Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 GMC Sonoma submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, WHICH MADE THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *JB FORD RECALLED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH ALUMINUM HEAD/STEEL BLOCK AND COULD THE CAUSE OF THE GASKET GOING OUT. SCC
WHEN EGR VALVE FAILS (CAMPAIN NOTICE G96067) POWER BRAKES ARE VERY ERRATIC.
WHENEVER DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE FOR NO REASON. COULD STAND ON BRAKES & VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. VEHICLE WAS NOT CONTROLLABLE. TRIED SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL ALSO FAILED. VEHICLE THREW A TIE ROD INTO THE MOTOR & DAMAGED IT. IT HAS BE REPLACED. SUDDEN ACCELERATION HAPPENED ON 26 AUGUST,2000 AND 23 SEPTEMBER 20 00. TOOK VEHICLE TO DIFFERENT DEALERS FOR REPAIR DUE TO NOT BEING DRIVEABLE.*AK
CRANKSHAFT ROD AND PIN FAILED. NLM
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED. YH
RIGHT MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE SHIFTING ENGINE OIL FILTER INTO MOUNTING BOLT PUNCTURING FILTER AND SPEWING OIL ON HOT ENGINE
EGR VALVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, WHEN THIS HAPPENS COMPLETE BRAKE LOSS AND LOSS OF CONTROL ARE EXPERIENCED.
ENGINE SURGES FOWARD INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO EGR FAILURE PRIOR TO/AFTER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 96I-067.
PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY.
BRAKE ROTORS FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND, LIKE FAN HITTING FAN SHROUD; STOPPED & TURNED VEHICLE OFF; HAD IT TOWED HOME; TOOK TO DEALER, DEALER REPLACED OLD MOTOR MOUNTS WITH NEW ONES. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, THE ACCELERATOR STICKS, CAUSE UNKNOWN, ALSO REPLACED REA RLEFT POWER WINDOW MOTOR; MULTI-FUNCTION LEVER SHORTED OUT AND REAR MAIN ENGINE SEAL LEAKING. *AK
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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