2015 GMC CANYON Complaints

WHILE MAKING A TURN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT, MESSAGE TO SERVICE SYSTEM DISPLAYED ON DASH. STOPPED CAR, STEERING RESET BUT WENT OUT A FEW MINUTES LATER. HAPPEND SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE DAY.

LOW SPEED BRAKING BECOMES DIFFICULT AS RESISTANCE IN THE PEDAL MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN IN MOTION AT LOWER SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE ALSO LEAKS FLUID. DEALERSHIP INFORMS ME THE VACUUM PUMP HAS A LEAK WHICH MAY BE CAUSING THIS ISSUE AND THE LEAK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING FLUID, AN OIL OR OIL LIKE SUBSTANCE FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS.

I JUST PURCHASED A USED 2015 GMC CANYON. A DAY AFTER PURCHASING, ON STARTUP, THE DASH HAD A WARNING SAYING "SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE WITH CARE." I COULD NOT DRIVE AT ALL. I COULDN'T TURN THE WHEEL TO LEAVE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I FEEL LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, AND NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEED AS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY.

THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, STABILITY TRACK LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AT THE TIME AT 65 MPH. IT WAS ABLE 35 DEGREES OUTSIDE.

DRIVING AT 65MPH ON SUNDAY, 2/9/2020. LOSS OF POWER STEERING WHILE ON THE 5 FREEWAY. VERY SCARY! LUCKILY NOT MANY CARS AND HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY AGAIN SINCE THERE WERE NO SIDE ROADS THAT WOULD TAKE ME TO MY DESTINATION. IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHEN I GOT HOME BUT LUCKILY I WAS OFF OF THE FREEWAY AT THE TIME. ON MONDAY, 2/10/2020 IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS GOING LESS THAN 30 MPH AND I WAS ABLE TO SLOWLY PULL OFF OF THE 10WEST FREEWAY.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON JAN 31, 2020 THE POWER STEERING AND STABILITY CONTROL SHUT OFF WHILE TRAVELING AT 70MPH. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS. I UNDERSTAND GNC DID A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT DID NOT COVER MY VEHICLE

WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER STEERING GOES OUT AND SO DOES 'STABILITRAK.' TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN WILL SOME TIMES RESET THE ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND POWER STEERING WILL WORK FINE, BUT THE ISSUE ALWAYS COMES BACK AND SOME TIMES NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, THE POWER STEERING WILL NOT COME BACK ON. I HAVE PAID TO GET THIS FIXED AT MY LOCAL GMC DEALERSHIP, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED AND THE DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME TO PAY AGAIN FOR A FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC CANYON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE POWER STEERING FAULT MESSAGE DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

I WAS PARKED. WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK I PUT IT IN REVERSE. WHILE BACKING UP I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE POWER FOR THE BRAKES WAS GONE. I HAD TO SLAM AS HARD AS I COULD TO STOP THE TRUCK. A VERY SCARY SITUATION. I HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WENT TO THIS WEBSITE TO FIND OUT. IT STATES THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THIS TRUCK. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IF GMC PUTS A PRODUCT OUT LIKE THIS THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ALL HE SAID TO ME WAS IT DANGEROUS AND IT WOULD COST THIS MUCH TO CHECK IT OUT. NOTHING ABOUT IT WAS A RECALL OR NOT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS ON THEM AS I STILL HAVE TO DRIVE THE TRUCK.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE POWER STEERING AND STABILITY CONTROL WENT OUT. THIS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED STEERING AND REDUCTION IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS PASSING A TRACTOR TRAILER AT THE TIME IN A SLIGHT TURN IN THE ROAD. I CAME WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING THE TRACTOR TRAILER AND SIGNIFICANTLY INJURING MYSELF, MY CHILD AND DAMAGING THE VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY PULL OFF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF AFTER RESTART. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2015 GMC CANYON AND GMC ONLY DECIDED TO RECALL SOME OF THE VEHICLES. WHY WOULD THE NHTSA ALLOW THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE TO GO UNCORRECTED?