WE BOUGHT THE CHEVY SONIC BRAND NEW, OFF THE DEALERS LOT. WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH OR ABOVE WE FOUND THAT THE CAR DRIFTS EXCESSIVELY AND IS VERY HARD TO KEEP IN THE LANE. ON A FEW OCCASIONS DRIVING AT POSTED HIGHWAY SPEEDS WE WERE FORCED TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE OF RADICAL SWERVING. OUR FIRST COMPLAINTS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WERE ANSWERED WITH "IT'S THE NEW ELECTRONIC STEERING, YOU'LL GET USED TO IT" AFTER DRIVING A FEW MORE WEEKS WITH NO IMPROVEMENT, WE TOOK IT BACK IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. A NOTICE CONCERNING THE BELLY PAN CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS ON CARS BUILT BEFORE JANUARY 2012 WAS RECOGNIZED AND IT WAS REMOVED FROM OUR VEHICLE WHICH HELPED ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT. UPON TWO MORE VISITS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, NOTHING ELSE WAS FOUND. BOTH MY WIFE AND I HAVE DRIVEN A VARIETY OF NEW VEHICLES INCLUDING SMALL CARS WITH A COMBINED DRIVING EXPERIENCE OF 70 YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH A NEW VEHICLE. THE STEERING ON THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR
2012
POWER TRAIN
THIS CAR HAS SO MANY PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND IT IS GETTING READY TO GO IN FOR THE 5TH TIME. EACH TIME SO FAR I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE SAME THING...."IT DOESN'T THROW ANY CODES AND WE CAN'T GET IT TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE SO THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DONE BUT JUST KEEP DRIVING IT AND BRING IT BACK IF IT KEEPS HAPPENING"....{WHATEVER DID MECHANICS DO BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE CARS HAD COMPUTERS?} - ANYWAY, THE TRANSMISSION IS AUTOMATIC AND ACTS LIKE IT IS GRABBING AND DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT UP THROUGH THE GEARS SO IT FEELS LIKE HARD SHIFTING (STARTED BEFORE IT EVEN HAD 10,000 MILES ON IT) - IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME, BUT OFTEN ENOUGH THAT IT IS A PROBLEM THAT I WORRY ABOUT (IT'S EVEN DONE IT WHEN ON CRUISE CONTROL A COUPLE OF TIMES). NOW, AT LESS THAN 30,000 MILES THE CAR IS IDLING ROUGH AND WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKES IT MAKES A NOISE IN THE SHIFTER? THE AUTOLIGHTS ADJUST THEMSELVES EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO CHANGE IN LIGHTING OUTDOORS (PITCH BLACK NIGHT AND THE LIGHTS WILL DIM DOWN FOR NO REASON AT 45MPH RUNNING DOWN THE ROAD WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES AROUND, ETC.) AND THE RADIO ADJUSTS ITS VOLUME THE SAME WAY AND IT EVEN TURNS ITSELF OFF RANDOMLY. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITY TRAC LIGHTS COME ON SOMETIMES, STAY ON FOR AWHILE AND THEN GO OFF. NOW THAT IT'S GETTING HOT AND I'M RUNNING THE AC, IT IS ACTING UP ALSO - BLOWING FULL BLAST THEN DROPPING DOWN, THEN BACK UP AGAIN.... - DEALER INSISTS, NO CODES THROWN, WON'T REPLICATE PROBLEM WHEN THEY HAVE IT, THEREFORE NO PROBLEM EXISTS - THIS CAR HAS PROBLEMS - I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND A SONIC TO ANYONE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE TRANSMISSIONS AND ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN THESE CARS. *TR