Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 10/26/2003 | 36000 | 11 | 03/20/2002 |
| I have a 1997 gmc sonoma s.n. 1gtcs1948v8501858. i have been having a lot of things wrong with it. air conditioner (a/c) went out, the motor mound broke, the head gasket was blown, the brakes fail, the valves are tapping, main front bearing seal is leaking, blinkers are not working,oil is leaking on top of engine by a/c, water is leaking from heating coil, water pump is out now,god that is only some of the things. i have had it 1yr. 7 mon. what can i do? i got the warranty. and thank god i did. *la | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER BALL JOINT | |||
| 11/02/2000 | 85687 | 2 | |
| At 85,687 miles, i had to replace all four ball joints on my 1997 gmc sonoma 4x4. genuine gm parts were used for the replacement. i currently have 127,532 miles on those ball joints and all four of them need replaced again!!!!. this mean that these genuine gm parts have 41,845 miles on them and are bad again!!!! after calling gm to ask for some help with a warranty on the parts, of course there is nothing they can do for me. *jb | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - UPPER BALL JOINT | |||
| 11/02/2000 | 85687 | 2 | |
| At 85,687 miles, i had to replace all four ball joints on my 1997 gmc sonoma 4x4. genuine gm parts were used for the replacement. i currently have 127,532 miles on those ball joints and all four of them need replaced again!!!!. this mean that these genuine gm parts have 41,845 miles on them and are bad again!!!! after calling gm to ask for some help with a warranty on the parts, of course there is nothing they can do for me. *jb | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - STABILIZER BAR | |||
| 1 | |||
| Loose stabilizer mount in front end which caused pinging whenever hitting bump. | |||