WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP AT ANY GIVEN TIME. IF CONSUMER JIGGLES CIRCUIT BOARD THEY WILL COME BACK ON. BUT, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *AK THE WIPER MOTOR WAS REPLACED TWICE AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS WERE REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED. JIGGLING THE CIRCUIT BOARD IS THE ONLY SOLUTION SO FAR. ALSO BACK UP LIGHT SWITCH FAILED AND WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES BUT GOES OUT WITHINTWO WEEKS EACH TIME. *YH
1994 Chevrolet Sonoma
Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic › antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Cooling System › Hoses/Lines/Piping/Fittings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsWHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY NOTICED THAT ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO DRIVE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT A LINE/HOSE TO THE ENGINE WAS NOT ATTACHED PROPERLY . *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP CONTINUOUSLY, ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON ONE OCCASION DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL, REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER PROBLEMS CONTINUE.
DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE KEPT ON ROLLING ABOUT 20-30 FEET. DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ONCE THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP, THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. *AK
BRAKES FAILED WHEN CONSUMER PUSHED ON PEDAL, VEHICLE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A MISHAP. *AK
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, WHEN BRAKES ARE USED THEY LOCK UP, OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERS THEY SAID THE REAR BRAKES WERE WORN. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED SIX TIMES, ONCE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.
7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.