2017 Chevrolet Colorado: steering wheel locks up

5 of the 217 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado describe steering wheel locks up.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 16 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Steering wheel locks up by model year

2022
1
2020
1
2019
3
2018
2
2017
5
2016
19
2015
17
2014
1
2006
1
2004
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 10, 2025 · Electrical · NM

I believe there should be a recall for the KNOWN chafing issues for the engine wire harness. This happened to my truck this past year around September/November of 2024 and didn't get a fix until June 25. There are TSB's out for other models as well as mine regarding the wire chaffing. it shorts out intermittently and cause all kinds of warning lights to go off, (check stabilitrak, check 4x4, etc) the vehicle usually did a bunch of stop and go jerks when it would do this then go into limp mode. I even had it stall completely on me and the steering wheel locked up. I think they had to disconnect the battery or something to get the key out. I've been on several different forum pages trying to find the issue and I have seen it happen on relatively new vehicles as well. Lucky for them they are under warranty but dealers still giving them a hard time on this issue. I believe this poses a safety issue and there should be a recall on this. Besides that, no one should have a perfectly good vehicle and have to pay 4000-7000 dollars to replace a wire harness because of a manufacturer design defect which seems will eventually cause this issue though it had happened on newer models as well. the bulletin #specific to my vehicle is PIT5626D but there are other bulletins for other engines/models

Filed Jun 22, 2023 · Steering · MN

I took my 2017 Chevrolet Colorada in for an oil change and when exiting the building I made a sharp left turn at very slow parking lot speed. The steering wheel locked up and was difficult to break loosed. I had the mechanic come out and he drove the Colorada around the building and it locked up on him also. This could be a very life threatening situation had it not been in the parking lot. I drove directly to the Chevrolet dealer to report the problem and they had never heard of this happening. I beg to differ on there statement as I did an Internet search and found numerous problems the same as mine from owners of Colorado, Silverado and GMS pickups. I am actually hesitant to drive this vehicle for fear of have a catastrophic failure causing injury or death. I was at a Jiffylube service center at the time and the certified mechanic drove the vehicle. Thank You: [XXX] INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Filed Feb 11, 2021 · Electrical, Transmission · 27,601 miles · WI

First item: when truck is put into park, the steering wheel locks up and the key is not able to be taken out of the starter slot. Second item: the power steering stops working. The steering motor was removed & replaced on feb. Of 2020.

Filed Mar 20, 2019 · Steering · 19,400 miles · IL

Steering locked when turning into a parking lot and would not straighten out

Filed Sep 26, 2018 · Steering · 20,451 miles · OH

Making a right hand turn onto our road the steering wheel locked up. I was unable to control the truck other than braking. After slamming on the brakes the steering resumed.