Steering Is Tight problems of the 2001 Chevrolet 1500

About a week before the steering got hard steering the instrumental lites came on when I was driving, then went off three different times, then I was backing up and turning fairly sharp to the right when the motor died. I started the engine back up and my steering was hard to steer. Also every time I turned to the right the tire sound like the tire rub on something but I never seen any rub marks any where. I do think that if I was driving down the street this could have been a very serious situation. I have checked and seen where alot of 2001 chevy suburbans has had this problem and I believe this is something that chevy should definetly recall and check no matter how many miles.