# 1988 GMC Safari

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-gmc-safari/46885>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** safari, gmc\
**Created:** [March 30, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-gmc-safari/46885 "2010-03-30T17:15:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Need-Help](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Need-Help](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Need-Help)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-gmc-safari/46885/1 "2010-03-30T17:15:45Z")

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I bought this van and after driving it 60 miles, black smoke started coming from under the hood and the van died. It now will not start and is parked at a off ramp on a freeway. Where can I start.

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-gmc-safari/46885/2 "2010-03-30T17:17:54Z")

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Your best friends are always a cell phone and an AAA membership. Have it TOWED to the closest good independent garage to do an assessment of what’s wrong. A road side service station can’t do that.

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1988-gmc-safari/46885/3 "2010-03-30T18:38:20Z")

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If this smoke was generateed by an electrical short circuit the Safari may be over.