The complaint is about my transmission in my 1998 GMC Sonoma. Engine service light came on so I took the truck in for service. I was told that the transmission needed to be rebuilt or replaced as per the service bulletin. A $2,200-dollar fix. The truck is not quite 3 years old though I have 59000 miles on it. I can tell you that IM the only one that has driven this truck and it has hauled no more than groceries I called the customer care center and GM has said they would pay 40 percent of the repair ref case number: C05710638. At first I thought this was better than nothing. But I believe there is a major problem with the transmission and General Motors should stand behind the product due to the nature of the failure, warranty or not. This is not right. This is a major part of the vehicle and should not have gone bad this quickly. I will continue to do all the research I can to show that this failure is not normal. If a service bulletin was issued then I think it was a known problem, GM has admitted that they have seen this problem before but because the vehicle is out of warranty this is all will do.

- Middletown, OH, USA

I bought this truck off wally armour in alliance Ohio.after getting it home we found out there was front end trouble, it shook real bad, also head light did not come on all the time and the mirror on drivers door shimmied bad and mirror on window was falling off.this vehicle is a 1998 Sonoma GMC.I took the vehicle back as a lemon and now they are charging me over a thousand dollars worth of taxes besides ruining my credit to nearly zero.what can I do"is there defaults on this vehicle"

- Alliance, OH, USA

Decals on front bumper and drivers side door were pealing off. These were both replaced on service order dated 6-25-98. This however took 3 trips, 3 different days and about 2 weeks time to complete. Decals are now beginning to peal off again. This time the passenger's side door is joining in on the pealing. I took the truck to the dealer where I purchased it from and they said, "stone chips on frt, pass. Door has ding from another vehicles door stone chips -damage not warrantable-striped are well adhered". I found this rather amusing because I can take a hose and spray them off. I assume they must have a high power microscope to see a ding in the door. I still can not find one in this area. I now have another GMC dealer working on replacing them for the second time. They have them on order. 7-26-99

- Huntington, IN, USA

Unccceptable maintenance required., unsatisfactory dealer repairs, service, and satisfaction. No safety efects listed in the summary.

- N Dighton, MA, USA