2015 GMC Canyon Electrical system Problems

“In the last week my power steering went out 5 times on my 2015 Gmc Canyon. I took it to the dealer who diagnosed it with rack and pinion failure. I research this and there are numerous complaints of this and Gmc refuses to recall. And fix it. It is very dangerous as you have no control of the vehicle at all. P pleas help as it is a very expensive repair and a hazard.”

“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. …”

“My 2015 Gmc Canyon sle pickup has a backup camera dimming problem. When backing out of my garage on a sunny day, the large display of what the camera sees behind the vehicle is bright and it is easy to see any objects located in the backup path until the vehicle reaches the location where the sun light falls on the dash. At that point the display dims to the extent where it is difficult to see any objects in the display. The dim display lasts for about 15 seconds when it instantly returns to full brightness as was visible in the garage. …”

“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. …”

“While driving all the dash board information ,lights,information went dark, four times since I purchased this truck new ,feb. 2015. I have taken it to the dealership many times, one time when the problem was present,sept .30 2016 the employees at the service desk came out of the office and looked at the dash board and saw that it was dark,no display at all,3rd time, they would not take the truck into the shop as I did not have an appointment at that time, they set up an appointment four three days later, when I took the truck in for repair ,the desk clerk went out side and talked to an…”