2016 GMC Canyon steering problems
182 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2016 GMC Canyon, which is 50% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 182 50% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 64 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When steering problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 14 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 17 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 64 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 63,000 miles, and 39% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 2 injuries.
What owners wrote
Faulty electric power steering caused vehicle veer off the rode hitting a concrete wall, concrete mail box and telephone. Vehicle was totaled. The vehicle was north bound a two black top road at a slight right hand turn.
II was driving my GMC canyon and the power steering went out and the warning light came on and "loss of power steering, drive with care". I parked the care and waited 15 minutes, restarted the truck and the warning light went off and I was able to drive home without a problem. The next day I was driving at low speed and the same warning light came on with the additional warnings of "stabilitrak" and "steering assist reduced" and I lost power steering.
Other problems reported for the 2016 GMC Canyon
- Drivetrain & axles 39 complaints
- Electrical system 38 complaints
- Engine 22 complaints
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