2000 GMC Sonoma complaints

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE HIT A TREE AND THE AIR BAG EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE DUE TO IT BEING EQUIPPED WITH THE AIR BAG AND HAVING A DOCTOR'S EXCUSE NOT TO WEAR A SEAT BELT FOR PHYSICAL REASONS. *SLC *JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE SUDDENLY PULLED OUT IN FRONT , CONSUMER HIT VEHICLE WITH FRONT END , AND DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OR WARNING OF DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS SYSTEM. VEHICLE HAD $3,000-$5000 WORTH OF DAMAGES ,AND IT WAS MOSTLY LIKELY TOTALED. *AK

DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE PARTS AVAILABLE TO FIX A DEFECT AS STATED IN (RECALL 99V324000. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. IT SLIDES FREELY BACK, AND FORWARD ON TRACKS. DEALER HAS CHANGED RAILS ONCE, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED.*AK *SLC

ROTORS ARE RUSTED ALL FOUR AND WARPED.DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK WARPED ROTORS CAUSED BRAKE PADS TO WEAR PRIMATURELY. *YH

THERE IS NO NON HEATED FRESH AIR THAT CAN COME INTO VEHICLE WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING NO MATTER WHAT CONSUMER DOES. CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 5 MPH. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REALLY DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY FOR PROBLEM. *AK AIR VENTILATOR MALFUNCTIONED. *YH

ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM DEFECTIVE IN STRATEGY OF OPERATIONS. SEEMS DESIGNED FOR ICY ROADS AND ACTIVATES UNDER THE LIGHTEST OF BRAKING APPLICATIONS ON FRONT WHEELS WITH 1-2 SECOND RECOVERY TIME (WITHOUT BRAKES) WITH ONLY SLIGHT PEDAL & SLIGHT WHEEL BOUNCE. THIS HAPPENS WITH 1-2 PASSENGERS & ABOUT 75-100 POUNDS IN TRUCK PED (BED COVER) ON DRY STREETS APPROACHING INTERSECTION WITH RIPPLES OR POTHOLES ON ONE SIDE WITH VERY LIGHT SLOW (GRANDPA STYLE DRIVING) LIGHT BRAKING- FRONT WHEEL SENSES THE SLIGHTEST LOCKUP & DEACTIVATES BRAKES (1-2 SECOND RECOVERY TIME) & THEN REAPPLIES. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE TIMES OF LEAVING ME IN INTERSECTION WITH VEHICLES SKIDDING TO STOP TO KEEP FROM T-BONING MY VEHICLE. HAVE COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIP MANAGEMENT, GM DISTRICT FIELD REP WHO TELL ME THIS STRATEDGY IS NORMAL. THIS STRATEDGY WILL GET PEOPLE KILLED IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS REPORT IS BEING MADE TO HOPEFULLY FORCE SOMETHING TO BE DONE. I COULD DO BETTER JOB OF PREVENTING BRAKE LOCK UP USING ANCIENT MODE OF STAB BREAKING IF NECESSARY BUT WOULDN'T NEED TO UNDER DESCIBED SCENARIO.*AK

THE DEALER COURTEOUSLY REPACKED/RESEALED, HOWEVER THE LEAKS CONTINUE TO OCCUR. AK SCC. ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****740694

SAME AS RECALL 00V258001/ CERTIFICATION LABEL. *AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED IN PLACE, AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE SEAT UNLATCHES AND SLIDES BACK AND FORTH, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES, HOWEVER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *SLC

FRONT CRASH AT 35 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, AND $ 7800 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE WHEN STEPPING ON ACCELERATOR. SEAT WILL MOVE. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY TO HOLD SEAT DOWN. *AK CONSUMER NEVER GOT WORK ORDERS. *YH

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK UP AND FOUND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION BOLT HAD CAME APART FROM TRANSMISSION SUPPORT, AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN TWICE FOR ALIGNMENT TO REPAIR PROBLEM, BUT HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

RADIO GOES ON AND OFF, WILL TURN ON BY ITSELF, AND SOMETIMES COULD SMELL LIKE A BURNING NOT KNOWING WHERE IT IS COMING FROM. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS WILL BLINK ON AND OFF. *AK INSIDE LIGHTS AND RADIO FLICKER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS SUSPENSION PROBLEM AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAT SOURCE WAS INOPERABLE. *YH

TRANSMISSION SOMETIMES WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT WORK WHILE STEPPING ON FUEL PEDAL.*AK THE CAUSE FOR THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONING WAS FOUND TO BE THE MAIN BOLT THAT HOLDS TRANSMISSION DOWN WHICH WAS LOOSE. *YH

WHILE TRYING TO STOP AT SLOWER SPEEDS PEDAL WILL GO ALL WAY TO FLOOR. ONCE PEDAL REACHES FLOOR THERE IS NO BRAKE FUNCTION LEFT. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED. *AK

ABS PULLED WHEN TWO OF THE TIRES ON VEHICLE WERE NOT ON THE SAME TYPE OF ROAD SURFACE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH, DURING THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREED THAT THE ABS WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY HOWEVER THE COMPUTER SHOWED THAT NONE OF THE SENSORS FAILED. *SLC

MAUMEE OHIO ACCIDENT REPORT #004028. BRAKE FAILURE. EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, TEN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC ROLLING DOWNHILL TO A LIGHT. BOTH CLUTCH AND BRAKE PEDALS WERE DEPRESSED WITH STRONG, STEADY FOOT PRESSURE AT 15-20 MPH. ABS PULSING ACTIVATED. VEHICLE GRADUALLY SLOWED TO 10-15 MPH. BUT, OTHER VEHICLES CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE SAME DISTANCE. SO, A REAR-END COLLISION OCCURRED AT 10-15 MPH. IT IS REASONABLE TO SPECULATE THAT THE ROAD SURFACE WAS FROZEN. BUT, NO ICE WAS OBSERVED BY EITHER DRIVER OR BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND ALL OF THE OTHER (HEAVY) TRAFFIC STOPPED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE ALSO EXHIBITS DEGRADATION OF BRAKING PERFORMANCE ON ROUGH PAVEMENT; THE ABS KICKS IN WITH LIGHT BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE AT 15 MPH EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT, SO LONG AS IT IS SOMEWHAT BUMPY.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT TRIED TO SLOW DOWN AND BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND . VEHICLE DID HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER WAS ONLY PERSON IN VEHICLE DRIVER WAS WEARING SEATBELT. ACCIDENT DID OCCUR WITH INJURIES. *AK

THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE WORKS AT START UP BUT ABOUT 20 MIN. LATER THE FORCED AIR FLOW STOPS, THE MOTOR STILL MAKES THE SOUND AS IF IT IS STILL IN OPERATION BUT THERE IS NO AIR FLOW, FOG BUILD UP ON THE WINDSHIELD CAN NOT BE CLEARED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER DRIVER STRUCK CONSUMER HEAD-ON AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

WHILE ACCELERATING TRANSMISSION WILL NOT STAY IN GEAR, IT WILL SLAM ON IT. ACCORDING TO CONSUMER, VEHICLE IS NOT RELIABLE ENOUGH TO BE DRIVEN. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. *AK

I WAS INVOLVED IN A REAREND COLLISION WHITH ANOTHER CAR AT 50-60 MPH, THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DIFFERENCE IN SPEED OF VEHICLES WAS 15-20 MPH. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES TOO QUICKLY, CAUSING A COLLISION TO OCCUR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHUTDOWN, THERE WAS NO BRAKES OR STEERING. CONSUMER WAS ON THE HIGWAY AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AFTER BEING TURNED ON. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY. BEEN IN CONTACTED WITH DEALERSHIP & FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK THE HEAD LIGHTS GO ON OUTOMATICALLY AT DUSK AND THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN IT OFF. WHEN THE SYSTEM FAILED, THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH. POSSIBLY A CIRCUIT BREAKER KICKED OFF KILLING ALL LIGHTS IN VEHICLE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING SOUTH O I-77 AT ABOUT 10 PM, THE HEADLIGHTS SUDDENLY WENT OFF. LIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE AUTOMATIC:IE, THEY GO ON WHEN IT GETS DARK. I WAS ON A DARK SECTION OF THE INTERSTATE WITH NO SURRONDING TRAFFIC, WHICH IS PROBABLY A GOOD THING BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS ON THE ROAD. I WAS TERRIFIED BUT MANAGED TO COME TO A STOP WITHOUT RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD EASILY RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. I TURNED THE LIGHTS BACK ON MANUALLY, BUT THE AUTOMATIC SYSTEM STAYED OFF. THE NEXT DAY, THE SYSTEM SEEMED OK. I SUSPECT A CIRCUIT BREAKER CUT OFF, BUT THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO WAY TO CHECK IT AND WHEN I CALLED GM CONSUMER RELATIONS, THEY DIDN'T SEEM INTERESTED. I HAVE SINCE HEARD OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON A ONE-WEEK OLD CHEVY S-10, THE SAME TRUCK AS THE SONOMA (DIFFERENT GRILL). HOW MANY MORE LIGHT SYSTEM PROBLEMS ARE OUT THERE?

SINCE I GOT THIS VEHICLE ON 9/26/00 I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND FLASH, CAUSING ME TO THINK IT MAY SHUT DOWN ON THE THRUWAY LEAVING ME TERRIFIED. ATLEAST 40 TIMES I WOULD GET INTO THIS VEHICLE AND IT VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START, IF LEFT SIT ALONE FOR 10-15 MIN. IT WOULD START NO PROBLEM. WELL I DONT HAVE 10 MIN TO WAIT EVERY TIME I NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE. THE DOORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE KEEP FALLING OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSING AN UNTRUE SEAL AND ALLOWING FOR WATER TO LEAK IN TO THE TRUCK. THIS LEAK HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO REAK OF MILDEW ON THE INSIDE , WELL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO DEAL WITH. I HAVE CHRONIC ASTHMA AND BAD ALLERGIES WHICH TRIGGER ATTACKS, THE LAST TIME I PICKED IT BACK UP FROM SUPPOSEDLY BEING FREE FROM SMELL , IT STILL REAKED OF MILDEW AND I DID NOT EVEN GET HOME FROM DEALER BEFORE I STARTED TO WEEZE FROM ASTHMA ATTACK SYMPTONS. I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER FOR GMC 3 TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SMELL WILL GO AWAY AFTER TIME AND I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS AT THE DEALER. THIS WAS THE 5TH TIME I TOOK IN FOR THE SMELL AND MISCELANOUS THINGS, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE SMELL WAS NEVER FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NOTED ON THE BILL THE FIRST 4 TIMES, AGAIN NOT MY PROBLEM. I COULD GO ON FOREVER , BUT I WILL SAVE IT FOR THE PHONE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK FOR 5 DAYS, AND IT IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER ON 7/26 TO FIX THE SMELL AN

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A CHEVY FULL SIZE PICK-UP AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. BOTH ABS/AIR BAGS FAILED TO OPERATE/DEPLOY. VEHICLE LEFT A SKID MARK OF 20 FEET OR MORE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE AND PULSATE TO SLOW DOWN BUT NOT STOP WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS ON PAVED SURFACES. INCLUDES ALL SPEEDS. ON ONE OCCASION THIS CAUSED ME TO PROCEED AN EXTRA ESTIMATED 15 FEET INTO AN INTERSECTION WHERE AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND SYSTEM CHECKED. WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE INSPECTION OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. SINCE THIS INCIDENT, THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WITH NO RESULTING CONSEQUENCES. *AK

MY 2000 GMC SONOMA PICK UP ABS BRAKES ACTIVATE ON A DAILY BASE. UNDER 20 MPH AND ON DRY PAVEMENT. WHEN THEY ACTIVATE THEY PULL TO THE LEFT THAT THE RIGHT. DID THEY USE THE WRONG TIRES?*AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *AK

GREASE TYPE FLUIDS LEAK OUT OF FRONT WHEELS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED(70-75MPH)/ABS & REGULAR BRAKE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT COMES ON/I ASK TO FIX IT TO MY DEALER MANAGEMENT AND GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER MANY TIMES BUT THEY SAID "WE CAN,T". *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS*AK.