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Originally Posted by Undertoad
99 GMC Safari
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At 44 horsepower per liter engine - the lowest performance engine in America in 1999. Even worse than a Land Rover. It probably uses throttle body fuel injection.
According to Consumer Reports, the least reliable of all 11 vans (tied with a Chevy van). Consumer Reports lists that 1999 model as a used car to avoid every year after 1999. And also lists it as a repeat offender - 22 vehicles that are routinely much worse than average.
A classic example of 1960s technology - obsolete - dumped into the market to maximize GM profits. Highest failures involve body, electrical, brakes, suspension, and transmission.
HP/liter number and reliability explains why an idler arm and worm gear steering would exist. Even early 1990 Buicks did not have that obsolete technology.
To keep this vehicle from wandering, steering also can be restored by adjusting that worm gear about every 10,000 or 20,000 miles.