2015 Chevrolet Colorado

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST AND STABILITRAK INTERMITTENTLY ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. ALERTS FLASH ON THE SCREEN AND WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATE AND OFCOURSE THE STEERING WILL JERK BACK FROM A TURN (IF YOU'RE ACTIVELY IN ONE). FORTUNATELY, I HAVE TAKEN PHOTOS IN THE PAST AND ACTUALLY HAD IT OCCUR ON MY WAY TO AN OIL CHANGE TODAY. THEY CHECKED THE CODE IT COMES BACK TO "C0545" WHICH CAN BE FOUND ON GM BULLETIN "PIT5437B" THAT IDENTIFIES THIS PROBLEM BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2015. THE CHEROLET SERVICE TECHNICIAN WHO DIAGNOSED THIS ON MY VEHICLE INFORMED MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISER THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE WITH THE PROBLEM, WHICH OF COURSE WAS RELAYED BACK TO ME. SO, IF A PROBLEM CHEVY IDENTIFIED IN 9/15 MAKES A VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE, WHY DOES CHEVROLET WANT ME TO PAY $1700 + TAX INSTEAD OF INCLUDING MY VEHICLE IN THE RECALL THAT ADDRESSED THE SAME ISSUE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000)?

WE PURCHASED A 2015 CHEVY COLORADO IN MARCH OF 2015. MID MAY 2017 WE RAN INTO A HUGE ISSUE WHERE RANDOMLY THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. SINCE THAT DAY IT HAS BEEN GOING OFF RANDOMLY, AND THE ONLY WAY TO TRY TO RESET IT IS IT TO KEEP TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF UNTIL IT KICKS BACK ON-OFTEN AT THE SAME TIME IT OFTEN SAYS STABILITRAK DISABLED. USUALLY THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, BUT SOMETIMES HAS ALSO BEEN ALREADY THE CASE WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST TURNED ON. WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO THE DEALER'S/SERVICE MANAGER'S ATTENTION EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE DEALER (WE HAVE GOTTEN EVERY OIL CHANGE, SERVICE AND INSPECTION DONE AT A CHEVY DEALER SINCE THE DAY WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE) AND THE RESPONSE WE GET IS THAT WE NEED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN WHILE IT'S "CODED". FRANKLY- THIS IS ABSURD AND NOT AT ALL FEASIBLE.

PLEASE SEE COMPLAINT NUMBERS FOR BACKGROUND: 11091275, 11091278, 11091280 ON 1 MAY 18, AFTER I STARTED THE VEHICLE TO GO TO WORK, WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, WITH THE MESSAGE: 'SERVICE POWER STEERING (PS), DRIVE WITH CARE. I CLEARED THE MESSAGE AND ANOTHER MESSAGE CAME ON: 'SERVICE STABILITRAK. TRIED SHUTTING DOWN THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED 3 MINUTES LATER. DROVE TO WORK WITH NO PS. LEFT WORK AND THE SAME THING HAPPEN, NO PS ALL THE WAY HOME. I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER OF A CHEVROLET COLORADO 2015 THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. EXCEPT WHEN OUR VEHICLES WERE MADE, THEY DID NOT FALL UNDER THE CHEVROLET COLORADO 2015, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IS THE NHTSA GOING TO HELP?

SEE COMPLAINT NUMBER: 11091275 FOR BACKGROUND. 23 MAR 18: ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER THE TRUCK HAD NO PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING.(OREILLY CHEVROLET IN TUCSON, AZ) AND EXPLAINED THEM THE SITUATION. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO LOSS OF PS. VEHICLE WAS THROUGH THE DTCS AND FOUND DTC U0420/42; TORQUE SENSOR NOT PROPERLY LEARNED. DEALER DID PSCM SETUP & CLEARED THE DTCS. SERVICE PERSON STATED THEY HAD TO REBOOT COMPUTER. AFTERWARDS, THEY DROVE THE VEHICLE & HAD NO MALFUNCTIONS - $153.24. ON WAY HOME, HAD NO PROBLEMS, TO INCLUDE THE WEEKEND.

22 MAR 18: WHILE DRIVING MY COLORADO LT AT 30MPH, WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, WITH THE MESSAGE: 'SERVICE POWER STEERING (PS), DRIVE WITH CARE'. I CLEARED THE MESSAGE AND ANOTHER MESSAGE CAME ON: 'SERVICE STABILITRAK'. I WENT TO WORK AND PARKED IT AND 3 HOURS LATER, STEERING WAS NORMAL. 23 MAR 18: ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER THE TRUCK HAD NO PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING.(O'REILLY CHEVROLET IN TUCSON, AZ) AND EXPLAINED THEM THE SITUATION. THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO LOSS OF PS. VEHICLE WAS THROUGH THE DTCS AND FOUND DTC U0420/42; TORQUE SENSOR NOT PROPERLY LEARNED. DEALER DID PSCM SETUP& CLEARED THE DTCS. SERVICE PERSON STATED THEY HAD TO REBOOT COMPUTER. AFTERWARDS, THEY DROVE THE VEHICLE & HAD NO MALFUNCTIONS - $153.24. ON WAY HOME, HAD NO PROBLEMS, TO INCLUDE THE WEEKEND. FROM 26 TO 29 MAR18, HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES IN WHICH THE 'SERVICE POWER STEERING (PS), DRIVE WITH CARE' & 'SERVICE STABILITRAK' CAME ON WITH THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF PS. ON 27 MAR 18, I RECEIVED TWO EMAILS FROM ONSTAR STATING THE FOLLOWING: ISSUE WITH STABILITRAK STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM IN YOUR 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO HAS BEEN DETECTED. PLEASE SERVICE YOUR VEHICLE WITHIN 7 DAYS'& 'ISSUE WITH ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IN YOUR 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO HAS BEEN DETECTED. PLEASE SERVICE YOUR VEHICLE WITHIN 7 DAYS'. TOOK BACK TO DEALER WITH COPIES OF ABOVE RELATED MESSAGES, WHO STATED THIS WOULD ALLOW TO BETTER PINPOINT THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. SERVICE MANAGER CALLED LATER THAT DAY STATING WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED 2 MONTHS AGO AND THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS. HE SAID STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE REPLACED & WOULD COST AROUND $1,800, BUT AFTER CONSULTATION WITH FACTORY, THEY WERE WILLING TO COVER ABOUT HALF THE COST AND I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABOUT $650.SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THE PART ' BACK ORDER & NO IDEA WHEN THE PART WOULD ARRIVE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND A LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE CAREFULLY. I THEN PULLED OVER AND LET THE CAR SIT TO SEE IF IT WAS A ERROR. NOPE BACK ON THE FREEWAY AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THEN SHORTLY AFTER A LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID SERVICE STABLE TRACK. I'VE BEEN READING LOTS OF LINKS WITH PEOPLE SAYING THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.