I have owned my 1997 GMC K1500 Sierra since 1999 and have experienced continuous momentary loss of power steering control due to a failing vss sensor located on the steering column. This loss of power steering control occurs at any speed and direction. I have had this component replaced twice over the years and the sensor starts to intermittently fail within 6 months. Every individual I have talked to over the years who has owned a GM 1997-1999 C/K full-size vehicle has experienced this sudden loss of control in the steering wheel at one time or another. It is unfortunate that multiple lives will have to be eventually lost before GM will recall these hundreds of thousands of vehicles due to lawsuits. The vss steering as well as the csfi fuel injection system are an extremely poor design and GM knows it.

- Altamonte Springs, FL, USA

Engine started misfiring, shaking and burning gas like a gas guzzler, took it to dealer and said that two injectors were damaged, replaced one and repaired the other. At idle (750 RPM)speed engine is intermittent. As for the steering, while driving at cruising 45-65 mph it was impossible to control vehicle, steering felt like a feather in the air, uncontrollable. Unit was taken to dealer in three different ocasions for the same problem, every time was something different, as I was told by the service persons. On July 16/98 drove it to a different GMC dealer with the same problem a week after I pick it up and was informed they had to replace the ps pump. Still, to park the vehicle is a nightmare, you have to struggle with the steering wheel, like the old times when trucks did not have ps. Seems like a have a lemon but since in pr there is no lemon law I have no choice but to continue paying gmac in order to protect my credit.

- Bayamon, PR, USA