1996 GMC SONOMA Complaints

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  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - ABINGDON, MD

    VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE AN ADJUSTABLE HEADREST. DURING A REAR END ACCIDENT CONSUMER SUFFERED WHIPLASH DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE HEAD REST WAS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE HEAD. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - CLARK, NJ

    DUE TO DEFECTIVE OVERSPEED SENSOR VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - STURGEON, MO

    THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. ITS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, AND IT HAPPENS ONLY IN COLD WEATHER. SPEED DOES NOT COME INTO IT. THE MECHANIC, AT DEALERSHIP, COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF STALLING. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - BURGETTOWNS, PA

    WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE APPLIED THE ABS BRAKES ANDTHE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE BATHROOM OF THE HOUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - PASCAGOULA, MS

    VEHICLE DOES NOT IDLE DOWN WHEN YOU RELEASE THE CLUTCH OR RELEASE THE GAS PEDAL WHILE DRIVING. MJS

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - CENTREVILLE, VA

    VALVE SEALS ON ORIGINAL/NEW ENGINE SEATED IMPROPERLY CAUSING EXCESSIVE OIL USE AND ENGINE MISFIRE. VALVE SEALS REPLACED BY DEALER PER GMC NOTICE SOCMP96C17. TWO MONTHS LATER IN JANUARY, 1997, VALVE SEALS #4 AND #6 AGAIN FAILED WITH SAME SYMPTOMS BUT WERE REPLACED BY DEALER SINCE FAILURE TOOK PLACE WITHIN A YEAR OF ORIGINAL GMC NOTICE. IN 1999 SAME SYMPTOMS AGAIN SHOWED UP BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN JUNE, 1999, THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE SEALS BECAUSE GMC SAID THEY WERE NO LONGER COVERED. GMC DEALER HAD ASSURED ME IN JANUARY, 1997, THAT SEALS WOULD BE COVERED AS LONG AS I OWNED THE VEHICLE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - BAKERSFIELD, CA

    WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - WATKINSVIL, GA

    POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED MAKING HTE BRAKE PEDAL DIFFUCULT TO DEPRESS, EVEN WHEN DEPRESSED THE BRAKE DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. NLM

    Source: NHTSA VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - LOST NATION, IA

    CONSUMER SAYS FROM DAY ONE COMPUTER HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL AT WILL AND SOMETIMES TO SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1996 GMC SONOMA
    - RENO, NV

    WHEN DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. ALSO, PULLEY CAME OFF, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. VEHICLE ACCELERATED, AND THE CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE IGINTION SWITCH OFF.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE