Consumer Complaint Detail

GMC / SONOMA / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 995088839 Incident Date: Nov, 30 1995
Consumer's City: CENTREVILLE Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: SONOMA Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GTCS19X5T8 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 19 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Valve seals on original/new engine seated improperly causing excessive oil use and engine misfire. valve seals replaced by dealer per gmc notice socmp96c17. two months later in january, 1997, valve seals #4 and #6 again failed with same symptoms but were replaced by dealer since failure took place within a year of original gmc notice. in 1999 same symptoms again showed up but when i took it to the dealer in june, 1999, they would not replace the seals because gmc said they were no longer covered. gmc dealer had assured me in january, 1997, that seals would be covered as long as i owned the vehicle.