The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated that after coming to a complete stop at a red traffic light and attempting to turn the steering wheel in either direction, the steering wheel would forcefully jerk to the opposite direction and the dashboard instrument panel would blink off and the message -??Stabilizer" was displayed. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were not yet notified. The failure mileage was 52,000.

- Ball, LA, USA

Lost all communication to transmission control module, electronic brake control module, trailer brake control module, broken can bus wiring, lost windows, can NOT DRIVE!

- Kellerton, IA, USA

I bought my 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 certified pre owned on 11/04/2019 shortly after I purchased it I started having problems with it. From brakes to lights. An took it in for the recall on brakes and steering. After that I've not had cruise control, and the stabilitrak warning light has been on. And just about a year ago while driving an pulling trailer, I lost communication to transmission, electronic brake, park assist, trailer brakes, ect. An was forced to stop! After taking it in to dealership to fix it, they did which lasted not even a month and done it again numerous times leaving me stranded. Now just last night 11/23/2021 while pulling my trailer, as I came to a stop sign I hit my brakes and all trailer brakes locked up bringing me to a stop (trailer brake on dash has been set on 0 since they haven't worked since purchased ) I had to unhook trailer wiring to make it home. As I took off I lost communication to transmission again and trailer brake system warning chime kept going off repeatedly, lost dash gauges, causing transmission to get hot. As it was stuck in a certain gear. Your defective wiring/ electrical system has fault and potentially caused a SERIOUS accident, and is going to cost me an enormous amount of money to fix. Also the torque converter has been acting up for a year, forcing me to purchase a tuner just to stretch the life of transmission. This vehicle is NOT safe to drive on highway! This vehicle is life threatening. Putting my life, my familys life and innocent peoples life's in danger! Problem needs resolved or reimbursement/ new truck. A $37,000 truck should not be life-threatening. This truck has spent more time in a garage than on the highway. Solutions have to be done. Why pay for a $37,000 truck you can't use or risk everyone's lives!

- Kellerton , IA, USA

While attempting to turn left at an intersection, the power steering locked up after about 2 inches of turn on the wheel. I was forced to abruptly brake. Tried again, still wouldn't turn. Third try, it released. This could have resulted in a serious accident, as I was angled across the on-coming lane and stopped. If I had not braked, I would have went head on into a light pole. I listed my complaint on carproblems.com, and there were dozens of complaints on this same steering issue associated with the 2017 Chevy Silverado, some resulting in accidents with injury.

- Pegram, TN, USA

warning on dash SERVIVE POWER STEERING

- Houghton Lake, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado. The contact stated that while driving at 15 mph, the power steering had failed while making a turn and the steering wheel would not turn. The contact crashed into a light pole. The contact hit his head on the seatbelt anchor ring. No medical attention was received. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer but the dealer could not replicate the failure after a test drive. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure occurred on two separate occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact there was no recall for the vehicle's year and model. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA

My vehicle has 30,000 miles. About 200 miles ago noticed a clicking while turning the vehicle it has increased in noise and occurance and happens while turning right to left. In park or driving. I had a mechanic diagnose the vehicle taking the cover off and he checked the other components and he diagnosed it as rack and pinion noise.

- Seekonk, MA, USA

Twice on starting the vehicle the steering (the column unlocked)would not steer. It was impossible to turn the column no matter if I move it forward or reverse. No amount of twisting would allow it to steer. I worry it may fail in action on the road. The dealer said the steering module needed updating and then because it was 57 miles out of warrentee charged me $186. No garrentee it won't happen again.

- Bloomington, IN, USA

While driving at low speeds the power to the shuts off and seconds later turns back on. This happened multiple times while in slow traffic and turing into a parking lot. When the power shuts off I lost the ability to steer and brake.

- Chapin, SC, USA

When driving my 2017 Chevy Silverado at lower speeds my steering wheel locks up when turning bringing my truck to an abrupt stop, once in the middle of a street. While the steering wheel locks all the electrical and lights on the inside of the truck shut off and on and my stabilitrak message pops on my screen followed by service trailer brake. It started happening just here and there about a month ago but now it is happening every day. Im scared to drive my truck this is getting dangerous! going to have to take it into the dealership asap.

- Littleton, CO, USA

While making low speed turns the power assist fails, momentarily resulting in extreme difficulty turning/maneuvering. This happens no matter what type of road surface is being driven on (paved, unpaved) and does not happen all the time resulting in situations where I have momentary loss of control.

- Tipton, MI, USA

I receive many error lights every time I drive my 2017 Silverado. Lights include stabilitrack and traction control disabled, trailer brake systems service, and power steering diminished. The safety complaint is due to the power steering actually shutting down and a sharp loss in engine power and hard shifting. On many occasions I have had to leave the road until the problem went away. I have gone into quirk Chevrolet on many occasions but they have not been able to find the problem. I have recently contacted Chevrolet directly and they have set up a case and will keep open until this is fixed.

- Atkinson, NH, USA

Two separate occasions with no warning when the vehicle's steering wheel was turned to the left, while in motion, would stop during the turn and jerk back the opposite direction and power to the vehicle would be lost for a second then have power restored. The first time I was backing up and had to turn the steering wheel left to avoid hitting an object, at this point the steering wheel locked up and jerked back in the opposite direction and the headlights flickered, radio screen went blank, and the climate control lights went out but all power came back on after a second. The vehicle did the same six times while trying to back up. I have a video after I backed up and parked and the issue repeated itself so I could get a video to show for a repair. The second occasion was when I was on a 25 mph two lane road. I was turning left onto another road and after coming to a stop to let a car go by I hit the accelerator to get the vehicle to move and the issue happened again but this time the engine cut out, door locks cycled, and lost all power to the vehicle. When I lost power my vehicle was half way into the on-coming lane of the road I was turning off of. Vehicle is at the dealer now at an attempt to fix the issue, the dealership has seen the video I have and the mechanic could not replicate the problem but found issues with the electric steering while doing test drives. As of now I'm not aware of the issues that were found. Mechanic told service supervisor that the electric steering needed to be updated in the computer to smooth out the issues. Since the original issue could not be replicated, not sure if this will be the fix. If video evidence is needed please email me and I will send video.

- Townsend, DE, USA

Driving down the road and power steering goes out when I hit a bump in the road. Comes back in when turn of the vehicle and turn it back on almost through me in the ditch a number of times. Just losses all power steering all at once.

- England, AR, USA

I lost my power steering and the dealership says I need a new PCM part number 19417067. Very unsafe for a vehicle of three years and less than 30,000 miles

- Schertz, TX, USA

I was driving the vehicle and the power steering went out temporarily at an intersection when attempting to make a left turn. The issue went away but then a month later the same issue happened again when turning right into a driveway except this time the truck completely stalled and went powerless. The truck was taken to a local dealership and they were unable to gurantee a fix but stated they disconnected and cleaned a few grounds before reattaching them. GM customer service declined to assist at all with covering the shop charges. The truck that is 3 years old and has less than 30K miles.

- Toledo, OH, USA

I was driving down a city street at around 35mph, steering got real stiff, and the steering wheel wouldn't move back to center, shortly afterwards all power steering assist went off. Was able to get to safety but things would've been a lot worse if there was traffic.

- Houston, TX, USA

Power assist is working intermittently. On August 14th at 5: P.M, I turned on my vehicle and before I placed it into reverse, I noticed that the power assist notice came on and steering was nearly locked, very hard to steer. I had the vehicle towed and the service department indicated yesterday that it was working fine and then today they said it locked on them too. They recommend I take it to a dealer to check.

- Madera, CA, USA

While driving, warning message on dic comes on and say power steering needs service. Power steering completely fails. Truck becomes very difficult to steer. Not only does it not help, but the steering motor makes it harder to turn. This is the third episode of this.the first two times it reset. The first time I took it to dealer and they said they could see codes in history but could not find a problem so unless it was actively doing it there was nothing they could fix (cost me $200) the second time it reset before I could make an appointment. This time it has lasted two days.if it doesn't reset I will take it in without an appointment for them to look at.

- Mead, WA, USA

While driving down the road, the power steering will go out and I lose all power steering. The steering wheel jerks rapidly while traveling down the road. Took it to a mechanic. I was told the vehicle had a malfunction code of C0545, which is a steering wheel torque sensor malfunction and that the power steering control module needed to be reprogrammed.

- Chesrer, SC, USA