Tl*the contact owns a 2003 gmc safari. The vehicle was parked and the contact smelled something burning. He lifted the hood and noticed the clamp that held the brake line was on fire. The contact extinguished the fire, and the vehicle was towed to his residence. He changed the brake line hose, and drove the vehicle for about a mile at 35 MPH. The contact parked the vehicle, and noticed that the brakes were failing when he attempted to shift the vehicle to the drive position. He looked under the hood and realized that the brake line was hot again. The vehicle was towed back to his residence and inspected by a mechanic. The cause of failure has not been determined. The current mileage was 40,924 , and failure mileage was 40,800.
GMC Safari fire or smoke problems
14 of the 1,091 owner complaints about the GMC Safari describe fire, smoke or burning smell, most of them for the 1991 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 1991
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20031
- 20011
- 19991
- 19972
- 19962
- 19952
- 19932
- 19912
- 19901
Often reported together
What owners say
While driving consumer smelled smoke coming from the vents, and underneath hood from the windshield. Consumer pulled over, lifted up the hood, and vehicle caught on fire. Consumer was able to extinguishe the fire. Consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection.
Vehicle idled and started roughly. Also, black smoke came from the exhaust pipe upon starting. This was caused by malfunctioning components located in the fuel injection system. There was a tsb on this issue (not found in artemis).
2001 gmc safari van caught fire burned to ground after started. White smoke came from dash immediately after started.
Consumer states that gas tank caught on fire without warning. Dealer notified.
Proportioner valve caught on fire, cause unknown. Please describe details.
Radio lights began to fail, radio became hot to touch. Pulled fuse for radio but it continued to get hotter when we stopped at our destination and turned off vehicle, the dash lights flashed off and on then the radio began to smoke then flames could be seen coming from the back of radio chassis.
While driving vehicle suddenly acclerated due to a defective acclerator which got stuck. Driver could not stop or slow down vehicle. Tried apply brakes, but brakes burned and caught on fire, had to place vehicle in park position to stop it. Please provide further information.
When the tempature leaver used to select hot or cold air flow is parallel with the leaver that controls the vacuum doors for the defrost/heater/vent is alingned with the vent setting, puffs of white smoke come out of the heater fan toggle speed switch area and a order of burning wire or plastic coating is pungent within the driver and front passanger area of the vehicle. When the levers are adjusted to other locations, the burning smell goes away. The fan motor still operates when the toggle switch positions are changed from low medium and high settings.
The battery cable line hanging over the the top of the transmission cooling line going into the intake/outtake maniford, which cut it in half. The transmission caught on fire.contacted the dealer.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the GMC Safari fire or smoke
Which GMC Safari years have fire, smoke or burning smell problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1991 (2 complaints), 1993 (2 complaints) and 1995 (2 complaints).
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