2017 Chevrolet Colorado

I STARTED MY 2017 CHEVROLET COLORADO IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD NO POWER STEERING. I RECEIVED A POWER STEERING FAILURE MESSAGE TELLING ME TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AND TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING SERVICED. I LEFT IT RUN FOR 15 MINUTE AND SHUT IT OFF. I RETURNED A COUPLE HOURS LATER AND THE POWER STEERING HAD RETURNED. THE DEALER FOUND CODE C056D. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE RACK AND PINON ASSEMBLY. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE TRUCK AND IT HAS 38000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER REDUCED THE REPAIR COST FROM $1500 TO $900. I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2015 AND 2016 COLORADOS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. A SERVICE BULLETIN 16-NA-065 WAS ISSUED FOR 2015 AND 2016 MODELS AND THEN LATER INCLUDED 2017 AND 2018 MODELS. CHEV WOULD NOT PAY ANY OF THE COST BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR PART OF THE RECALL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL INSTANCES IN FORUMS WHERE THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED. APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT JUST A COLORADO/CANYON ISSUE AND IS NOT LIMITED TO 2015 AND 2016 MODEL YEARS. THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS HAPPENING ON SILVERALDOS ALSO. IT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN MOTION WHEN I LOST THE POWER STEERING I COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR CRASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 60 MPH AND THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND SLOWLY DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED AND INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARIA CHEVROLET - BUICK INC. (112 E OHIO AVE, RITTMAN, OH 44270) TO BE DIAGNOSED HOWEVER, A CAUSE WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

TRUCK ONLY HAS 30,000 MILES AND ALWAYS KEEP UP ON MAINTENANCE THROUGH CHEVY DEALERSHIP. WHEN DRIVING HOME ON HIGHWAY TRUCK SHUT OFF ON BUSY HIGHWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND NO WHERE TO TURN OFF WHEN SHUT OFF. RADIO WAS PLAYING BUT LOST TOTOL POWER... NO PROBLEMS WITH TRUCK PRIOR TO THIS AND FULL TANK OF GAS.. WHEN WAS ABLE TO STOP AND PUT IN PARK STARTED UP WITH NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH AS LIGHTLY PUSHING PEDAL TO CONTINUE IT PEELED OUT AS IF THE PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN. WAS GOING 60MPH WHEN ENGINE DIED AND ALL LIGHTS INCLUDING HEAD LIGHTS SHUT DOWN... VERY VERY SCARY SITUATION...

I HAVE A 2017 CHEVY COLORADO DIESEL WITH APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES WHERE THE DIESEL PARTICULATE SENSOR CONSTANTLY FAILS. I HAD IT REPLACED FOR THE 4TH TIME THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY AND NOW ITS FAILED AGAIN. THE CODE RECEIVED IS A P1476. I WILL HAVE IT REPLACED FOR THE 5TH TIME NEXT WEEK BUT ACCORDING TO ONLINE COLORADO DIESEL FORUMS THIS IS AN ENDLESSLY FAILING PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. AS A CONSEQUENCE MANY OWNERS ARE WORKING WITH AFTER-MARKET TUNERS TO REMOVE THIS EMISSIONS CONTROL. THE MESSAGING I SEE ONLINE IS THAT THIS WILL BE AN ENDLESS EXPENSE IF I KEEP MY TRUCK BEYOND THE LIMITED EMISSIONS WARRANTY. TO-DATE THE WARRANTY HAS COVERED THE REPAIRS(~ $500 EACH) BUT THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY WILL BE EXPIRING SOON. I THINK THE NHTSA AND EPA SHOULD FORCE CHEVROLET/GM TO PROVIDE AN UNLIMITED EMISSIONS WARRANTY. SAVE THAT, GM WILL IGNORE THE PROBLEM AND MANY THOUSAND OF DIESEL TRUCKS WILL HAVE THEIR EMISSIONS CONTROLS REMOVED.

DURING EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER (NEAR OR BELOW 0 DEGREES F), ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILURE HAS OCCURRED UPON VEHICLE STARTUP. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS THOROUGHLY WARMED UP DURING THESE CONDITIONS POWER ASSIST RETURNS. I WAS ADVISED TWO WINTERS AGO BY A GM SERVICE MANAGER TO 'LET IT WARM UP FOR A FEW MINUTES' BEFORE DRIVING OFF. FIFTEEN MINUTES DIDN'T DO IT TWO DAYS AGO WHEN I LEFT WORK, AND ENDED UP MUSCLING IT HOME - TURNS FROM A STOP WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. TODAY I HAD ERRANDS TO RUN AFTER WORK AND THE SYSTEM DID NOT RETURN TO 'LIFE' UNTIL AFTER MY THIRD STOP -- ABOUT 38 MINUTES OF COMBINED CITY & HIGHWAY DRIVING, LEAVING IT RUNNING DURING MY STOPS. DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC) INDICATED THE FAILURE AT VEHICLE START. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO SHUTDOWN AND RESTART HAD NO EFFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING GEARS THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD, SLAMMED, AND MADE CLUNKING NOISE WHILE SHIFTING TO PARK, REVERSE OR DRIVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE TEMPERATURE WAS AT 30 DEGREES OR LOWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CLASSIC CHEVROLET (6877 CENTER STREET, MENTOR, OH 44060, (440) 953-1070) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION GEAR FAILURE WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ALSO PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT REFERENCED THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,466.

WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS, SUDDENLY CHANGING GEARS. JUST A FEW, I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER ON 1/14/2021, FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE DEALER CHECKS THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM OK AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I BEEN TAKING THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER FOR MANY YEARS FOR SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME NO RECALLS, DAYS AGO DRIVING HOME ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE GETTING HOME THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WHEN TOO COOL AND THE RADIATOR FANS WERE IN HIGH SPINNING WHEN GOT HOME SHUT IT OFF, BUT THE FAN WAS STILL GOING ON, I WILL CALL THE DEALER ON MONDAY 01.25.2021 FOR SERVICE AND TOWING THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER TO FIX IT. HOW MUCH IS GOING TO COST ME NO IDEA, IN THE MEANTIME I WILL RENT A CAR WHILE FIXING THE TRUCK.