1994 GMC SAFARI (GMC) — Complaint #624526
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR filed May 17, 2007
NHTSA complaint #624526 (ODI reference 10191033) concerns a 1994 GMC SAFARI (GMC) and was filed on May 17, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 2, 2007. The vehicle had 220,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Colorado based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front:springs:torsion bar, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same GMC SAFARI (GMC) cohort independently describe similar suspension:front:springs:torsion bar failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1994 GMC SAFARI (GMC) shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GMC SAFARI. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT TORSION BAR SNAPPED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE BECAUSE THERE WAS A NEW DESIGN FOR THE TORSION BAR. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 220,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 624526 |
| ODI Number | 10191033 |
| Date Filed | May 17, 2007 |
| Failure Date | May 2, 2007 |
| VIN | 1GKEL19W6RB |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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