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1999 Safari Zanzibar Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1999 Safari Zanzibar, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Airbags133.3%
  • Brakes133.3%
  • Steering133.3%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Airbags

Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Apr 17, 2001

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Mar 10, 2016

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Steering

Reports naming the steering system — racks, columns, power-steering assist and steering linkage.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Apr 17, 2001

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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