CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic is fairly new & is already showing an early trend of transmission problems.
Owners report hesitation when shifting & grinding/hard shifting into gears. Some dealers are calling the condition "normal". Another owner reported his dealership replaced the transmission under warranty, but the new transmission had the same exact grinding problem. Design defect?
Car had to be towed into dealer with 300 miles on it. Great, no parts. It took the dealer 3 weeks to get the part and it was mentioned that maybe they'd have to take a part from a reps car. Nice, used parts. GM really laid a frickin' egg on this one. GM Early Resolution center got involved. Nothing was "early" about their reaction. I asked for a new car since it had 300 miles on it, and was basically ignored. After 32 years of having my name on no other title than a GM product, I believe this is the last one I"ll own. I purchase a car every 3 years new as I want a reliable car. This one lasted a whole 300 miles.....for $17,000.
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Car had to be towed into dealer with 300 miles on it. Great, no parts. It took the dealer 3 weeks to get the part and it was mentioned that maybe they'd have to take a part from a reps car. Nice, used parts. GM really laid a frickin' egg on this one. GM Early Resolution center got involved. Nothing was "early" about their reaction. I asked for a new car since it had 300 miles on it, and was basically ignored. After 32 years of having my name on no other title than a GM product, I believe this is the last one I"ll own. I purchase a car every 3 years new as I want a reliable car. This one lasted a whole 300 miles.....for $17,000.
- kennedymi, Grand Rapids, MI, US