2016 Chevrolet Colorado

Driving 55 miles per hour and the power steering suddenly cut out. Has since happened two other times, both driving and completely stopped. Traction control and stabilitrak warning lights illuminate at the same time. Luckily was driving in less dangerous situations at the time, but had this been on a windy road or highway, could have been much more serious.

Vehicle intermittently will show power steering loss warning then stabilitrak loss warning. Have to immediately pull out of traffic and turn off vehicle as it is hard to steer. Usually turning vehicle off helps resolve issue until it appears again. This has occurred previously about 9 months ago for about a week and then again now.

When shifting into Park and attempting to turn ignition off, the ignition does not fully rotate to the Off position and I’m unable to remove key from ignition. There are several YouTube videos demonstrating this issue with thousands of views, so the problem clearly affects a lot of people. Some videos show where the ignition safety switch solenoid does not properly disengage when placed in Park. Would be more than happy to have my vehicle inspected and tested, if needed. Have been able to “work around” issue by doing a couple of quick release pops of the shifter release switch. Seems to be a mechanical + electrical issue. Happened suddenly in February 2023 when parking in a busy parking lot. Became very nervous and concerned that I couldn’t turn the ignition off and therefore remove my key. Was not going to walk away from vehicle and leave the key in the ignition either. Have not yet reported to dealer, but that’s my next step. No warning lamps or related lights on dash.

While driving the power steering goes out and you have to drive without power steering. It is very hard to steer when this happens. It has happened several times and I’m scared I’m going to have a wreck. Dash warning lights come on saying check steering and stabilink. If you shut it off and restart it, it resets until the next time it does it. Very dangerous.

Power steering fails at random points while driving.The steering wheel jerks suddenly, locks up and becomes nearly impossible to turn, and the Power steering and StabiliTrack warnings come on. This happens while driving in town and on highways, at high rates of speed. I’m forced to pull off the road (if possible, and not surrounded by traffic), and restart my truck. SOMETIMES restarting the truck will clear the problem, sometimes not. Many times I’m forced to drive the truck unsafely and barely be able to steer. I have nearly been in several crashes due to not being able to steer or get off the road in time. I see the 2015 model has the same problem and was recalled. RECALL THE 2016’s too!! Why are we being put in danger? The dealership won’t fix it because they say there’s “nothing to fix”. But obviously there is if the year prior model was recalled for this exact problem. It is terrifying. This type of incident has occurred over 75 times (NOT an exaggeration), in the last year. Often multiple times a day.

Since I have got the truck I have had non stop problems with power steering going out while driving. Almost causing multiple accidents when turning corners and yanking the wheel out of my hands when it shuts off. There are recalls on the 2015 Colorados with the same parts as the 2016 Colorado’s but to recall on these. When power steering fails it pops up “service power steering drive with care” and “stabilitrack”

While driving, out of the blue, two censors popped up(Power Steering & Stabilitrak)and my power steering was gone. Thankfully I was driving in a straight section of roadway at the time. I was able to muscle the car into a business and park away from others. I turned off the car and turned it on again, and the error codes went away and my steering returned. Over the next couple of days, the same error codes popped up and steering went out. Stopped by my dealership and spoke with the service manager who just started the week before, said he would speak with the area manager. It has been a week and have heard nothing. The safety issue is, if you are driving in an area where you cannot pull safely off the road you are putting yourself and everyone else at risk. Especially dangerous, is if you need to make a right turn, anyone who is not extremely strong is going to end up going wide and possibly collide head on with traffic coming in the opposite direction. Apparently the flawed part has brought forth a recall for the 2015 model, but the same issue and part occurs with the 2016, yet no recall has been issued.