general problems of the 2015 GMC Canyon

Ignition locking solenoid fails to release when put into park, resulting in the key stuck in the ignition. I'm then unable to leave the vehicle unattended without threat of theft or battery failure. Dealer has not been able to fix the issue. No warnings or failure indications are observed, other than the key being stuck.

January 25, 2021 - transfer case module internal electrical failure. February 16, 2022 - 4-wheel drive transfer case encoder motor sticking/failure. Computer codes c0396 and c0387.

The system failure is the power steering control module rack and components the safety risk is loss of power steering assist, no traction control, stabilitrak message on dash, abs and traction control lights is on, don't feel safe to drive. The problem is confirmed by a dealer. The component has not been inspected. Yes, there are warning messages on the dash, and they appear in February 2022. A loss or reduction in power steering assist may increase the risk of a crash. In my opinion, this issue has to be solved and fixed by the dealer at no cost to the customer.

While driving the vehicle, the power steering suddenly went out. My teenage son was driving and luckily he's had training on this in driver's ed or it could have caused a major accident. It has since happened to me while on the freeway and while going up our driveway. I took it into the dealership where I purchased it and they could find nothing wrong, but clearly something is wrong with the wire harness or power steering. I suspect the parts used were part of an earlier recall on GMC Canyon's as the recall ended with vehicles only a month older than mine.

The contact owns a 2015 GMC Canyon. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationary, the service 4wd warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a local dealer nor independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure however, no additional assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 44,430.

Power steering assist shuts off while driving on normal.

Service 4wd message again appears. When driving and switching into 4wd received this message. Third time, needs "reprogramming" . Filed complaint with gm about a design flaw and no satisfaction.

Hi. This is my second formal complaint regarding intermittent loss of power steering, traction control, and stability control on my 2015 GMC Canyon. There have been recurring temporary losses of the aforementioned vehicle capabilities while the vehicle is in motion, leading to severely degraded vehicle performance, handling, and traction. In every case, warnings lights have displayed immediately before the loss of control. These lights have also 'turned-off' or reset when the vehicle was restarted. I have repeatedly brought my truck into authorized GMC service appointments soon after the warning lights and performance failures, or in one instance as the warning light was actively illuminated. Each time, the service department was not able to recreate the issue or pull any relevant service codes related to the problem. Needless to say, I do not believe the root cause issue has been adjudicated and I think this represents a clear and present danger to drivers of the 2015 GMC Canyon such as myself. While my truck was not part of the past recall, this seems strongly related to the prior steering gear connector recall.

I was taking off from a stop sign and turning right into traffic. Acceleration was moderate while completing the turn where I had to reduce the throttle to prevent the tires from spinning. The transmission shifted into too high of a gear as a result and did not downshift when 50% plus throttle position was applied. Engine had lack of power. I had to stomp it to the floor to get it to downshift. By this time traffic was coming up on me fast because of the excessive delay trying to get the transmission to respond. The truck has the most current software updates based on what the dealership told me.

Vehicle stalls then jerks forward when accelerating and decelerating. Jerking causes brief loss of control as vehicle lurches forward while transmission attempts to catch up. This occurs at any moment while driving (uphill, downhill, turning, city streets and highways) seems to occur most when speeds are under 60 mph. Causes very unsafe conditions and check engine light goes on and off. Occurred today and has occurred almost everyday since I've owned the vehicle. (2 years).

Car was working fine most of the day. Got in my car and it would not start. I tried it three times, no luck. I shut everything off, pulled the keys, opened the door. I then tried again fo turn on car, came right on. Now however, the car is having over accelerating and decelerating problems which it didnt have two hours ago. Going up/down any type of hill is where its the worst at accelerating and decelerating randomly. Sometimes it over accelerating and I dont even have my foot on the gas at that moment. And it has a hard bucking problem between the two random accelerating/decelerating problems.

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.

Had vehicle serviced under warranty several times for transmission issues. I was told by the dealer I had the most current software updates as of March of 2018. Vehicle continues to behave badly under certain circumstances. Transmission does not downshift properly if needing to accelerate hard. Engine rpm's rev to about 5,000 rpm and the transmission goes into too low of a gear, until the correct gear is found. This causes a delay in response that creates a safety hazard. Had only one instance where the truck accelerated hard out of a 90 degree turn even though only light pedal was used. Transmission shutters under light load when going up a slight upgrade. Dealership doesn't not want to acknowledge there is a problem. I was told I would be contacted if future updates were available and have heard absolutely nothing.

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.

Have 20000 miles on truck and transmission still does accelerate smoothly. There is hesitation while transmission find right gear. While towing travel trailer transmission will accelerate but not deaccelerate till I reduce speed manually. Very dangerous.

Vehicle will not down shift when slowing from a higher speed and then needing to accelerate. Vehicle will "chug" and squat until it eventually down shifts, often times through two or more gears causing over acceleration and over revving of engine. Couple of times when coming to full stop at stop sign, vehicle stays in 5th or 6th gear upon acceleration for a few seconds and then jumps gears to pick up speed. Driving on cruise in moderate hills, vehicle will not down shift soon enough until eventually enough speed is lost that vehicle down shifts multiple gears from approximately 1800 rpm to well over 3000. Problem manifests itself in both city and highway driving.

Automatic transmission. When going up a slight incline transmission stall on down shifting. Driver must float the gas peddle or press for additional acceleration in order to climb a slight incline on regular road traffic . Incline could be no more than 15 degrees.

While driving at low speeds the transmission seems to float between gears as if trying to find the proper gear. Normally it takes so long that I have to push down on the gas to force the truck to shift. It does to a lower gear which makes it jump from the excess power. At high speeds, pressing on the gas pedal is non responsive as the transmission continues to look for the right gear. A manual fix for safety purposes (especially in traffic and need an answer from my transmission) is to change it to manual shifting where I control the gears. This is a band aid fix at the moment and is quite interesting that I am able to shift my vehicle better than a computer. Please look into this issue. I am going to take it to the dealership but as I read in the numerous reports from other 2015 Canyon owners. . . . GMC is not admitting or does not have a fix. This issue occurs all the time so selecting a date of when this issue happened is not effective.

Vehicle upshifts too early at low speeds requiring additional accelerator input then downshifts 2 gears to compensate. This happens regularly when going around 15-20 miles an hour uphill or while making right turns while vehicle is in motion. When the vehicle is searching for the correct gear the accelerator pedal is numb for at least 2 seconds requiring at least 90 percent throttle then it finally picks a low gear and violently throws the driver and passengers back and roars to life. The 2 or more seconds of hesitation could be very dangerous in an emergency situation when quick acceleration is needed. My concerns were voiced to bowser Buick GMC on 02/02/2015 during my first oil change. They informed me that GMC is working on programming for the sierra right now and when it's satisfactory, they will implement it on the Canyons. No repair attempts were made to address this concern. They refused to make any repairs and said that I was added to a list of others with similar complaints.

Transmission does not shift properly will not down shift hesitating and feels like truck is misfiring ruff shifts clunking sound problems start at about 20 mph when trying to speed up in traffic truck will not down shift or will downshift to violently causing truck to lundge forward and nearly rear-end car in front this is dangerous and could cause an accident gm seems to be ignoring this problem even though there seems to be quite a few people with the same complaint.

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.

. . . Wife stopped on hill to speak to son. . I believe at this point the vehicle went to neutral, when she try to go forward, it went down the hill hit a pole and rolled over.

The truck does not shift properly, I experience rough shifts. It doesn't downshift, feels like truck is misfiring, and I experience slow throttle response. Overall I don't feel safe in this truck and sincerely regret my purchase. I've given the transmission a chance to break in and learn, but it's a real problem.

I would just like to add my truck to the complaints. I am at 24000km on my Canyon and the transmission still hasn't learned anything. The transmission problems are the exact same as the other complaints on here. Its horrible and unsafe driving this truck everyday in the city. This issue needs to be taken care of before an accident does happen. Issue: transmission programing.

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.

Between 20 and 40 mph truck fails to shift to a lower gear and increase speed. This causes the driver to keep pressing on the gas and then vehicle decides to shift to a lower gear and lurches forward, if you're in traffic this is when the vehicle is most dangerous and if the weather is severe (snow or ice) could cause you to loose control of vehicle. I've notified gm through their assistance center and have yet to hear from a gm engineer. The shifting problem is well documented on the web.

Transmission does not down shift at speeds between 27 mph and 40 mph ,at 30 mph you have to put pedal to the floor then it will shift and tachometer goes around 4000 and takes off like a dragster . Watch out for the guy in front of you! now hit the brakes, real cute . Dealer tested said yes it does it but we need a TSB before we can do anything called GMC they said file a complaint with NHTSA that I think is pretty cute also $ 38000 and your told to file a complaint . @carcomplaints. Com people already there complaining also clayton vedder.

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.