2000 GMC SONOMA Complaints

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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