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
2012
ENGINE
I BROUGHT MY CAR IN BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING. I ASKED THAT AN OIL CHANGE BE DONE AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP THE CAR HAD WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE AND HAD A STRONG BURNING SMELL. THERE WAS A LOT OF SMOKE I WAS ONLY GONE 10 MINUTES FROM THE DEALER BEFORE I HAD TO BRING IT BACK. BROUGHT IT BACK DEALER SAID THEY SMELLED BURNING AND SPRAYED A DEODORIZER IN VENTS TO MASK IT, BUT THEY DID NOT ADDRESS THE SMOKING THAT IS STILL HAPPENING. FILED COMPLIANT WITH GM REQUESTING A BUY BACK OF VEHICLE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS OUT,AND HAVE ALSO HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END, AIR CONDITIONER NOT TO MENTION THAT THE DEALER DROPPED CAR OFF RACK AND CAUSED DAMAGED. *TR