general problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that when turning left or right, the rear end of the vehicle would swerve out of control. The vehicle was taken to two independent dealers for inspection. The dealers inspected the vehicle and were unable to duplicate the failure. The tires were replaced as a precaution however, the failure was not corrected. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 101,000. The VIN was not available.

The power steering rack in this vehicle has failed 3 times in a little over 2 years and over a period of less than 6k miles. Each time, the steering suffers severe grinding noise, severe lack of performance and eventually fails. The 3 failures have occurred over less than 6k miles (this vehicle currently only has 63k miles in total). I consider this to be a safety hazard across the original and gm certified replacement parts which have been provided and installed at a gm dealership service department. Note: this vehicle was purchased as 'new' off showroom floor in 2006.