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I own a 2011 Camaro ss, I had 2 incidents, both times at a lunch break. Whilie leaving work to go home for lunch, the first incident I went to make a left turn at approx. 15mph. As I began the left turn unknowingly my car shut off power steering locked up and I slammed into curb and ended up on the landscape. The second time the exact thing but at a higher speed aprox. 45mph.at the bottom of the vincent thomas bridge heading West as I approach to bear left to gaffey St my vehicle did the same exact thing, meaning that the engine shutdown and steering wheel locked sending me into a K rail., knocking me unconscious, the vehicle stopped 150 ft after impact. My vehicle was totaled
I was driving my Camaro 2011 2lt V6, manual transmission and when the car was moving I try to turn to the right and steering wheel lock, for few seconds and then when back to normal, but I could not move the car and thanks god I was driving slow, car keep going straigh, this happend twice in one week.this is a very important safety issue and it can get into a bad accident, I read someone else had the same problem and he did had a really bad accident
Hello I purchased a 2011 Camaro ss in March of 2016.last year as I was going to work I stopped to show the security gaurd my twic card and as I left I only had to go 75 feet then I had to turn left.as I tried to turn left I loss all control and had no steering at all and slammed into the curb wich caused alote of damage.now in 2019 I was coming home for lunch and as I got to the bottom of the vincent thomas bridge I had to beer left to get to gaffey street and as I tried to go with the raod again I lost all control of my car and was unable to steer so I slammed into the gaurd rail and both air bags above each window were deployed and I was knocked unconious.so after I came threw I wasnt sure what had happen until I was outside of my car and realised my car did the same thing as the last accident.but this time my car is now a total loss and my insurance wants to take my car.well I dont no what to do because I have been paying $700 dollars a month for four years no.I am not sure even what I can do because I cant fix my car so they want to take my car and pay off the finance comp so that leaves me loosing out the 30,000 dollars I have payed already and also I loose my car all this from 2 accidents that happen because of no fault of my own.can you please tell me why my car would do the same exact defect that would make me get into to accidents and now totaling my car and thank the lord I am still alive.can you please steer me in the right direction as to what I can do please thank you very much.yes my car was in motion and both times I was making a left turn and the second time I was beering left following the bottom of the bride also in motion.
The drivers front wheel has a really funny feel when turning left it dont feel right."my tire sencors are not working on the dash just 1 tire works and tells me the air presure since I had the car in 2017"
Top seal on the rack & pinion started leaking. Replaced the seal twice then replaced the rack & pinion & power steering pump. Then the return hose blew off where it attaches to the cooler. Put the hose back on with a better clamp and then the hose failed. The hose was just replaced & just waiting for the new power steering issue.
- Adams, NE, USA
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I started to hearing a scrubbing noise each time I turned the steering wheel. The noise has gotten louder. I called the dealership and asked if it could be related to the recall and was told no. Therefore, I took it to the dealership in greenacres, fl. After a two hour wait for testing, I was told the repair would be $1377. The service tech urged me to get the repair done asap before it worsens and the steering will be inoperable.
The contact owns a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro. While driving at 75 mph, the vehicle stalled, the signal lights flashed, and the radio and speedometer failed. Additionally, the steering wheel veered to the right independently and the vehicle jerked violently. The vehicle was able to restart and resume normal operation. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 18,000.
I saw spots of liquid on my driveway and when I checked my car's various fluid levels, the power steering fluid was so low it didn't show on the dip stick. I contacted my dealer service center and made an appointment right away. They discovered that the inner seal on the steering gear had failed. It was not due to an accident, collision, hitting a pothole or anything caused by me. This was a factory failure and a problem that is very rare on cars with mileage that low (so I was told). The car was just over 5000 miles outside its factory warranty and the repair cost me $1034.07. Fortunately, the power steering pump was not damaged from being completely out of fluid or the repair would have been even more costly. The most disturbing thing is that I had absolutely no warning of this problem at all. It was a sudden and complete failure.
At 70 miles per hour the boot cover would blow off. Went to two different dealers they didnt know what to do.I was looking at one on showroom floor and figured out two bolts was missing on mine. They fixed it and give me a new boot end of that problem. The other problem when you turn steering all the way to left it makes a grinding noise. One dealer told me he couldt hear anything. The next dealer told me they all did it. The next dealer changed rear end oil. Still makes noise. It sounds like the bump stop lets it go to far. If you bring the wheel back a half inch it quits this is my wifes car she really likes this car.
Picked up car after being in back and forth all week at lucas Chevy, in NJ. The car was driven less than 40 miles after they replaced the steering rack. Picked up on wed 8/8/12 after car was supposed to be done on 8/7. I had to bring the car back on 8/9/12 as the car was pulling and steering wheel off center. They never aligned the front end! I had to drop car back on 8/9/12 again that night as steering was binding and shuddering again!the dealer called me that Friday 8/10 and said the pick up the car everything was fine, it was low on fluid. When I checked the fluid on wed 8/8 the fluid was clear as power steering fluid is. When I picked the car back up on 8/10/12 I had to bring back again because P/S reservoir was soaked with fluid/I also saw they switched P/S fluid to transmission fluid!the service manager who didn't even know where the reservoir was or how to remove the engine cover wiped it clean and said have a nice day. On 8/12/12 while trying to back in driveway the steering locked and is now clunking with a metallic grind and also the brake fluid reservoir was wet with brake fluid again after cap was replaced two months ago! I also noticed they replaced both outer tie rod ends without telling me or putting it on the paperwork!the car is so dangerous it had to be towed to lucas Chevrolet again!they are being dictated on what to do by GM legal as I had enough and filed a lemon law claim!its been to 3 dealers and has had a new steering column, intermediate shaft, angle sensor, SRS coil, new tie rod ends and that just in the steering alone! what right is right, they did fix the clunking in the rear from the drive shaft on the first try!
Just picked up car. It was in shop for two days. Car had a grinding and squealing in the steering. GM technical assistance told them the disconnect shaft to see where noise was coming from. Dealer had to replace angle sensor and SRS coil for the air bag. Pick up car and was like new again for about 35 mile. I was backing into drive way and heard a snap from the steering. Now the noise is back and steering is wobbly and clunking along with a strong smell of power steering fluid! I have to take it back tomorrow for their 4th attempt, next step lemon lawyer!
Brake fluid leaks from master cylinder resovoir. Tsb for the 2010 models but the 2011S also do it!replaced and still leaks. Power steering has a screeching, rubbing sound and gets hard to turn. The dealer I bought the car, verified the issue, but service manager and advisor who drove the car and admit there's an issue said they don't want to work on my car!very dangerous situation!
The first failure was at 4500 miles in the middle lane as car pulled infront and when I hit the brakes the car when into a skid and the steering wheel locked up at approx 40 mph.this defect did not crash the car. The second incident was at approx 70 on the free way as a car came through the triangle at a junction I hit the brakes the steering wheel cranked all the way to the right and locked up as did the braking system throwing me head on into a guard rail at approx 60. The air bags did not deploy as well. The following day at the car yard while the key was inserted by the technician the car said that airbags depleted need replacing.
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- San Pedro, CA, USA