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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
690–25K
9025–50K
7850–75K
5575–100K
35100–150K
17150K+
344 reports with mileage · 147 unknown
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What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
Steering. Review the 358 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Electronic Stability Control (esc). Review the 56 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
Electrical System. Review the 53 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
RETURNING TO WORK AFTER LUNCH BREAK. POWER STEERING FAILS AT ABOUT 45 MPH. 3RD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. TOOK IT TO DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND WAS TOLD PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. TURNING TRUCK OFF AND ON AGAIN TEMPORARILY RESOLVES THE PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN TODAY AND WAS TOLD THEY NEED TO ORDER MORE PARTS. HAVE FOUND MANY…
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RETURNING TO WORK AFTER LUNCH BREAK. POWER STEERING FAILS AT ABOUT 45 MPH. 3RD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. TOOK IT TO DEALER THE FIRST TIME AND WAS TOLD PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. TURNING TRUCK OFF AND ON AGAIN TEMPORARILY RESOLVES THE PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN TODAY AND WAS TOLD THEY NEED TO ORDER MORE PARTS. HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS TRUCK HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES ONLINE.
NHTSA ODI #10759792
6,086 miles · Aug 21, 2015
Steering
EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF EPS(POWER STEERING) AFTER @ 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING: SYMPTOMS: SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ALERT MESSAGE: SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE STABILITRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL DASH LIGHTS ON BACKUP CAMERA OK BUT NO GUIDE LINES MESSAGE ON SCREEN: VEHICLE GUIDING LINES UNAVAILABLE CODE SCANNER…
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EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF EPS(POWER STEERING) AFTER @ 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING: SYMPTOMS: SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ALERT MESSAGE: SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE STABILITRACK AND TRACTION CONTROL DASH LIGHTS ON BACKUP CAMERA OK BUT NO GUIDE LINES MESSAGE ON SCREEN: VEHICLE GUIDING LINES UNAVAILABLE CODE SCANNER/READER SHOWS NO CODES. AFTER ENGINE RE-START: SERVICE STABILITRACK MESSAGE APPEARS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD, AGAIN, NO CODES. POWER STEERING WILL BE FINE AGAIN FOR A WHILE. PROBLEM REPEATED AFTER ANOTHER 30 MINUTE DRIVING. AGAIN, RESTART CLEARED THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL RECALLS FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES: NHTSA CAMPAIGN'S: 14V719000, 14V395000 & 14V153000. NOTHING FOR COLORADO.
NHTSA ODI #10750226
3,100 miles · Jul 14, 2015
Electrical SystemElectronic Stability Control (esc)Steering
I WAS DRIVING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP AND FELT THE STEERING GET STIFF. THE INFORMACTION SCREEN ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL FLASHED YELLOW LIGHTS AND THE MESSAGE "SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE SAFELY". I PROCEEDED TO GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL HARDER AND SLOW DOWN TILL I COULD SAFELY PULLOVER. THE BACKUP CAMERA ALSO STOPPED WORKING, WHICH MA…
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I WAS DRIVING ONTO AN EXIT RAMP AND FELT THE STEERING GET STIFF. THE INFORMACTION SCREEN ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL FLASHED YELLOW LIGHTS AND THE MESSAGE "SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE SAFELY". I PROCEEDED TO GRIP THE STEERING WHEEL HARDER AND SLOW DOWN TILL I COULD SAFELY PULLOVER. THE BACKUP CAMERA ALSO STOPPED WORKING, WHICH MAKES ME THINK THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUES SINCE THE CAR HAS ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING. ONCE I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON BACK TO NORMAL BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE AFFECTING OTHER 2015 COLORADO AND GMC CANYONS. DUE TO THE WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THIS VEHICLE THIS ISSUE CAN CAUSE A MAJOR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.
NHTSA ODI #10734068
3,008 miles · Jul 12, 2015
Steering
I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND HEARD THE TRUCK WARNING CHIMES AND SAW A SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE AND WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE THE WHEEL I COULDN'T TURN IT. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND I HAD POWER STEERING AGAIN.WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK TO WORK AND CALLED AND HAD IT TOWE…
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I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND HEARD THE TRUCK WARNING CHIMES AND SAW A SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE AND WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE THE WHEEL I COULDN'T TURN IT. I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND I HAD POWER STEERING AGAIN.WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK TO WORK AND CALLED AND HAD IT TOWED BACK TO CHEVY DEALER AND GET IT REPAIRED, (I THOUGHT). THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPROGRAM THE POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE. IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON A TOWN ROAD CAME AROUND A SHARP CURVE AND LOST THE STEERING AGAIN. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER INTO A DRIVEWAY AND SHUT IT OFF AND WHEN IT STARTED BACK UP THE POWER STEERING WAS WORKING AGAIN.
NHTSA ODI #10733481
5,000 miles · Jun 25, 2015
Steering
THE POWER STEER IN FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25MPH. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE POWER STEERING BRIEFLY WORKED EACH TIME THE IGNITION WAS ACTIVATED, THEN WOULD FAIL MINUTES LATER. HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE VEHICLE SINCE THAT DAY WITH CONFLICTING EXPLANATIONS . EITHER THE DEALER RECEIVED A BAD REPLACEMENT PART OR THE EN…
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THE POWER STEER IN FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25MPH. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE POWER STEERING BRIEFLY WORKED EACH TIME THE IGNITION WAS ACTIVATED, THEN WOULD FAIL MINUTES LATER. HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE VEHICLE SINCE THAT DAY WITH CONFLICTING EXPLANATIONS . EITHER THE DEALER RECEIVED A BAD REPLACEMENT PART OR THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN REQUIRES REPLACING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
NHTSA ODI #10730419
2,100 miles · May 10, 2015
Steering
WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WARNING SOUND CAME AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MENTIONED STABILITRAK AND POWER STEERING FAULT, DRIVE WITH CARE. HAD NO POWER STEERING FOR REST OF TRIP TO WORK. HAD THIS OF HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC AND IN A TURN I COULD HAVE EASILY HIT A CAR AS IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND STARTED B…
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WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WARNING SOUND CAME AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MENTIONED STABILITRAK AND POWER STEERING FAULT, DRIVE WITH CARE. HAD NO POWER STEERING FOR REST OF TRIP TO WORK. HAD THIS OF HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC AND IN A TURN I COULD HAVE EASILY HIT A CAR AS IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND STARTED BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
NHTSA ODI #10715570
2,000 miles · Apr 5, 2015
Steering
ON APRIL 2, 2015, MY DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT A SHOPPING CENTER IN PLAINFIELD IL WHEN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED AS SHE TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE IP DISPLAY SHOWED A MESSAGE TO DRIVE WITH CARE AND THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING. I STOPPED AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO PURCHASE SOME FLUID AND WHEN R…
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ON APRIL 2, 2015, MY DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT A SHOPPING CENTER IN PLAINFIELD IL WHEN THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILED AS SHE TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE IP DISPLAY SHOWED A MESSAGE TO DRIVE WITH CARE AND THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING. I STOPPED AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO PURCHASE SOME FLUID AND WHEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, I TOOK IN TO THE WEBB CHEVROLET IN PLAINFIELD WHERE THEY SAID THE POWER STEERING RACK WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE PART WOULD NOT ARRIVE UNTIL APRIL 6TH OR 7TH. MY DAUGHTER PANICKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND SHE COULD HAVE EASILY RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. THREE DAYS BEFORE I CAME TO ILLINOIS TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER I PICKED IT UP FROM MY LOCAL COLORADO FOR SEVERE ENGINE OIL LEAK REPAIR. *TR
NHTSA ODI #10703746
400 miles · Feb 25, 2015
Steering
I HAD A POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION ON THREE OCCASIONS ON FEBRUARY 13,16,AND 17. ALL THREE TIMES IT WAS -10 BELOW ZERO OR MORE AND LOST MY POWER STEERING. MY TRUCK IS PARKED IN A GARAGE AT NIGHT ,THIS HAPPENED ALL THREE TIMES AFTER BEING OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN EXTREMEY COLD WEATHER. THE DRIVER INFO CENTER DISPLAYED (SERV…
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I HAD A POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION ON THREE OCCASIONS ON FEBRUARY 13,16,AND 17. ALL THREE TIMES IT WAS -10 BELOW ZERO OR MORE AND LOST MY POWER STEERING. MY TRUCK IS PARKED IN A GARAGE AT NIGHT ,THIS HAPPENED ALL THREE TIMES AFTER BEING OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN EXTREMEY COLD WEATHER. THE DRIVER INFO CENTER DISPLAYED (SERVICE POWER STEERING-- DRIVE WITH CARE). AFTER I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 5 MILES AND SHUT THE TRUCK OF AND RESTARTED IT THE POWER STEERING WORKED. AT THIS TIME IT IS WORKING OK. I HAVE A SECOND APPOINTMENT ON MARCH 2ND WITH MY DEALER TO TRY AND FIX THIS ISSUE.
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles. The power steering assist may be lost due to a poor electrical connection within the steering gear assembly.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A loss of power steering, particularly at lower speeds increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace steering gear torque sensor cover assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 6, 2021. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N202325410.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2016 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado, and 2016 Chevrolet Volt vehicles. The driver's frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in a crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began November 8, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17387.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured January 6, 2015, to March 17, 2015, and 2015 GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 6, 2015, to March 19, 2015. A poor electrical connection within the steering gear connector may cause a loss of power steering assist.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A loss or reduction in power steering assist may increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gear torque sensor cover assembly, free of charge. The recall began March 1, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15595.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, and GMC Canyon trucks manufactured January 6, 2014, to December 24, 2014. The affected vehicles may experience the front brake calipers leaking brake fluid. This is due to air pockets, an imperfection in the metal caliper body.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the vehicle experiences a brake fluid leak it can increase the stopping distance, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the front-brake calipers if necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 9, 2015. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 14888.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks manufactured January 6, 2014, to April 1, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the hooks that secure the driver's and/or front passenger's seat frame may not have been properly attached to the vehicle body during assembly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 207, "Seating Systems."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the seat-frame attachment hooks are not secured properly, the seat may not be adequately anchored to the vehicle, and in the event of a crash, the seat occupant could be at an increased risk of an injury.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seats, correcting their installation as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on June 2, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15150.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured September 15, 2014, to January 21, 2015, and 2015 GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured October 3, 2014, to December 9, 2014. The affected vehicles have a front driver air bag inflator that may be misaligned to the air bag module backplate. This can cause the inflator to separate from the backplate during a deployment.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the inflator separates from the back plate in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, this may cause the air bag or steering wheel components to separate and be propelled into the interior compartment, potentially seriously injuring the driver or other occupants. Additionally, the air bag may fail to properly inflate, increasing the risk of injury to the driver.
Remedy: GM has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the driver air bag module inflator for proper alignment, replacing the air bag, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 19, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15037.
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 6, 2014, to October 1, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the driver air bag connections may have been wired incorrectly. This could reverse the deployment sequence and disrupt the deployment timing of the driver air bag. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the driver air bag does not deploy as designed, there is an increased risk of driver injury in the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the inflatable restraint sensing and diagnostic module (SDM), free of charge. The recall began on October 6, 2014. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet) or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 14690.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
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RQ19001 · Loss Of Power Steering Assist
Opened May 9, 2019 · Closed May 28, 2021
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Steering:electric Power Assist System
In May 2019 the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Recall Query (RQ19-001) to assess the scope of General Motors (GM) recall 16V-054. ODI had received 50 complaints with allegations of loss of electric power steering assist while the vehicle was in motion. These complaints were for vehicles outside the scope of recall 16V-054 yet exhibited the same symptoms.ODI?s review focused on specific build months outside the recall scope that had a high electric power steering failure rate and failures that were the same or similar to those addressed by the remedy associated with recall 16V-054. ODI?s review of data supplied by GM confirmed a high failure rate for vehicles outside of the recall scope.On March 25, 2021, GM filed a defect information report recalling select 2015 Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon vehicles to remedy a potential loss of power steering assist while driving. The recall (21V-213) includes vehicles that were not addressed by recall 16V-054 and also prompted this recall query.In view of the recall, ODI is closing this recall query. Despite closing this investigation, NHTSA reserves the right to take additional action if warranted by future circumstances.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.nhtsa.gov under the following ODI identification numbers in a separate attachment. ?
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