2015 Chevrolet Colorado

THIS MORNING I TURNED ON MY 2015 CHEVY COLORADO Z71 DROVE 5 MINUTES DOWN ROAD AS I CUT THOUGH BACKSIDE OF MALL PARKING LOT LUCKY THERE IS NO TRAFFIC IN THE MORING AS MY DASH DINGED AND LIT UP SAYING SERVICE POWER STEERING. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING THE WHEEL BECAME REALLY STIFF TO TURN BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE. I TURNED OFF AND ON THE TRUCK MAGICALLY ERROR WENT AWAY, AND I REGAINED POWER STEERING. LOOKS LIKE MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE AS OTHERS I CALLED GM AND FILED COMPLAINT THEY OFFERED FOR A TOW TO DEALER (I PASSED FOR NOW SENSE I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AND DO NOT HAVE $2000 FOR REPAIR) IT SEEMS FINE FOR NOW FINGERS CROSSED IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN I HAVE TO SCHEDULE SOME TIME TO GET IT CHECKED AT A DEALER OR TOWED TO IT.

FEBRUARY 2017 (34141 MILES) - LOST POWER STEERING SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED W/"POWER STEERING SERVICE" WARNING. PULLED OVER W/DIFFICULTY, SHUT DOWN, RESTARTED, PROBLEM SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR. HAD CODE RED AT LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP, NO CHARGE, ADVISED TO RETURN IF ISSUE RECURRED. MAY 2017 (38494 MILES) - SAME ISSUE. RETURNED TO SAME CHEVY DEALERSHIP, DIAGNOSED "POOR CONNECTION IN TORQUE SENSOR HARNESS", INSTALLED SL-N-HOUSING KIT USING N-LUBRICANT AND STATED IT WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY. JULY 2019 (71474 MILES) - IDENTICAL ISSUE (DRIVING, HIGHWAY SPEED, POWER STEERING LOST W/"POWER STEERING SERVICE" WARNING, AND ADDITIONALLY TRACTION CONTROL LOSS WARNING). PULLED OVER W/DIFFICULTY. SHUTDOWN, ISSUE RESOLVED ON RESTART. SAME DAY - WENT TO SAME CHEVY DEALER, TOLD TO RETURN THE NEXT AM DUE TO SCHEDULING. 10 JULY 2019 - RETURNED TO SAME CHEVY DEALER. AFTER 2+ HOURS OF INSPECTION WAS INFORMED THE SENSOR COULD NOT BE REPLACED ALONE AND THAT A LARGE PORTION OF THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE ENTIRELY REPLACED DUE TO THE FAILING "TORQUE SENSOR HARNESS" W/REPAIRS/PARTS ESTIMATED AT OVER $2000.00. WHEN I SUGGESTED THAT THIS MAY BE A RECALL ISSUE I WAS INFORMED THAT THE MONTH MY 2015 WAS BUILT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME. NOTE: THE ABOVE VEHICLE IS AND HAS BEEN ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY DRIVEN ON WELL MAINTAINED ROADS W/NO AGGRESSIVE OFF ROAD USE/ABUSE.

ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE LOST POWER STEERING. NO CODES ARE ISSUED ONLY LIGHTS ON THE DASH STATING "SERVICE POWER STEERING" AND " SERVICE SABILITRACK". THE FIRST 2 INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH, 1 INCIDENT OCCURRED IN A PARKING LOT AT 15 MPH. THESE 3 WERE MANAGEABLE BUT THE 4TH OCCURRED IN A CURVE AT 45 MPH. THIS ONE TOOK ALL I HAD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM GOING OFF THE ROAD AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. IN ALL INCIDENTS THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED, TURNED OF AND RESTARTED SHORTLY AFTER THE LOSE AND THE PROBLEM WAS GONE. VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED INTO A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY IS WRONG.

I HAVE A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO WITH ABOUT 54,000 MILES AND PURCHASED IT USED IN 2018 FROM POHANKA CHEVROLET WITH ABOUT 22,000. WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS ON JULY 02, 2019, MY TRUCK EXPERIENCED AN ABRUPT LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. POWER STEERING FUNCTION RETURNED. I INSPECTED THE POWER STEERING FLUID AND NOTED THAT THERE WAS A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT IN THE RESERVOIR. I CONTINUED DRIVING WITH NO ISSUE UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER WHEN THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. I STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE LIKE BEFORE WITH THE POWER STEERING RETURNING ON RESTART. HOWEVER, THE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED AGAIN WITHIN MINUTES OF DRIVING. IT HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIES ON TWO SEPARATE DAYS. ON FRIDAY, 05 JULY I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY NORMAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING STEERING GEAR TORQUE SENSOR THAT WOULD COST $1,962 TO REPLACE. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE FURTHER AND FOUND THAT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WAS REPLICATED IN RECALL BULLETIN 15595A. HOWEVER, MY 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO WAS NOT COVERED IN THAT RECALL. IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT THE ISSUE NOTED IN 15595A MAY HAVE BEEN MORE EXPANSIVE THAN WAS ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED.

POWER STEERING ON MY 2015 CHEVY COLORADO AS WELL AS STABLE TRACK GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY. IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN I'M DRIVING OR STARTING THE CAR. TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN USUALLY FIXES THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND CODES CO545, U0420, B1325 AND U04135 WHICH ARE THE STEERING WHEEL TORQUE SENSOR, INVALID DATA RECEIVED FROM POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE, CONTROL MODULE POWER CURRENT VOLTAGE BELOW THRESHOLD, AND INVALID DATA RECEIVED FROM BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. THE TRUCK IS BARELY 4 YEARS OLD AND TO REPLACE THE PART WILL BE 2300. IT IS EXHIBITING THE SAME ISSUES AS THE RECALL IN 2016 AND SEARCHING AROUND I FIND MORE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING SEIZED AND VARIOUS UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. DURING THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO RESET AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RELIABLE CHEVROLET (9901 COORS BLVD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114, 505-216-2993). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

LST POWER STEERING ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK APRIL THE 23RD 2019. 2 CODES CAME UP ON THE SCREEN STABILITY TRACK ISSUE AND NO POWER STEERING PLEASE DRIVE WITH CAUTION. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 3 MILES TILL I COULD PULL OFF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE RESTARTED CODES WERE GONE FROM THE SCREEN. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE 3 MILES TO MY HOUSE. NEXT MORNING LEFT FOR WORK DROVE 2 MILES FROM THE HOUSE SAME ISSUE OCCURRED HAD TO DRIVE ANOTHER 4 MILES TILL I COULD PULL OFF THE ROAD AS I LIVE IN A RURAL TOWN. TURN THE VEHICLE OFF TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO WORK WHEN I CONTACTED OUR LOCAL CHEVY GMC DEALER IN RUSSELL SPRINGS KENTUCKY. DIAGNOSIS WAS CODE C0545 TORQUE SENSOR FAULT FOUND E TERNAL SHORT IN THE SENSOR WHICH CAUSED NO POWER STEERING. COST ME $1800 JURY PLACE THE STEERING GEAR AND MODULE IN FOR THEM TO REPROGRAM THE TORQUE SENSOR THE WIRING HARNESS HAD FAILED IT HAD SHORTED OUT. CONTACTED GMC CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE MY THEN NUMBER WAS NOT ON THE LIST FOR RECALL. CONTACTED DEALER FOR ADDITIONAL HELP THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP ME. LOOKING FOR A TOTAL REFUND OF A $1800 AS EVEN THOUGH MY THE NUMBER IS NOT UNDER THE LIST THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AS RECALL NUMBER 15595. PLEASE CONTACT ME [XXX] MY NAME IS [XXX]. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM PHILLIP'S CHEVROLET IN FRANKFORT ILLINOIS FEBRUARY 2015. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING ABILITY SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. ONCE RESTARTED, THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURE DID NOT APPEAR ON THE ON STAR COMPUTER SYSTEM BUT, THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE FAILURE. *JS THE CONSUMER REFERENCED RECALL N202325410. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO REIMBURSED FOR THE FAILURES.