7.1

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
8,000 miles

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problem #4

May 152005

Sonoma 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Driver and passenger seat reclining levers broken. Third door handle broken. Third door handle has been replaced twice. Seat levers have been replaced but didn't last. Can't something be done to correct these problems permanently?

- Monroe, NC, USA

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problem #3

Apr 012004

Sonoma

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
1998 GMC Sonoma experiencing problems with the brake lights and the windshield wipers. The brake lights would not go off, the windshield wipers failed in rainy weather, the power windows failed, the recliner handle had broken off, and the handle to the side door had broken as well.

- Newark, CA, USA

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problem #2

Apr 032004

Sonoma 4WD 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 32,000 miles
1998 GMC Sonoma highrider 4X4. The handle on the bucket seats that lets the seats decline are broke off they are made out of cheap metal. My mom owns a 1998 Chevy Blazer same thing, also on the third door the handle that opens it breaks easily.

- Williams, IN, USA

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problem #1

Apr 011998

Sonoma

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Left front inside door pillar failed.

- Northridge, CA, USA

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