2016 GMC Canyon: jerking or lurching

Filed Nov 21, 2024 · Steering · 302,000 miles · MI

The contact owns a 2016 GMC Canyon. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel seized, and the steering wheel was jerking with several unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the steering wheel became difficult to turn. The vehicle was restarted; however, the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 302,000.

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 49,000 miles · AL

Vehicle frequently shuts off during braking or while stopped and must be restarted before the vehicle can operate again. Vehicle experiences violent gear changes and significant lagging during periods of moderate acceleration at low speeds. Gear changes result in either severe unresponsiveness and a general lack of acceleration or an aggressive gear change that jerks the vehicle and spins the tires.

Filed Feb 29, 2020 · Electrical, Transmission · 15,000 miles · FL

Touch screen and in dash digital speedometer randomly changes on its on, the touch screen will not respond and change radio stations, volume, contact on star, try to use projection option, move the map on GPS, and change the digital speedometer from speed limit to radio stations. On multiple occasions while driving at night the entire dash, radio, gauges lights everything went black randomly as if the truck was not turned on but the truck continued to drive normal and after what looks like a reset maybe 20-30 seconds everything reboots as if you just started the truck. Then it's back to random berserk outbursts by the touch screen. Transmission started getting jerky between gears at 15k miles and has only gotten worse at 35k miles. Entire vehicle shakes between gears front to rear and back. Through all gears. Also some strong hard hitting shifts. Dealership has had vehicle 2 times for both issues and see nothing wrong. They are clearly lying. Gm will also not help and have been contacted directly.

Filed Oct 3, 2016 · Driver assistance, Steering · 1,300 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 gmc canyon. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the power steering and stability control warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle began to jerk, the speed reduced, and the power steering failed. The contact had to turn off and restart the vehicle in order for the power steering and speed control to function correctly. The failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 1,300.

Filed Oct 1, 2016 · Fuel system, Transmission · 50 miles · KY

I bought a brand new 2016 canyon, test drive went well, although I admit it probably wasn't long enough. Purchased on sunday, and during the next week driving I began noticing the transmission was not shifting at the proper times. Like most people on here, the transmission appears to be very confused , especially when decelerating into the 20-35 mpg range and attempting to re-accelerate back up. It will misfire or be very unresponsive, and then clunk and jerk you forward once it decides to change gears. It also does something that I think is even more dangerous when you are going around 30-40 mpg and then simply let off the accelerator. In this instance, I feel like it down shifts instantly and it feels like the truck is being pulled back (instead of simply coasting like I would want), and then at some point it "releases" from this and the truck actually stops decelerating and speeds up a bit, even though the gas had been released many seconds ago. This is particularly dangerous in stop and go city traffic. I think the overarching problem here is the shift points that the ECM has determined (or been programmed with). You can tell this when accelerating from a stop, my truck gets to third gear by 15 miles per hour and never goes above 2k RPM's??? I admit I am a bit light-footed on driving, which compounds the problem because I eventually am giving a small amount of acceleration to a truck in 4th gear only going 20 MPH, which suck. I have also read this was a common problem on 15 canyon (obviously read after purchase), and gmc eventually came out with a few fixes, including ECM patch updates or lower valve replacement. I imagine that many of the 2016's were already off the line by the time these '15 fixes came out (in april 15 I believe), but the dealerships have not received any of these for the 2016.

Filed Sep 27, 2016 · Transmission · 500 miles · UT

The transmission does not downshift from a high gear (5 or 6) to a lower gear when slowing down from 45 MPH to 20 MPH (or lower). When the accelerator is depressed to accelerate the engine bucks, vibrates, and does not accelerate. The engine RPM drops to 1,000 RPM or lower. If the accelerator is quickly floored the transmission downshifts several gears lower and jerks forward. This condition happens primarily on secondary roads while driving along the road and when pulling from one road into traffic on another road. The situation when pulling into traffic is dangerous because the truck does not accelerate as it should.