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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE RADIO, TURN SIGNALS, BACK-UP CAMERA, AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000 (STEERING) WAS CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.

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)

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, MY VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER STEERING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS OCCURRED WHEN DRIVING AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS AND IN A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS. ONE TIME, I WAS TRAVELING AT LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER TIME, I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MILES PER HOUR. SOME TIMES IT OCCURRED DURING A TURN, SOMETIMES IT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WHEN POWER STEERING WAS LOST, MANY WARNING LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF ON THE DASHBOARD. AFTER PULLING THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 TIMES, THE POWER STEERING WOULD COME BACK.

ON WED. SEP 18TH, 2019 I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AT SLOW SPEEDS AS I WAS PARKING THE STEERING FAILED. AN INDICATOR LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD INDICATING A STEERING FAILURE AND PROBLEMS WITH THE STABILTRACK. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND PULLED INTO A PARKING SPOT. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WAS FUNCTIONAL AGAIN. I CONTINUED HOME TRAVELLING ON HIGHWAY AT 100 KM/H WHEN THE SAME SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OCCURRED. AT HIGH SPEEDS IT WAS EASIER TO STEER AND I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND RETURNED HOME, AND THE NEXT DAY I DROPPED THE VEHICLE OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT REMAINS AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE STEERING HAS TO BE REPAIRED AT A COST OF $2100. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. IF MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MUSCLE THE STEERING WHEEL.

POWER STEERING WENT OUT 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. MESSAGE LIT UP ON DASH. STOPPED CAR AND RESTARTED TO CORRECT. ROUGHLY EVERY 250 MILES. HAPPENED 9/1/2019,9/8/2019, AND AGAIN 9/14/2019. DROPPED OFF AT JIM BUTLER CHEVROLET ON 9/17/2019, JUST RECEIVED CALL TODAY 9/19/2019 THAT A SPECIALIST IS NOW LOOKING AT IT. 3 DAYS NO CAR HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. HAD 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OR EVEN WIFE BEEN DRIVING THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD HAVE CONTROLLED IT, VERY DANGEROUS. FIRST TIME ON GRAVEL ROAD IN OAKLAND ARKANSAS, 2ND TIME MOST DANGEROUS ON INTERSTATE 44 IN ST. LOUIS AT 65 MPH, THIRD TIME IN BOLIVAR MISSOURI PULLING OUT OF GAS STATION.

WHILE OPERATING MY COLORADO AT 45 MPH THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT CAUSING ME TO LOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND ALMOST GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. I RESTARTED THE TRUCK AND IT WAS ABLE TO TAKE MY COLORADO TO DEALER WHICH FOUND THAT THE ELECTRONIC STEERING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $2800. CHECKING THE INTERNET I FOUND A GROWING NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS OF COLORODO OWNERS LOSING CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLES WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND I WANT TO WARN EVERYONE TO GET THIS CHECKED AS A SAFETY ISSUE. CHEVROLET HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION [XXX]. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY DEPENDING ON THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE OF THE DRIVER AS THESE VEHICLES ARE GENERALLY PURCHASED FOR NEW YOUNG DRIVERS. I WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND SUGGEST ANYONE READING TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AS WELL YOUR LIFE OR IN MY CASE; MY KIDS LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO ED MORSE SAWGRASS CHEVROLET (14401 W SUNRISE BLVD, SUNRISE, FL 33323, (754) 220-2879) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WARNING SYSTEM ALERTED AND THEN THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT. MCKENNEY CHEVROLET CADILLAC BUICK GMC (831 S MAIN ST, LOWELL, NC 28098, 855-757-1635) WAS CONTACTED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE MANUFACTURER SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE COST OF REPLACING THE POWER STEERING GEAR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.