1994 GMC Sonoma complaints

ABS BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE WHEN PEDAL WAS PRESSED. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

BEFORE RECALL 99V193, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE BEING DEFECTIVE, AFTER RECALL REPAIR, BRAKES STILL DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *SLC

VEHICLES ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (99I006), CONSUMER FEELS THE ENTIRE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM SHOULD BE REPLACED. NLM

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-193) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE ROAD AND WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DIDN'T KICK IN. THERE WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99I-006) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM. *MJS

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM WOULD BE INTERMITTENT. ALSO, GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP ON 6/9/00 FOR REPAIRS. *AK

WE ARE CURRENTLY HAVING A PRESSURE BUILD-UP IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE FLUID TO PUSH THROUGHT THE DIP-STICK CAP. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT AND ARE WANTING TO KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OR IF THERE IS POSSIBLE A HIDDEN WARRANTY WE SHOULD FIND OUT ABOUT. *AK

BATTERY LEAKAGE CAUSED AN UNDERHOOD FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. FEEL FREE TOPROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, VEHICLE HAS INTERMITTENT BRAKING FAILURES (EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE) ON WET SURFACES. BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE VEHICAL WONT STOP. INSUFFICIENT PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO BRAKES.*AK

MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY. RECALL ON 95 & 96 MODEL SHOULD BE CONTINUED TO 94 MODELS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NEEDED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED OFF AND ON, CAUSING POOR DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. ALSO, RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE SAME PROBELM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL 99V193000/ABS: ABS FAILURE RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AT SLOW SPEED, AND PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED TWO REAR END ACCIDENTS. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. YH

THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION IN MANY OCCASIONS, ALMOST RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS. *AK

UPON THREE SEPARATE SITUATIONS, LAST ONE AND THE ONLY ONE WHICH CAUSED FRONT END CRASH DAMAGE, I WAS ATTEMPTING TO STOP QUICKLY AT ABOUT 35 MPH, THE TRUCK FELT AS IF IT WERE ON ICE. THE TRUCK TOOK LONGER TO STOP THAN EXPECTED AND THERE WAS NO PULSING FEELING IN THE BRAKE PEDAL OR NO SOUNDS WHILE CONSISTENTLY HOLDING IT DOWN WITH HARD FOOT PRESSURE. THE BRAKE PADS WERE CHANGED AT AROUND 50,000 MI. ON THE OTHER TWO OCCASIONS, THE SAME THING HAPPENED BUT I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH BECAUSE OF CLEARANCE TO MANUVER INTO THE OTHER LANE. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE CAUSED PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR, REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER STILL THE LIGHT CAME ON POSSIBLE THE ABS FAILURE. YH

VEHICLE NOT LISTED BY GMC AS BEING ONE AS DEFINED BY NHTSA CAMPAIN ID NUMBER: 99V193000. THIS IS PER MY LOCAL GMC DEALER. MY VEHICLE'S ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DO MALFUNCTION AS DEFINED. ON ICY/SNOW COVERED SURFACES AND GRAVEL HILLS THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL SUDDENLY DROP WHILE FOOT PRESSURE IS BEING APPLIED. THE BRAKES WILL THEN LOCKUP UNEXPECTEDLY. THE ONLY WAY TO OVERCOME OR PREVENT THIS MALFUNCTION IS TO PLACE THE VEHICLE SHIFT LEVER INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE BEFORE HAND. THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD THERE IS AN AFTERMARKET KIT AVAILABLE THAT ALLOWS THE GMC OWNER TO BYPASS THE ABS SYSTEM. I KNOW GM OWNERS WHO HAVE DONE SO BECAUSE THEY FEEL THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM IS UNSAFE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THE 1125749 POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED WERE ACTUALLLY NOTIFIED BY GMC TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED? *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY WORK. SHUT OFF AND START BACKUP BY PULLING OR TUGGING AT WIPER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

MY PICK UP HAS FOUR WHEEL ANTI LOCK BRAKES. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON IRREGULAR SURFACE THE STOPPING TIME IS GREATLY EXTENDED. WHEN YOU HAVE ONE FRONT WHEEL ON A SLICK SURFACE IT SLIDES AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXTENDED. TODAY I PULLED THE FRONT WHEELS ON ICE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES WITH THE BACK WHEELS ON BARE PAVEMENT AND THE STOPPING TIME WAS GREATLY EXTENDED AND THE FRONT WHEELS APPEARED TO LOCK UP. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY GMC THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM WITH YOU AND MAY HAVE A RESOLUTION IN JANUARY. I WOULD HATE TO HAVE A WRECK IN THE MEAN TIME. I HAVE NOT NOTICE ANY OF THESE BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH MY 1999 LHS.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHEN USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY QUIT WORKING WITHOUT WARNING.LUCKILY, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD UNTIL THEY DECIDE TO WORK AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 7 TO 8 MONTHS. I RECENTLY TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE AT A COST TO ME OF $122.00. MY MOTHER HAD A RECALL ON HER 1996 CHEV. BLAZER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL FOR THE 1994 SONOMA? *AK

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WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP IGNITION DIDN'T SPRING BACK, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO KEEP RUNNING. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER COULDN'T STOP ENGINE FROM RUNNING UNTIL DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. TRUCK CONTINUED TO RUN DURING REPLACEMENT. *AK

DEBRIS THAT FALLS BETWEEN TRUCK CAB AND BED BECOMES LODGED BETWEEN GAS TANK AND FRAME AND ALSO BETWEEN TANK AND ROCK SHIELD. THIS DEBRIS BECOMES SOAKED FROM RAIN AND SNOW WITHOUT ANY MEANS TO FLUSH OUT OR DRY OUT. RESULTING IN GAS TANK CORROSION AND EVENTUAL LEAKS. GM HAS REMEDIED THIS SITUATION ON THE SUV FAMILY BUT NOT ON THE S10 / S15 CLASS PICKUPS. THE CURRENT 2000 MODEL PICKUPS STILL USE STEEL TANKS WHEREAS THE SUV'S NOW HAVE PLASTIC GAS TANKS. I'VE REPORTED THIS TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER AND THE AREA GM REPRESENTATIVE TO NO AVAIL. GM WILL NOT HONOR ITS 100,000 RUST THROUGH WARRANTEE NOR CONSIDER THIS AS A SAFETY DEFECT. ONE SPARK WITH A SOAKED UNDERSIDE OF GASOLINE AND THE VEHICLE COULD IGNITE OR WORSE EXPLODE.

BRAKES ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE WITH OR WITHOUT ABS COMING INTO PLAY. I'VE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE I COULD NOT STOP THIS VEHICLE IN A NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE BECAUSE OF EITHER ABS KICKING IN FROM A SINGLE TIRE BOUNCE WHILE STOPPING ON UNEVEN ROAD SURFACES OR WHEN THE TRUCK WAS LOADED, SUCH AS WHEN HAULING HEAVY MATERIAL OR PULLING A LOADED TRAILER. THE FRONT DISC PADS FOR THIS TRUCK ARE EXCEEDINGLY UNDERSIZED WHEN COMPARED AGAINST A SIMILAR WEIGHTED SEDAN (5300LBS) AND SEDANS AREN'T EXPECTED TO HAUL 1/2 TON LOADS. I HAVE ACCIDENTALLY TRAVELED THROUGH INTERSECTIONS TRYING TO STOP THIS VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. LUCKILY NEVER HITTING ANYONE OR GETTING HIT BUT VERY DISTURBED. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO RECALL CAMPAIGN PROGRAMS SLATED FOR THIS VEHICLE BY GM (99I006000 AND 99V193000) BUT PER MY DEALER GM IS SEVERAL MONTHS AWAY FROM HAVING ANY PARTS OR CORRECTIONS FOR THIS.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM; A BROKEN RETAINER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BUT WAS ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH BRAKE SYSTEM: WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL WOULD GOES TO THE FLOOR AND PEDAL WOULD BE HARD WHEN PRESSING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE TRUCK WAS NEW WHEN BRAKING /WINDSHIELD MOTOR HAS BEEN INTERMITENT SINCE TRUCK WAS NEW SOME TIMES IT WORKS THEN WILL SHUT OFF AT ANY GIVEN TIME THEN COME BACK ON

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. HOWEVER, DRIVER USUALLY HAS TO SWERVE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM. *YC

WAS DRIVING 65 MPH'S AND TRIED TO STOP QUICKLY, BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF SQUEELING BRAKES AND TRUCK REFUSED TO STOP. I ENDED UP DRIVING THROUGH THE TURN INTO A GRASSY, FLAT MEDIUM BEFORE STOPPING. BRAKES WERE INITIALLY PRESSED AT 65 AND FAILED IMMEDIATELY AND YOU COULD FEEL THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM WORKING BECAUSE OF THE VIBRATION, BUT THAT IS ALSO WHEN BRAKING CEASED. I HAD A WITNESS IN THE CAR AND WE WERE FORTUNATE I HAD EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR BEFORE QAND WAS ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL AND STEER AWAY FROM ANY MAJOR OBSTACLES. THIS HAS HAPPENED IS THE PAST IN SUDDEN STOPPING SITUATIONS ON DRY LAND AND ALSO IN SNOW AND RAIN OR ANYTIME THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM BECAME ACTIVATED. I HAVE ANTI-LOCK IN OUR 1994 MITZUBISHI GALANT AND THE DIFFERENCE IN STOPPING ABILITY IS NOT EVEN NEAR EACH OTHER IN EFFECTIVENESS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE BUT I THOUGHT THAT A RECALL WAS GENERATED FROM THIS AND ALL GM TRUCKS WHERE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WAS VERY MINIMAL UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT MY DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THIS WAS ARUMOR ONLY AND NO RECALL HAD EVER BEEN ISSUED. I HAVE TALKED THIS OVER WITH OWNERS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES (GM TRUCKS) AND WE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF EPISODE. THIS RUMOR, BY THE WAY, WAS IN PRINTED FORM IN OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND I JUST CONFRONTED MY DEALER JUST LAST WEEK AGAIN. I KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND BY DOCUMENTING THIS COMPLAINT IN THE MANNER I AM CURRENTLY DOING HOPEFULLY WILL ACT AS A DOCUMENTED APPROACH IN CASE OF AN AC

I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT 40 MPH AND HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY AND THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES ALLOWING THE TRUCK TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD ON WET AND DRY SURFACE. LUCKILY NO ACCIDENT OCCURED,BUT IT IS VERY FRIGHTEN TO NOT NE ABLE TO DEPEND ON YOUR BRAKES WHEN NEEDED.

THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE IT SPLIT OPEN FROM THE BOTTOM. THE ORIGINAL FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED IN MAY OF 1999. THE USED FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST OF 1999. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK BUT THEN THEY STARTED TO WORK.

WHEN MAKING NORMAL STOPS, DRIVER WILL HEAR NOISE AND THEN VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP,TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKES, DRIVER MUST BEAR DOWN IN ORDER TO STOP. *AK

ABS ACTIVATES CONTINUALLY. MJS

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE DID NOT STOP WITH FOOT PERMANENTLY ON BRAKES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE BEFORE AND CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND PEDAL WAS HARD AND GOT SOFT. ABS SYSTEM DIDN'T KICK IN, AND THE BRAKES WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. PROBLEM REPAIRED AT DEALER. *AK *ML

HALF THE TIME THIS TRANSMISSION WILL NOT, WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I HAD GM LOOK AT IT TELL IT FINALLY WENT OUT OF WARRANTY. I THINK GM STOPPED USING THIS T-5 AFTER '94'. FIGURES. WELL, THANKS FOR LISTENING AND THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ! !

POWER DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOW ON DRIVERS DOOR FAIL CONSTANTLY. ABS BRAKES LOCKEDAND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY DURING RAINY WEATHER, FAILURE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO YEAR BUILT (98V-150). NLM

RIGHT FRONT ABS WHEEL SENSOR RUBBED AGAINST THE RIM, CAUSING PEDAL TO BECOME ROCK HARD, AND DID NOT STOP VEHICLE.*AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM HAS A DESIGN DEFECT THAT CAUSES LONGER THAN NECESSARY STOPPING DISTANCES AND ON SOME SIMILAR MODELS MAY CAUSE FMVSS105 STOPPING DISTANCE FAILURES. THE ABS SYSTEM DURING ANY 4WD ABS EVENT WILL COMPLETELY RELEASE THE REAR BRAKES, AND KEEP BRAKE PRESSURE AT ZERO DURING THE ENTIRE STOP. NORMALLY ABS IS NOT ACTIVATED DURING FMVSS105 COMPLIANCE TESTING SO THE MANUFACTURES TEST RESULTS WILL NOT SHOW THIS EFFECT. THE INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE IS UNECESSARY AND UNSAFE. THE VEHICLE ALSO DOES NOT HAVE AN ACCELEROMETER OR G-SWITCH FOR REFERENCE VELOCITY IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHICH CAN CAUSE THE ABS TO ALLOW THE WHEELS TO LOCK AT A SIGNIFICANT SPEED AND THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK

WINDSHILED WIPER FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.

TRUCK VIN# HAS RECALL, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO PERFORM RECALL WORK BECAUSE OF YEAR MODEL OF TRUCK. PLEASE REFER TO RECALL #98043. RECALL DOES REFER TO 95 & 96 MODELS OF MY TRUCK, BUT MY VIN# IS WITHIN THE BREAKPOINTS OF THE RECALL, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED. MY GUESS IS THAT MY TRUCK WAS A LATE MODEL-YEAR TRUCK. DEALERSHIP NAME: ROYAL OLDS/GMC OF VESTAVIA, AL 205-823-3100. SVC. ADVISOR: PETE M RICH. INVOICE #GCCS57888. ON 3/31/1999. PLEASE CONTACT ME OR HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM GM CONTACT ME WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INCIDENT. THANKS, SHANNON VINZANT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/70/15 )

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO GMC. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. TRUCK NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER REPLACED WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CONTROL MODULE. DEALERS SAY THERE IS A RECALL ON CHEVROLET PICKUPS CONCERNING CRACKS IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SOLDER JOINTS. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS PROBLEM AT APPROXIMATELY 29,000 MILES.*AK

RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE SHIFTING ENGINE OIL FILTER INTO MOUNTING BOLT PUNCTURING FILTER AND SPEWING OIL ON HOT ENGINE

THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS THAT THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE DO NOT WORK VERY WELL. I HAVE REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER,BRAKE SHOES AND PADS AND BRAKE FLUID. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS STILL INADEQUATE. THE PEDAL BOTTOMS OUT ON THE FLOOR AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP. PLEASE HELP ME AND THE MANY CONSUMERS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM THESE PROBLEMS. GM HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF US AND IS ENDAGERING THE LIVES OF IT'S CUSTOMERS AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. THEY NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION AND I THINK A RECALL IS WARRANTED.