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1999 Safari Zanzibar 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 Mar 10, 2016
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 Apr 17, 2001

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Safari Zanzibar. 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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Brakes
Filed Mar 10, 2016
Crash reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 SAFARI ZANZIBAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 02V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC), 01V130001 (SERVICE BRAKES, AIR) AND 00V173000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

NHTSA ID
10845994
Incident
Dec 20, 2015
Mileage
97,000 mi
AirbagsSteering
Filed Apr 17, 2001

WHILE DOING A LUBE JOB ON VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED STEERING ARM HAD RUBBED A HOLE IN AIRBAG. WENT TO DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER WILL HAVE DEALER GRIND ABOUT 30 % OFF STEERING ARM, AND INSTALL A NEW AIRBAG SO THAT STEERING ARM WILL NO LONGER RUB ON AIRBAG. CONSUMER AND DEALER BOTH FELT 30 % WAS TOO MUCH TO TAKE OFF STEERING ARM. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID
886081
Incident
Apr 14, 2001

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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