2015 Chevrolet Colorado

I WAS ON MY WHY HOME COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT. I WAS AT A CRAWL WHEN SERVICE STABILITRAK CAME UP ON MY SCREEN. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING, SO IT WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED. I HAVE LOOKED UP TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND THAT IT ISN'T SUPER COMMON BUT SEEMS LIKE WAY TOO MANY VEHICLES ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE.

EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE STEERING SYSTEM (POWER ASSIST STOPPED WORKING) FIRST ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH SPEED; AND SUBSEQUENTLY ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH; THEN, ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 AND TUESDAY OCTOBER 1, 2019. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY WITH DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. TWO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED EACH TIME THE STEERING FAILURE OCCURRED. ALSO, TWO MESSAGES DISPLAY IN THE DIGITAL DISPLAY WITHIN THE "DASHBOARD": 1. SERVICE POWER STEERING (DRIVE WITH CARE) 2. SERVICE STABILITRAK VEHICLE STEERING IMMEDIATELY COMPROMISED, VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITH DANGEROUS CHANGE IN EFFORT REQUIRED TO STEER, LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO STEERING CHANGE. IN EACH CASE, SLOWED SPEED TO ADJUST TO CHANGED STEERING CONDITION. UPON RESEARCHING THIS DEFECT, SEE MANY REFERENCES AND DOCUMENTATION TO EXACT SAME CONDITIONS AND DEFECT DESCRIBED HERE. MANUFACTURER (CHEVROLET/GM) HAS ACKNOWLEDGED EQUIPMENT DEFECT - WITH RECALL, BUT NOT YET FOR VIN OF MY VEHICLE - APPEALING THIS HERE/NOW DUE TO MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DEFECT TO SAME YEAR, TYPE VEHICLES NOT RECOGNIZED BY CHEVROLET/GM YET WITH APPEAL FOR CONFIRMATION TO RECALL THIS AND SIMILAR VEHICLES (2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO)

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.

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

POWER STEERING FAILURE. MY 2015 CHEVY COLORADO TRUCK, WITH 41,153 MILES, HAD A POWER STEERING FAILURE 4 DAYS AGO (MARCH 22, 2019). WHILE TRAVELING ON A DRY, SMOOTH ROAD AT 30 MPH AND WHILE BRAKING, THE STABILITRAK "OFF" WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AS WELL AS A POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY HARD TO TURN. INITIALLY I THOUGHT THE TRUCK HAD STALLED, BUT IT HAD NOT. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE 2 RIGHT-HAND TURNS AT SLOW SPEED TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND INTO A PARKING LOT. I HAD TO USE A LOT OF MUSCLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE INTO THE LOT. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK THEN RESTARTED AND THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF AND POWER ASSIST RETURNED TO NORMAL OPERATION. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK UNTIL THIS EPISODE. I CHECKED THE VIN NUMBER AGAINST A RECALL LIST AND THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE (THAT I'M AWARE OF). I'VE PLACED A CALL TO THE CHEVY DEALER SERVICE MANAGER AND I'M A WAITING FOR A RETURN CALL. IN THE MEANTIME MY WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, AND I KEEP BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL WONDERING IF IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN UNDER LESS FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROX 30 MPH AND THE POWER STEERING CUT OFF AND WARNING LIGHTS WENT ON ABOUT SERVICE POWER STEERING. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, BARELY MADE IT TO SIDE OF ROAD. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON. LUCKILY I WAS GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED, I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH AND THE POWER STEERING CUT OUT AND THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I BARELY ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED TRUCK OFF, TURNED IT BACK ON AND POWER STEERING CAME BACK. AGAIN I WAS LUCKY TO JUST BE GOING STRAIGHT DOWN THE SAME HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO CHEVY DEALER IN CERRITOS(PENSKE) AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT GET THE POWER STEERING TO FAIL(I THINK ITS CRAZY TO TRY BECAUSE THAT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT) AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE SEVERAL OTHER 2015 CHEVY COLORADO TRUCKS HAVING EXACT SAME ISSUE, AND THEY ARE COVERED BY A RECALL BUT MINE IS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL. WHY ISN'T MINE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS?! I SUSPECT CHEVY IS BEING CHEAP AND NOT WANTING TO PAY, VERY SAD BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM IS SO DANGEROUS!

WHILE DRIVING TWO DIFFERENT ALARMS FLASHES ON DASH SCREEN; 1) "SERVICE STABILITRAK" AND 2) "SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE WITH CARE." VEHICLE THEN LOSE POWER STEERING. I HAVE LEARNED THAT IF I PULL OVER, STOP AND TURN VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON THE ALARMS CLEAR AND I HAVE POWER STEERING ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE NOTICED THIS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING ON FLAT HIGHWAY AND WHEN VEHICLE IS A LITTLE OFF BALANCE SUCH AS ON A DIRT ROAD. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALER, EXPLAINED SITUATION AND REFERRED DEALER TO COMMENTS ONLINE. DEALER STATED THE ALARM HISTORY IS CLEAR AND THEREFORE THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. I PURCHASED VEHICLE AROUND SEPTEMBER 2018 FROM DEALER AND THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 18 TIMES OVER 4 MONTHS OR SO. IT HAS ALARMED, I'VE CLEARED IT AND THEN ALARM AGAIN IN THE SAME HOUR. IT HAS ALSO GONE WEEKS WITHOUT ALARMING. .

ELECTRICAL POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE POWER SHUT OFF (2 SECONDS OR SO) AS I WAS APPROACHING STOP LIGHT THEN CAME BACK ON. THIS ISSUE CAUSED ME TO LOOSE STEERING AND RESET ALL ELECTRICAL MEMORY SYSTEMS IN MY TRUCK. CONCERN IS IF THIS HAPPENS WHEN GOING FASTER SPEEDS COULD PROVE DANGEROUS TO FAMILY AND OTHERS. LESS THAT 30K MILES ON VEHICLE.