2015 Chevrolet Colorado

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS AND IN A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS. ONE TIME, I WAS TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER TIME, I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. SOME TIMES IT OCCURRED DURING A TURN, SOMETIMES IT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WHEN POWER STEERING WAS LOST, MANY WARNING LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF ON THE DASHBOARD. AFTER PULLING THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 TIMES, THE POWER STEERING WOULD COME BACK.

ON WED. SEP 18TH, 2019 I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEEDS AS I WAS PARKING THE STEERING FAILED. AN INDICATOR LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING A STEERING FAILURE AND PROBLEMS WITH THE STABILTRACK. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WAS FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. I CONTINUED HOME TRAVELLING ON HIGHWAY AT 100 KM/H WHEN THE SAME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OCCURRED. AT HIGH SPEEDS IT WAS EASIER TO STEER AND I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND RETURNED HOME, AND THE NEXT DAY I DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT REMAINS AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE STEERING HAS TO BE REPAIRED AT A COST OF $2100. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. IF MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MUSCLE THE STEERING WHEEL.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. MESSAGE LIT UP ON DASH. STOPPED CAR AND RESTARTED TO CORRECT. ROUGHLY EVERY 250 MILES. HAPPENED 9/1/2019,9/8/2019, AND AGAIN 9/14/2019. DROPPED OFF AT JIM BUTLER CHEVROLET ON 9/17/2019, JUST RECEIVED CALL TODAY 9/19/2019 THAT A SPECIALIST IS NOW LOOKING AT IT. 3 DAYS NO CAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. HAD 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OR EVEN WIFE BEEN DRIVING THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE CONTROLLED IT, VERY DANGEROUS. FIRST TIME ON GRAVEL ROAD IN OAKLAND ARKANSAS, 2ND TIME MOST DANGEROUS ON INTERSTATE 44 IN ST. LOUIS AT 65 MPH, THIRD TIME IN BOLIVAR MISSOURI PULLING OUT OF GAS STATION.

WHILE OPERATING MY COLORADO AT 45 MPH THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND ALMOST GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. I RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND IT WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY COLORADO TO DEALER WHICH FOUND THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $2800. CHECKING THE INTERNET I FOUND A GROWING NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF COLORODO OWNERS LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WANT TO WARN EVERYONE TO GET THIS CHECKED AS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHEVROLET HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION [XXX]. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE OF THE DRIVER AS THESE VEHICLES ARE GENERALLY PURCHASED FOR NEW YOUNG DRIVERS. I WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND SUGGEST ANYONE READING TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AS WELL YOUR LIFE OR IN MY CASE; MY KIDS LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING SYSTEM ALERTED AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. MCKENNEY CHEVROLET CADILLAC BUICK GMC (831 S MAIN ST, LOWELL, NC 28098, 855-757-1635) WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE COST OF REPLACING THE POWER STEERING GEAR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH) ON A TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD, THE POWER STEERING FAILED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED AT BOTH TIMES, THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HAD FAILED AND TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. THE FIRST TIME, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I BRAKED TO A STOP, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN STARTED THE ENGINE. THE MESSAGE REAPPEARED BRIEFLY, THE DISAPPEARED. WITH THE SECOND EVENT, I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO AN UNOCCUPIED PARKING LOT, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STEERING. AT THAT TIME, I AGAIN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THE MESSAGE AGAIN HAD APPEARED AS IT HAD AT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. IT WAS FORTUNATE WITH THE FIRST OCCURRENCE THAT NO ONE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME AND WITH THE SECOND OCCURRENCE I HAD TO PULL HARD ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP FROM GOING INTO THE OPPOSING LANE. THE FIRST TIME OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD 2019 AND THE SECOND WAS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH 2019. THE FIRST TIME, I HAD CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT UNLESS THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAD FAILING POWER STEERING, THAT MOST LIKELY NOTHING WOULD BE FOUND WRONG AND WOULD WASTE MY MONEY. AFTER THE SECOND TIME, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT AND MENTIONED TO THEM THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON SOME 2015 CHEVY COLORADO'S DEALING WITH POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. THE APPOINTMENT IS ON 9-17-19.

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH) ON A TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD, THE POWER STEERING FAILED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WHEN THIS OCCURRED AT BOTH TIMES, THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING HAD FAILED AND TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. THE FIRST TIME, NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I BRAKED TO A STOP, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN STARTED THE ENGINE. THE MESSAGE REAPPEARED BRIEFLY, THE DISAPPEARED. WITH THE SECOND EVENT, I WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO AN UNOCCUPIED PARKING LOT, WHICH WAS VERY DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STEERING. AT THAT TIME, I AGAIN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THE MESSAGE AGAIN HAD APPEARED AS IT HAD AT THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. IT WAS FORTUNATE WITH THE FIRST OCCURRENCE THAT NO ONE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME AND WITH THE SECOND OCCURRENCE I HAD TO PULL HARD ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP FROM GOING INTO THE OPPOSING LANE. THE FIRST TIME OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD 2019 AND THE SECOND WAS ON SEPTEMBER 10TH 2019. THE FIRST TIME, I HAD CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT UNLESS THE TRUCK CURRENTLY HAD FAILING POWER STEERING, THAT MOST LIKELY NOTHING WOULD BE FOUND WRONG AND WOULD WASTE MY MONEY. AFTER THE SECOND TIME, I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM CHECK IT OUT AND MENTIONED TO THEM THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON SOME 2015 CHEVY COLORADO'S DEALING WITH POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. THE APPOINTMENT IS ON 9-17-19.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000 (STEERING) A FEW YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OURISMAN CHEVROLET BUICK GMC OF ALEXANDRIA (1800 OLD RICHMOND HWY, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22303, (571) 360-8047) AND REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE STEERING WHEEL WITH FORCE. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPRERATION. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE FAILURE RECURRED MILES DOWN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THIRTY TIMES TO SEE IF THE POWER STEERING FAILURE WOULD GO AWAY, BUT IT DID NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.