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2001 Chevrolet Sonoma Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jun 24, 2004
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Mar 13, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2001 Chevrolet Sonoma. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Body & structure
Filed Jun 24, 2004

THE TAILGATE CABLE SNAPPED AND BROKE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE CARRYING A LOAD WITH THE TAILGATE IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE TAILGATE FELL ONTO THE BUMPER. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TAILGATE BY THE DEALERSHIP THEY NOTICED THAT THE CABLE WAS CORRODED AND RUSTED. *AK THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE WATER RUNNING DOWN INSIDE THE PLASTIC COATED CABLE FROM THE TOP WHEN THE TAIL GATE WAS UP, TRAPPING THE MOISTURE, THEN RUSTING THE IRON CABLE. *SC *JB

NHTSA ID
10064630
Incident
Aug 1, 2003
Mileage
28,000 mi
Airbags
Filed Mar 13, 2003
Crash reported

THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT.*NLM *JB

NHTSA ID
568273

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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