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1997 GMC Safari service brakes, hydraulic problems

17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 1997 GMC Safari13% of all complaints for this model year.

17
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
13%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
3 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • This van belongs to my mother. My sister was driving the day of the accident. She is 60 yrs of age and a very good driver. Her description: "just pulling away from one light & coming up to another. Wasn't going more than 20 mph. Step on the brakes & they weren't there." the accident caused about…

    filed Aug 28, 2014

  • 1997 gmc safari brake failed completely no rear no front suspect it was the anti lock control under the drivers seat . No leaks visible. *tr

    filed Aug 4, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other Safari years

YearReportsShare
2002 Safari1144%
2001 Safari1333%
2000 Safari2638%
1999 Safari1830%
1998 Safari1213%
1996 Safari2719%
1995 Safari5428%
1994 Safari3731%
1993 Safari2948%
1992 Safari2644%
1991 Safari1641%
1990 Safari1543%
Safari service brakes, hydraulic problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.