Sonic owners have made 319 complaints over 9 model years. Using our PainRank™ system we've ranked it 31st in overall reliability out of 40 Chevrolet models, with real engine and interior concerns.
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Click here for more informationSometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.
16 complaints
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63 complaints
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21 complaints
Generations are groups of model years where few, if any, changes were made to the vehicle which means their model years tend to break in similar ways. The Sonic has 1 generation available in North American markets.
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I mean, you should probably just avoid getting rear ended in general, but I think you know what I mean.
keep reading article "The Seatbacks in Some 2018 Sonics Weren’t Welded Properly"General Motors is recalling 71 model year 2018 Chevy Sonics because the seatback frames may not be strong enough to hold in a rear-end crash … The problem is a joint in the driver-side seatback frame that wasn't properly welded, making the frame too weak to hold in a crash.