Latches/Locks/Linkages › Hood › Latch
Filed Sep 8, 1998NC
HOOD HAS RELEASED BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY OPEN AND OBSTRUCT CONSUMER'S VIEW. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK
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1998 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 1998 record →
Electrical System › Wiring
Filed Jun 9, 1998AZ
RECALLS # 97V20800 & 97V208001 GM/WIRING-HARNESS CLIP. OWNER DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL LETTER UNTIL MAY 26, 1998. OWNER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE VEHCLE WAS PURCHASED ON JAN 13, 1998, AND THE RECALL WORK WAS NOT PERFORMED AT THAT TIME. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › GasolineFire
Filed Jun 8, 1998VA
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSE UNKNOWN, FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS GAS OR ELECTRICAL. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash
Filed Jun 3, 1998GA
CONSUMER WAS PULLING VEHICLE INTO GARAGE ,WENT TO APPLY BRAKES,VEHICLE DID NOT STOP, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. PUSHED PEDAL TO FLOOR , NO RESPONSE. DEALER CLAIMS NO DEFECT IN VEHICLE. *AK
Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Feb 19, 1998CO
TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES LEAKING.
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 2, 1998CA
EVERY SO OFTEN VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF AND WILL NOT START,AND THE SECURITY LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP 4 TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AS OF YET. *AK
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