2000 GMC Safari

No clear pattern

24.4% of complaints about the 2000 GMC Safari arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2000 vehicle, but with only 82 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is service brakes, hydraulic (24 complaints), typically at 3.6 yr or about 56,000 miles.

Complaints: 82
Median age at failure: 3.2 yr
Median mileage: 63,000 n=35
Crash / fire / tow: 20.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

06E043000 2006-05-19

Fuel system

CERTAIN REPLACEMENT FUEL FILTERS, FRAM BRAND NAME P/N G3727, WITH DATE CODES X52911 THROUGH X60801 SEQUENTIALLY OR X600141 AND A MEXICO COUNTRY OR ORIGIN MARKING ON THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 18, 2005, THROUGH MARCH 21, 2006, SOLD FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE AND ON CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES. (TO SEE THE SCHOOL BUS ENGINE SIZES, CLICK ON "DOCUMENT SEARCH" AND THEN "BUS APPLICATIONS"). THE CONNECTOR ON THE FUEL FILTER WAS NOT MANUFACTURED TO HONEYWELL'S SPECIFICATION. AS A RESULT, THE O-RING MAY NOT SEAT CORRECTLY ON THE FUEL LINE.

THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE AN INADEQUATE SEAL AT THE CONNECTION, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO A FUEL LEAK. IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FIRE COULD OCCUR.

06E026000 2006-03-23

Exterior lighting

CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.

WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.

In owners’ own words

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 8 mo in service

WHEN APPROACHING A STOP DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, AND PROCEEDED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. ALSO, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE LOST. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING. VAN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 8 mo in service

WHEN APPROACHING A STOP DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, AND PROCEEDED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. ALSO, POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES WERE LOST. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING. VAN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML

Service brakes, hydraulic mileage not reported 8 mo in service

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND THE PEDAL WAS STICKING/ WOULDN'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN. ALSO, WAS PULLING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL.*AK

Other Safari model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2000 GMC Safari

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Safari model years

How to read this