Chevrolet Sonic Complaints

954 consumer complaints on file.

#11083798April 7, 2018
ENGINE
COOLANT LEAK FROM WATER PUMP, APPLICABLE HOSES AND SURGE TANK. REPLACED WATER PUMP, SURGE TANK AND HOSE IN 2016. NEED TO REPLACE WATER PUMP, HOSES AND SURGE TANK AGAIN IN 2018. THERE IS ALSO AN ENGINE OIL LEAK YET TO BE IDENTIFIED. 1.8 L ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11081794March 28, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
STEERING ISSUES: WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BECAUSE CAR WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING THE DAY AFTER I BROUGHT IT HOME FROM THE DEALER. THIS PROBLEM IS WITH MY STEERING. WHICH HAPPENED AFTER THEY SERVICE MY CARS AIRBAG IN MY STEERING WHEEL. IT WAS FIXED TWICE, AND NOW IT'S A PROBLEM AGAIN. I SHOULDN'T BE ON THE HOOK FOR PAYING FOR THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11081075March 23, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR FOR THE AIR BAGS INTERMITTENLY TURNS THE AIR BAG ON FOR AN ADULT SITTING IN THE SEAT. MY WIFE WEIGHS 93 # AND SHOULD ACTIVATE THAT SENSOR BUT DOES NOT DO SO CONSISTENTLY. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS SET FOR 95 # BUT EVEN WHEN MY WIFE HOLDS AN 8# WEIGHT IN HER HAND AND SITS DOWN IT DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY ACTIVATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM GOING BACK TO THE PREDECESSOR VEHICLE TO THE SONIC, THE AVEO, BUT CHEVROLET DOES NOTHING TO SOLVE OR RECOGNIZE THIS ISSUE. SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET SHOW A PROBLEM WITH THIS SENSOR FOR OCCUPANTS CONSIDERABLY HEAVIER THAN MY WIFE. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE PASSENGER INITIALLY SITS DOWN IN THE SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080796March 22, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THERMOSTAT HOUSING AND WATER INTAKE PROBLEM. THE FACTORY WATER INTAKE IS PLASTIC AND DOES NOT STAND UP TO HEAT SO IT WARPS AND STARTS LEAKING. IT LEAKS MORE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND UNDER PRESSURE BUT STILL DRIPS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED THIS CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. WENT TO THE DEALER THEY WANTED $503 TO PUT 2 GASKETS IN AND WOULD NOT GUARENTEE WHAT THEY SAID IT WAS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I WENT ON YOUR WEB SITE AND SAW 18% OF THE SONICS SOLD HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THAT IS ONLY THE ONES WHO HAVE COMPLAINED. I REPLACED THE FACTORY WATER INTAKE WITH A METAL ONE AND IT WAS GOOD UNTIL THE PLUG (WHICH WAS INSTALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER) ON THE UNDERSIDE STARTED LEAKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080421March 21, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
AFTER SEVERAL MANUFACTURAL REPAIRS MY CAR CONTINUES TO RUN HOT. I HAVE HAD OVER $2000 WORTH OF REPAIRS AND MY CAR CONTINUES TO RUN HOT. ALSO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE GOING KNOW IF YOU CLOSE THE DOOR WITH THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION THE CAR LOCKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080642March 21, 2018
AIR BAGS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), STEERING
WENT TO PASS AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER ON AN INTERSTATE AND AS I ACCELLERATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FISHTAIL, WHEN I RAN OVER A BUMPY PART IN THE ROAD DUE TO A BRIDGE THAT FELL , I LOST ALL STABILITY CONTROL AND CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. WE SLAMMED INTO THE CAB OF THE RITE ENTRANCE WHEELER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE IN THE FRONT. NO AIR BAGS WERE RELEASED. WHEN WE HIT THE EITEEN WHEELER IT PUSHED OUR CAR TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE WIRE RAILING, THE BACK OF OUR VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HIT THE TRAILER. NO AIR BAGS RELEASED. WE THEN GRINNED ACROSS THE WIRE RAILING AND RAN OVER A FEW CONES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. ON ALL THREE IMPACTS, NO AIR BAGS WERE RELEASED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080331March 20, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET SONIC. WHEN PRESSING THE SHIFT GEAR BUTTON TO SWITCH BETWEEN GEARS, THE BUTTON WOULD BECOME STUCK AND REMAIN DEPRESSED. AS A RESULT, THE SHIFTER WOULD INADVERTENTLY CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, NEUTRAL, OR PARK, WHEN ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE LOCAL DEALER (PENNY KEMP CHEVROLET IN EVANSVILLE, IN) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080053March 18, 2018
POWER TRAIN
TO BEGIN, I HAVE BEEN HAVING A SHIFT FLARE PROBLEM WITH MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE NO TROUBLE CODES IN THE SYSTEM. THIS WOULD HAPPEN WHEN I WOULD GET OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC OR WHEN THE CAR WAS RUNNING FOR A LONG TIME. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY WHEN THE CAR WAS COOLED AND WAS PARKED FOR SEVERAL HOURS. THE RPM WOULD SPIKE ABOUT 200RMP WHEN ACCELERATING. THIS WOULD HAPPEN FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. I HAVE CHANGED THE FLUID AND I HAD TO PUT A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A QUART OF FLUID INTO IT. THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING FLUID. ONE THING THAT I NOTICED WAS THAT THE DRAIN PLUG BACKED OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED BUT IT LEAKED AROUND IT. THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL LEAK WHERE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MEET. THIS IS A VERY SMALL LEAK AND IT ONLY LEAKS IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THE LEAK THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WHERE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION MEET HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE SOMEONE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO LEAK. AT 60-65K MILES, THE FLUID IS A SOLID GLOSSY BLACK COLOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11079680March 15, 2018
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ON 03/12/2018 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING ON THE ACCESS ROAD, WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT MY CAR STARTED "BUCKLING", WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN HESISTATION AND MAJOR LOSS OF POWER OCCURED. FINALLY GOT GOING AND WHEN I GOT BACK TO WORK AND PARK IT WOULDN'T START AFTER I WENT IN AND CAME BACK OUT. GOT IT JUMPED AND WENT TO BOTH NAPA AND AUTO ZONE BOTH SAID IT WAS MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR. GOT THE PART THE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED IT. ALL WAS WELL TILL TODAY 03/15/2018 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON AND MY CAR STARTED HESISTATING ON THE HIGHWAY AND EVENTUALLY STALLING AS I WAS PULLING OF TO THE ACCESS ROADS. PRIOR TO HOT AIR WAS BLOWING OUT OF MY A.C WHILE THE COLD SETTING WAS ON. MADE MY WAY TO AUTO ZONE AND THEY SAID IT WAS P0171 RUNNING TO LEAN/TOO MUCH AIR. IN THE PARKING LOT ENSURED THE OIL CAP, DIP STICK, AIR FILTER CABIN WERE ALL SEALED TIGHT, WIRES WERE FINE, UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIR CLEANER INTAKE DUCT HOSE FOUND OUT IT WAS BROKEN ALL THE WAY AROUND THE HOSE. CALLED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AGENT AND HE INFORMED ME THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THAT IT MAY NOT BE COVERED. IF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PEOPLE AND THE MANUFACTURES KNOW OF THIS, WHY NOT MENTION IT IN THE MANUAL OR HAVE THE TECHS WHO CHANGE OUR OIL AND AIR FILTERS LOOK AT IT AND MENTION IT TO US SINCE ITS RIGHT NEXT TO THE AIR COMPARTMENT. AS I DROVE IT BACK HOME TO PARK, THE ENGINE STALLED ON ME AGAIN LUCKILY IT WAS AS I WAS PARKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11074227February 22, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A LOUD SOUND ( LIKE A GUN SHOT)LOOKED AROUND AND MY REAR (BACK) WINDOW HAD SHATTERED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073447February 18, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SEATS
MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAS WENT DOWN 3 TIMES ONLY THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SWITCH QUITS THEY CAN ROLL IT UP AT THE SHOP WITH A COMPUTER BUT I CANT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073504February 18, 2018
ENGINE
THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE COOLANT LEAK IN THE WATER PUMP FOR THE 1.4L ENGINE IS HAPPENING TO MY 1.8L CHEVROLET SONIC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073218February 16, 2018
AIR BAGS
PASSENGER AIRBAG ON/OFF LIGHT IS ALMOST ALWAYS OFF WITH THE PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPIED WHETHER ITS SOMEONE THAT WEIGHS 100LBS UP TO 225LBS. THIS HAPPENS WHILE STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING. RARELY, WITH A HEAVIER OCCUPANT OF 200LBS OR MORE, THE AIRBAG ON/OFF LIGHT WILL SAY ON. BUT MOST OF THE TIME, WITH ANY OCCUPANT, THE AIRBAG ON/OFF REMAINS OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11073247February 16, 2018
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SONIC. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT STRUCK A VAN DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AMBULANCE WAS NOT CALLED AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED NECK AND A CONCUSSION AND HER SPOUSE SUSTAINED A SPRAINED NECK AND BACK. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS RECEIVED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,913.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#11072808February 13, 2018
POWER TRAIN
STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2016 THE GEAR SHIFT BUTTON BEGAN STICKING A LITTLE ON THE COLD DAYS. A MONTH LATER I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION AND COULDN'T GET THE BUTTON TO POP BACK OUT UNTIL THE CAR WAS WARM. WD-40 HELPED TEMPORARILY AND THEN MY MECHANIC CLEANED IT AND USE SILICONE. IT WAS BETTER BUT STILL STICKY. NO ISSUES DURING SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL BUT IT STARTED AS SOON AS THE COLD WEATHER HIT. IF I AM IN THE CAR LONG ENOUGH IT ISN'T A PROBLEM BUT SHORT TRIPS ON COLD DAYS MEAN I HAVE TO USE A CARD TO PRY THE BUTTON OUT. ONLY ONCE HAS IT CAUSED A PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING WHEN IT TOO EASILY SLID FROM D INTO M1. I DROPPED MY CAR OFF TO HAVE THE GEAR SHIFTER REPLACED. THE PART IS ABOUT $150. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LABOR WILL BE AND I HAVENT BEEN UNDER WARRANTY FOR YEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11072410February 12, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 CHEVROLET SONIC. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SHIFTER BECAME STUCK AND WAS NOT ABLE TO GO INTO PARK, WHICH CAUSED THE KEY TO BECOME STUCK. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED (MOUNTAIN VIEW CHEVROLET, 890 RIVERFRONT PKWY, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37402) AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS 20,000 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY; THEREFORE, THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11071951February 9, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET SONIC. AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE BACK HOME (A MILE AWAY) AND NOTICED A LOT OF SMOKE EMERGING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL COOLER COMPONENT AND LINES FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND THE PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11066842February 4, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS HAD PROBLEMS HARD SHIFT/NO SHIFT SLIPPING AT 60K HAD TO BE FIXED BUT STILL ACTS UP. ENGINE COOLANT PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASE AND IT WAS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY AND 3 THERMOSTAT HOUSINGS HAVE BEEN PUT ON. UPON PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK THE ENGINE WILL REV TO ABOUT 5K RPMS. THE KEY GETS INCREADIBLY HOT WHILE DRIVING AND IT ACTUALLY BURNED MY DAUGHTER. IF THE KEY IS LEFT IN THE IGNITION AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUALLY TRY TO CRANK IT'S SELF. IF THERE IS ANY KIND OF WIND THE VEHICLE WILL SWAY AND BECOMES DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11066611February 2, 2018
AIR BAGS
I WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH IN WHICH I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC WAS CONGESTED DUE TO ANOTHER ACCIDENT AND CONSTRUCTION. ME AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME WERE AT A COMPLETE STOP AS WAS EVERYONE ELSE, WHEN I WAS REAR ENDED PRETTY FORCEFULLY AND TO THE POINT THAT AFTER SLAMMING HARDER ON MY BREAKS, MY VEHICLE WAS STILL SHOVED INTO THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT MY AIRBAG NEVER EVEN DEPLOYED. I WAS STRUCK PRETTY HARD AS WELL AS SHOVED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME THAT CRUNCHED MY CAR AT BOTH ENDS. I FIND THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT MY AIRBAGS DID NOT PROTECT ME FROM IF I WOULD HAVE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063213January 17, 2018
ENGINE
TL-CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVY SONIC ---- CONTACT WAS STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT AND HEAT WENT COLD -- NO HAT ONLY BLOWS COLD AIR -- DEALERSHIP DID DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND VEHICLE WAS FIXED ONCE ALREADY -- VEHICLE HAS 60,000 MILES --- HEAT KEEPS GOING COLD WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED . 0 RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VIN...CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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