1998 GMC Savana — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 39 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes11 (28.2%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 1998–2017.
• Air bags (restraint system)6 (15.4%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2009–2014.
• Tires & wheels5 (12.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2003–2016.
• Electrical system4 (10.3%)Official recall records for this system: 15, covering model years 2003–2017.
• Body & structure4 (10.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2008.
• Fuel system3 (7.7%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 1996–2014.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (662 records, model years 1996–2017) are most frequently classified under: brakes, body & structure and tires & wheels.
• Safety recalls (157 records, model years 1996–2017) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, steering and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (138 records, model years 1996–2017) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, brakes and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (22,557 records, model years 1996–2017) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, engine and electrical system.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1996 68 records for 1996 68
2. 1997 97 records for 1997 97
3. 1998 101 records for 1998 101
4. 1999 148 records for 1999 148
5. 2000 376 records for 2000 376
6. 2001 394 records for 2001 394
7. 2002 431 records for 2002 431
8. 2003 631 records for 2003 631
9. 2004 620 records for 2004 620
10. 2005 653 records for 2005 653
11. 2006 824 records for 2006 824
12. 2007 937 records for 2007 937
13. 2008 1,116 records for 2008 1,116
14. 2009 1,186 records for 2009 1,186
15. 2010 1,563 records for 2010 1,563
16. 2011 1,710 records for 2011 1,710
17. 2012 1,799 records for 2012 1,799
18. 2013 1,858 records for 2013 1,858
19. 2014 1,700 records for 2014 1,700
20. 2015 1,567 records for 2015 1,567
21. 2016 1,287 records for 2016 1,287
22. 2017 1,173 records for 2017 1,173

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 1mention a fire

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 65
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
• Owner complaints NHTSA 33

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0236 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.