general problems of the 2015 GMC Canyon

The contact's customer owns a 2015 GMC Canyon. The contact stated that while driving at an undetermined speed they noticed smoke emerging from the engine compartment. There was a abnormal popping noise detected and the vehicle caught fire. There were no warning indicator lights illuminated. There were no reported injuries. The fire department extinguished the fire. It was unknown if the vehicle was towed or whether a police report was filed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 110,407.

The truck will lose power steering and power down. Several codes will come on. When I started researching this problem, I noticed that there is a recall that was put out for this very same problem but my vehicle is not listed as eligible for this recall. I don't understand why it would not be eligible. Can someone please let me know?.

The truck falls on it's face when accelerating after slowing down. The dealership says nothing is wrong. This is a dangerous situation. I have talked with other Canyon owners and they have the same problem.

For months my GMC Canyon will start first thing in the morning, I will drive up tp the first or second stop light and my truck will begin to shake and act like it will shut off. Sometime it will die other times it just shakes. I took it into the dealership and they could not resolve the issue. This usually occurs 2-3 times per week.

The truck chugs and hesitates randomly when a down shift is required. Generally this random hesitation is just annoying. At times the vehicle will not downshift for a considerable time. When making maneuvers in and around traffic the trucks poor shifting causes the truck to jerk and not accelerate. When the truck will eventually does down shift the gas pedal must be all the way at the floor and accelerates at full speed. Bulletin pip5342a supposedly addresses the concern but says it is normal. Gm tells the dealer not to attempt to fix. I have had multiple times where this problem has put me at risk for an accident.

I purchased this truck 3 months ago and it had around 9000 miles on it at the time of the incident. I was driving at around 25 mph when I noticed smoke coming from under my hood. I pulled over, shut the engine off, and popped the hood. I opened the hood and noticed the engine was on fire. Opening the hood just enraged it more. I slammed the hood shut, and got to a safe distance and called 911. Within minutes the truck was engulfed in flames. After the fire was put out, the firemen said it appeared to have started in the vicinity of the alternator. The bracket was melted off and all that was left of the alternator was a basket of copper. Everything minus the bed was on fire.

I wanted to reach out to you on GMC’s claim that their engine achieves 305 horsepower. While it may be true that their engine achieves this figure it does so at a stated 6800 rpm. The 6800 figure is important to note because the trucks’ red line indicating potential dangerous operating conditions start at 6500 rpm. So in essence in order for an owner to achieve 305 hp they would have to be operating their truck in a potentially dangerous manner. Even in the 2015 colorado owner’s manual it indicates the danger of operating above the redline… “do not operate the engine with the rpm’s in the warning area. ” gm is stating that someone can achieve maximum hp only by operating the vehicle in a dangerous manner. . . . Really?! I believe it will only be fair for GMC to re-evaluate their maximum horsepower prior to their engine hitting the redline.