2000 GMC Sonoma problems
Owners have filed 180 complaints about the 2000 GMC Sonoma with NHTSA. Structure accounts for 23.9% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of service brakes, hydraulic at 19.4%.
Complaints180
Crashes17
Fires0
Injuries9
Deaths1
What owners report breaking
Structure 23.9% · 43
Service brakes, hydraulic 19.4% · 35
Latches/locks/linkages 7.2% · 13
Seats 6.1% · 11
Air bags 6.1% · 11
Power train 5.0% · 9
Suspension 5.0% · 9
Engine and engine cooling 3.9% · 7
Severity
Of those complaints, 17 describe a crash, 9 report an injury and 1 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 7 model years of the GMC Sonoma in this data, 2000 draws comparatively few complaints; 1994 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 5 in the last three years against 7 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 60,000 miles.
In owners' own words
I seldom use the bed of my truck but while climbing up onto the tailgate of the pickup, both support cables broke causing damage to the exterior of the tailgate. I fortunately was not injured. Both cables appear to have rusted through at the center of the cable where the bend is. I removed the ends that clip onto the gate, but the other ends are still attached to it. I have not replaced the cables. Structure
Dt: cables that are attached the tailgate become rusted and corroded. They broke. Consumer's husband bought new cables. *Ak consumer feels this incident should not have happened with only 68,000 miles on the vehicle. The same cables on the tailgates of the larger full sized trucks have resulted in a nationwide recall and this should be the same recall for the smaller trucks. *Sb Structure · reported at 68,000 miles
While cleaning the bed of my 2000 Sonoma out the left side tailgate strap failed midway on the cable. Upon inspection of the right hand side I found apparent corrosion in the same location and the potential for failure. If both had failed it could have caused injury, or damage or loss of the tailgate. Appears this is similar to failures and recalls of larger gm pickups recently. Structure · reported at 28,500 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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