FaultScore

GMC Savana 3500 problems

Owners have filed 35 complaints about the GMC Savana 3500 with NHTSA across model years 1997 to 2015. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every GMC Savana 3500 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.

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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
2015 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2014 1 0 0 Stability & Traction Control
2010 1 0 0 Electrical System
2009 4 0 0 Brakes
2007 3 0 0 Airbags
2006 1 0 0 Seats
2005 4 0 0 Electrical System
2003 8 0 5 64,307 Electrical System
2002 3 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2001 3 0 0 Brakes
2000 2 0 0 Body & Structure
1999 1 0 0 Electrical System
1997 2 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a GMC Savana 3500

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

Brakes 6 17.1%

Worst in 2003

Electrical System 5 14.3%

Worst in 2003

Tires 4 11.4%

Worst in 2001

Airbags 3 8.6%

Worst in 1997

Suspension 3 8.6%

Worst in 2001

Other & Unspecified 3 8.6%

Worst in 2003

Engine & Cooling 2 5.7%

Worst in 2003

Transmission & Drivetrain 1 2.9%

Worst in 2015

Body & Structure 1 2.9%

Worst in 2000

Lights 1 2.9%

Worst in 2000

Fuel & Propulsion 1 2.9%

Worst in 2009

Wheels 1 2.9%

Worst in 2009

Seat Belts 1 2.9%

Worst in 2007

Seats 1 2.9%

Worst in 2006

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GMC Savana 3500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Aug 2006 peak 4 May 2023

Compare the GMC Savana 3500

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