10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
36,608 miles

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problem #4

Aug 142012

Sonoma

  • 100,150 miles
I had a 97 GMC Sonoma that I was going down a dirt road about 30-35 mph and swerved to miss a truck coming on my side of the road and lost traction and flipped over a hill and rolled 3 times and the airbags didnt deploy and the drivers seatbelt snapped.

- Bethesda, OH, USA

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problem #3

Feb 162004

Sonoma 4WD 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 46,282 miles
Airbag did not deploy in a wreck. Truck was totaled with major damage to right front.

- Ellamore, WV, USA

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problem #2

Dec 091999

Sonoma

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
While traveling at 40 mph hit an enbankment head-on, and driver's side airbag didn't deploy. Consumer was injured in accident. Consumer states accelerator sticks at times. Keys can not be removed, problem since purchase of vehicle.

- Biburnum, MO, USA

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problem #1

Sep 041997

Sonoma

  • miles
During collision no deployment of air bag.

- Orlando, FL, USA

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