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Over heating

Chevrolet Sonic 2013 Automatic 140000 miles
I have a 2013 chevy sonic after replacing the thermostat, radiator, fan and spark plugs the car is still overheating frequently also my air conditioner stopped working
Kimberly from United States 7 years ago  
KI
24 reports 
Skizo from South Africa 5 years ago
Im starting to give up on mine

Like, how many times does one have to change something anything from under the hood only to change it again after 6 months 🙆🏽‍♂️

Blowed twice
Dont talk about the aircon 😏
kayy from United States 5 years ago
I thought i was the only one who thought this. I’ve spent more money fixing the car than buying it but i don’t know any other reliable cars!
Jaco from South Africa 5 years ago
Is it possible that my coil pack which I replaced 6 months ago is gone again?
Gavin from South Africa 5 years ago
@JacoYes I replaced my coil pack twice in a 5 months peroid, the cat wil start to miss and a vibration like the engine is shaking. My beat advice sell the car now its a total melon piece of shit kak I fixes the car more than I drove it
Gavin from South Africa 5 years ago
@JacoI did head gasget coil pack water leaking isues I can give you a full list of problems that car is my opinion soos ons se hier in suid afrika is poes kak kar, just sell it man then also youre not gonna get alot for it bought mine in 2015 for 140k (south African rand) sold it this year September its like a curse has been lifted when webuycars.co.za took that car anyhow I got like 60k for it
Kris from United States 4 years ago
On the sonics, the engine fan is tied into the a/c system. I also changed the fan, multiple sensors, fuses only to find out the a/c refrigerant was low not allowing the compressor to engage. Added some 134a and ta da everything works fine. After a month it did it all again. I found out then the Schroeder value on the low pressure port was slow leaking. Fixed and no issues since.
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Over heating

Chevrolet Sonic 2013 Automatic 140000 miles
I have a 2013 chevy sonic after replacing the thermostat, radiator, fan and spark plugs the car is still overheating frequently
Kimberly from United States 7 years ago  
KI
9 reports 
Susan from United States 7 years ago
I have 2013 sonic I've had my ad in shops looks like. Mud in. Y resvoir love had it flushed about 4 times they said it's not a head gasket you pay 1000 for a car and you still don't have a car so what do you do
Bob from United States 2 years ago
Blown head gasket I’d have it checked out
Melly from United States 6 months ago
I don’t know if it’s just 2012 but I have no temperature gauge. On a car that’s constantly over heating that seems quite intentional and awful for Chevy to do.
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Mylink clicking random things by itself

Chevrolet Sonic 2014 hatchback  717000 miles
It’s been a good handful of months now that i’ve noticed my radio just does random things by itself at random times. Some days it does it, other days it doesn’t. But for the most part, i can be driving and the radio will turn the shuffle on and off by itself, or it’ll go into the radio settings by itself and start selecting things randomly. If im on a phone call, it’ll randomly go into my address book and start selecting contact and call people. I truly don’t know what’s going on with this car, but something tells me this is a computer issue and i know that’s gonna cost a pretty penny to repair. Any tips and advice is greatly appreciated.
paola from United States 5 years ago  
PA
17 reports 
Ken d from United States 3 years ago
My radio will turn off by itself randomly while I'm driving. The other day it wouldn't shut off after car was parked and engine was off. Got out of the car and locked doors and it still was playing at high volume
I had no control of volume also. Finally shut itself off by itself and hasn't repeated behavior since. I agree that this is most likely a computer problem and probably expensive to fix. Hoping for a recall.
Masethi from South Africa 3 years ago
I am experiencing the same thing with my Chevrolet sonic my link radio
Bee2530 from United States 3 years ago
I have same issue. Touch screen no longer works
Raythor from United States 2 years ago
I had the same issue and now my touch screen no longer works
Wayno from United States 2 years ago
Same here. Same problems....
Katie from United States 2 years ago
I agree, hoping to find an answer on what can be done to help this issue.
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Many failures

Chevrolet Sonic 2012  45000 miles
In 2011, I bought a Sonic 2012 who turned out to be absolutely faulty. The first problem was with the braking, which did not work or did whenever it wanted to. It was then found that some hoses that control the emptiness were damaged. Later, the ABS began making a terrible noise like the one of an old car. Finally, it started jerking because something in the transmission was failing, and even two times a little engine of the air conditioning gate broke down.
Belinda from United States 11 years ago  
BE
6 reports 
Tony from United States 4 years ago
Mine is 2018 sonic, it's jerking, shuts off while driving, jerks, won't up a hill when I lose the RPM, any advice, my mechanic said it was ABS sensor, changed that, changed the ABS switch, still nothing, the ABS light is off since I replaced the switch, he says it was 4 more sensors had to be replaced
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Rear drivers side bk window won't roll down

Chevrolet Sonic 2013 Sedan Lt 1.8 142102 miles
Driver's rear window won't roll down replaced fuse all other windows roll down is there a relay switch
Brooklyn from United States 2 years ago  
BR
1 report 
MariosMous from other 2 years ago
On my car when the two front windows stopped rolling down i concluded that the switches were faulty. I did not change them though. I decided to do it the hard way cause i was sure the connections on the switch were just dirty/corroded. So i stripped down the doors to reach the naked switches, cleaned them with some isopropyl alcohol and they are working perfectly fine up until this day since then.
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Leaking Coolant.

Chevrolet Sonic 2015 1.4L turbo hatch 75000 miles
I had overheating issues for a while know. Replaced the thermostat and housing. Also replaced ignition coils. Bleed the system 3 times and every day I wake up to an empty reservoir.
Eaguzman11 from United States 2 years ago  
EA
5 reports 
Antonie Botes from South Africa 2 years ago
My Chevrolet sonic still overheats, even though I replaced the radiator, thermostat, engine coolant sensor, thermostat housing. It is still showing error code 89. Can it be that the heater core inside the motor needs to be replaced
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Radiator fan not running

Chevrolet Sonic 2016 Sonic 1.8 hatch back 89000 miles
The Radiator fan is not running. Replaced it because the speed resistor was damaged, but still not coming on. Did replace the alternator, it was pushing 13.1 volts after it warmed up. Fuses and relays look good. My tester can activate the fan and the Air Conditioner.
Jody from United States a year ago  
JO
4 reports 
Mr Wood from United States a year ago
Temp sensor working? or thermostat stuck open.
Lucas from other 10 months ago
A mi me pasa que no me funciona aire acondicionado ni calefacción. El compresor acopla y enciende la luz de ac y también la luz de calefacción pero no sopla el aire. Sería el soplador/ventilador no se activa
mecatrobotic from other 7 months ago
In the fuse box, you must turn the box over and identify the fuse and relays. First, check the 40 amp fuse that corresponds to the radiator fan, which is in the corner next to the high and low speed fan relays.
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Loss of power overheating battery light check engine light

Chevrolet Sonic 2012 Sonic 1.8 l/s 86546 miles
Trouble code power train emission control battery and check engine light
Ajwk from United States 9 years ago  
AJ
7 reports 
Manuela from United States 2 years ago
Chevy Sonic fluids overheat to boiling temperature.
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Electrical problem with radio

Chevrolet Sonic 2014 4 door sedan 70670 miles
The radio in the car messes up; it scrolls through all the channels without being touched. It sometimes puts one station on ALL the radio station choices.
Cab1 from United States 6 months ago  
CA
2 reports 
Cab1 from United States 5 months ago
Still no answer yet what the electrical problem would be of why, when I press a radio station button, something happens to make the channel next to that one (and/or) other buttons to turn to the one already pressed.
Sonic Mike from United States 5 months ago
That happened to my screen as well and then the touchscreen stopped working, I found a digitizer on Ebay and replaced it and everything works perfect, the dealer wanted $700 to replace the radio
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Radio issues

Chevrolet Sonic 2013  119230 miles
My radio won’t turn off when I turn off my car
1
Sissy from United States a year ago  
SI
6 reports 
الوجيه from other a year ago
يبقئ جهاز الذي اشغل فيه الشريط شغالن بينما تكون السياره طافيه ومفتاح فتح وقفل ابواب السياره ايضا
Aliaggachi from other a year ago
C'est un court-circuit
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A/C overheating on idle, cooling fan not turning

Chevrolet Sonic 2017 1.8 Chevy soniconic  150000 miles
We're checking fuses, waiting for relay switch and replaced sensor on thermostat
PFRYE from United States a year ago  
PF
1 report 
Mr Wood from United States a year ago
There are a few relays. You can just switch around just to see if it works.
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My link connected Bluetooth good phone number come up

Chevrolet Sonic 2014  60000 miles
My link radio has no volume
Contacts and phone numbers come up says connected
Bluetooth on
Tried using manual instructions
But no volume
Bubsy from Canada 9 years ago  
BU
1 report 
Jnif7 from United States 2 years ago
When I bought it it worked then it just started going haywire pre-select all of my stations to one station now my touch screen won't work and my air is messed up so I'm wondering if the directional air flow has anything to do with it. Also when it rains is when it goes crazy primarily. Just in the last few days I can't change the stations or anything. Someone please help!
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When the car idles i get a strong like exhaust and fuel smell

Chevrolet Sonic 2017 Hatchback 145999 miles
When i idle the car in park with the a/c on level 1 i get a strong smell of gas and exhaust
Kaynock78 from United States 2 months ago  
KA

Radio won't turn off

Chevrolet Sonic 2012 Lt 178670 miles
I want to know how to keep Radio from turning back on without the key
Icepick13 from United States 3 months ago  
IC

The horn does not work

Chevrolet Sonic 2012 LS 5-speed manual 108000 miles
The horn does not work. Where are the fuses and relays?
Ridge from United States 3 months ago  
RI

Misfire of cylinder

Chevrolet Sonic 2012 Hatchbaci 95000 miles
Have changed coils three times, each time I change the coil, the engine become very hot and burn the coil, I recently changed the head gasket but still it over heat, I took off the ECU for repair, before then it was cylinder 1 that misfires but after the repairs it shifted to cylinder 4 now, it gives a very rough idle and popping exhaust sound, can smell fuel at the exhaust when engine starts cold... Kindly help me am very confused here.
Stephen from other 9 months ago  
ST
1 report 

Raido not working

Chevrolet Sonic 2012  160260 miles
I believe i blew the radio fuse when i was trying to jumpstart my car. How much is the fuse to have replaced
Chris42 from United States a year ago  
CH
4 reports 

Radio/ bluetooth

Chevrolet Sonic 2013 Sedan 4 door  117489 miles
I put the car into reverse. It says I have a rear camera which the car does not have and also my steering wheel column to control my volume and my music does not work and the display on the screen also has been changed as well where it doesn't show a lot of what's on my phone
Ivan from United States a year ago  
IV
3 reports 

Cómo puedo conectar al Bluetooth mi Sonic?

Chevrolet Sonic 2012  4000 miles
No logro conectarme al Bluetooth y no he visto tutoriales que me sirvan
Rony from other 2 years ago  
RO

A/C running hot

Chevrolet Sonic 2013  188000 miles
Ac is fully charged. No leaks but it's hot air coming out
Shelly from United States 2 years ago  
SH
11 reports 

There's number 89 what should I do

Chevrolet Sonic 2012 1400 133000 miles
That it appears the air conditioner does not emit cold
1
Shnior g from other 4 years ago  
SH
1 report 

Truck getting stuck

Chevrolet Sonic 2017  84000 miles
I can’t open my truck by the button inside or by my key, which is powered by clicking to lock doors and set my alarm???
Shawn D from United States 5 years ago  
SH
5 reports 
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