1998 GMC SONOMA Complaints

WIPERS BROKEN - WORK OCCASSIONALLY WHEN WIRING HARNESS "JIGGLED" - THEN STOP AGAIN.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. CAUSE OF FAILURE UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME.*AK PER GENERAL MOTORS: CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS ON THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD. *PH *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPER EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03V 159 000; BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WIPER COVER CIRCUIT BOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *MR THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*TS *JB

1998 GMC SONOMA 2WD HAS IDENTICAL WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MALFUNCTION TO ALREADY RECALLED 1997 SONOMAS. CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS IN THE WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARD CAUSES WIPER FAILURE. THE 1998 SONOMA'S NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE GM RECALL.*AK

MY WIPERS ON MY 1998 SONOMA PICK-UP STOPPED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAIN STORM WHILE I WAS DRIVING A 70MPH. I LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT CRASHING. AFTER WAITING FOR THIRTY MINUITES I COULD GET THEM TO OPERATE ON LOW SPEED IN ORDER TO GET HOME. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THESE WIPERS. ON OTHER OCCASSIONS I HAVE TURNED THEM ON TO WIPE INTERMITTENTLY AND THEY GO TO CONSTANT WIPING AND I CANNOT GET THEM TO TURN OFF. I HEARD OF A RECALL, BUT HAVE RECIEVED NO NOTICE OF THIS RECALL AND WHEN INVESTIGATING IT ON THE WEB, I HAVE COME ACROSS SEVERAL POSTINGS WHERE GMC DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SELL FAULTY EQUIPMENT. I AM POSTING THIS IN THE HOPES OF GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS CRASH AND LAWSUIT.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING DURING RAIN. THEY WILL RESUME WHEN THEY DRY OUT. *NLM

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING. WAS TRAVELING THROUGH DOWNTOWN DALLAS IN HEAVY RAIN AND TRAFFIC AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN THE WIPERS STOPPED AND I HAD TO STOP IMMEDIATELY ON THE INTERSTATE AND WAIT FOR THEM TO START WORKING AGAIN. TOOK TO A REPAIR SHOP IN OKLAHOMA AND HAD THE CONNECTIONS CLEANED AND EVENTUALLY RE-SOLDERED. WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND WILL PROBABLY NEED TO REPLACE THE WIPER MOTOR. HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR? *NLM

PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. PASSENGERS SLIDE FORWARD AND BACKWARD WITH ALMOST EVERY PRESS OF THE GAS AND BRAKE. ALONG WITH THE BROKEN RECLINER LEVER(BOTH SIDES) WHICH HAS LEFT THE SEAT IN A SEMI-RECLINED POSITION, MY PASSENGERS ARE IN FOR A NOT SO PLEASANT RIDE. *JB

THE HANDLES THAT RECLINE BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BROKE OFF WITH VERY LITTLE FORCE. MY PASSENGER SEAT IS ALWAYS SLIGHTLY RECLINED NOW AND MY DRIVER'S SEAT IS STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A RECALL AND ACCORDING TO THEM ITS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. MY WARRANTY IS UP BUT I FEEL THIS GOES BEYOND WARRANTY AND IS A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. *JB