Vehicle had difficulty accelerating, was using 6000 rpms but only going 30 mph, felt like the car was stuck in 2nd gear. Car lost ability to go in reverse.

- Akron, OH, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that the key was unable to be removed from the ignition switch. The instrument panel displayed that the vehicle was in park, but the gear shifter was stuck in the drive position. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (maher Chevrolet, 2901 34th street N, St petersburg, Florida 33713) where it was diagnosed that the shifter failed and needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact also stated that the shifter was replaced by another dealer (dimmitt Chevrolet, 25485 us highway 19 N, clearwater, Florida 33763) approximately three years ago. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000.

- Pinellas Park, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. While driving various speeds, the vehicle failed to shift gears when prompted. The contact stated that the vehicle remained stuck in first gear. In addition, the vehicle stalled on more than one occasion. Mike maroone Chevrolet South in Colorado springs, Colorado was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,000.

- Colorado Springs, CO, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. While attempting to back out of a parking space, the vehicle failed to shift into reverse. Additionally, the vehicle would vibrate abnormally while driving. The contact stated that the transmission failed to shift gears as intended. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Valley, AL, USA

My 2012 Chevrolet Sonic lt sedan has harsh shifting and feels like it is downshifting when it is not suppose to be while in motion

- Raven, VA, USA

Transmission fractured

- Las Vegas, NV, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. When pressing the shift gear button to switch between gears, the button would become stuck and remain depressed. As a result, the shifter would inadvertently change the transmission from drive to reverse, neutral, or park, when accidentally bumped. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The local dealer (penny kemp Chevrolet in evansville, in) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 50,000.

- Evansville, IN, USA

Starting in November 2016 the gear shift button began sticking a little on the cold days. A month later I was unable to take the key out of the ignition and couldn't get the button to pop back out until the car was warm. Wd-40 helped temporarily and then my mechanic cleaned it and use silicone. It was better but still sticky. No issues during spring, summer and fall but it started as soon as the cold weather hit. If I am in the car long enough it isn't a problem but short trips on cold days mean I have to use a card to pry the button out. Only once has it caused a problem while driving when it too easily slid from D into M1. I dropped my car off to have the gear shifter replaced. The part is about $150. I don't know how much labor will be and I havent been under warranty for years.

- Willoughby, OH, USA

While driving the car on designated truck route street -speed limit was 45 mph -the transmission would not up-shift to the third through sixth gears, limiting the vehicle's speed causing a unsafe speed reduction. After finally pulling the car over out of traffic and parking the car it would not go into reverse and all four wheels to locked. Car had to be towed to dealer where they had to replace the entire transmission with only 56,935 miles on the car.

- Berkeley, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. The contact stated that the key was unable to be removed from the ignition. In addition, the shifter fractured while shifting from park to drive. The vehicle was driven to a dealer (hennessy Buick GMC, 7261 jonesboro road building 1, morrow, ga 30260, (844) 240-2377) for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 69,000.

- Atlanta, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. After stopping the vehicle, it would not accelerate forward and the transmission would get stuck in third gear. The vehicle was taken to milton rubin Chevrolet in augusta, Georgia where it was diagnosed that the tcm was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 141V31500 (power train). The contact stated that the vehicle experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 107,000.

- Fort Gordan, GA, USA

12/23/16, I purchased a 2012 Chevrolet Sonic. 4/6/17, I was at a traffic light when smoke come in the vents from the hood of the car. I called onstar & to run a diagnostic. The diagnostic didn't return any information & I contacted the dealer & took the vehicle for service on 4/9/17. I was told the thermostat housing was leaking and caused the smoking. The coolant system was flushed & filled & a GM oil, lube, filter change was done. The vehicle was ready for pick on 4/19/17. A few weeks later the car was smoking again. I called the dealer, I was told it was probably just fluid on the engine. The car continued to smoke periodically. 6/7/17, there was a large pool of oil under the car, I took the car to a local shop. They said that the oil had been overfilled & that it blew a seal. I called the dealer, I was told they did not overfill the oil & made another service appointment. I was told again there was a problem with the coolant system & the oil & that was the reason for the smoking. Repairs completed 7/10/17. 9/27/17, while driving the check engine light came on, so I called onstar for a diagnostic & they gave me an error code P0299. They told me that it was an airflow problem. I called the dealer & asked for the service manager & gave her the error code. She said there was a problem with the turbo & that I needed to bring the vehicle in. I took the car to them 10/3/17. 10/4/17, the service department called me & told me that the turbo on the car was bad. The repairs were completed on 10/12/17. 10/13/17 the car overheated. The vehicle was leaking coolant in two places. I took it to a different dealer & they said the T-joint in the coolant system was leaking. The repairs were completed on 10/18/17. 11/3/17 an email from on-star said there was an engine problem. I contacted on-star for a diagnostic & they said something is wrong with the coolant system.

- Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Automatic shift button gets stuck causing the ability for the vehicle to accidentally come out of gear. When the shift button is stuck in, I then need to pry the shift button out to put it into park in order to remove the key. We have been driving the car for a couple of years thinking it is not a big deal to pry the button out (rather than pay $400 to get it fixed), until we figured out that when the button is stuck in, it can easily be bumped into different gears by accident.

- Durango, IA, USA

In 2014 the shift gear was replaced due to a recall. It hasn't been 3yrs, and the shift gear is damaged again. When I shift gear from park the release button stays stuck, posing a safety hazard, if by accident the shift gets pushed while the car is on drive. Upon parking the car, the release button stays stuck and the keys will not come off until that button is release.

- Reading, PA, USA

I can be driving my car normal when out of nowhere it almost completely loses power in the middle of the road (to the point it is very dangerous to be driving). The tcs light will illuminate as well as the check engine light with 2 codes. I was in traffic and my car literally would not pick up speed/accelerate (even with pedal all the way to floor). This is a very scary situation that should not be happening with a car that isn't even that old and only just hit 60,000 miles. I'm guessimg on the first date I noticed the issue, and it happened again on September 29, 2017. I do not feel safe driving this vehicle I have invested in and feel my tranny should have been one included in the recall, especially with it failing before 60,000 miles. Please help.

- Citrus Springs, FL, USA

We do constantly are replacing parts we replaced the window regulator and not even a few months we ha ft to replace again the cooling lines are constantly going out thermostat has been replaced twice now within 2 yrs the seat warmers no longer work been like that the key gets stuck in the ignition had to replace hoses twice constant grinding sounds and no body can figure out why the car is a toy car everything breaks down and not just once

- Lamoni, IA, USA

The button on my gear shift is sticking. Whenever I shift gears the button sticks. Sometimes it will stick the whole time I am driving and other times it will only stick for a minute or two. What deeply concerns me is when I park I cannot remove my keys or turn my car fully off until the button to return to a relaxed state. Sometimes I will have to sit in my car for a half an hour waiting for the button to come out of the gear shift. This has been happening for the past month.

- Columbus, OH, USA

I purchase my car March 2012. Had have been taking it to dealer about the washer fluid not staying in bottle. They told me nothing was wrong. Then took it again for transmission slipping into gear they said again nothing was wrong. Now the transmission is not working and they say the recall is not for my car cause there website says so.it stopped moving on the highway with me having a 2year old in back seat. I finally got my fluid to stay in bottle by some other mechanic.

- Kennesaw, GA, USA

My Chevrolet Sonic has developed an issue where the automatic transmission shift lever button is sticking in the 'in' position. In this position, the transmission gears can be changed without touching the button is such a fashion as to move the transmission from park to reverse, neutral, drive and in this module it has a so called manual mode. So one could bump the gear from reverse to drive or from drive to reverse just by touching the gear shifter. Of course, with this button in the in position you cannot remove the key out of the ignition. I feel this is a safety issue and thus reporting it as such. This issue can happen both driving and before driving. As it is not safe to drive the car this way I will be taking this in to a Chevrolet dealer to be fixed.

- Grand Rapids, MI, USA

There is a button on the transmission gear selector that allows the selector to move from park to the driving gears. On my car the button is now sticking in (will not release) this cause the gear selector to move freely from one gear to another such as drive to reverse ect also as this in in the in or engaged position the key cannot be removed. This is a safety issue as the car can be placed into reverse and or drive just by touching the gear selector

- Grand Rapids, MI, USA