GMC Sonoma
Registered from 1996 to 2004.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 15.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway |
| 2003 | 1471 kg · 3120 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway |
| 2002 | 1471 kg · 3120 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway |
| 2001 | 1471 kg · 3120 mm wheelbase · 14.7 L/100km (EPA) · 16.8 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway |
| 2000 | 1463 kg · 3120 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway · Coupe |
| 1999 | 1637 kg · 3000 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway · Coupe |
| 1998 | 1637 kg · 3000 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.8 motorway · Coupe |
| 1997 | 1631 kg · 3000 mm wheelbase · 13.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 11.2 motorway · Coupe |
| 1996 | 1650 kg · 3000 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway · Coupe |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Tailgate support cables
Engineering analysis, opened April 2005, closed May 2006.
Driver's seat belt buckle assembly
Recall query, opened February 2004, closed May 2004.
Engine stall due to fuel starvation
Preliminary evaluation, opened September 2002, closed November 2003.
Abs braking system
Engineering analysis, opened October 1994, closed February 2000.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
GMC filed 410 bulletins about the 2004 Sonoma.
- Equipment: 144
- Electrical system: 63
- Engine and engine cooling: 58
- Power train: 27
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 24
- Structure: 16
- Engine: 15
- Wheels: 12
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Exterior lighting: 8
- Other: 34
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about changing the tire and wheel size on vehicles. General Motors will only support a tire calibration for tires… · September 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
- GM is receiving damaged (cracked or broken) transmission cores returned to the reman facilities. The damage is being caused either in the removal process by the technician, or inadequate packaging or… · August 2024
- This service bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with… · July 2024
402 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.