Gmc Sonoma Engine Problems
39 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2001. Best year: 2003.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR UPCOMING LIGHT AND OUT THE CORNER OF MY EYE I SAW A DEER LEAP OVER TALL GRASS ON LEFT ONCOMING SIDE OF ROAD, WAS ALREADY AT 40 MILES HIT BRAKE TO HOPEFULLY NOT HIT HER SO BY THE TIME SHE AND I HAD IMPACT THE VEHICLE ...
THE TRUCKS BEEN HANDLING FINE AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE OIL PAN BLOWS OUT ON THE TRUCK AND I THINK IT THREW A ROD. WHICH IS NOT MY FAULT A PIECE CAME APART OR CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE CAUSING ALL THAT PRESSURE TO BUILD UP AND MESS IT UP. T...
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK THE BRAKES FAILED, PEDAL GOING TO THE FLOOR. TOOK THE TRUCK TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED THROUGH, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHERE THE LEAF SPRINGS ATTACHED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF ...
2001 GMC SONOMA SLS. STARTED IN MAY 2006 WITH 52,449 MILES ON VEHICLE: SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER IDENTIFIED BAD O2 SENSOR AND REPLACED ($253). TWO WEEKS LATER AT 53,131, SES LIGHT AGAIN. DEALER INSTALLED NEW CHECK ...
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WAS TOLD AIR INJECTOR VALVE OPER/SOLENOID REPLACE. DROVE 800 MILES, TOOK EMISSIONS TEST FAILED. SHOWED NO CODES. WAS TOLD BY TECH TO TRY DRIVING 100 MILES. OR TAKE TO DEALER, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP CHARGED DIAGNOSTIC FE...
I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH BALKING, STALLING OF MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS/REPLACEMENT OF PARTS. THE PROBLEM IS STILL WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE COMPUTER REPLACED, THE FUEL RELAY PUMP, WIRES REPLACED, FUEL FILTER, BUT I AM...
DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FUEL SENDING IN THE GAS TANK DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, IT DOES NOT SHOW THE PROPER LEVEL OF GASOLINE IN THE GAS TANK. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS THE PROBL...
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER SAID AIR PUMP TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE. APPROX $700.00 TO REPLACE. NOT COVERED BY MANUFACTURER. *JB
NARY 05/28/2003 *MR THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED, AND THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WAS FIXED. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT AND NONCOMFORMITY THAT LE...
FUEL PUMP / SENDING UNIT STOPED WORKING. UNIT WAS REPLACED BY CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THE COST FOR THE UNIT WAS $568.90 FROM BOB MAGUIRE GM PARTS CENTER.
CONSUMER WAS MERGING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC,WHEN THE VEHICLE DIED OUT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10 TIMES, BUT DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO FIX PROBLEM. TS
CONSUMER STATES IN THE WINTER TIME WITH A COAT ON, IT IS DIFFICULT TO FASTEN THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT, THE STEEL END OF THE BELT IS BENT TOO MUCH TOWARD THE DRIVERS HIP, REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO PUSH THE BELT TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE...