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2007 GMC Savana 1500 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 Sep 12, 2008
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 Jul 5, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2007 GMC Savana 1500. 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

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Suspension
Filed Sep 12, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC SAVANA 1500. THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED IN MARCH OF 2008. THE VEHICLE THEN BEGAN EXPERIENCING SEVERE SHAKING DUE TO THE LACK OF AN ALIGNMENT. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SIX MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT HIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING BALL JOINT ISSUES AFTER A YEAR OF BEING PURCHASED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

NHTSA ID
10241934
Incident
Aug 17, 2008
Mileage
45,000 mi
Visibility
Filed Jul 12, 2007

2007 GMC SAVANA EXTENDED CARDO VAN. CONSUMER STATES THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THE REARVIEW MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN. *MC THE CONSUMER STATED HAS PURCHASED A NEW VAN WITH THE SAME DEFECT AS THE PREVIOUS VAN AND STATED THAT HE KNOWS GM HAS A MIRROR TO REMEDY THE DEFECT. THIS PAST WEEKEND IN CANTON, TEXAS THE CONSUMER ENCOUNTERED TWO VENDORS WITH THE SAME VEHICLE SIMILAR TO HIS VAN AND THEY BOTH HAVE THE WIDE ANGLE MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHY WONT GM FIX THE DEFECT IF THEY IN FACT HAVE THE CORRECT MIRROR. *TR

NHTSA ID
10196935
Incident
Jul 1, 2007
Visibility
Filed Jul 5, 2007

2007 GMC 3/4 TON SAVANNA EXTENDED CARGO VAN DIESEL CUSTOMER STATES A SAFETY CONCERN ON CARGO VAN PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR**SB THE CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE NO INSIDE REARVIEW MIRRORS IN THIS LARGE EXTENDED CARGO VAN. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WANTS THE MIRROR REPLACED WITH A WIDE ANGLE MIRROR THAT A DRIVER CAN TRUST ON THE ROAD. *TR

NHTSA ID
10195897
Incident
Jan 1, 1901

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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