1993 Chevrolet Sonoma

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › alternator/generator/regulator. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/RegulatorFire
Filed Jun 30, 1997OH

THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION FOR THREE HOURS WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE ALTERNATOR. *AK THE ABS ON THE REAR LOCKS UP WHEN WET. *YH

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20031000Routine
20023010Routine
20012000Routine
20001000Routine
19994000Routine
19983000Routine
19971000Routine
19961000Routine
19954000Routine
19947000Routine
1993 — this page1010Routine
19911000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.