What 694 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado

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

NHTSA ODI 11525130

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

NHTSA ODI 11525131

Power Steering and Stabilitrak go out while driving

NHTSA ODI 11525132

Power steering and stabilitrak went out while driving

NHTSA ODI 11525133

Power steering and stabilitrak went out while driving. power to dash went out while driving

NHTSA ODI 11525134

Power steering and stalilitrak went out while driving. Dash lost power while driving

NHTSA ODI 11525135

Third break light is out caused by corrosion of the wires. The corrosion is the result of a water leak that is caused by a defective body seal on the roof of the cab.

NHTSA ODI 11524150

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

NHTSA ODI 11523931

Power steering/stabilitrak keeps going out and malfunctioning WHILE DRIVING

NHTSA ODI 11523932

The body is defective in keeping water out of the cab. Water intrusion into cab causing moisture build-up and damaging interior and electrical components. My safety is at risk due to the electrical components in the cab that run the vehicle could cause electrocution or cause the vehicle to fail while in use. No they have not reproduced the problem. Yes, GM Collision center and service center (three separate times) have seen the vehicle and the video of the leak. I informed them of the TSB5396 of the known manufacturer defect issue. No warning, problem was first noticed in May 2023. I found my interior completely soaked one morning. I have waterproof marathon seat covers and they are soaked thru to the seats. Checked all windows to make sure they were up and the door seals were shut, everything was closed. Assumed that it was a fluke, followed up by checking the next morning and found the headliner dripping along with a soaked interior again. With the electrical seats and all the electronics in the dash I am concerned about that much water and moisture being in the cab might electrocute me or cause malfunction while driving. Besides the fact that moisture causes rust, mold and mildew that are dangerous to your health to breathe in.

NHTSA ODI 11523597

Sudden loss of power steering.

NHTSA ODI 11523370

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.

NHTSA ODI 11523389

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.

NHTSA ODI 11522983

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.

NHTSA ODI 11521621

Anytime I drive down a moderately steep hill, the transmission down shifts to a lower gear and the RPMs go above 5000. It seems to get stuck in this gear for a bit of time. If I speed up, the RPMs get to about 6000 before shifting. Otherwise, I’ll need to slow the vehicle considerably before it will change gears. I contacted the dealership and they told me to bypass it by switching to the manual shifting gear.

NHTSA ODI 11521280

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

NHTSA ODI 11520965

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.

NHTSA ODI 11520386

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.

NHTSA ODI 11520044

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.

NHTSA ODI 11520090

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.

NHTSA ODI 11518963

Seat belt cable broke between anchor on floor and first connection. Brought to chevrolet dealer and they said they haven't seen that before. Now I wonder if the other seat belts are defective. There was no previous warning

NHTSA ODI 11518636

Power steering went out as I was driving

NHTSA ODI 11517316

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.

NHTSA ODI 11516838

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.

NHTSA ODI 11516453

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

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