2015 Chevrolet Colorado

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN DOWN A FLAT RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN POWER STEERING AND STABILITY TRACK WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. THE POWER STEERING THEN FAILED MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. I DROVE LESS THAN A 1/4 OF A MILE TO MY RESIDENCE AND TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON AFTER I INSPECTED THE UNDER CARRIAGE. THE ERRORS REAPPEARED. I THE. TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND ON AGAIN THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY WARNINGS DISPLAYED, AND ALL FUNCTIONS WERE NORMAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER FOR THE POWER STEERING TO RETURN TO NORMAL. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

WHILE UNDER PRE OWNED WARRANTY TRUCKS POWER STEERING WOULD NOT WORK WHEN VEHICLE WAS FIRST STARTED. ONLY ACTIVATING AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES. TOOK IT IN TO JOHN L SULLIVAN IN ROSEVILLE THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH A RECALL. BY THIS TIME IT HAD HAPPENED TWICE. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON I 80 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON MY WAY TO WORK AT THE DMV. MY FIRST WEEK OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE STATE. LUCKILY IT WASNT DURING A TURN BECAUSE IT WAS A STRUGGLE JUST TO GET IT OFF TO THE SHOULDER. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP THE SAME DAY WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. PERHAPS THE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY IS WHAT MADE THEM UNABLE TO ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS NOW UNDER 2K OVER WARRENTY LIMIT OF 36K. IN THE END THEY REPLACED RACK AND PINION FOR TOTAL OF 1700 DOLLARS. AFTER ALL THE POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FAULTY CLAIMS THEY MADE BEFORE THIS ISSUE I WOULDNT PUT IT PAST THEM TO HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WHEN SPEAKING TO A SERVICE REP OVER THE PHONE HE MENTION THAT WITHIN A YEAR OF ME BUYING THE VEHICLE THEY HAD UPDATED OR CORRECTED SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE STEERING. SOMETHING THE REP AT THE FIRST ENCOUNTER OF BRINGING THE TRUCK IN FAILED TO MENTION

DRIVING DOWN ROAD, STEERING WENT HARD WITH ALARMS ,ABOUT 35MPH.STOPPED AND RESTARTED,WAS NORMAL STEERING. HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES IN NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, TOOK TO DEALER, THEY READ CODES AND SAW ALARMS. THEY CLEANED STEERING SENSOR ASSY,AND SEEMED FINE, 2 DAYS LATER HAPPENED AGAIN, 3 TIMES IN 10 MINUTES. ONE WAS WHILE PARKED, NEXT WHILE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT, AND THIRD WAS ON A CURVE , WAS IN LEFT TURN LANE OF TWO LEFT TURN LANES. COULD NOT STAY IN LEFT LANE AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN THE OTHER LEFT TURN LANE, PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED TRUCK, DROVE HOME WITH NO PROBLEMS. HAVE NOT DRIVEN VEHICLE SINCE. DOOR PLAQUE SHOWS BUILD DATE AS 11/2014 AND IS PRIOR TO 15595 RECALL AND TRUCK HAS 29000 MILES. DEALER SAYS COST TO FIX IS 2300 DOLLARS.

I WAS ON MY WHY HOME COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT. I WAS AT A CRAWL WHEN SERVICE STABILITRAK CAME UP ON MY SCREEN. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING, SO IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED. I HAVE LOOKED UP TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND THAT IT ISN'T SUPER COMMON BUT SEEMS LIKE WAY TOO MANY VEHICLES ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE RADIO, TURN SIGNALS, BACK-UP CAMERA, AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000 (STEERING) WAS CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.

EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE STEERING SYSTEM (POWER ASSIST STOPPED WORKING) FIRST ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH SPEED; AND SUBSEQUENTLY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH; THEN, ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY WITH DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. TWO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED EACH TIME THE STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED. ALSO, TWO MESSAGES DISPLAY IN THE DIGITAL DISPLAY WITHIN THE "DASHBOARD": 1. SERVICE POWER STEERING (DRIVE WITH CARE) 2. SERVICE STABILITRAK VEHICLE STEERING IMMEDIATELY COMPROMISED, VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITH DANGEROUS CHANGE IN EFFORT REQUIRED TO STEER, LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO STEERING CHANGE. IN EACH CASE, SLOWED SPEED TO ADJUST TO CHANGED STEERING CONDITION. UPON RESEARCHING THIS DEFECT, SEE MANY REFERENCES AND DOCUMENTATION TO EXACT SAME CONDITIONS AND DEFECT DESCRIBED HERE. MANUFACTURER (CHEVROLET/GM) HAS ACKNOWLEDGED EQUIPMENT DEFECT - WITH RECALL, BUT NOT YET FOR VIN OF MY VEHICLE - APPEALING THIS HERE/NOW DUE TO MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DEFECT TO SAME YEAR, TYPE VEHICLES NOT RECOGNIZED BY CHEVROLET/GM YET WITH APPEAL FOR CONFIRMATION TO RECALL THIS AND SIMILAR VEHICLES (2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO)