2003 GMC Sonoma

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ATTEMPTING TO APPLY BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRONTAL DAMAGE AND WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN HOME. THE DEALERSHIP WAS ALERTED BUT NO APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE FOR INSPECTION. UPDATED 4/6/2006 - THE CONSUMER HAS BACK PAIN AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. *NM

DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF VEHICLE HANDLING PROBLEMS SINCE 5000 MILES. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 9-10 TIMES. THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND IN THE FRONT END. CONSUMER HAD THE LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED, AND BELIEVED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE STILL BAD. ALSO, THERE WAS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING BOX. THIS WAS CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE TIRES. WITH ANY WIND THE VEHICLE WAS BLOWN AROUND. THE SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID IT WOULD MAKE THE PROBLEM WORSE, BUT IT WAS NOT STATED ON THE SERVICE REPAIR SHEET. AT ONE POINT LOCK TIGHT WAS PUT ON THE BOLTS TO KEEP THEM FROM COMING LOOSE.*AK THE MANIFOLD GASKET AND THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED. ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. *JB

MY 2003 GMC SONOMA JUST QUIT STARTING(STANDARD), SO I PUSHED IT TO GET IT HOME, I WENT TO A FRIENDS HOUSE THE NEXT DAY( IT STARTED), WHEN I GOT READY TO LEAVE THE TRUCK WOULDN'T START AGAIN AND I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, (MY WIFE HAD KEPT TELLING ME SHE SMELLED RUBBER BURNING) WELL THE WIRES UNDER THE DASH WERE ON FIRE!ALSO 2ND GEAR IN MANUAL TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MARCH OR APRIL I THINK, THIS WAS REPORTED TO THE GM DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK.

DT: CONTACT STATES ABOVE THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL THERE IS A VENT TUBE PLACED BETWEEN WHERE THE TRUCK BED STOPS AND THE CAP STARTS, AND THERE IS ABOUT 1 -1/2 INCH SPACE LEFT BETWEEN. THIS SPACE LETS WATER COLLECT, RUNNING DOWN THE TUBE, DESTROYING THE OIL, AND CAUSING THE LUBRICATION ON THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL TO BE DESTROYED. A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER 2004 DISCUSSES THE SAME COMPONENT.*AK THE REAR SEAL HAD BLOWN OUT WHICH CAUSED GREASE TO ESCAPE. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE REAR END INCLUDING THE AXLE BEARING AND SEALS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

CONSUMER LETTER REGARDING THE RECALL FOR 2004 GMC SONOMA AIR BAG WARNING LABEL LOCATED ON THE SUN VISOR.*MR THE CONSUMER RECEIVED AN E-MAIL WHICH STATED HE WOULD RECEIVE THE LABELS TO INSTALL, HOWEVER WHEN HE WENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT IT AT THE DEALER, THEY STATED THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO INSTALLED A TEMPORARY DECAL. THE CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PERMANENT LABEL. *JB