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)?

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED OCTOBER 31, 2016 AS A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WITH 17,900 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. FROM DAY ONE, THE TRANSMISSION (AUTOMATIC V6) HAS SHIFTED POORLY. IT IS SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATION AND REQUIRES PUSHING THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO UPSHIFT. AND WHEN IT FINALLY DOES, IT SKIPS A GEAR AND RAISES THE RPMS TO OVER 4,000. WHEN COASTING DOWN IN INCLINE, THE TANSMISSION WILL ARBITRARILY DOWNSHIFT ITSELF AND WILL OCCASIONALLY SKIP A GEAR, AGAIN CAUSING EXCESSIVE RPMS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR GM HAS A REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HAS ADMITTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED COLORADOS. IT APPEARS TO HAVE ALL THE CLASSIC SIGNS OF A BAD DESIGN! HOPEFULLY, GM WILL OFFER A FIX TO THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER (DUBLIN CHEVROLET, 4200 JOHN MONEGO CT, DUBLIN, CA 94568) STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING GEAR AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

HESITATES DURING ACCELERATION. I HAVE REVIEWED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE ENGINE HESITATES AROUND 2000 RPM. IT HESITATES TO A POINT WHERE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE TO BE RECEIVED BEFORE NHSTA ACTS? IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER - INITIALLY THEY SAID THERE WAS A COMPUTER PATCH. STILL HESITATING.

POWER STEERING FAILS AT RANDOM TIMES AT ANY SPEED CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATIONS IN A RELATIVELY LARGE TRUCK. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME (A 180 POUND MAN) TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WITHOUT THE STEERING ASSIST AND NEARLY I HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AS A RESULT. THERE WAS A PARTIAL GM RECALL ON 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADOS FOR EXACTLY THIS REASON (RECALL # 15595A) HOWEVER, THE DEALER SAID THIS 'DID NOT APPLY TO MY VIN' AND EXPECTS ME TO PAY 1,700 DOLLARS TO REPLACE A FLAWED SYSTEM WITH THE SAME FLAWED SYSTEM. THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCE IS IDENTICAL TO THE ISSUE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL; ON TOP OF THIS, MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS AROUND 43,000 MILES. LOSS OF POWER STEERING GIVEN MY VEHICLES LOW MILEAGE, GOOD MAINTAINENCE RECORD AND THAT I HAVE NEVER PLACED ANY SIGNIFICANT MECHANICAL STRAIN OR BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT CLEARLY INDICATES TO ME, PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE STRIKINGLY APPLICABLE RECALL I MENTIONED, THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING ERROR. I HAVE FOUND LITERALLY DOZENS UPON DOZENS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON FORUMS, INCLUDING ONE ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED FROM THIS. I FRANKLY AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH GM AND FEEL THAT IF THEIR SHODDY DESIGN IS PUTTING MY AND OTHERS LIVES IN HARMS WAY, AT LEAST THEY SHOULD PAY TO REPLACE THE SYSTEM WITH THE SAME CRUMMY SYSTEM.

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.

KEY WILL NOT RELEASE FROM IGNITION WHEN VEHICLE IS PLACED IN PARK. OWNER HAS TO PUT TRUCK IN DRIVE/PARK IN VARIOUS NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS TO GET KEY TO TURN TO OFF POSITION SO IT CAN BE REMOVED FROM IGNITION. ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT, I FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN LINKING THE ISSUE TO A WEAK TRANSMISSION SHIFT SPRING BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THERE ARE MANY REPORTING OF THIS ISSUE ONLINE. WILL BE TAKING TRUCK TO WINEGARDNER CHEVROLET IN LEONARDTOWN, MD FOR SERVICE FOR THIS ISSUE, IT HAS 37,000 MILES.