15356

Bulletin number

15356

Component

Steering: electric power assist system

Summary

15356 - special coverage. On some 2007-2012 model year chevrolet malibu, pontiac g6, and saturn aura vehicles equipped with electric power steering assist (eps), the steering column torque sensor or the eps motor/controller may cause the vehicle to suddenly lose eps. If the vehicle loses eps, the vehicle’s driver information center will display a warning message and a warning chime will be heard. The vehicle will revert to a manual steering mode, which requires greater driver effort to operate at low vehicle speeds. Dealers are to replace the steering column torque sensor or eps motor/controller based on dtc. The repairs will be made at no charge to the customer.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 4,573 complaints in the steering category.