1998 GMC SONOMA Complaints

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AND SLIDES, REPLACEMENT OF SEAT/TRACK AND LATCH AND SEVERAL REPAIRS HAVE NOT RECTIFIED PROBLEMS. MJS

PAPER OR SOME LIKE OBJECT MUST HAVE BLOWEN ONTO THE MUFFLER FROM THE ROAD SURFACE, CATCHING TRUCK ON FIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, SHOULDER BELT DIDN'T HOLD CONSUMER FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

DRIVER PUSHED HANDLE TO MOVE DRIVER'S SEATBACK FORWARD, PUSHED HANDLE TO RETURN SEATBACK TO SITTING POSITION WHEN HANDLE BROKE OFF LOCKING THE SEATBACK IN A FORWARD POSITION.

OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE APPROX. 15 DEGREES, TRUCK SLID INTO SNOW PILE GOING APPROX. 2 MILE PER HOUR WHILE TURNING INTO A DRIVE. FRONT BUMPER BROKE LIKE A PIECE OF GLASS. NO OTHER PHYSICAL DAMAGE. I BELIEVE BUMPER SHOULD HAVE NOT BORKE IN THE MIDDLE WITH SUCH A SMALL AND LIGHT IMPACT. I BELIEVE THE DAMAGE WAS DUE TO FAULTY BUMPER MAKEUP THAT DID NOT HOLD UP UNDER THE COLD WEATHER CONDITION, BUT SHOULD HAVE.

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH REAR SWAY BAR. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

STEERING SYSTEM IS TIGHT IN LAST 1/3 TURN BEFORE CENTER AND DOESN'T A;;OW SELF-CENTERING DURING NORMAL DRIVING. THIS REQUIRED CONSTANT CORRECTIONS, BUT OF NO AVAIL. PROBLEM PERSISTS.

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

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

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSE UNKNOWN, FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT WAS GAS OR ELECTRICAL. *AK