Steering is hard to turn at low speed and feels like the brakes are on when pressing the accelerator. I have also heard noise when trying turn into a parking spot. This has only been noticeable for a couple of days and not yet diagnosed by a dealer. The vehicle has about 36,300 miles on it. I am reporting it because my research shows this as a gm problem with electric power steering since 2014. It seem like this problem should have been resolved by now.
Chevrolet S10 power steering loss problems
14 of the 5,662 owner complaints about the Chevrolet S10 describe loss of power steering, most of them for the 1991 model year.
- owner complaints
- 14
- worst model year
- 1991
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall for this area of the car. See below
By model year
- 20181
- 20002
- 19991
- 19981
- 19971
- 19961
- 19952
- 19942
- 19931
- 19912
Often reported together
What owners say
My s10 stalls contantly. Going 60 or going 15, doesnt matter. All gauges slam to zero and sometimes it restarts, sometimes it doesnt. I lose steering and its really dangerous. Happens on the freeway, I have to throw it into neutral and restart, sometimes it does, other times it doesnt. Incident date starting 6/25/04 and still currently happens. Started out once in a while. Now its a few times a day. Seems to happen a lot more in colder/moist weather
Consumer states that while driving and no warning the stabilizer bar snap causing the consumer to lose steering control and was force to pull over. Dealer notified ts
Consumer stated that while driving he herd big thump before he lost steering, causing the vehicle to leave the roadway, could not stop the vehicle with the brakes, vehicle ran into a tree, consumer stated the pully sheared off from engine.
While driving home consumer suddenly lost steering, vehicle was unable to immediately stop which caused him to hit a garbage container that was then pushed against a tree which finally stopped his vehicle, the vehicle was towed in and was determined that a new steering knuckle was needed, but consumer was advised that it would not be replaced under warranty because the dealership states that by vehicle being in an accident that is what caused the damage to the steering knuckle (mother on behalf of son)
While driving serpentine belt broke, causing loss of power steering control.please give any further details.
Bolt which holds the steering shaft to another shaft in the steering column was improperly routed, causing a loss of steering control. Problem repaired at owner's expense. *ak
While driving the engine surges , causing hard braking and loss of steering. Owner has replaced the egr valve/ pcv valves and the fuel injection. Dealer and manufacturer has been notified.
Power steering failure.
While making a left hand turn, the steering wheel didn't not turn back to it's normal position, had to slow down and pull to the side of the road. Vehicle's steering was very hard steer.
Related recalls
Steering: gear box: shaft sector
- What is wrong
- The intermediate steering shaft loosens at the steering shaft to steering gear coupling. With this looseness, the yoke pinch bolt can wear on the splines of the shaft until there is no longer an interference between the splines and the bolt.
- Risk
- This condition can cause body to chassis movement allowing the steering shaft to separate from the steering gear which can result in a loss of steering control.
- Remedy
- Dealers will retorque the upper and lower bolts to correct specifications.
Recall number 96V195000 · Recall details
Questions about the Chevrolet S10 power steering loss
Which Chevrolet S10 years have loss of power steering problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1991 (2 complaints), 1994 (2 complaints) and 1995 (2 complaints).
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