10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
4 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
26,578 miles

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problem #213

May 112023

Colorado

  • miles
Power steering and stabilitrak went out while driving

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #212

Apr 262023

Colorado

  • miles
Power Steering and Stabilitrak go out while driving

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #211

Apr 152023

Colorado

  • miles
Power steerin and stabilitrak went out while driving. Electrical thing on the dash goes out as well

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #210

Jan 102023

Colorado

  • miles
Power steering and stalilitrak keep going out while driving the electrical stuff on the dash keeps going out too

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #209

Sep 192022

Colorado

  • miles
Power steering and stabilitrak keep going out while driving. The electrical stuff on the screen on the dash goes out too

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #208

Sep 142022

Colorado

  • miles
Power steering/stabilitrak keeps going out and malfunctioning WHILE DRIVING

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #207

Sep 012022

Colorado

  • miles
My power steering and stablalink keep malfunctioning. My power steering will go out on me while I'm driving!

- Peoria, AZ, USA

problem #206

Apr 162023

Colorado

  • miles
Same as the recall bulletin 15595 for the 2015 model year. Power steering intermittently goes out and goes back to normal after stopping/starting vehicle.

- Hanahan, SC, USA

problem #205

May 212023

Colorado

  • miles
Sudden loss of power steering.

- Rocklin, CA, USA

problem #204

May 162023

Colorado

  • miles
I was driving 55 mph on a country road when a warning notification appear on my dash saying service Stabilitrack. My truck suddenly started to pull hard towards the berm of the road and was extremely hard to steer. I then got a message on the dash that service Power Steering. It was extremely hard to turn taking both hands to make a turn. I drove it straight to the dealership.

- Rittman, OH, USA

problem #203

Apr 132023

Colorado

  • miles
I get an intermittent power steering and Stabilitrak warning when driving, and the warning causes my power steering to shut down. The fault clears when I stop the truck and shut off the engine, but it reoccurs at regular intervals ranging from once per week to twice in one day. I took the truck to my local Chevrolet dealer, and they did a programming upgrade to the power steering module and a front-end alignment. This did not fix the problem. It appears that my truck has the same fault that caused the 2015 model to be recalled, so I would expect the dealer to be able to identify the problem.

- Nashville, TN, USA

problem #202

May 082023

Colorado

  • miles
Vehicle shuts off traction control and power steering intermittently. Two errors are thrown at the same time. Vehicle has to be shut off or battery disconnected to fix and then error happens again while driving

- Aiea, HI, USA

problem #201

Feb 042022

Colorado

  • miles
As I was driving in the icy weather feb 2022 going down a slight incline approx speed 10-15 mph on the road the power steering went out and the traction control lights came on and air bag light went off and I lost steering control wound up in a 6 ft drop off of a culvert may have lost consciousness briefly as I didn-??t know I was facing up and down and man living near the culvert came up to the truck asked if I was ok and said your not going anywhere your tires are off the ground and I did not realize I was air bags did not deploy as the airbag light malfunction came on prior so they did not deploy. I had to higher a crane operator to lift the truck out of the culvert and a wrecker to take it home.

- Joshua, TX, USA

problem #200

May 022023

Colorado

  • miles
Power steering and stabilitrak fail while driving randomly. Any speed, any steering angle. NUMEROUS times at highway speed. Loss of power steering completely. Will sometimes reset if truck is turned off, key removed, and turned back on again. Other times it takes a few restarts. This is dangerous and scary and it is identical to the 2015 Colorado/Canyon issue.

- Danbury, CT, USA

problem #199

Jan 012020

Colorado

  • miles
Vehicle has become prone to loosing Power Steering at any time in any conditions. A notice is given on the dashboard to the loss of the power steering. Sometimes a reset of the vehicle allows power steering to return. The randomness of losing power steering at any point in a serous safety issue. The issue was initially sporadic (once a year) but has become more frequent during the time of this writing (2-3 times a week). The frequency has prompted me to look into the issue further. Dealership states error code CO545 was received during a maintenance test drive where the issue also occurred. Code CO545 is related to the steering wheel torque sensor / steering assembly which was seen in US Recall #15595 / Canadian Recall 2016043 a number of years ago. The issues are very similar in nature yet regardless of the fix General Motors has put forth for its newer models. General Motors does not acknowledge the on going safety issue with this vehicle and its power steering. The customer is forced to cover the large costs of the fix in order to drive their vehicle safely.

- Scarborough, NY, USA

problem #198

Apr 252023

Colorado

  • miles
Was driving 45mph today, when I hit a small bump in the road, all of us a sudden I had a message on my panel saying something about -??power steering-?? and stabilitrak-??and my power steering went out. Barely made it home. But the power steering going out made it almost impossible to steer.

- Lubbock, TX, USA

problem #197

Apr 162023

Colorado

  • miles
Power steering went out as I was driving

- Dearborn Heights, MI, USA

problem #196

May 012017

Colorado

  • 140,000 miles
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the vehicle would have a sudden loss of power steering. The failure occurred intermittently. The contact believed the check engine light, traction control, abs, and stability track warning lights and or messages become illuminated. The vehicle goes into limp mode causing the contact to have to turn the vehicle on and off several times. The contact stated that while their son was driving approximately 5 mph, on icy road conditions, the power steering suddenly failed to cause the driver to lose control of their vehicle. The vehicle ended up veering off the side of the road into a ditch about 6 feet deep. The air bags did not deploy. The driver had no injuries and no medical attention was needed. A police report was not filed. The vehicle had to be lifted out of the ditch and then towed. There was no damage. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 140,000.

- Joshua, TX, USA

problem #195

Apr 112023

Colorado

  • miles
No electric Power Assist. I am 77 years old with disabilities so steering without power steering is nearly impossible. First appeared on 4/4/2023 and has occurred on three different occasions since. First time was after driving approx. 15 miles; 2nd time, less than 3 blocks, 3rd time, less than 3 mile & yesterday after about 20 miles. Driving speed at 1st incident 60 mph; 2nd, 30mph, 3rd, 30 mph, yesterday 60 mph. Manufactured date which I was unable to provide on last submission is 08/2015

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #194

Apr 042023

Colorado

  • miles
On 3/29/2023 took veh in for rountine oil, filter change. On 4/4 while driving Power assist steering went out and track stabilization was disabled. Took veh back to where it was serviced and they said nothing they did would have caused this failure. Spoke with dealership where vehicle was purchased after seeing recall for this same problem on 2015 models. They wanted $179 to diagnose and tell me if this was the problem? Have searched for manufacture date which should have been on the door and found only place of Mfg. Since vehicle was bought in Oct 2015 I need to know if manufacture date falls within recall. I am a 77 year old female with disabilities and when this occurs as it has several times now I have difficulty getting vehicle back home and this is a safety issue.

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

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