Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 70 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 70, in the owner's own words
The electric power steering assembly has failed. I will be driving and my power steering will cut out with no warning, the sensor light is on constantly. Turning it off will sometimes fix it but not for long. It will affect my cruise control at times as well
The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the Service Power Steering light would illuminate and the power steering would fail. The contact would have to pull to the side of the road, turn off the vehicle, and wait a while in order to reset the vehicle's computer system and re-activate the power steering. The traction control, stability, track, and service 4-Wheel Drive warning lights were illuminated as well. The vehicle was taken to 3 different certified mechanics, who were not able to diagnose and repair the vehicle. The steering wheel was recalibrated by a mechanic; however, the failure remained persistent. The manufacturer was informed, and it was confirmed that the VIN was not included in any recall. The failure mileage was 115,225.
I just bought this truck. While driving it on the first day we were in stop and go traffic and I pressed the throttle and nothing happened, when I pressed it further it all of a sudden squealed tires and jumped forward causing me to almost rear end the car in front.
Power steering went out, impossible to steer, no warning, able to force off road. H ad happened several times before at intervals would return after several minutes of car motor off. Saw at dealership originally but no answer found till yesterday when it happened again. Dealer" internal fault with steering gear".
While driving at any speed I lose steering assistance through electronic steering. Which makes steering very difficult. A warning comes on the dash, warning of Dangerous conditions
Power steering keeps cutting out as well as stabilitrak, after supposedly being fixed under the 2015 recall. Original recall wasn't even done properly according to the recall informational sheet. Second recall in 2021, I never received any recall letters, now dealership are saying I am out of recall warranty and want me to replace the entire steering rack assembly instead of just the torque sensor cover as stated in the revised 2021 recall, this is an inherent safety issue that has been recalled multiple times now so it should be covered or at least replaced properly.
Unknown- the radio changes stations without being touch and GPS is not working correctly making travel unsafe and it changes all settings without being touched like vehicle and everything that's connected to it.
Beginning in 2018, perhaps earlier, I noticed that often when I would press the accelerator all the way, the engine would (and still does) make a sound (I’ve since learned, through many dealership interactions and internet searches, that the sound is referred as pinging or knocking from pre-detonation), and it SEEMED that the car’s computer would (and still does) electronically back off the throttle, and the rpm’s reduced in terms of speed of acceleration (sometimes the rpm’s even DECREASED as opposed to merely increasing less rapidly). This has placed myself and passengers of the car in danger by causing the car to go through intersections significantly slower than I (as well as my mother who also occasionally drives the car) would naturally anticipate, as this slow crossing through the intersection has led to many close-calls when intersecting traffic (when they have the right-of-way) almost crash into the broad side of the truck. It USED to occur I would put in any fuel with an octane rating lower than 91, but now it even happens with 91 octane fuel. The problem has been reproduced by two Chevrolet dealerships. I have taken it in many times to have them repair/replace/service parts that I thought might be causing the problem. The shop foreman at one location replicated it and said he had no idea what the cause could be. The service dept. was then in back-and-forth contact with engineers at GM over the next couple of days, and the engineers eventually suggested an oil system flush thing (which ended up not helping). It’s had oil filter changes, fuel induction service, and basically everything short of replacing the injectors or pistons. Neither the vehicle nor its components have been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others. No warning lamps or messages have ever displayed in relation to the problem. My co-worker’s husband has a 2018 GMC Canyon with a V6, and says the exact same thing happens with his car.
There is a recall on my vehicle and there is no known fix for it, I am under myself in payments and it is becoming a safety hazard for my family and I.
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN OCTOBER OF 2019. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AT VARIUS RPM'S IN VARIOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. VEHICLE SYMPTOMS AS FOLLOWS IN ORDER OF OCCURRENCE: 1) ENGINE WILL MOMENTARILY HESITATE, 2) ERROR CODE SERVICE STABILITRAK WILL BE PRESENTED ON SCREEN WITH SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON 3)RPM GAUGE AND SPEDOMETER GAUGE WILL GO TO ZERO 4) POWER STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE "DRIVE WITH CARE" ERROR CODE PRESENTS ON SCREEN 5) FAILURE OF POWER STEERING SYSTEM OCCURS WITH NO CONTROL OF POWER STEERING SYSTEM 6) DRIVER WILL SECURE ENGINE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM AND WAIT 60 SECONDS 7) COMPUTER AUDIBLY RESETS WITH A CLICK 8) ENGINE WILL RESTART WITH 5-KEY TURNS 9) ERROR WILL OCCUR AGAIN SPORADICALLY THESE SYMPTOMS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE AND WILL SPORADICALLY OCCUR, SOMETIMES WITH A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING SYSTEM AND OTHER TIMES WITH A FAILURE OFTHE STABILITRAK SYSTEM ONLY. DRIVER BELIEVES THAT THIS IS OCCURING DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING STEERING GEAR.STEERING GEAR HAS BEEN RECALLED PREVIOUSLY FOR VEHICLE MAKE/ MODEL AND YEAR BUT TRUCK DOES NOT FALL UNDER MANUFACTURE DATE.DRIVER BELIEVES ISSUE IS RELATED TO RECALLED ITEM ON OTHER VEHICLES. DRIVER HAS HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 4 DIFFERENT VISITS. JEFF BELZERS IN LAKEVILLE SERVICED VEHICLE TWICE AND WAS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE FOR NEARLY 4 MONTHS TRYING TO FIX ISSUE.REPLACED STEERING GEAR.BELZERS WAS ALSO DEALER WHO SOLD VEHICLE. (OCT2019-FEB2020 VISIT) SUBURBAN CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER IN EDEN PRAIRIE VISIT ONCE INCONCLUSIVE (NOVEMBER 2019 VISIT) POWER CHEVROLET SERVICE CENTER IN NEWPORT OREGON VISIT ONCE INCONCLUSIVE (JULY 2020 VISIT) DRIVER IS EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT SAFETY AND DRIVABILITY OF VEHICLE AND KNOWS OF SEVERAL SIMILAR CASES WITH VEHICLE.
MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON A 45MPH TURN AND NEARLY LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO SAY THERE IS NO RECALLS ON IT. IF I WERE AN OLDER PERSON AND THIS HAPPENED TO THEM I'M SURE THEY WOULD OF LOST CONTROL BECAUSE I REALLY HAD TO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT TO GET MY TRUCK BACK ON THE ROAD. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF BY CHEVROLET.
SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE WITH CARE AND SERVICE STABILITY TRACK LIGHTS TURN ON DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STEERING GEARBOX ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SHOP. IT MAKES THE WHEEL TO BIND AND GETS HARD TO TURN. IT HAS HAPPENED DURING DRIVING (IN MOTION) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREETS, ALSO AT STOPS OR RELIGHTS WHEN FULLY STOPPED, AND ALSO WHILE IN "PARKING" (STATIONARY) AND WHILE TURNING. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY. EVERY TIME I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR SOME MINUTES AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON THEN THE LIGHTS WOULD RESET BY THEMSELVES AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN, BUT THEN IT RANDOMLY WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN. FIRST TIME I TOOK IT THE DEALER THEY SAID THE ANGLE SENSOR NEEDED CALIBRATION AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED WITH THAT, BUT THEN FEW DAYS LATER I EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND ON THE SECOND TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS THE STEERING GEARBOX (PART # 84670808). I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM ALREADY HAS A RECALL. RECALL IS FOR 2015 COLORADO MANUFACTURED JANUARY 6, 2015 TO MARCH 17, 2015. MY VEHICLE FALLS INTO THIS CATEGORY BUT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN, IT CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS DUE NOT LACK OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.
TRUCKS STEERING ASSIST DEVICE LIGHT COMES ON AT EVERY START UP AND STEERING GOES OUT COMPLETELY ALMOST EVER TIME I DRIVE IT NOW
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT. HAD IMMEDIATE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. PULLED OVER SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN. RESTARTED THE VEHICLE POWER STEERING RETURNED.
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH THE STABILITY CONTROL/TRACTION CONTROL AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY TRUCK. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. DEALER SHIP STATED ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BUT HAVING SAME ISSUES EVERYONE ELSE, SO VEHICLE WAS NOT FIXED CORRECTLY. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND MANY OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE FORCED TO BE REPAIRED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE PUBLIC, THE OPERATOR, AND ANYONE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE.
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, WHEN SUDDENLY A LOSS OF POWER STEERING WARNING CAME, ALMOST MAKING ME LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, AS I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN. IT HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES SO FAR.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A MAIN ROAD AT 50 MPH THE CAR STARTED DINGING AND INDICATED THAT POWER STEERING AND STABILITRACK NEED SERVICING. THE VEHICLE INSTANTLY BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF OF THE ROAD AND DID NOT CRASH.
WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY AND HIGHWAY THE POWER STEERING SERVICE LIGHT AND THE STABILITY TRACK LIGHT TURNED ON COULDN'T STEER VERY DIFFICULT NO POWER TO POWER STEERING
DRIVING DOWN 4 LN RD, SLOWED TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURN , TWO MESSAGES POP UP AND SAYS" SERVICE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE." THEN I HAD LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE IN MAKING TURN. PROCEED TO SERVICE STAION TO CHECK POWER STEERIN FLUID, COULDN'T FIND SO ASKED CELL PHANE WHERE IT WAS LOCATED, FOUND THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AND WAS TOD MODEL UNDER RECALL FOR POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. DECIDED BEST GET IT HOME SO RESTARTED TRUCK------EVERYTHING FINE. CALLED TO SEE ABOUT RECALL AND WAS TOLD NOT VALID FOR MY VEHICLE . SO SCHEDULED A SERVICE REUEST AT A LCAL CHEVY DEALER.
ON 7/22/20 DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE STABILITRACK SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING SERVICE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS THE LIGHT WENT OFF. ON 7/16/20 THE STABILITRACK SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON TWICE AND WENT OFF ON THE WAY HOME FROM WALMART. BOTH TIMES WERE ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF ABOUT 65 WITH THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT FOR 30 SECONDS.
MY COLORADO HAS BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WHERE MY POWER STEERING CUTS OUT WHILE DRIVING AND ON STARTUP, I RESEARCHED AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND A RECALL, I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT DID HAVE THE RECALL FOR MY EXACT ISSUE BUT THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN FIXED, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS NOT OR NEEDS TO BE FIXED AGAIN, IT'S AN EXTREME HAZARD IT HAPPENS DAILY AT THIS POINT AND I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I DO NOT KNOW WHO DID THE REPAIRS THE FIRST TIME I BOUGHT THE TRUCK USED BUT I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BUT IT HAS NOT PLEASE HELP THANKS.
I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND I GOT TWO MESSAGES POP UP AND SAYS SERVICE STABILITRAK AND SERVICE POWER STEERING DRIVE. THAN I HAD TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH THE STABILITY CONTROL/TRACTION CONTROL AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT ON MY TRUCK. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND MANY OTHER YEAR MODELS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON AND FORCED TO REPAIR. IT IS A GOOD THING I WAS CLOSE TO AN EXIT TOP GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. *TR
SAME THING AS MY LAST COMPLAINT. I'M DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND LOST POWER STEERING. AUDIBLE ALARM WENT OFF AND 2 MESSAGES POPPED UP SERVICE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE STABILITRAK. LUCKILY I WAS ON AN EMPTY ROAD AND STOPPED AND RESTARTED MY CAR. IT TOOK 3 TIMES FOR IT TO GO AWAY THEN AS I'M STARTING TO DRIVE AGAIN IT COMES UP AGAIN AND I HAD TO RESTART THE CAR. *TR
I LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. AN AUDIBLE ALARM WENT OFF AND A MESSAGE POPPED UP "SERVICE POWER STEERING, DRIVE WITH CARE" THEN A SECOND MESSAGE POPPED UP "SERVICE STABILITRAK." I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED MY CAR AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL. *TR
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