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11364679 2020-09-25
2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO
WHILE THE VEHICLE REMAINED IN MOTION TAKING A TURN ON A ROUNDABOUT, THE VEHICLES POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK SUDDENLY TURNS OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE THE TURN. THE SITUATION HAPPENED TWICE IN ROUNDABOUTS IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS. ONE OF THE TIMES THIS HAPPENED MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHILE MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE. SHE DESCRIBED HITTING THE CURB, BECAUSE OF LACK OF ARM STRENGTH TO PULL THE WHEEL. THE ISSUE RESOLVES WHEN YOU CAN SAFELY PARK AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE DEALER IT WAS CONFIRMED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE "STEERING GEAR PINION" AND APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE WITH CHEVY COLORADO'S. THE DEALER MENTIONED THE COST TO REPLACE THIS ELECTRICAL COMPONENT INCLUDING LABOR WAS AN UPWARDS OF 1800 DOLLARS. FOR 2015 MODEL YEARS IT APPEARS 3000 VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE, HOWEVER A BROADER RECALL WAS NOT EXTENDED TO THE 2016 MODEL YEAR. AFTER CONTACTING GM IT WAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER MY VEHICLE UNDER THIS RECALL AT THIS TIME. I WAS CHARGED FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF ISSUE.
11363812 2020-10-11
2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO
I WAS DRIVING AROUND CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT. I HAD VERY LITTLE CONTROL OVER STEERING AT THIS POINT,BUT FINALLY WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. HAD TO TURN TRUCK OFF AND THEN RESTARTED, TRUCK DID SAME THING FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD WITH NOTIFICATION OF POWER STEERING FAILURE. FEW MORE MILES AND STABILITRACK MALFUNCTION BEGAN BEING DISPLAYED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS,SINCE YOU HAVE VERY LITTLE STEERING CONTROL WHEN THIS HAPPENS.
11362611 2020-10-02
2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT. HAD IMMEDIATE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. PULLED OVER SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN. RESTARTED THE VEHICLE POWER STEERING RETURNED.
11269517 2019-10-19
2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO
DURING AN OUT OF TOWN TRIP, MY ELECTRIC GLITCH, FROM THE DASHBOARD TO THE NAVIGATION AS IF WERE GOING TO SHUT DOWN! NOW I'M IN A PARKING LOT AND THE DASH IS TELLING ME TO SERVICE THE AIRBAG.
11265970 2019-09-20
2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO
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.
11256625 2019-09-01
2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO
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.
10945281 2017-01-13
2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO
I STARTED MY COLORADO TO HEAD HOME, THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND COOL. THE "DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER" IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLASHED THAT THE AIRBAG, ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS)/STABILITRAK WERE INOPERABLE. THE AIRBAG, TCS, AND ONE OTHER LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I CLEARED THE WARNING MESSAGES AND STARTED TO DRIVE TO TAKE IT IN AND GET IT LOOKED AT BY A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET MECHANIC. I LEFT THE PARKING LOT AND AFTER ENTERING THE NEARBY STREET I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WAS NOT DISPLAYING ANY VEHICLE INFORMATION (SHOWING ZEROS OR BLANKS FOR ALL DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION INCLUDING MILEAGE, FUEL, OIL PRESSURE, SPEED ETC). ALSO, THE NEEDLES FOR THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, AND ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE WERE LIFELESS AND READING ZEROS. ONLY THE ODOMETER AND "INFOTAINMENT" SYSTEM WERE WORKING CORRECTLY. I ESTIMATED MY SPEED TO BE ABOVE 30 MPH AT THIS POINT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND SCANNED THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD AND STEERING WHEEL BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES. WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN, ALL THE ISSUES WERE GONE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. SEEMED KINDA LIKE RESTARTING A COMPUTER TO CLEAR SOFTWARE ISSUES. NOT SURE WHAT COULD'VE CAUSED IT. MY VEHICLE IS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Z71 WITH 27,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED OCTOBER 2015. [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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