Safety Score
63
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-11 | 97V146001 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 146,167 | — | Details |
| 1996-02-22 | 96V035000 |
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | 24,906 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. IT TURNS OFF SOMETIMES FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES OR FEWER MINUTES. NO REPAIR SHOP CAN DETERMINE … |
| 2009-04-15 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | FUSE BLOWS TO INTERIOR LIGHTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY HORN. *TR |
| 2007-07-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 GMC SONOMA. WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO TH… |
| 2007-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 GMC SONOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRAPS THAT SUPPORT THE TAILGATE FAILED. THE DEALE… |
| 2007-04-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | FUEL LINE LEAKING . *AK |
| 2006-12-26 | VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED CONCERNING A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING WINDSHIELD WIPER WASHER MOTOR. THE BULLETIN HAS A PR… |
| 2006-11-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH UNDER NORMAL BRAKING ON WET ROADS, THE ABS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEH… |
| 2006-09-11 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | 1996 GMAC SONOMA AIR BAG SENSOR RIVET FAILURE. FOUND DRIVERS SIDE SENSOR HANGING FROM ELECTRICAL LEAD, WHEN I INSPECTED… |
| 2004-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT | No | 0 | ABS ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILED. LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY STAYS ON. ANALYSIS HAS DETERMINED THAT THREE OF THE FOUR SENSORS… |
| 2003-12-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY ENGINE HAS BEEN SURGING, SLOW START, RATTLING, ROUGH IDLE, HARD SHIFTING, AND I HAVE HAD THE TRASMISSION REPLACED 3 … |
| 2003-09-03 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER COMES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *AK |
| 2003-07-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE HAS A MISS IN IT SOMETIMES IT WILL QUIT AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT A HALF HOUR FOR IT TO START AGAIN WE HAVE PUT A… |
| 2003-03-14 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH | No | 0 | 1996 GMC SONOMA - INTERMITTENT BRAKE LIGHTS AND FOUR-WAY FLASHERS. DEFECTIVE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN.… |
| 2002-12-04 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | WIPERS HAVE BEEN INTERMIDENTLY FAILING OVER A SEVERAL YEAR PERIOD BUT NOW HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND LAST LONGER. DT |
| 2002-10-17 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS… |
| 2002-09-30 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE INVOLVED IN FRONTAL COLLISION, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *MRCONSUMER CALLED GM AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER… |
| 2002-07-26 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 50 MPH IMPACT AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FR… |
| 2002-07-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE., AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLED CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO DETERMI… |
| 2002-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | THE BRAKE SYSTEM LEAKED FLUID WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PR… |
| 2002-02-03 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS INDICATED IN RECALL 98-V-15-001… |
| 2002-02-01 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL # 96V035000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS… |
| 2001-12-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | A DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THAT RIGHT/ FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT HAS FAILED AND MUST BE REPLACED. ALSO, DEALERSHIP INFORMED… |
| 2001-03-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WHEN CONSUME RIS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WINDSHIELD ISN'T PROPERLY IN PLACE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK |
| 2001-01-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | PREVIOUS OWNER STATED ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON/OFF LAST 2 YEARS. *AK |
| 2001-01-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-01-09 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | MY WINDSHIELD MODULE WENT OUT AND I WAS TOLD THAT GMC HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MODULES, I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND OUT THA… |
| 2001-01-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | I CALLED GMC AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE WIPER MOTOR PROBLEM, THEY SAID THAT MY TRUCKS' VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECA… |
| 2000-09-27 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILS/LOCKS/STALLS DUE TO SPRING THAT ENGAGES TORQUE CONVERTER DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGHT TOLERANCE FOR THIS TR… |
| 2000-09-22 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR SOMETIMES FAILS TO OPERATE OR CONTINUE TO OPERATE WHEN SWITCH IS ENGAGED.*AK |
| 2000-09-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, ELECTRICAL PROBLEM RELATED TO POSITIONING OF MOTOR(ELECTRIC). I WAS TOLD B… |
| 2000-08-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS BRAKES ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TWO WHEEL DRIVE TO LOCK UP WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN WET CONDITIONS. DEALER NOTIFIED . … |
| 2000-08-08 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AND USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THEY WILL QUIT WITHOUT A WARNING. *AK SOME TIMES WIPERS WILL NEVER OPERTE … |
| 2000-06-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN IS MAKING CLANKING NOISE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT TIMING CHAIN WAS NOT … |
| 2000-06-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | MY TIMING TENSIONER KEEPS WEARING OUT AFTER ABOUT 15,000 MILES, IT STARTED WHEN I BOUGHT MY TRUCK IN 96 AROUND 25,000 M… |
| 2000-04-14 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED WHILE DRIVING. TRUCK PULLED IMMEDIATELY TO THE LEFT, NO ONCOMING VEHICLES. UPON … |
| 2000-03-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT FLASHES. THEN VEHICLE CUTS OFF, AND VEHICLE DRIFTS TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK |
| 2000-02-11 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | Yes | 0 | THERE ARE NUMEROUS, SUBSTANTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS TO THESE VEHICLES WHICH APPEAR TO BE COMMON KNOWLEDGE TO MECHANICS BUT D… |
| 2000-01-05 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | THE DEALER SAID THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE MY VIN DID NOT COVER DATES OF MANUFACTURE. HOWEVER MY PROBLEM I… |
| 2000-01-02 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENLY AFTER BEING TURNED ON. WOULD STOP WITH ANY WARNING. ALSO, HUMMING NOISES W… |
| 2000-01-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER TRUCKS WITH DIFFERENT VIN NUMBERS. PLEASE EXPAND THE VIN NUMBERS IN THIS RECALL (9… |
| 1999-12-15 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED BY MULTIPLE RECALLS BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN THE GMC LIST OF VEHICLES PER ITS VIN NUMBER. THIS I… |
| 1999-12-13 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINE ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASE INCLUDING THE IDLE STICKING/INTERIOR MOUL… |
| 1999-11-19 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE CONSUMER WAS SITTING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION. NLM |
| 1999-08-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & STOPPED QUICKLY. COULD FEEL IT & HEAR IT TRYING TO KICK IN. FELT LIKE VEHCLE WAS ON ICE. DID NOT … |
| 1999-08-14 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED REPORT FOR ABS FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE. THE INCIDENT DATE ON THIS REPORT I… |
| 1999-07-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1999-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM | No | 0 | POWER BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED MAKING HTE BRAKE PEDAL DIFFUCULT TO DEPRESS, EVEN WHEN DEPRESSED THE BRAKE DO NOT FUNCTION P… |
| 1999-06-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DUE TO DEFECTIVE OVERSPEED SENSOR VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PR… |
| 1999-06-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD WIPERS MOTOR FAILED WHILE ON THE ROAD. YH |
| 1999-04-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED,, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TI… |