FaultScore

Chevrolet Sonoma problems

Owners have filed 35 complaints about the Chevrolet Sonoma with NHTSA across model years 1991 to 2003. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Every Chevrolet Sonoma year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

91 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03
Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2003 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2002 3 0 1 Airbags
2001 2 1 0 Airbags
2000 1 0 0 Brakes
1999 5 1 0 Brakes
1998 5 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1997 1 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1996 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1995 4 0 0 Brakes
1994 9 2 0 Brakes
1993 2 0 2 Electrical System
1991 1 0 0 Tires

What breaks on a Chevrolet Sonoma

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 13 37.1%

Worst in 1994

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 5 14.3%

Worst in 1998

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 11.4%

Worst in 1998

Airbags 3 8.6%

Worst in 2002

Engine & Cooling 2 5.7%

Worst in 1994

Body & Structure 2 5.7%

Worst in 2001

Electrical System 1 2.9%

Worst in 1993

Lights 1 2.9%

Worst in 1994

Fuel & Propulsion 1 2.9%

Worst in 1999

Tires 1 2.9%

Worst in 1991

Doors, Latches & Locks 1 2.9%

Worst in 2002

Other & Unspecified 1 2.9%

Worst in 1994

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Sonoma, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 1996 peak 3 Apr 2008

Compare the Chevrolet Sonoma

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.