTERING SLIDING DOOR-WAY. DANGER IS EXTREME TO CHILDREN LARGE ENOUGH TO PUSH DOOR OPEN BUT NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO STOP IT SAFELY. GMC CLAIMS IT IS OPERATING AS DESIGNED, WE CLAIM THE NEW DESIGN IS FLAWED. GM TELEPHONE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP, DEALER SERVICE/SALES ALL INDICATE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF DESIGN CHANGE AND AGREE THAT IT IS DANGEROUS. *AK

NHTSA ID

722795