10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,000 miles

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problem #10

Dec 042002

Sonoma

  • miles
Wipers have been intermidently failing over a several year period but now has become more frequent and last longer.

- Sugar Land, TX, USA

problem #9

Oct 172002

Sonoma 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 50,000 miles
Consumer stated that while driving and with no warning the windshield wiper worked intermittently. Dealer notified. Ts possible electrical failure caused wipers to fail mostly during rainy weather.

- Lovelock, NV, USA

problem #8

Feb 032002

Sonoma 4WD

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer stated vehicle is experiencing the same problem with the windshield wipers as indicated in recall 98-V-15-001; but this vehicle not included in recall due to VIN.

- East Syracuse, NY, USA

problem #7

Oct 172001

(reported on)

Sonoma

  • miles
Wipers will just stop working going down the road. The same problem as desrcibed in a GMC recall on same models. My truck was made the next month after the recall was stopped. I think the recall should have gone on further than it did compared to the number of people having the same exact problem as the recalled trucks.

- Leslie, MI, USA

problem #6

Mar 141997

Sonoma

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While exiting from highway consumer was trying to down shift from forth gear to third gear, but it would only go to second gear. Also, windshield wipers stopped working completely.

- Rockville, MD, USA

problem #5

Jan 012000

Sonoma

  • miles
This is the same problem with other trucks with different VIN numbers. Please expand the VIN numbers in this recall (98V150000) to include all Sonoma's. thank you.O safety defect listed for above vehicle.

- Palmdale, CA, USA

problem #4

Apr 072000

(reported on)

Sonoma

  • miles
I need to know what if any recalled defects have been corrected on my vehicle...a local dealer stated that the only thing they know about recalls deals with the windshield wipers.....and nothing else has been sent to them concerning any other recalls dealing with 1996 GMC Sonoma sls 4 cyl, 5 spd.

- Harrison, GA, USA

problem #3

Jul 071996

Sonoma

  • miles
Windshield wipers failed during rainstorm - prior to recall notice 98V15.

- Paxville, SC, USA

problem #2

Feb 011998

Sonoma

  • miles
In rainy conditions windshield wipers will become inoperative. This is an intermittent problem. Has to turn on and off the switch in order to restart, resulting in loss of visibility. Dealer has been notified.

- Liberty, KY, USA

problem #1

Jan 281997

(reported on)

Sonoma

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
In cold weather the windshield wipers do not conform to windshield Contour. Driver's side approximately 40 % to 60% is ineffective, whereas on the passenger's side as much as 80 % is ineffective.ad to get off highway 3 times due to poor visibility.

- Fond Du La, WI, USA