Ownership Cost for 2003 GMC Sonoma SL
Estimated: $39973 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1888 | $906 | $793 | $717 | $642 | $4946 |
| Insurance | $1480 | $1532 | $1585 | $1641 | $1698 | $7936 |
| Fuel | $2000 | $2060 | $2132 | $2217 | $2317 | $10726 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2100 | $1084 | $897 | $2291 | $9135 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $523 | $523 | $523 | $523 | $523 | $775 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9630 | $7795 | $6967 | $6938 | $8643 | $39973 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2000 | STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE | SINCE I GOT THIS VEHICLE ON 9/26/00 I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES THE SECURITY LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND FLASH, CAUSING ME TO THINK IT MAY SHUT DOWN ON THE THRUWAY LEAVING ME TERRIFIED. ATLEAST 40 TIMES I WOULD GET INTO THIS VEHICLE AND IT VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START, IF LEFT SIT ALONE FOR 10-15 MIN. IT WOULD START NO PROBLEM. WELL I DONT HAVE 10 MIN TO WAIT EVERY TIME I NEED TO GO SOMEWHERE. THE DOORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE KEEP FALLING OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSING AN UNTRUE SEAL AND ALLOWING FOR WATER TO LEAK IN TO THE TRUCK. THIS LEAK HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO REAK OF MILDEW ON THE INSIDE , WELL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO DEAL WITH. I HAVE CHRONIC ASTHMA AND BAD ALLERGIES WHICH TRIGGER ATTACKS, THE LAST TIME I PICKED IT BACK UP FROM SUPPOSEDLY BEING FREE FROM SMELL , IT STILL REAKED OF MILDEW AND I DID NOT EVEN GET HOME FROM DEALER BEFORE I STARTED TO WEEZE FROM ASTHMA ATTACK SYMPTONS. I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER FOR GMC 3 TIMES AND WAS TOLD THAT THE SMELL WILL GO AWAY AFTER TIME AND I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT, I WAS ALSO TOLD THIS AT THE DEALER. THIS WAS THE 5TH TIME I TOOK IN FOR THE SMELL AND MISCELANOUS THINGS, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE SMELL WAS NEVER FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT NOTED ON THE BILL THE FIRST 4 TIMES, AGAIN NOT MY PROBLEM. I COULD GO ON FOREVER , BUT I WILL SAVE IT FOR THE PHONE. I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK FOR 5 DAYS, AND IT IS GOING BACK TO THE DEALER ON 7/26 TO FIX THE SMELL AND REPAINT THE DOOR ROCKER THAT WAS SCRATCHED BY THE DEALER WHEN ALIGNMENT OF THE DOOR TOOK PLACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND URGENCY , I AM AT MY END WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND NEED AN ALLYE?*AK |
| 2003 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | FUEL FILLER NECK REGULARLY ALLOWS GASOLINE TO OVERFLOW WHILE FILLING THE GAS TANK. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TWICE AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. GENERAL MOTORS AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THE FUEL FILLER NECK HAS BEEN NARROWED TO COMPLY WITH EMISSION STANDARDS. I OWNED A SIMILAR VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS AND NEVER ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM. PRESENT VEHICLE IS 2003 SONOMA CREW CAB PICKUP, PRIOR VEHICLE 2000 GMC JIMMY. I WAS TOLD TO STOP THE FLOW OF GAS, REMOVE HOSE FROM FILLER NECK, WAIT AND THEN RESUME FILLING GAS TANK. I WAS TOLD THIS WILL ALLOW PRESSURE TO BE REDUCED AND ALLOW GAS TO ENTER TANK. UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH I GO THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE AT LEAST THREE TIMES WITH EACH FILL UP, THE GAS TANK STILL OVERFLOWS SOMETIMES. I THINK THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION-GASOLINE ERUPTING OUT OF THE FILLER NECK. THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND SHOULD BE FIXED. *AK |
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