Steering Rack And Pinion Problems of GMC Sierra 1500

Tl- the contact owns a 2014 GMC sierra. The contact stated that while driving at 5 mph, the vehicle abruptly jerked to the left as the rack and pinion came apart without warning. Due to the failure, the contact hit a pole head on. The air bags did not deploy upon impact due to low impact. The contact was treated at a local hospital for injuries to his right shoulder and right forearm. A police report was not filed. The contact called the manufacturer, however the contact had been unable to reach anyone for assistance. Chevrolet of wasilla(3700 e parks hwy, wasilla, ak 99654) was also contact and a service manager informed him the failure was caused to due a non tire rotation. The vehicle had been repaired since the accident. The failure mileage was 82,000. Jo.

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While traveling to denver colorado, my power steering shut off at random on the interstate. I pulled over and turned my vehicle off, and it came back on. A few days later while driving in the snow, it went out permanently and I was stranded until a tow truck arrived. It took 3 days to get my truck fixed, and the whole steering system, rack and pinion, had to be replaced. It cost me over $2,500 to fix and get back home safely. I was traveling on a straight road at 75mph on I-70 west when the steering went out the first time. The second time, I was making a left turn and it went out and nearly caused a wreck.

Vehicle has 39000 miles and rack and pinion bushings's are completely out.

Vehicle was in motion driving down the highway when complete power steering failure occurred. It was raining at the time, and this took place approximately 30 seconds after driving through a shallow puddle in my lane with the driver side tires. Vehicle was immediately very difficult to steer, even at highway speed. I am a fit male with strong arms and it was almost more steering resistance than I could manage. Had this occurred while turning, I doubt I would have been able to control the direction of the vehicle. Even while driving in a straight line, if this had happened to a person with very much less upper body strength, they would have been in real trouble, as they would be unable to steer the vehicle safely off of the roadway. The shop diagnosed the problem as being a failed electric powered rack and pinion (steering gear). They said that this was not related to the previously issued recall on the power steering, and that it required replacement of the apparently shorted out steering gear.

The rack and pinion on the truck has started to click and pop. When I took the truck in they dealer said that the stearing gear in the rack and pinion have started to failed. The truck only had 33,000 miles on it when it started to go bad. Ive looked into this and it seems to be a problem with many more gm truck owners. This happens anytime you turn the steering wheel.

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When driving the truck after extended periods of time (I. E. 1 hour or more) the vehicle will flash a stabilitrak warning and then power the vehicle off. This happened while my son, girlfriend and I were on a trip to florida driving 70 mph down the interstate. I took to a dealer and they informed me that the battery cables were loose. 4,000 miles the truck has done this episode again and the dealer now tells me that I need to replace the electronic rack and pinion on a truck with 65k miles with a cost of over $3k. There are numerous examples of this happening with trucks just like mine and gm isn't responsible? hard to fathom that in the 5 vehicles I have owned, not once have I had to replace a rack and pinion and the newest vehicle that I have every owned has this issue.

When turning to left, you hear a "thud" in the steering rack and pinion. "thud" occurs either moving or stationary. Occurs during street/highway driving. Have not been off road with vehicle, so no information about occurance when off road.

Steering gear had loud "thud". Had to replace entire rack/pinion and steering gear. Malfunction occurs when moving and at rest when turning left. Vehicle has never been off highway.

I own a 2001 GMC Sierra 1500. I have always taken exceptional care of my vehicle. The motor has always had a knock when you start it,which devalues the truck & it also has always used oil. The rack & pinion has started leaking. I have always owned a truck & have never had a rack & pinion go out let alone at 152000 miles. It also is losing antifreeze but there are no leaks. The fuel gauge has never worked properly,now its also flashes low coolant light when its not low. I have seen numerous complaints on line concerning these same issues & lawsuits. I do not feel the consumer should be having to foot these bills. I have called gm about my concerns & they say there is nothing they can do. What can we do to get a recall for all these problems. My truck is one of the ones that have dex-cool antifreeze.

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The contact owns a 2007 GMC Sierra 1500. While driving 45 mph, the steering column failed while turning left or right. The contact has to manually return the steering wheel to the center. The dealer stated on two separate occasions that the rack and pinion needed to be replaced. On another occasion, the dealer stated that the drive belt needed to be replaced and other services needed to be performed. Originally, the dealer could not duplicate the failure. A technician from detroit inspected the vehicle to see if he could identify the failure, but was unsuccessful. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on five different occasions, but they were unable to duplicate the failure. In mid-January of 2008, the dealer replaced the steering pump and stated that they would not keep replacing the parts until they locate the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 10,616 and current mileage was 19,000.

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The contact owns a 1999 GMC Sierra 1500. On June 19, 2007, the power steering pump failed. The power pump fluid was full at the time of failure. While driving, the power steering produced a very loud noise when the wheel was turned. The noise continued to intensify before the pump finally failed. The purchase date was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 70,000.

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There is a loud clunking from the front end when driving at any speed,the cluncking can be felt in the steering wheel as well as the floorboard, it feels as if the steering wheel is coming disconected from the rackon pinion. This problem was addressed at a local dealership in hudson FL. On 12/16/06 and in less than 15,000 miles in has returned. In speeking with g. M cust serv 12/18/07 they found doc's stating this is a noted problem. I still have no resolution. Jks.