2016 GMC CANYON Complaints

WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY VERY HARD TO TURN WITH THE POWER STEERING OUT. YOU MUST STOP AND TURN OF THE CAR SO IT RESETS (SO FAR THIS HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM). THIS HAS HAPPENED NOW 2 TIMES OVER THE LAST WEEK. MY CAR IS 2016 AND GM HAS RECALLED 2015 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MOST LIKELY THE SAME PARTS SO THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE 2016'S.

MY INFOTAINMENT CONSOLE 'IS FREAKING OUT'. MODEL 84042934 WILL RANDOMLY CHANGE SCREENS, MOVE ICONS, CONNECT AND DISCONNECT THE APPLE CAR PLAY, SWITCH FM, AM, BT INPUT, CHANGE MENU POSITIONS, AND OTHER RANDOM (AND DISTRACTING) ACTIONS. NOBODY CAN USE THE RADIO, BLUETOOTH OR HANDS FREE PHONE INTERFACE. THE USB INTERFACE IS WORSE THAN THE WIRELESS CONNECTION. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS REGULARLY AFTER THE ENGINE REACHES OPERATING TEMPS. IT HAPPENS MORE WITH IPHONE THAN ANDROID. THIS ISSUE HAS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IT WILL HAPPEN IN MOTION OR AT REST AS LONG AS THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. WE HAVE HAD THE UNIT TESTED (OF COURSE THERE IS NO TROUBLE FOUND EVEN WHILE IT WAS ACTING UP) IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE USA (FL AND TX). WE HAVE CHANGED THE PRIMARY BATTERY ON THE TRUCK BELIEVING IT WAS CAUSED BY IRREGULAR VOLTAGE FROM A 3.5 YEAR OLD BATTERY. RESEARCH IMPLIED GMC KNOWS ABOUT THE RE-ISSUANCE OF 2015.5 INFOTAINMENT UNITS INSTALLED IN 2016 MODEL YEAR TRUCKS BUT WILL ONLY OFFER $500 INCENTIVE TOWARDS A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE, THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE RADIO HEAD UNIT THAT IS CAUSING RECKLESS DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME SO PRONOUNCED THAT THE TRUCK IS NOT DRIVE-ABLE WITH THE RADIO ON AND THUS CANNOT USE THE HANDS-FREE FEATURE (WHICH IS MANDATORY IN SEVERAL STATES IN THE USA.

THE THROTTLE AND TRANSMISSION FEEL AS THOUGH THEY WERE SEPARATELY DEVELOPED FOR TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES AND JUST RANDOMLY MATCHED IN THE TRUCK. THE ACCELERATOR IS VERY NON-LINEAR AND UNRESPONSIVE. THEN THE TRANSMISSION IS CONSTANTLY IN THE WRONG GEAR. THIS TRUCK IS A NIGHTMARE TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC OR ON WINDY HILLY ROADS. YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY GUESS WHERE YOUR FOOT SHOULD BE TO GET ANY KIND OF STABILITY OR ACCELERATION FROM THE TRUCK. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC YOU BETTER BE PREPARED TO HAVE A LOT OF ROOM BECAUSE IT MIGHT JUST SHAKE AND SHUTTER BEFORE FINDING A GEAR AND ACTUALLY ACCELERATING. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND I FIND IT ODD THAT THERE HAVENT BEEN COLLISIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THIS. IF ANYONE FROM GM IS READING THIS, KNOW THIS WILL BE THE LAST GM PRODUCT I EVER BUY. EITHER YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO ENGINEER A VEHICLE, OR YOU SIMPLY JUST DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR CUSTOMERS. IM GUESSING THE LATTER.

WHEN I AM DRIVE, I WILL GET A MESSAGE ON THE DASH THAT READS " SERVICE... POWER STEERING, DRIVE WITH CARE" AND ANOTHER SAYING, " SERVICE... STABILITRACK" ONCE I RECEIVE THE MESSAGE I WILL LOSE POWER IN MY STEERING WHEEL AND IT'LL GET EXTREMELY HARD. COMPLETELY NOT SAFE AND VEHICLES OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, BUT DIFFERENT YEAR ARE ALL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

TWICE IN THE LAST 4 DAYS THE POWER STEERING FAILED. RECEIVED A WARNING OF A POWER STEERING PROBLEM ON THE DASH AND THEN LOST ALL POWER ASSIST. HAD TO PULL OVER AND THEN RESTART THE CAR TO RESTORE THE POWER STEERING

WHEN I'M DRIVING MY TRUCK MY WARNING LIGHTS COME ON LIKE POWER STEERING ISN'T WORKING ( WHICH IT DOES STILL WORK), ABS LIGHT COMES ON, BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. THE TRUCK RUNS FINE LIKE THERE NO ISSUES. WE EVEN REPLACED THE BATTERY AND IT STILL DOES IT. GMC LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS FINE WHICH I DOUBT.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT. DRIVER AIRBAG IN 2016 CANYON FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT WITH OTHER VEHICLE. ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET IN GULFPORT, MS. WAS GOING STRAIGHT AT POSTED SPEED OF 35MPH, SECOND VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD AT CROSS STREET. "T" BONED 2ND VEHICLE IN DRIVER DOOR. *TR

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE STUDDERS AND HAS NO POWER UNTIL MORE GAS IS APPLIED. VEHICLE CHANGES GEARS WAY TO FAST CAUSING YOU TO HAVE TO APPLY MORE ACCELERATION. VEHICLE DOESN'T DOWNSHIFT CAUSING YOU TO ALSO HAVE TO APPLY MORE ACCELERATION TO GAIN SPEED. SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

IGNITION WILL NOT FULLY TURN OFF AND RELEASE KEY WHEN TRUCK IS PLACED IN PARK. I'M ADDITION IGNITION AND KEY BECOME VERY HOT TO THE TOUCH AFTER DRIVING FOR OVER 20 MINUTES (TEMP OUTSIDE IS COOL 50-60). TRUCK WILL EVENTUALLY TURN OFF AND RELEASE THE KEY AFTER RESTARTING AND SHIFTING THROUGH ALL GEARS MULTIPLE TIMES (TURNING OFF, BACK ON, SHIFTING, ETC.). ALREADY ATTEMPTED CLEANING KEYS (BOTH SETS) WITH NO CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR.

PERIODIC LOSS OF POWER STEERING. NOT CONSISTENT. HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING, SITTING IDLE WITH ENGINE ON. MUST PULL OVER AND CYCLE IGNITION. STEERING LOSS IS DANGEROUS. LIMITED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. BROUGHT TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR $2,000. VEHICLE HAS 62K MILE AND IS OUT OF WARRANTY