GMC Safari
Registered from 1996 to 2005.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 1970 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 2004 | 1970 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 2003 | 1970 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 18.1 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 2002 | 1970 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 2001 | 1993 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 2000 | 1968 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 1999 | 1983 kg · 2830 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 1998 | 1983 kg · 2830 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway · Wagon |
| 1997 | 1956 kg · 2830 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway · Wagon |
| 1996 | 1956 kg · 2830 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 12.4 motorway · Wagon |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Loss of brake lamp illumination
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2004, closed March 2005.
Windshield wiper failure
Engineering analysis, opened May 2002, closed July 2003.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
GMC filed 507 bulletins about the 2005 Safari.
- Equipment: 178
- Electrical system: 79
- Engine and engine cooling: 62
- Power train: 32
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 31
- Visibility: 22
- Engine: 18
- Wheels: 15
- Service brakes: 10
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Other: 51
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the… · December 2024
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- This service bulletin provides information for dealers/technicians on When and How to Submit a Field Product Report (FPR) (U.S. and Canada Dealers Only). · October 2024
499 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.