I was driving my husbands 2001 gmc sonoma from ohio back to florida when the driveshaft snapped and punctured a hole in the fuel tank and muffler. this event led to us having to replace the rear driveshaft, fuel tank, and he repaired the muffler. we researched gmc driveshaft failures on line and discovered that there were many complaints about the driveshaft breaking. *tr
2001 gmc sonoma sls. started in may 2006 with 52,449 miles on vehicle: service engine soon light came on. dealer identified bad o2 sensor and replaced ($253). two weeks later at 53,131, ses light again. dealer installed new check valve ($116). 3-4 weeks later at 53,892, ses light again. dealer said water in air pump, replaced air pump and hose ($357). now on 26 aug (54,084) ses light just came on again. in 60 days, the light has been cleared & reset 3 times with over $700 in repairs and now another trouble. *jb
The consumer stated that the mileage on the vehicle was under 14,000 miles. the brakes began making a scraping noise. the service dealer said the front brakes were heavily corroded, they were replaced. *ak the radiator cap was leaking. *sc *jb
Check engine light came on. dealer said air pump to catalytic converter failure. approx $700.00 to replace. not covered by manufacturer. *jb
Consumer was merging into oncoming traffic,when the vehicle died out. this has happened 10 times, but dealership is unable to fix problem. ts
Consumer was traveling about 60mph on highway and vehicle came to a stop without prior warning on more than one occasion. *ak