Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 3, 1998OK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL INTO INTERSECTION.
Page 3 of 3 · complaints 101–111 of 111
1997 GMC Sonoma complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1997 record →
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 23, 1998NJ
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 15, 1997TX
BRAKES: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10MPH AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, AND HAD A HARD TIME STOPPING BECAUSE THE BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. HAD TOWED TO RIPLEY'S BRAKES, A LOCAL BODY SHOP, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 15, 1997PA
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL ON OCCASION, VERY UNPREDICTABLE.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Nov 28, 1997NY
BRAKES FAILED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE MASTER CYLINDER.
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Nov 3, 1997LA
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH WENT TO HIT BRAKES, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR ,HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT. THIS DEFECT RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 29, 1997NY
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP, AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 29, 1997CA
BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HARD TO STOP. THERE WAS A LEAKY BRAKE LINE, HAD DISC PADS ON BOTH SIDES REPLACED. HAD TO HAVE STEERING BOX REPLACED AT 9000 MILES. *AK
Wheels
Filed Oct 14, 1997IN
WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNING AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS NOT BEING APPLIED, THE WHEELS LOCK UP WHEN IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. DEALER SAYS IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE LIKE THAT. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 28, 1997CA
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT, AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO REPLACED RT ROTOR/CALIPER. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Jan 28, 1997CA
ABS BRAKES ARE REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE. *AK
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Full record for the 1997 GMC Sonoma → · Every Sonoma year → · How the figures are calculated →