1998 GMC Savana: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1998 GMC Savana. The campaign is 98V033000. NHTSA received the report on 17 Feb 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor. NHTSA has 32 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of campaign 98V033000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the rotors for a core date of "287" and, if found, replace the rotor.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 1,137 units in total.
98V033000Received . 1,137 units.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and multi-purpose passenger vehicles. One or both front brake rotor/hubs were built with an out-of-specification gray iron that can fail during the life of the vehicle.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
If a driver continues to drive with a cracked rotor, the cracks could continue around the wheel mounting bolt circle and ultimately result in a wheel separation.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect the rotors for a core date of "287" and, if found, replace the rotor.
Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
32 complaints, 38 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 11 |
| Air Bags | 6 |
| Tires | 5 |
| Structure | 4 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 3 |
| Electrical System | 3 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 2 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 2 |
| Power Train | 1 |
| Visibility | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 22 Feb 2006
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1998 GMC SavanaThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 GMC Savana: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/gmc/savana/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1998 GMC Savana?
- 1,137 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the GMC Savana have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 58 recall campaigns for the GMC Savana, model years 1994 to 2026. 1 of them names the 1998 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 GMC Savana name most often?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 11 of 38 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 GMC Savana open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.