2000 GMC SONOMA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH, THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM BELOW MY 2000 GMC SONOMA. AFTER STOPPING AND SAFELY GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK, I DISCOVERED THAT THE CABLE HOLDING THE TIRE IN PLACE HAD BROKEN ALLOWING THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL FROM THE TRUCK. LUCKILY, THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME AT THE TIME AS THE TIRE AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY BOUNCED AROUND AND ENDED UP IN ANOTHER LANE. I RETURNED THE TRUCK TO A GM DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE. THE REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE THE HOIST AT A COST OF $287. IT NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SONOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD VEER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55668.

ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTION. CODE C0265. INTERNET RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS MODEL YEAR (2000) AND OTHER SIMILAR MODELS AND SURROUNDING YEARS HAVE THIS FAILURE. GROUNDING FAILURE TO ABS COMPUTER MODULE RESULTING IN THE NECESSITY TO REPLACE MODULE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SONOMA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE FAILED AND DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CABLE WAS FRAYED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO EXISTING RECALLS AND THAT THE CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48,000. UPDATED 03-19-08 *BF UPDATED 03/19/08 *TR

THE 3RD DOOR HANDLE ALLOWING A PERSON TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE AREA BEHIND THE DRIVER BROKE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 GMC SONOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TAILGATE STRAPS HAVE FAILED. ONE HAS ALREADY FAILED AND THE OTHER IS NEAR FAILURE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED GMC RECALL AUTHORIZED REPLACEMENT ON JULY 9, 2007. UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR

ABS & EMERGENCY DASH LIGHTS WILL TURN ON/OFF INTERMITTENLY; NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN/HOW OFTEN. HAD GM DEALER CHECK IT. MY EBCM HAD A SHORT, IF LIGHTS WERE ON, HAD NO ABS, JUST HYDRAULIC IF LIGHTS WERE OFF. I HAVE ABS. COST OF NEW MODULE IS $1100.00; PLUS LABOR!! DEALER SUGGESTED I LIVE WITH IT FOR COST OF REPAIR! I AGREED, BUT WORRIED THAT GM PROBABLY WERE IGNORING LIGHTS & THINKING THEY HAD GOOD ABS!!*AK

PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEATS IN MY 2000 GMC SONOMA HAVE SEAT POSITIONING CONTROLS AND LOCKING MECHANISIMS THAT DO NOT ALWAYS LOCK PROPERLY AND/OR GET JAMMED UP AND HAVE BROKEN. A FRIEND WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND IT FAILED TO LOCK INTO PLACE TO KEEP IT FROM SLIDING FORWARD. I ADJUSTED THE BOLTS THAT FASTEN THE SEAT TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE TO HELP 'REALIGN' THE SEAT FRAME SO THAT THE MECHANISM THAT KEEPS THE SEAT FROM SIDING FRONT AND BACK WOULD KEEP THE SEAT LOCKED INTO POSITION ONCE THE SEATING DISTANCE IS SET. ALSO, THE RECLINING HANDLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE OFF, NOT ALLOWING FOR SEAT BACK SUPPORT ANGLE ADJUSTMENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BACK SUPPORT ADJUSTMENT LEVER OFTEN 'STICKS' OR 'LOCKS' INTO POSITION....NOT ALLOWING FOR SEAT BACK REST ADJUSTMENT. REAR DIFFERENTIAL SOMETIMES LOCKS UP AND OR SLIPS AND SHAKES AND MAKES NOISE...ESPECIALLY WHEN SIDEWAYS FORCE IS APPLIED...SUCH AS WHEN TURNING IN A CURVE OR CIRCULAR FASHION WITH THE VEHICLE IN MOTION. BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE ON THE TRUCK. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE BEARING HAD EXCESS WEAR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 65 000 KM. DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER ARM GOT DISLODGED FROM THE SHAFT THAT TURNS IT AND WAS KNOCKED OUT OF POSITION ON 2 OCCASIONS. POWER STEERING FAILS FOR SHORT INTERMITTENT PERIODS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED FROM A 'COLD' AND 'WARM' STATE AND THE STEERING BECOMES STIFFER AND LESS RESPONSIVE. MOST NOTICABLE AT SLOWER VEHICLE SPEEDS.

GMC SONOMA 2000 THIRD DOOR LATCH BROKE SO THAT DOOR WON'T OPEN BACK OF DRIVERS SEAT HANDLE TO ADJUST SEAT BROKE OFF SO THAT THE SEAT IS IN A TILT POSITION AND WILL NOT ADJUST. ALMOST TO A POSITION OF 50% BACK. *NM

MY ABS LIGHT BEGAN TO COME ON WHILE DRIVING. I COULD HEAR THE ABS PUMP RUNNING BUT THE MODULE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. I PULLED THE FUSE SO IT WOULD STOP RUNNING AND I COULD GET HOME. AFTER TAKING IT INTO AUTO SERVICE THEY DETERMINED IT NEEDS A ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE AND HAS A KELSEY & HAYES ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. THE WORK WAS QUOTED AT OVER $700. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE BUT I HAVE LIMITED ANY DRIVING WITH THE TRUCK SINCE IT VALID. *NM