FaultScore

Worst years for a GMC Savana

Owners have filed 449 complaints about the GMC Savana with NHTSA across model years 1994 to 2022. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1997 GMC Savana

63 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2005 GMC Savana

16 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GMC Savana year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2022 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 3 0 0 Steering
2019 7 0 0 Electrical System
2018 5 1 0 13,000 Engine & Cooling
2017 B 10 0 0 24,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 C 12 3 0 53,900 Steering
2015 2 0 1 Airbags
2014 1 0 0 Equipment & Accessories
2013 2 0 0 Tires
2012 4 0 0 Airbags
2011 1 0 0 Fuel & Propulsion
2010 3 0 0 Wheels
2009 2 0 0 Electrical System
2008 4 0 0 Electrical System
2007 7 2 0 36,000 Brakes
2006 8 0 0 70,000 Engine & Cooling
2005 B 16 0 0 45,461 Electrical System
2004 D 17 2 3 22,925 Fuel & Propulsion
2003 D 23 2 1 27,000 Engine & Cooling
2002 C 13 1 0 17,500 Body & Structure
2001 C 23 0 1 54,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2000 F 70 7 2 55,000 Brakes
1999 D 64 4 0 61,000 Brakes
1998 C 39 0 1 Brakes
1997 F 63 2 4 86,853 Brakes
1996 C 45 0 0 66,175 Fuel & Propulsion
1995 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1994 1 0 0 Other & Unspecified

What breaks on a GMC Savana

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 99 22.0%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1997

Tires 33 7.3%

Worst in 2000

Steering 31 6.9%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1998

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 24 5.3%

Worst in 1996

Airbags 23 5.1%

Worst in 1998

Seat Belts 14 3.1%

Worst in 1997

Other & Unspecified 12 2.7%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 11 2.4%

Worst in 2000

Seats 9 2.0%

Worst in 1999

Exactly what failed on a GMC Savana

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 43 32.8%
Hinge AND Attachments 17 13.0%
Automatic Transmission 15 11.5%
Disc 10 7.6%
Pads 9 6.9%
Fuel Pump 8 6.1%
Frontal 8 6.1%
Tread/Belt 7 5.3%
Engine 7 5.3%
Foundation Components 7 5.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Savana, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 1996 peak 11 May 2026

GMC Savana problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the GMC Savana

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.