2015 GMC Canyon STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50 MPH AND, WITHOUT WARNING, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. AFTER THE FAILURE, WARNINGS APPEARED TELLING ME TO HAVE POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK SERVICED.THERE WAS NO WARNING, NO PRIOR ISSUES. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HAD IS HAPPENED IN THE SHARP CURVE OR TURN AS THE ONLY EASY WAY TO STEER THIS TRUCK WITHOUT POWER STEERING IS GOING STRAIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET THE TRUCK HOME, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. TOOK TRUCK TO THE GM DEALER AND THEY REPORT THAT THE "STEERING GEARBOX LOST COMMUNICATION WITH THE POWER STEERING MODULE. A FAILED STEERING ASSEMBLY." AFTER RESEARCHING AND FINDING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2015 CANYON AND COLORADO, I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF A STEERING RECALL AND THAT IT WILL BE $2,300 TO FIX IT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 33,000 MILES ON IT AND IS WELL KEPT. TO ME, THIS IS A MANUFACTURER QUALITY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS A GM SAFETY FAILURE AND RECALL. GMS FAILURE TO EXPAND THE RECALL AROUND THE STEERING ISSUES IN THESE VEHICLES IS GOING TO RESULT IN A MAJOR TRAGEDY. AND MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO BE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX A KNOWN ISSUE AND FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE MANUFACTURER.

AFTER APPROX 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING, LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURS AND VEHICLE RETURNS A POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK ERROR MESSAGE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES, BOTH WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND ALSO WHILE STOPPED. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 26,000 MILES. *TR

SEVERAL TIMES OVER PAST MONTH AND TIME SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE . THE POWER STEERING MODULE WILL GO OUT DURING DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS POWER STEERING IS LOST AND I RECEIVE WARNING CHIME AND AM NOT ABLE TO STEER PROPERLY. I AM VERY CONCERNED THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. GM IS OFFERING NO HELP BECAUSE MY VEHICLE VIN DOES NOT SHOW UP UNDER THE RECALL.

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

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

POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING OCCASIONALLY AND RANDOMLY. IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO MAKE TIGHT TURNS IN THIS SITUATION. HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES RANDOMLY AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, DIFFERENT WEATHER PATTERNS. *TR

LOSS OF POWER STEERING. STABILITRAK LIGHTS COMES ON ALONG WITH TRACTION CONTROL. HAS HAPPENED AT MULTIPLE SPEEDS. *TR

MY POWER STEERING/STABILITRAK WILL RANDOMLY "FAIL" I WILL BE DRIVING ALONG AT NORMAL SPEEDS AND AN ALERT MESSAGE WILL POP-UP ON MY DASH THAT SAYS "POWER STEERING FAILURE" AND "STABILITRAK ERROR" AND MY VEHICLE INSTANTLY LOOSES ALL POWER STEERING. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE GMC DEALERSHIP AND I HAVE STARTED A CLAIM WITH GENERAL MOTORS. THE ENTIRE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST $2,330 AND GM IS SAYING THEY WILL ONLY COVER $350 OF THE REPAIR, AND I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COVERING THE REMAINING $1,980. I HAVE SEEN ONLINE WHERE A LOT OF THESE TRUCKS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, I THINK GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING AROUND A CURVE AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOP BY APPLYING SIGNIFICANT PHYSICAL FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED TWO WARNINGS. THE FIRST INDICATED THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM REQUIRED SERVICE AND THE SECOND INDICATED THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM REQUIRED SERVICE. I THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNINGS WERE NO LONGER PRESENT AND THE POWER STEERING WAS AGAIN FUNCTIONAL. I THEN CONTACTED THE DEALER AND ARRANGED FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEMS THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THEIR SERVICE RECORD INDICATED A CODE C0545 (STEERING TORQUE SENSOR CORRUPT) HAD BEEN LOGGED. THEY CLEARED THE ERROR CODE AND INDICATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING ELSE WRONG. THE SERVICE RECORD ALSO STATED THAT "IF THE ISSUE REOCCURS, ADVISED ON STEERING GEAR $1800.00". I PICKED UP THE VEHICLE THAT AFTERNOON AND ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHILE ON THE WAY HOME. AS BEFORE, I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD, TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE WARNING COMES ON AND I IMMEDIATELY LOSE CONTROL OF STEERING ASSIST PULLING THE STEERING FROM MY HANDS. SECONDS LATER A SERVICE STABILITRAK WARNING COMES ON. I CAN PULL OVER AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND THE POWER STEERING RETURNS WHEN STARTED. IT CAN CONTINUE WORKING FOR A FEW MINUTES OR A FEW DAYS THERE'S NO PATTERN TO ITS MALFUNCTION. THE RECALL DATE IS JANUARY 6 2015 TO MARCH 19 2015 AND MY TRUCK WAS MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 2015 SO MY TRUCK DOESN'T COME UP IN THE RECALL. BUT I FEEL THEY NOT ONLY MADE A MISTAKE IN THE MANUFACTURING CAUSING THE RECALL BUT THEY MADE A MISTAKE IN THE RECALL WINDOW AND IT SHOULD BE EXTENDED BEYOND MARCH 19TH. I HAVE TAKEN MY TRUCK TO A DEALER AND THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS INTERMITTENT STEERING GEAR FAILURE AND ARE CHARGING ME $2339.00 TO FIX WHAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE PART OF GMS RECALL. I HAVE ATTACHED PHOTOS OF THE DASH WARNINGS AND THE SPEED THAT IT HAPPENED. THIS MALFUNCTION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS IN A TURN.

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?

WHILE DRIVING SOME TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND SOMETIMES WHEN DRIVING SLOW IN THE CITY I LOST POWER STEERING ASSIST AND HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND TURN ENGINE OFF AND RESTART ENGINE AGAIN TO HAVE POWER STEERING WORKING AGAIN. HAVE BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 5 MONTHS THAT MY STEERING WENT OUT ON MY 2015 GMC CANYON. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRONIC HARNESS ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE REPORTS OF STEERING ISSUES. THIS IS VERY SCARY WHEN THIS HAPPENS AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I WAS DRIVING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN STEERING SHUTS OFF AND THE STABILITY LIGHT COMES ON.

TWO TIMES IN TWO DAYS. LOSS OF COMPLETE STEERING. MY SON DRIVING STRAIGHT 45MPH ON PAVED ROAD. MESSAGE ON DASH BOARD READ 'LOSS OF POWER STEERING CONTROL' AND THE TRACTION CONTROL AND STABILITRAK LIGHTS ALSO CAME ON. COULD NOT EVEN TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. CAME TO A STOP ASAP. SHUT OFF TRUCK AND RESTARTED AND WAS NORMAL AGAIN. VERY SCARY!! SECOND TIME HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 73MPH AND SAME THING HAPPENED WITH OTHER VEHICLES NEAR. COULDN'T STEER. WAS ABLE TO KEEP TO THE RIGHT AND GET ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOP. VERY VERY VERY SCARY!!!!!! SHUT TRUCK OFF AND TURNED AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WORKED AGAIN. TRUCK IS PARKED AND WON'T DRIVE NOW. DEALER SAID THIS TRUCK IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEMS. VERY MUCH A SAFETY ISSUE AND COULD HAVE DIED. GM MUST FIX THIS HORRIFIC SAFETY PROBLEM!!!!!!

"TAKATA RECALL" WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, STABILIZATION WARNING CODE COMES ON AND I LOSE POWER STEERING. ANOTHER MESSAGE SAYS POWER STEERING SERVICE REQUIRED. WHEN I STOP AND RESTART TRUCK EVERYTHING IS RESET AND WORKS FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 5 DAYS. LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED IT DID NOT RESET WHEN I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK. DROVE HOME WITH NO POWER STEERING.

THERE WAS A RECALL PREVIOUSLY 15595 ACCORDING TO GM. WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK GOES OUT MAKING IT VERY HARD TO STEER AND DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE GOING AROUND A TURN. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER EACH TIME AND RESET THE CAR. ONCE YOU START IT, NO PROBLEM. IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL. HOWEVER THIS HAS HAPPENED HALF A DOZEN TIMES DURING THE DEAD OF WINTER AND HAPPENED ONCE A FEW DAYS AGO WHEN WE HAD RECORD HEAT. AS I MENTIONED NO PROBLEM DRIVING TYPICALLY, WHICH MAKES ME BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS NOT WITH THE POWER STEERING BUT WITH A FAULTY CONNECTION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP ON MARCH 16, 2019. THEY SAID THE RECALL ITEM WAS ALREADY FIXED PREVIOUSLY. THE DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING GEAR AND RACK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE READ ONLINE SIMILAR SITUATIONS WITH OTHER OWNERS. I BELIEVE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND GMC NEEDS TO REPAIR THIS. THIS WAS SOMETHING I FOUND ONLINE DESCRIBING THE ISSUE IN MORE DETAIL: "IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE TORQUE-SENSOR HARNESS CONNECTOR WAS DAMAGED DURINGFUNCTIONAL TESTING AT THE SUPPLIER. A 'STUCK' PIN ON THE STEERING GEAR SUPPLIER'S TESTDEVICE CAUSED PERMANENT DEFORMATION TO THE CONTACT SPRINGS IN THE TORQUE-SENSORHARNESS CONNECTOR, WHICH AFFECTED THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION IN THE STEERING GEARCONNECTOR."*DT THE CONSUMER STATED WANTS TO BE REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING FAILS. THE ELECTION CONTROL CHECK LIGHT COMES ON DURING THIS TIME. THIS STARTS WHEN DRIVING AND ONLY RESETS ITSELF ONCE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES.

ON TWO OCCASIONS RECENTLY, MY POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING, ONCE ON START UP AND ONCE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, I GET WARNINGS THAT OTHER SYSTEMS AREN'T WORKING, SUCH AS STABILITRAK AND BACKUP ASSIST. PROBLEM SEEMS TO CORRECT ITSELF, AFTER TURNING THE TRUCK OFF. THIS HAPPENED SUNDAY, JUNE 16TH WHILE DRIVING AND BACK IN MARCH WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE TRUCK.

ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN ON POSITION (IN DRIVE, IN MOTION, AND/OR IN PARK), ALERTS CAME ON DASHBOARD ALERTING TO 2 SERVICE ISSUES. 1. SERVICE STABILITRAK AND 2. SERVICE POWER STEERING. AT THAT TIME POWER STEERING IN THE VEHICLE WAS LOST. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN INTO SAFE AREA, TURNED OFF, AND THEN TURNED BACK ON. UPON RESTART, VEHICLE DASH ALERTS AND POWER STEERING ISSUE WERE NO LONGER APPARENT.

RANDOMLY WHEN DRIVING (IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET), THE POWER STEERING HAS STOPPED WORKING. AT THE SAME TIME, THE DISPLAY SHOWS A POWER STEERING SERVICE REQUIRED MESSAGE AS WELL AS A STABILITRAK SERVICE REQUIRED MESSAGE. MOST OF THE TIME, THE TRUCK RESETS WHEN IT IS SHUT OFF AND TURNED BACK ON AND THE MESSAGES GO AWAY AND THE SYSTEMS FUNCTION PROPERLY AGAIN. UNTIL THEY RANDOMLY FAIL AGAIN. OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS, THIS SCENARIO HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TO 8 TIMES.

I WAS TAKING A CORNER TO GO UP TO MY ROAD AND THEN MY POWER STEERING CHIME WENT OFF POSTING POWER STEERING HAS FAILED, THEN A MESSAGE SAYING THE STABILITY CONTROL ISN'T FUNCTIONAL. I DROVE INTO A SMALL DITCH BECAUSE I COULDN'T TURN MY WHEEL. I WAS AT A SLOW SPEED. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK, AND THE WARNING WENT AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 8 TIMES AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DEALERS AND THE FINAL DEALER SAID I COULDN'T DRIVE THE TRUCK UNTIL I REPLACE THE RACK & PINION ASSY. HE HAS SAID THIS SHOULD BE PART OF THE RECALL. MY TRUCK WAS BUILT DEC 05, 2014 AND INSPECTED ON JAN 01, 2015. THIS JUST COSTED ME $1700.00. SPRINGFIELD OR RECALL NUMBER 16V054000 RECALL DATE 02/01/2016 GM RECALL: 15595 AND NOW AN OPEN INVESTIGATION. COMPONENT: STEERING: ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM SUMMARY GENERAL MOTORS LLC (GM) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO VEHICLES MANUFACTURED JANUARY 6, 2015, TO MARCH 17, 2015, AND 2015 GMC CANYON VEHICLES MANUFACTURED JANUARY 6, 2015, TO MARCH 19, 2015. A POOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITHIN THE STEERING GEAR CONNECTOR MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. CONSEQUENCE: A LOSS OR REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH. WHAT OWNERS SHOULD DO: GM WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR TORQUE SENSOR COVER ASSEMBLY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN MARCH 1, 2016. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-222-1020 OR GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-462-8782. GM'S NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL IS 15595.

THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING AND STABILTRAC LIGHTS COME ON THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE ON THE HIGHWAY. IF YOU STOP AND RESTART ENGINE STEERING WORKS. THIS IS DANGEROUS LOSS OF POWER ASSIST STEERING

VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED ALERTING THAT STABILITRACK STABILITY CONTROL NEEDED TO BE SERVICED AND POWER STEERING WAS DISABLED, AS WELL AS THE TRACTION CONTROL OFF LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED - POWER STEERING MESSAGE REAPPEARED BUT QUICKLY WENT AWAY AND POWER STEERING FUNCTION RETURNED. THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING < 30 MPH ON CITY STREETS THE ERROR MESSAGES AND PROBLEMS REAPPEARED 4 OR 5 TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 GMC CANYON. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUTLIFF BUICK GMC (169 W AARON DR, STATE COLLEGE, PA 16803), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE WARNING INDICATORS DIMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V054000 (STEERING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,680. *TT

TWICE WHILE DRIVING THE POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT AND THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT HAS COME ON. THE FIRST TIME I CUT THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED IT. AT THAT POINT IT APPEARED TO BE FINE. NOW IT BEEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND THIS MORNING IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RESEARCHED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE POWER STEERING FOR THE 2015 CANYON BUT I'M BEING TOLD THAT MY TRUCK IS NOT ON THE LIST. I THINK THEY NEED TO LOOK DEEPER INTO THIS PROBLEM.