Total Complaints
5 filings
GMC Savana · model year
5 NHTSA complaints, 1 crash report, and 7 recall campaigns listed for this cohort. A VIN lookup is required to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The verdict
The 2018 GMC Savana posts below-average complaint volume among its own model-year siblings.
The 2018GMCSavana carries 5 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 1 crash, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.
The most frequently selected component label in reports for the 2018 Savana is service brakes with 1 filings, followed by suspension (1) and wheels (1). Complaint categories reflect owner reports and intake categorization; they do not establish a defect pattern or cause. This cohort has 7 NHTSA recall campaigns listed below. Enter a VIN in NHTSA's official recall lookup to determine whether a specific vehicle has an unrepaired recall.
NHTSA currently has 2 investigation files overlapping the 2018 Savana. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should read the complaint-by-year trend as report volume, not a causal diagnosis. Use the related-complaint feed and the official recall lookup when researching a specific vehicle.
PlainCars' own composite of NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings and rollover-risk assessment, each dimension normalized against the federal scale or the full national model-year corpus. Not an official NHTSA figure, and not a substitute for a specific vehicle's VIN-level recall check.
Total Complaints
5 filings
Crashes Reported
1 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES | 1 |
| SUSPENSION | 1 |
| WHEELS | 1 |
| LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 |
EQUIPMENT
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2009-2014 Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD, 2009 GMC Topkick 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000 Series and Isuzu F Series, and 2009-2018 Chevrolet Express, and GMC Savana vehicles, equipped with certain Plastic-Handle Fire Extinguishers or Push Button 'Pin
TIRES
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2020 Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT4, XT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, 2018-2021 Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana, 2019-2020 Chevrolet Blazer, Silverado 1500, GMC Acadia, Sierra 1500, and certain Continental
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2019 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles. One or both of the rear-quarter windows may be tempered glass instead of laminated glass. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2016-2018 Chevrolet Express and GMC Sierra vehicles equipped with a single, manual, rear climate control module (CCM). If the temperature is set to maximum heat or the mode knob is set to maximum floor vent and an electrical short occurs, components with
EQUIPMENT
Unicell Body Company Inc. (Unicell) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savanna, 2018-2019 Hino 155, Ford Econoline and Transit and Isuzu NPR, and 2018 Ram ProMaster-based vehicles equipped with ASA Electronics Voyager monitors used to display the back-up camera image. The affe
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2003-2023 Chevrolet Express Cutaway and GMC Savana Cutaway incomplete vehicles equipped with wiring for an optional rear heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system. When the HVAC blower motor circuit is left unused with exposed connectors
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018 Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vehicles with certain combinations of front-tire and gross-vehicle-weight option codes. The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) may be incorrectly calibrated, causing the TPMS warning lamp to illuminate when tire
The contact owns a 2018 GMC Savana. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, the vehicle stalled. The oil pressure light was illuminated. After several attempts, the vehicle failed to restart. The Police Department was called, and the Officer helped to push the vehicle out of the roadway. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the engine had failed and needed to be replaced. The battery was replaced, but the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed back to the residence and was not repaired. The vehicle was then towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the engine had failed and needed to be replaced. The repair was pending. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 72,634.
Mileage: 72,634
MY 2018 VAN IS AN EXPLORER CONVERSION WITH 13000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TAKEN TO GMC FOR REPAIRS FOR WHAT THE TECH IS CALLING A "DEATH WOBBLE". BASICALLY THE VAN AT UNPREDICTED TIMES GETS INTO A ROUGH SHAKING IN THE FRONT END THAT FORCES YOU TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BRAKING GOING DOWN STEEP GRADES (5%+), ALSO TURNING ONTO A SLOPED ROAD AND AGAIN JUST TRAVELING ON A HILLY ROAD WITHOUT AND USE OF BRAKES. DEALER FOUND THAT 3 OF THE 4 RIMS WHICH WERE INSTALLED BY EXPLORER CONVERSION VANS ARE WARPED OR BENT. THE TIRE SIZE INSTALLED IS 20" WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STOCK SIZE OF 16". THE CURRENT TIRES ARE PIRELLI SCORPION VERDE 265/50/R20. THE VAN HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ON STANDARD ROAD AND NEVER COLLIDED WITH OR RAN OVER ANY OBJECT IN THE ROAD. UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF REPLACING THE WHEELS WILL FIX THE ISSUE DUE TO ISSUES OBTAINING REPLACEMENTS. BIGGER CONCERN IS 3 OUT OF 4 WHEELS FAILING UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND USE.
Mileage: 13,000
MY 2018 VAN IS AN EXPLORER CONVERSION WITH 13000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TAKEN TO GMC FOR REPAIRS FOR WHAT THE TECH IS CALLING A "DEATH WOBBLE". BASICALLY THE VAN AT UNPREDICTED TIMES GETS INTO A ROUGH SHAKING IN THE FRONT END THAT FORCES YOU TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BRAKING GOING DOWN STEEP GRADES (5%+), ALSO TURNING ONTO A SLOPED ROAD AND AGAIN JUST TRAVELING ON A HILLY ROAD WITHOUT AND USE OF BRAKES. DEALER FOUND THAT 3 OF THE 4 RIMS WHICH WERE INSTALLED BY EXPLORER CONVERSION VANS ARE WARPED OR BENT. THE TIRE SIZE INSTALLED IS 20" WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STOCK SIZE OF 16". THE CURRENT TIRES ARE PIRELLI SCORPION VERDE 265/50/R20. THE VAN HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ON STANDARD ROAD AND NEVER COLLIDED WITH OR RAN OVER ANY OBJECT IN THE ROAD. UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF REPLACING THE WHEELS WILL FIX THE ISSUE DUE TO ISSUES OBTAINING REPLACEMENTS. BIGGER CONCERN IS 3 OUT OF 4 WHEELS FAILING UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND USE.
Mileage: 13,000
MY 2018 VAN IS AN EXPLORER CONVERSION WITH 13000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TAKEN TO GMC FOR REPAIRS FOR WHAT THE TECH IS CALLING A "DEATH WOBBLE". BASICALLY THE VAN AT UNPREDICTED TIMES GETS INTO A ROUGH SHAKING IN THE FRONT END THAT FORCES YOU TO STOP. THIS HAPPENED WHILE BRAKING GOING DOWN STEEP GRADES (5%+), ALSO TURNING ONTO A SLOPED ROAD AND AGAIN JUST TRAVELING ON A HILLY ROAD WITHOUT AND USE OF BRAKES. DEALER FOUND THAT 3 OF THE 4 RIMS WHICH WERE INSTALLED BY EXPLORER CONVERSION VANS ARE WARPED OR BENT. THE TIRE SIZE INSTALLED IS 20" WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STOCK SIZE OF 16". THE CURRENT TIRES ARE PIRELLI SCORPION VERDE 265/50/R20. THE VAN HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ON STANDARD ROAD AND NEVER COLLIDED WITH OR RAN OVER ANY OBJECT IN THE ROAD. UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF REPLACING THE WHEELS WILL FIX THE ISSUE DUE TO ISSUES OBTAINING REPLACEMENTS. BIGGER CONCERN IS 3 OUT OF 4 WHEELS FAILING UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND USE.
Mileage: 13,000
AFTER WAITING MY TURN TO PAY A TOLL ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE EXIT IN TOLEDO, THE VAN DID NOT STOP WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. MY VAN BRAKES HAD BEEN WORKING AS WE EASED UP TO THE TOLL BOTH WITH ABOUT 6 CARS AHEAD OF ME. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES THE WHOLE TIME. WHEN I WAS SECOND ON LINE, I EASED UP ON THE BRAKES. BUT, THE VAN WOULD NOT STOP EVEN THOUGH I STOMPED ON THE BRAKES TWICE VERY HARD, IT STIL WOULD NOT STOP.
Mileage: 8,000
Data vintage: August 2026. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.
Every figure on PlainCars is rendered directly from NHTSA complaint and safety data, no number is typed in by an editor. This year-specific record is rendered from NHTSA ODI, recall, and NCAP rows for the 2018 GMC Savana; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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