Driving my 2016 chevy colorado lt 4x4 down the highway and also on 2 lane roads in great weather conditions the service power steering and stabiltrak lights came on. Electric steering was disabled and I had extreme difficulty with turning left or right. This is the same recall as gm 15595. Turning the vehicle off and on resolves the issue temporarily. Now it is happening more and more and I do not feel safe with my family in the vehicle.
2016 Chevrolet Colorado steering complaints
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While driving on the highway at 50-60 m/h the truck will loose the power steering assist and wheel will turn hard and difficult to turn at lower speeds. Problem will appear for a while and return again at anytime.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the power steering suddenly failed without warning. The contact attempted to turn into a nearby parking lot with difficulty. The contact then parked and turned off the vehicle. Once the contact restarted the vehicle, the power steering resumed normal operation. The contact called lawrence chevrolet (located at 6445 carlisle pike, mechanicsburg, pa 17050, 717‑610‑4134) to be diagnosed, but no failure was found. The dealer reset the vehicle's computer system related to the power steering. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 28,356. The VIN was unknown.
This 2016 chevy pick up the right fronttire boke loose of the vehical and caused the vehicle to wreck into another car. The suspension on the lower attachment point broke away around the lower tyrod attachment point . The upper broke also at the attachment point . These parts are made of cast aluminum and have the lower tyrod where it attaches on is a tapered part if it is tightened to much t wil cause the casting to crack.it appears that this part had a crack in the part. I am a 49 year machinist nd see that the part is a pore design and is a low grade of cast aluminum use to attach this critical part of the vehicle. This vehicle was traveling less than15 MPH when this occurred. Please look into this and let me know if you need more information. Contact me at (xxxx) redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
I lost power steering while driving our 2016 chevy colorado down an off ramp from an interstate highway. The steering wheel felt like it locked up. I had to take my eyes off the road to look at the warning messages and then process that it might be loss of power steering. This was an extremely dangerous situation as steering was very difficult and I still needed to get to a safe place to stop. I was able to pull through an intersection and get off the road. I turned off the truck and then restarted and the problem went away. I will take the truck to the dealer for an explanation hopefully.
The power steering warning advisor will come on the dash while driving a highway several times, approximately ever 2-3 minutes, also while stationary after start up and in gear pressing the gas pedal, the steering become hard and incontrollable, nearly hitting a car parked in front of it.
Power steering warning keeps coming on while I am driving. Took it in to the dealer and they cannot locate the issue. Truck locked while I was driving it. I had to turn the truck off and back on in order to unlock the wheel. Warning keeps coming on up until now.
Vehicle when is started "service power steering" message is displayed along with the ABS light and stabilitrack light. Turning the engine off and on did not fix the issue. Vehicle was parked and this was the 1st time this issue was observed out of 2 plus yrs of ownership. Trying to steer the vehicle is almost impossible.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. While exiting a parking lot at 15 MPH, the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the power steering and traction control warning indicators illuminated. The contact continued to drive the vehicle home without power steering ability. When the contact arrived home, he powered off the engine, restarted the vehicle, and everything was fine. The contact also stated that the back -up camera indicated "track not available" on the instrument panel. The contact called koons tysons chevrolet buick gmc (2000 chain bridge rd, vienna, va 22182, (703) 790-9800) and scheduled an appointment. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but did not assist. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.
Driving on highway heard warning tone and dash display service warning for power steering and stabilitrak. Loss of power steering occurred at this time. Vehicle became difficult to steer. Once I was able to safely come to a stop turned off ignition and then started vehicle and power steeing returned to normal. .
On multiple occasions the "service power steering" message is displayed along with the ABS light and stabilitrack light. On two of these occasions right when I turned on the truck, the power steering actually went out and made the wheel very difficult to turn. Restarting the engine solved the problem, but this would be very dangerous if it were to occur while driving. The lights have come on while driving without the power steering going out, and have turned off on their own after a few minutes.
I have a 2016 colorado with only 56,000 easy miles. I started my truck in my driveway and started to back up. I noticed the power steering did not work and warning lights appeared on the dash indicating a power steering problem. Restarting the truck did not correct or reset the power steering function. I have owned 5 other trucks in my life time and never experienced anything like this. Now I have a $1800 bill from the dealership. There are 23 other power steering complaints on 2016 colorados on your website. A low mileage pick-up should never have a this problem. Please do something.
Power steering (ps) stops working either while in motion or stationary. Problem is intermediate & started 11 jly 2019. It doesn't seem to make a difference if in a corner or straight, the ps just quits @ various times. If my wife or daughter are driving when ps stops working, it could lead to an accident because they don't have the upper body strength to steer manually, especially if it happens in a corner. The federal safety agency recall bulletin 15595a covers this problem with the 2015 colorado's but not the 2016 colorado's. The recall needs to be expanded.
I was driving my chevy colorado in a marine port in high traffic . My truck dinged as two service codes came across my dash . Service - power steering drive with care and service stabiltrak . The most terrifying thing about this happening is the steering wheel pretty much locks and becomes highly highly difficult to get to a safe place or pull over . I was almost hit going through a intersection . I stop turn the truck off . Turn it back on . Magically the steering works again . I go to drive to my shop to have them have a look . My power steering goes out again ! No recalls present over a 2400 dollar repair . How can this keep happening and chevy wont fix this problem !
Truck was stationary. Pulled off road to make a phone call. The power steering light came on on the dash, I tried to turn my steering wheel and nothing. I finally killed the motor and ehen I cranked it back up the light was off and steering had returned. If I had been driving, it would have been horrible, since I am a women and steering would have been impossible.
My 2016 chevy colorado has lost its power steering at over 70 miles per hour (aka freeway speeds) 4 times and the power steering warning lights have came on. This results in the truck being very difficult to control at high speed. If the engine is turned off and subsequently restarted, the power steeling assist returns to full functioning. Chevrolet has recall #15595 for this problem on 2015 chevrolet colorado built months before mine but refuses to repair the 2016 model with same problem. This is a true safety issue and chevrolet should stand behind their product. The repair estimate they gave me at the chevrolet dealership was over $2,100.
Power steering fails to work when temperature drops below 0 degrees. Problem occurred in parking lot after I finished plowing snow. Steering was very stiff required two hands to turn the wheels. Code was in computer, but dealer could not find problem.
Outside temperature where the truck was parked was -1 degree f. Power steering warning came on after starting the vehicle and I had no power steering while driving 17 highway miles to work. I have owned the truck for 1 day and it has 5300 miles on it. 2 hours after I got to work I started it and the power steering worked fine. Outside temperature was +2 degrees f. I immediately took it back to the dealer. Dealer said they have had over 100 calls about this same issue on equinox and colorado over the last week and there is nothing they can do. They also said the steering modules freeze up when it gets really cold and windy and that is causing the problem. This is a severe safety issue as the vehicle is extremely difficult to steer without the assist. A fix needs to be found and a recall issued. Searching the internet I have found many instances of the same issue on the chevy colorado and gmc canyon.
Power steering assist went out. Had drove in frigid temps from home to work just fine, parked for one hour in parking lot, when I went to leave , had no power steering. Message pop up , "service..power steering assist. " could barely steer-turn truck moving at slow speed. Snow on so had to drive slow. Very dangerous. Went 10 miles to dealership and left it to be checked. Would not be able to control it on my curvy road home.
Got in my truck and started it. Warning came on to repair power steering. I have driven with manual steering before so I thought I could drive home. Pulled forward and attempted to turn but I could not turn wheels at all. Called wrecker and had it towed. Garage man called to say power steering motor had gone out. Fortunately I was in a parking lot, had I been driving on roadway it could have been bad.
While driving the power steering stops working locking up steering wheel, very dangerous. While parked power steering doesn't work, unable to turn wheel or steer. Power steering stops working while stationary and in motion.
Service stabilitrak. Abs nonfunctional or traction control. Dealer claims power steering assist gear to be cause of issue. Sounds like 2015 colorado recall issue
Power steering failed completely while in motion on the interstate going 65 MPH in glenwood springs, co. Was very scary and could have caused a serious accident. Chevrolet dealership took 3 weeks to find problem. They are not able to warranty. Chevrolet corporate does not care at all, actually almost impossible to get a hold of anyone there.
Without warning the service power steering message appears and immediately there is a loss of steering. It is extremely difficult to turn. When stopped and the ignition is turned off the system sometimes resets back to normal. Also without warning the message service stabiltrak comes on. In this mode the truck pulls extremely to the hard to the left. This happened 4 times within an hour at all various speeds on open country roads. I've read gm has recalled 2015 colorado's for same problem (gm15595). Why haven't they included 2016? I've read the repair costs about $1700.00. This is an extremely dangerous problem and needs to be addressed.
Once again, it's a cold morning and like all my other reports, eps will not work. After parking at -25 and starting at lunch, eps is inoperative. Dealer says it cannot be duplicated, so it can't be fixed. Someone is going to get hurt! This needs to be addressed to chevy!
When driving at speed of traffic, power steering goes away making it difficult to maneuver truck. Warning code comes on service stabilitrak. By pulling over and turning off then restarting truck. Code clears and power steering is active again. 2015 model of same truck had a recall that gm is apparently not addressing on the 2016 models. Problem has happened while sitting at a light, and while driving on city streets and highways. Problem is completely random. Dealer cleared program errors but couldn't find anything else wrong. Wife drove on freeway and power steering failed again almost causing an accident while turning southbound from an east bound freeway connector.
Just reported yesterday, it did it again today. Yes, it's very cold in our winter, but this should not affect the steering like this. Once again, after parking the truck, after driving to work, I shut it off until about 11 am. Turned it on for lunch, steering was non operational. Turned truck on and off many times with no change. Still non operational. Parking in my garage seems to help or something, I don't know. If this goes out on our icy roads at highway speed, someone will get seriously injured or dead. If chevy is waiting for that, they better get a big check ready. So tired of this phantom problem disappearing if you can get it to a dealership to get fixed.
Drives just fine, after parking, electronic power steering becomes inoperative, warning message of "power steering, drive with care" appears, steering becomes extremely difficult. No injuries caused by this...yet. I have taken it to dealer for fix, but they couldn't duplicate the problem, so I drive it again until it happens. I hope they're not waiting for an injury or a death before they fix this problem.
While driving on the highway vehicle displays a message stating: "power assist failure, drive with care". Immediately after the power steering turns off and the vehicle becomes difficult to steer.
I took my colorado in to dealership due to engine stalling, this is a very dangerous safety issue, I lose steering and braking ability when the engine stalls. The dealership said they are aware of the problem but they do not have an answer on how to fix this issue. The dealership informed me they have 4 other colorado's doing the exact same thing. Also there are thousands of complaints on the internet of this exact same defect. I ask chevrolet to buy back my colorado due to it is not safe to drive.
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