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1997 GMC Savana 3500 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 May 29, 2015
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 Jun 30, 2008

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1997 GMC Savana 3500. 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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Airbags
Filed May 29, 2015
1 injury reported

I WAS SEATED ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT OF MY VEHICLE DOING PAPERWORK WHEN MY PASSENGER AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED CAUSING ME TO SUFFER BURNS AND CONTUSIONS TO MY LEGS AND GROIN REGIONS AND INJURIES TO MY HANDS, NECK, BACK AND SHOULDERS. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED.

NHTSA ID
10722280
Incident
Mar 8, 2015
Airbags
Filed Jun 30, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 GMC SAVANA 3500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS VERY CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WITH THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING WITHOUT A CRASH OCCURRING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 145,000. UPDATED 07/15/08.*LJ UPDATED 07/15/08

NHTSA ID
10232768
Incident
Jun 30, 2008
Mileage
145,000 mi

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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