2015 GMC CANYON Complaints

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING WAS LOST MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO OPERATE AND STEER. LOOKING BACK ON THE RECORDS, ON 09/21/2015 A SERVICE BULLETIN CAME OUT, "LOSS OF ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ASSIST EXPIRES WITH BASE WARRANTY" ON 10/28/2015 FIELD ACTION RECALL, POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE REPROGRAMMING WITH SPS. DEALER STATES $1450 TO FIX. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL. CALLED GM, THEY SAID THAT THIS IS NO LONGER COVERED. THIS IS A ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. 10

POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK INTERMITTENTLY GO OUT. HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ALSO WHILE TURNING. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC NEARBY WHILE TURNING. IT DOES SO WITHOUT WARNING AND WILL RESET AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF (SOMETIMES TAKES MORE THAN ONE TRY). I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT ONLY ON VEHICLES BUILT BETWEEN CERTAIN DATES. UNFORTUNATELY MY VEHICLE FALLS OUTSIDE THE RECALL PARAMETERS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT GMC NEEDS TO ADDRESS

OIL COOLER LINES SUBSTANTIAL LEAK LOST LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL NO WARNINGS, LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AFTER RECEIVING CALL THAT TRUCK LEAKED OIL ON FATHERS DRIVEWAY. CHECKED DIPSTICK BEFORE HAVING TOWED FOR REPAIR AND IT WAS DRY. IF FAILURE WERE TO OCCUR ON HIGHWAY COULD RESULT IN CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF ENGINE LEADING TO ACCIDENT.

WHILE TURNING OFF OF STATE RD. ONTO A COUNTY RD. THE POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TURN AND I ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD IF I HAD NOT HAD GOOD UPPER BODY STRENGTH I WOULD HAVE CRASHED. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY HOME "ABOUT 2 BLOCKS" I TRIED TURNING OFF THE IGNITION TO SEE IF IT WOULD RESET BUT IT WOULD NOT. I DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLE FOR A SHORT TIME THEN RECONNECTED IT AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY SAID THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS AND THEY REPLACE RACK AND PINION SYSTEM AT A COST OF ABOUT $1200.00 AND SAID THERE WAS NO ACTIVE RECALL SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE BILL. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH ONLINE THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF THESE FAILURES AND I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED BUT IT STARTED WORKING AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON. I WAS NOT ON THE ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME AND I DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE DEALER I THOUGHT I WAS JUST BA FLUKE AND THAT WAS 3 OR 4 MONTHS AGO. THANK YOU PHILLIP MOSIER

LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. FREQUENCY OF LOSS IS INCREASING. EXPERIENCED THIS EFFECT 6 TO 10 TIMES IN LAST 3 MONTHS. CAN HAPPEN IN TOWN OR INTERSTATE DRIVING. DEALER SAYS NO RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR UNIT.

POWER STEERING QUIT WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON OHIO TURNPIKE. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN LAST 3 WEEKS. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF, THE POWER STEERING RETURNS TO WORKING ORDER. DANGEROUS SITUATION. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IN 2015 FOR THE SAME SITUATION.

SERVICE 4WD MESSAGE AGAIN APPEARS. WHEN DRIVING AND SWITCHING INTO 4WD RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE. THIRD TIME, NEEDS "REPROGRAMMING" . FILED COMPLAINT WITH GM ABOUT A DESIGN FLAW AND NO SATISFACTION.

MY VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING WHILE IN MOTION. APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 65MPH. ICONS ON THE DASH LIT UP. I HAD LITTLE TO NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. I NEARLY CRASHED INTO SEVERAL CARS AROUND ME. I PULLED THE CAR OFF THE ROAD, TURNED ALL POWER OFF, AND STARTED THE ENGINE AFTER A FEW MINUTES. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PROBLEMS.

THE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY HAS BECOME ERRATIC OR UNRESPONSIVE. SOMETIMES BUTTONS WILL BEGIN CLICKING ON THEIR OWN WHILE DRIVING. SUDDENLY THE DISPLAY CHANGES OR RADIO STATIONS WILL CHANGE. OTHER TIMES, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PRESS A BUTTON ON THE TOUCH SCREEN, THE SCREEN IS UNRESPONSIVE. ALL OF THIS FORCES THE DRIVER'S EYES OFF OF THE ROAD AND CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE GMC CANYON AND CHEVY COLORADO FORUMS, THIS IS A PROMINENT ISSUE IN THE 2015-2018 MODEL YEARS AND THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE THE TOUCHSCREEN, WHICH IS ~$1000 AT DEALER

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY ABOUT 45MPH AND LOST POWER STEERING, WHICH MADE TRUCK HARD TO CONTROL AND STEER. WARNING LIGHT CHECK STEERING STABILIZER AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION CAME ON! ONCE I GOT TO DESTINATION TURNED TRUCK OFF FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL!