Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 03/15/2012 | 5000 | ||
| Idles dramatically while the car is at a stop, and the engine stalls very frequently, regardless of temperature or weather conditions. on start-up, or while stopped with the engine running, the idle will become rough and very between 200-3,000 rpm. also at times, while stopped, the idle will increase from normal, smooth idle up to about 3,000 rpm for approximately one second, then drop back down to 750 rpm (normal idle speed) without touching the accelerator. the automatic shifting from 1st to 3rd gear completely skips around. the car shifts are hard to the point, once you come to a stop it feels like the transmission is going to fall out. | |||
| 05/30/2012 | 1500 | ||
| The outside door mirrors are small and have blind spots. i've lost sight of vehicles i know where behind me. when gm became aware of this overlook in design of the 2012 chevy sonic, 2013 models were installed with the same size mirror with a small convex as part of the mirror to detect areas previous mirrors could not detect. this is a safety issue and i feel there should be a recall by gm to replace these mirrors. | |||
| 03/15/2012 | 5000 | ||
| Idles dramatically while the car is at a stop, and the engine stalls very frequently, regardless of temperature or weather conditions. on start-up, or while stopped with the engine running, the idle will become rough and very between 200-3,000 rpm. also at times, while stopped, the idle will increase from normal, smooth idle up to about 3,000 rpm for approximately one second, then drop back down to 750 rpm (normal idle speed) without touching the accelerator. the automatic shifting from 1st to 3rd gear completely skips around. the car shifts are hard to the point, once you come to a stop it feels like the transmission is going to fall out. | |||
| 05/30/2012 | 1500 | ||
| The outside door mirrors are small and have blind spots. i've lost sight of vehicles i know where behind me. when gm became aware of this overlook in design of the 2012 chevy sonic, 2013 models were installed with the same size mirror with a small convex as part of the mirror to detect areas previous mirrors could not detect. this is a safety issue and i feel there should be a recall by gm to replace these mirrors. | |||
| 09/21/2011 | 100 | ||
| My vehicle is unsafe i purchased the car in september have control issues at highway speeds my car sways all over the road dealer will not help me .i am not the only one complaints online everywhere please investigate this car before someone gets killed for driving and unsafe car | |||
| 02/22/2012 | |||
| Issues began with an intermittent rattle at cold start after car had been sitting about 30mins to an hr, from being driven. no codes showing so went un-repaired, once pinpointed, it was replicated, still no codes, no fix, starting about aug 2012 after my 1st service car began to shake at idle while stopped in d, started getting worse progressively. vehicle stalled in middle of intersection while trying to shift itself (auto trans) into 3rd, violent jerk to a stop and immediately picked itself up and jerked forward and moved, with my children in the car. next stall occurred about 3-4 weeks later, idled so rough and low while in d at a stop light, car bogged down and stalled, started itself right back up. engine power surging began at this point. while braking or on brake while stopped, engine would power surge thrusting car forward, came very close to hitting several cars while pulling into parking spot from these surges. had taken vehicle in multiple times between 1st occurrence and this point in sept. it was duplicated with multiple symptoms at once, including as given from dealer: hard shaking, misfire, and rattle/knock at cold start. only code to show was for the misfire, repair: valve cleaning, not fixed. rattle became a knocking. idle meanwhile getting rougher. took back for knocking, surging, rough idle, stalling. no codes, repair: gm tech assist had camshaft actuators replaced , fixed knocking/rattle at cold start only! idle worse, now loss of engine power intermittently causing vehicle to hardly move, had vehicle back less than 24hrs. almost had a t-bone accident and head on into a pole in same incident due to said loss of power. asked for replacement (after 7 service repair attempts), request presently in limbo, no offer of replacement thus far! i am severely concerned for my family's safety at this point, clearly defective in itself with no codes showing | |||
| 09/07/2012 | 6500 | ||
| This vehicle is very dangerous and unsafe and needs to be recalled. i was going to make a right turn out of a red light numerous amounts of times and when going to speed up to make a right turn the vehicle would get stuck or stall out and not speed up. i almost got hit by larger vehicles four times now because it stalls out when going to accelerate. i have talked to four other people with this vehicle and they said they have the same problems! | |||