2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

POWER STEERING FAILS TO WORK WHEN TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 0 DEGREES. PROBLEM OCCURRED IN PARKING LOT AFTER I FINISHED PLOWING SNOW. STEERING WAS VERY STIFF REQUIRED TWO HANDS TO TURN THE WHEELS. CODE WAS IN COMPUTER, BUT DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM.

OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PARKED WAS -1 DEGREE F. POWER STEERING WARNING CAME ON AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING 17 HIGHWAY MILES TO WORK. I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK FOR 1 DAY AND IT HAS 5300 MILES ON IT. 2 HOURS AFTER I GOT TO WORK I STARTED IT AND THE POWER STEERING WORKED FINE. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS +2 DEGREES F. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE HAD OVER 100 CALLS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ON EQUINOX AND COLORADO OVER THE LAST WEEK AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY ALSO SAID THE STEERING MODULES FREEZE UP WHEN IT GETS REALLY COLD AND WINDY AND THAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITHOUT THE ASSIST. A FIX NEEDS TO BE FOUND AND A RECALL ISSUED. SEARCHING THE INTERNET I HAVE FOUND MANY INSTANCES OF THE SAME ISSUE ON THE CHEVY COLORADO AND GMC CANYON.

POWER STEERING ASSIST WENT OUT. HAD DROVE IN FRIGID TEMPS FROM HOME TO WORK JUST FINE, PARKED FOR ONE HOUR IN PARKING LOT, WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE , HAD NO POWER STEERING. MESSAGE POP UP , "SERVICE..POWER STEERING ASSIST. " COULD BARELY STEER-TURN TRUCK MOVING AT SLOW SPEED. SNOW ON SO HAD TO DRIVE SLOW. VERY DANGEROUS. WENT 10 MILES TO DEALERSHIP AND LEFT IT TO BE CHECKED. WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT ON MY CURVY ROAD HOME.

GOT IN MY TRUCK AND STARTED IT. WARNING CAME ON TO REPAIR POWER STEERING. I HAVE DRIVEN WITH MANUAL STEERING BEFORE SO I THOUGHT I COULD DRIVE HOME. PULLED FORWARD AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN BUT I COULD NOT TURN WHEELS AT ALL. CALLED WRECKER AND HAD IT TOWED. GARAGE MAN CALLED TO SAY POWER STEERING MOTOR HAD GONE OUT. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN A PARKING LOT, HAD I BEEN DRIVING ON ROADWAY IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FLICKERED AND THE STABILITY TRAC INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ADVANTAGE CHEVROLET OF BOLINGBROOK (630-243-4460, LOCATED AT 115 S WEST FRONTAGE RD, BOLINGBROOK, IL 60440) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A WIRE WAS EXPOSED AND FRAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING LOCKING UP STEERING WHEEL, VERY DANGEROUS. WHILE PARKED POWER STEERING DOESN'T WORK, UNABLE TO TURN WHEEL OR STEER. POWER STEERING STOPS WORKING WHILE STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

SIDE CERTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON ON MILD OFF-ROAD TRAIL GOING ABOUT 20MPH.

SERVICE STABILITRAK. ABS NONFUNCTIONAL OR TRACTION CONTROL. DEALER CLAIMS POWER STEERING ASSIST GEAR TO BE CAUSE OF ISSUE. SOUNDS LIKE 2015 COLORADO RECALL ISSUE

BAD AIRBAG SENSOR IN BACK OF FRONT BUMPER. WAS TOLD IF NOT REPLACED, AIRBAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND NO RECALL FOUND.

ABOUT HALF DOZEN TIMES MY KEY WOULD TURN OFF THE ENGINE BUT NOT THE DASH (RADIO, LIGHT ETC) THEN WOULD NOT TURN FAR ENOUGH SO I COULD REMOVE THE KEY. AFTER RESTARTING AND SHIFTING THROUGH THE GEARS A COUPLE OF TIMES IT WOULD TURN OFF AS IT SHOULD AND I COULD REMOVE THE KEY. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME BUT IS A PAIN WHEN YOUR NOT SURE IF YOU WILL GET THE KEY OUT AT THE STORE.