Lose Power Steering problems of the 2015 GMC Canyon

Several times, while driving vehicle lost power steering then stabilitrak activated and truck started veering left. Vehicle was in motion. When vehicle was restarted power steering returned for approximately a mile. During that mile test run stabilitrak was on and vehicle was still veering left.

While driving down the interstate, alarms and display messages appeared indicating that my stabilitrack and power steering were out. I did in fact lose power steering and had to drive without power steering for approximately 20 miles before I could safely pull over. Once I pulled over, I turned the vehicle off and turned it back on and I regained power steering. This was extremely dangerous and there appears to have been a recall for this same issue in 2016; however, my vehicle was not included in the recall despite it having a build date of March 2015.

My vehicle lost power steering while in motion. Approximate speed was 65mph. Icons on the dash lit up. I had little to no control over the vehicle. I nearly crashed into several cars around me. I pulled the car off the road, turned all power off, and started the engine after a few minutes. I was able to get the car home without any further problems.

I was driving down a four lane highway about 45mph and lost power steering, which made truck hard to control and steer. Warning light check steering stabilizer and drive with caution came on! once I got to destination turned truck off for about 30 minutes and it went back to normal!.

Lost power steering, power steering service message, abs light, traction control light, and "!" light all came on. Matches up to recall information available. Took it to chevy, it's not covered, costing $400. This should have been covered in the power steering recall.

While driving across parking lot at 8 mph, vehicle lost power steering control without warning. Engine and other electronics continued to operate, however vehicle power steering and traction control warning lights were illuminated. I stopped vehicle, turned off ignition, and restarted, power steering and traction control lights went off and vehicle returned to normal operation. This also occurred about 2 weeks ago, in heavy traffic when I was going about 10mph, all power steering assist suddenly disappeared, again upon shut down and restart, all returned to normal. I initially thought the engine died. Vehicle has 94k miles.

Over the past three days our GMC Canyon has unexpectedly lost power steering as we were driving down the road. When the power steering goes out, the icons for stabilitrack and traction control also pop up on the instrument panel. Power steering is only restored by turning the engine off then back on again. This issue occurred 3 times within approximately 30 minutes today as we were driving between 45 and 60 mph on a two lane rural highway that was recently resurfaced. This vehicle was not included in the 2016 recall for a similar sounding issue.

While driving some times on the highway and sometimes when driving slow in the city I lost power steering assist and had to shift to neutral and turn engine off and restart engine again to have power steering working again. Have been happening intermittently.

Truck loses power steering going down road. I have to stop put truck in park turn off key and restart vehicle to reset. This is a very dangerous situation.

"takata recall" while driving at various speeds, stabilization warning code comes on and I lose power steering. Another message says power steering service required. When I stop and restart truck everything is reset and works fine. This has happened 4 times in the past 5 days. Last time this occurred it did not reset when I stopped and restarted the truck. Drove home with no power steering.

The truck will lose power steering at any time or speed while the truck is moving. The message on the dash reads service steering assist. When I am driving it can pull the steering wheel out of your hands it's very dangerous. I reported this to my dealer and GMC last year they found nothing wrong but it is still doing it. When you can get the truck to the side of the road and turn it off and back on it is fine for a while and it will do it again the same way. Now dealer is saying the steering gear assembly needs replacing at a very high price. I think its electrical. There is a recall for a plug but for some reason my truck does not fall under that recall but is still having the same problem. I think someone is going to be severely hurt or killed by this problem. They need to fix this at their cost not mine. Worried.

I was driving on the downward slope of the steep mississippi bridge in baton rouge, la and loss my power steering control. Luckily, I was able to pull to the side of the interstate. I complained about this a month ago when I took the truck to gerry lane GMC. I was told it was a bad battery. So I purchased a battery from the dealership. Not even a week later the same problem occurred. However, when I cut the ignition off and crank back up it resets. The service advisor stated to bring it back in if it happens again. This time (about two weeks later) while I lost power I was able to video so I can show this advisor what keeps happening. This time it took me at least 4 times cranking up and then shutting off the engine to get it to reset so I could get back home and switch cars. I was too afraid to continue driving going over the next bridge that's 20 plus miles without an exit and lose power steering again. I've had to rent cars for this repetitive occurrence with this truck that seems to not be able to be repaired. Or either they know what's wrong but waiting for it to be out of warranty for me to take on the cost of repairing it. But this is not safe to keep loosing power steering and I'm driving anywhere between 50 to 70 mph. I also explained that when I park I can't turn the key to take out of the ignition. So again I have to crank up and pull forward to try and reset so I can be able to remove the key from the ignition. I took a video of that as well that I can't post.

While driving , lost power steering assist, very hard to steer. Took to dealer and got the following error code - c0545 - steering wheel torque sensor. This has happened twice and in both occasions, it is very hard to steer . In both instances, driving on the highway and very hard to pull over. Once you e error dissapears.

On several occasions I have lost all power steering after getting 2 service warnings. In this type of vehicle with electric power assist steering, it is increasing difficult to steer. (worse than an old truck without power steering) in the event of an emergency, if this were to happen suddenly, I can not see how it would be possible to maintain control of the vehicle. I am getting 2 warnings. The first is to "service stabilitrack" at the same time, "service power steering drive with care". At this point I lose all power steering. The errors occur when driving, and have always happened at highway and interstate speeds (40+ mph?). In all initial instances, the truck was traveling on well maintained roads, which were straight. I was not making any turns such as a traffic signal or intersection. On occasions I have been able to pull over, stop, turn the truck off, restart and the error clears. In the last 2 days I have cleared the error, but it returns with the same result, no power steering. After reading some reviews online, it seems to be a somewhat common issue, and most result in a loss of power steering. My truck is currently at the dealer and the part was not immediately available (possibly showing the number of issues??) the dealership has stated that it is the 'steering gear', or rack & pinion which has failed. The vehicle has additionally had a recall for similar issues, but the dealership stated that it was for a 'software update'. This is said to have been the fix in other similar situations. I see this as a serious safety issue, the most serious I have had in any truck I have owned. This is the reason for filing this report.

On three separate occasions while driving approximately 45 mph a message to service the stabiltrak comes up and the vehicle loses power steering assist. The vehicle is almost impossible to turn at that point. After turning the vehicle off and back on the error clears and the vehicle drives like normal.

My 2015 GMC Canyon lost power steering traveling approximately 50mph on a mountain road on one of the first rainy days of the season. It felt like losing more than just steering assistance, as even at that rate of speed the wheel was nearly impossible to turn. I was lucky to be on one of the limited sections of straight road. Rebooting the vehicle returned steering functionality. Dealer found code "c0545 - steering torque sensor" and performed safety recall #15595 where they replaced the torque sensor cover. I was charged $200 for the repair despite the recall notice explicitly stating it should be performed free of charge. I have not experienced loss of power steering in the month since the repair. I contacted the gm regional rep, who stated that cars can have the same problem as a safety recall, and the same solution as a safety recall, but not be part of the safety recall. That was the justification for the $200 charge and the denial of reimbursement. Gm further stated that they don't determine the criteria for a safety recall, it is all up to the NHTSA. In other words, they won't do the right thing unless the government forces them to. In my opinion as an engineer, sensor + rain sounds like a plausible match for the symptoms and the problem identified by the safety recall that the dealer performed. I question whether the recall is missing some VIN numbers, or if a very similar but independent problem exists on the same components, warranting a separate recall.

Entering on to rte 50 (my left side) in maryland, my power steering and stability control lights illuminated and both functions stopped working. I struggled to pull over to the side of the road and turned off the engine. I restarted it and both systems appeared to be working and no lights illumined. I drove for a few miles to get home and when I made a right turn the power steering fault light went on and I lost my power steering again. I was very fortunate that traffic was light and I was not involved in a collision. Had my wife been driving I do not know that she would have been as fortunate. It was extremely difficult to maneuver the truck safely without power steering.