2014 CHEVROLET CHEVEROLET SS Complaints

POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. HAPPENED ORIGINALLY AT 15,000 MILES AND THEN REPAIRED, IT WAS THEN REPAIRED AGAIN UNDER THE RECALL AND NOW IT HAS FAILED AGAIN AT 28,137 MILES. FORTUNATELY I WAS AT A STANDSTILL WHEN THE WARNING CAME ON. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED WITH MORE THAN "SILICON GREASE" WHICH I WAS TOLD WAS USED ON THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION.

WHILE DRIVING AWAY FROM MY HOME LAST NIGHT, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE MESSAGE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DIC SCREEN. I WAS STILL ON MY STREET AND ONLY DRIVING 20 MPH. I PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE POWER STEERING CAME BACK ON AND THE SERVICE MESSAGE ON THE DIC CLEARED. I AM FORTUNATE I WASN'T IN A CURVE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A LANE CHANGE IN THE INTERSTATE.

THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED WHILST DRIVING AT 35MPH ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. THE STEERING WENT HEAVY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY A MESSAGE CAME UP IN THE DRIVERS INFORMATION SCREEN STATING "SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE WITH CARE". AFTER PULLING OFF THE ROAD AND TURNING OFF/RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING ASSISTANCE HAD RETURNED AND THE MESSAGE HAD GONE. THREE HOURS LATER, AS I HAD JUST PARKED THE CAR AND WAS ABOUT TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION, THE SAME HAPPENED AGAIN. WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR A HOUR LATER, THE FAULT HAD GONE. FORTUNATELY, IN BOTH SITUATIONS I WAS NOT IN ANY DANGER BUT I COULD IMAGINE THIS BEING A SERIOUS RISK IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY OR DRIVING ON A CURVED ROAD AS THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. *TR

MY NEW SS WAS MODIFIED WITH HAND CONTROLS. I WAS GOING INTO A TURN AT 50MPH AND MY KNEE GOT CAUGHT BEHIND THE HAND CONTROLS NOT ALLOWING ME TO PUSH MY BRAKES IN GOING AROUND A TURN. I HIT THE CURB TAKING OUT TWO TREES THEN HITTING A THIRD TREE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. THE FRONT END OF MY CAR IS NOW GONE WITH THE RADIATOR PUSHED INTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED AND NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AT ALL. NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OFF BUT WHEN I CAME TO A STOP IT WAS NO LONGER RUNNING AND ONSTAR AUTOMATICALLY CAME ON ASKING IF EVERYONE WAS OK SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN A CRASH. LUCKILY ME AND MY FRIEND RIDING ALONG WERE NOT INJURED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AROUND A CLOVERLEAF ON-RAMP FOR A HIGHWAY AT 40 MPH THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING FAILED. I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I MANAGED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR IN THE INSTANT THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE CAR CRASHING. *TR

THE TRIM IN THE CHEVROLET SS 2014 IS HIGHLY REFLECTIVE AND DURING PERIODS OF HIGH SUN THE DRIVER IS SIMPLY BLINDED BY THE TRIM AROUND GPS UNIT, AROUND SHIFTER, AND EVEN THE LITTLE CIRCLE AROUND THE START BUTTON IS ENOUGH TO BLIND A DRIVER. THIS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND WAS STRONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO TRY AND COVER IT OR BLOCK IT WHILE DRIVING OR BY PUTTING A HAND IN FRONT OF MY FACE. WEARING SUN GLASSES DOES NOT HELP UNLESS THEY COVER THE FULL 180 DEGREES AS THE REFLECTION HITS FROM THE SIDE. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT ON SSFORUMS.COM WITH PEOPLE PAINTING THE TRIM AND CUSTOMIZING IT INTO ANY COLOR OTHER THEN THE CURRENT, ON BRAND NEW CARS! GM ALREADY HAS THE SAME TRIM IN BLACK IN AUSTRALIA ON THE SV6 SEDAN AND CAN REMEDY THIS ISSUE. I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH CHEVY SUPPORT WHO FREQUENT SSOFORUMS.COM AND THEY CONTACTED LORI (SERVICE MANAGER) AT 86TH ST CHEVROLET IN BROOKLYN, NY AND I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. FOR THIS REASON, I AM RAISING MY CONCERN HERE AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT ALREADY HAS A FIX IN PLACE BUT NOBODY IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *JS