Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / SONOMA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000153434 Incident Date: Jul, 31 2000
Consumer's City: JACOBSBURG Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SONOMA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Steering:linkages:tie rod assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GTCT19X6X8 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 08 2001 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle would shimmy and front end would shake visibly. dealer replaced front ball joints/ idler arm and tie rod ends at34000 miles. at this time, same 3 components needed to be replaced plus front wheel bearings. the vehicle had same problem as in aug 2000. also, tires were wearing out on the outside. 3 different gmc dealers told consumer that gmc was aware of the problem, but refused to do anything about it.*ak