2012 CHEVROLET SONIC Complaints

EVERY COLD START THE IS A GRINDING AND RATTLE NOISE THAT COMES FROM THE TIMING SIDE. I TOOK IT TO CHEVY AND THEY SAID THAT CANT DO ANYTHING UNLESS THEY HEAR IT WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REASONABLE AND THE NEXT MORNING THEY CALLED AND STATED MY CAR HAS NO NOISE EVEN THO THIS HAPPENS EVERY COLD START. I ALSO HAVE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHEN IT IS WARM OR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR MORE THAN 20MINUTES THE DEALER SAYS ITS NORMAL BUT AT 21454 THE NOISE IS 3 TIMES LOUDER THAN EVER BEFORE. I HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE P0011 INTAKE CAMSHAFT POSITION TIMING -OVER-ADVANCED (BANK-1) WHICH I TOOK IN AND THEY FIXED IT 4DAYS LATER AND IT IS BACK SAME CODE I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN I EXPLAINED I DON'T HAVE A RIDE TO WORK THEY SAID I HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY THE DEPOSIT FOR A RENTAL I SHOULDN'T EVEN NEED. THE ENGINE ALSO SEEMS TO SPUTTER AND LOSE POWER RANDOMLY ALSO THE RPMS WILL GO UP TO 2500 SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPING I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVE. MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS I BELIEVE I WOULD KNOW WHEN I AM PUSHING THE GAS! CHEVY SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T WANT TO TOUCH MY CAR UNTIL MY WARRANTY IS OUT I AM SO DISAPPOINTED BY THEIR ACTIONS AND THIS CAR SAD I GOT 4 OF MY FRIENDS TO BUY THEM TOO IN 2013 I JUST WANT CHEVY TO BUY BACK MY CAR OR FIX ALL OF IT! THIS IS MY FIRST AMERICAN 100% BRAND NEW CAR AND I FEEL LIKE IT IS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE. THE WHOLE WE CANT JUST CANT LOOK AT IT UNLESS WE SEE OR HEAR IT IS KIND OF BS! *TR

AFTER MANUALLY TURNING OFF THE RADIO, TURNING OFF THE CAR, REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, EXITING THE CAR, LOCKING AND ARMING THE CAR'S ALARM, THE RADIO WILL TURN ITSELF BACK ON. IN SOME CASES IT HAS DONE THIS BEFORE WE HAVE EVEN WALKED 20 FEET FROM THE CAR, IN OTHER CASES IT HAPPENS UP TO 2 HOURS AFTER EXITING (AND LOCKING) THE CAR. IT HAPPENS MORE THAN 75% OF THE TIME. SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE OBSERVED THE SYMPTOM, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON, BUT THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED IT WAS NO LONGER ON AFTER I DROPPED THE CAR OFF (AND IT WAS DEFINITELY ON WHEN I EXITED THE STILL RUNNING CAR FOR THEM TO DRIVE INSIDE) AND THAT THERE ARE NO ERROR CODES IN THE HISTORY. THEY CLAIM THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE RADIO ISSUE. *TR

DURING AN CONTINUOUS LEFT HAD TURN IN A PARKING LOT THE STEERING LOCKED UP NOT ALLOWING FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO CENTER CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND COLLISION WITH A CURB INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT. ONCE IMPACT WITH RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS MADE AND DAMAGE SUSTAINED, MINIMAL STEERING WAS REGAINED ALLOWING FOR CAR TO BE MANEUVERED TO A SAFE LOCATION. *TR

I PURCHASED MY SONIC IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. I WAS INITIALLY WOWED BY THE AVG MPG I WAS ATTAINING BASED ON THE AVG REPORTED BY THE CAR'S COMPUTER. AFTER A FEW FILL UPS I REALIZED I WAS ADDING MORE GAS THAN THE MPG WOULD INDICATE. SINCE 6/21 I BEGAN RECORDING THE DIFFERENCE REPORTED BY THE COMPUTER AT EACH FILL UP & MY MANUAL CALCULATIONS. THE DIFFERENCE THRU 10/17 AVERAGED 5.6MPG (A LOW OF 2.3 & A HIGH OF 8.4 MPG) ALWAYS HIGHER. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER & WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO & THAT THE SVC MGR'S CADILLAC HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IN FACT, I WAS TOLD BY HIM THAT THE COMPUTER'S FIGURE WAS THE "MPG THE CAR WAS GETTING AT THE MOMENT, NOT THE AVG SINCE LAST FILL UP. I'VE CALLED CHEVROLET, TOLD NUMEROUS PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I WAS PROMISED CALLBACKS & HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THEM. *TR

I BROUGHT MY CAR IN BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. I ASKED THAT AN OIL CHANGE BE DONE AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP THE CAR HAD WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AND HAD A STRONG BURNING SMELL. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE I WAS ONLY GONE 10 MINUTES FROM THE DEALER BEFORE I HAD TO BRING IT BACK. BROUGHT IT BACK DEALER SAID THEY SMELLED BURNING AND SPRAYED A DEODORIZER IN VENTS TO MASK IT, BUT THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE SMOKING THAT IS STILL HAPPENING. FILED COMPLIANT WITH GM REQUESTING A BUY BACK OF VEHICLE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS OUT,AND HAVE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END, AIR CONDITIONER NOT TO MENTION THAT THE DEALER DROPPED CAR OFF RACK AND CAUSED DAMAGED. *TR

REAR NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE AREA. GM TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO RE-DESIGN THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS, THEY WOULDN'T GIVE ME A FIX DATE AND WOULDN'T SAY IF IT WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM. NOISE IS GETTING LOUDER. GM PRODUCED A DOCUMENT #3213219 NOV 2012 SAYING THEY WERE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM AND DIDN'T SEE IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

WHEN I APPLY MY BRAKES AT LOW SPEED THERE IS A ROTATIONAL NOISE IN THE REAR END. I FOUND OUT ON MY LAST RECALL VISIT THAT GM KNOWS OF THIS ISSUE AND SENT OUT A DOCUMENT, #PICA DATED 11/19/2012 SAYING THEY WERE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED GM TO SEE IF THEY HAVE RESOLVED THIS ISSUE. THEY REPORTED BACK TO ME, AFTER 3 WEEKS OF PHONE CONVERSATIONS AND TALKING TO MULTIPLE PERSONS, THAT THE REAR DRUMS HAVE TO BE RE-DESIGNED AND THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON THE FIX. I ASKED FOR A LETTER OR EMAIL SHOWING ME THE DATE MY CAR WILL BE FIXED AND THAT IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BRAKES. THEY REFUSED ME A LETTER OR EMAIL ON THIS ISSUE AND I ONLY TALK TO SOMEONE WITH A FIRST NAME. I HAVE HEARD THIS SAME NOISE SINCE 5/12/2012 BUT NOW IT IS GETTING LOUDER.

I WENT TO GO SOME PLACE WHEN I NOTICED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THERE IS NO CHIP INDICATING THAT SOMETHING HAD HIT IT. THE CRACK SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT SEEMS THAT THE WINDSHIELD HAD TWISTED. THE CRACK IS APPROX 8 TO 12 INCHES AND CIRCLES INTO AN UP SIDE DOWN U. I BELIEVE GM SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CHECKED TO SEE IF GM HAS A RECALL AND THEY DO NOT. *TR

I HAVE A 2012 CHEVY SONIC LT AUTOMATIC WITH THE 1.8 LITER. THE CAR STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AROUND 45,000 MILES AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME.THE CAR ON COLD START UPS HAS A GRINDING SOUND. THIS GRINDING MOST OF THE TIME ONLY HAPPENS ON COLD START UPS BUT DOES AT TIMES HAPPENS ON WARM START UPS. THIS SOUNDS LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL AND IT RATTLES. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE CAR IS FULLY STARTED AND RUNNING. I AM GETTING CONCERNED BECAUSE IT IS GETTING WORSE AND LOUDER. *TR

PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK DRIVER'S SIDE FROM LEFT ONTO FRONT BUMPER/FRONT FENDER AREA BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. VEHICLE THAT STRUCK SONIC TRAVELING 50+ MPH IMPACTED ENTIRE FRONT OF VEHICLE FROM LEFT SIDE DAMAGING FENDERS, HOOD, BUMPER(NO LIGHT CASINGS OR BULBS BROKEN), MOVED RADIATOR. NONE OF THE DRIVER'S FRONT, SIDE, OR HEAD AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL. CAR WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS BY INSURANCE COMPANY. I REQUESTED A DETAILED LISTING OF THEIR FINDINGS AND NONE WAS GIVEN TO ME. THE CAR WAS TAKEN QUICKLY NOT ALLOWING ME TO INVESTIGATE THE AIRBAG FAILURE. REASONS FOR TOTALING IT. I FEEL THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I HAVE LOST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT I WILL HAVE TO MAKE UP TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE WHICH I PURCHASED ONLY 54 WEEKS PRIOR. *TR