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1996 GMC Safari brakes problems

The 1996 GMC Safari has 30 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 15% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

30

Brakes complaints

15%

Share of year

4

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

What owners report

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 WHEN ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND IT WAS HARD TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM SPEEDING UP AND TO TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL, VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER FINALLY SHIFTED GEAR INTO PARK, WHICH THEN STOPPED VEHICLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME, AND…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · fire

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 1996 GMC Safari have?

NHTSA has 30 complaints about the 1996 GMC Safari brakes — 15% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.