Certain 2017 Corvettes may be among the vehicles affected by a new recall issued by General Motors.
The recall addresses an issue with power steering gear assemblies that may suddenly fail. The affected units were produced by Robert Bosch Automotive Steering out of Florence, Kentucky.
Dealers have already been notified of the recall, and affected owners will find out in a letter by early May 2025. If you don’t want to wait that long, you can type in your VIN on GM’s recall and warranty website and find out instantly if your Corvette is affected.
The problem involves bad printed circuit boards that can cause intermittent open circuits, triggering a chime and warning alerting the driver of the sudden loss of power steering assist.
So far, 43 people have complained about the problem, but no accidents or injuries have apparently been caused.
GM will repair the affected vehicles at no charge by replacing the original power steering gear assembly with new units. Bosch corrected the problem beginning with steering gear assembly production on June 9, 2017.
A similar recall (Campaign 19V-086) was announced in March 2019, affecting 26,772 of the 2016 through 2018 Cadillac CTS, 2017 Cadillac ATS, 2017 Chevrolet Corvette, and 2017 Chevrolet Camaro.
But recently the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration notified GM of a customer-submitted complaint alleging a steering gear failure in a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro.
A subsequent investigation by GM and Bosch determined that the problem was outside the realm of that 2019 recall, and a new recall was announced for units of 2018 Cadillac CTS, 2017 through 2018 Cadillac ATS, 2017 through 2018 Chevrolet Camaro, and 2017 through 2018 Chevrolet Corvette produced from July 1, 2016 for the 2016 model year CTS to September 11, 2017 for the 2017 model year ATS.
Source:
NHTSA.gov via autoevolution.com
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My powersteering failed in 2018 on my ’17 Z06. If you shut the car off and restart it resets. Finally while driving on the expressway it shut down, due to highway speed it was easy to control. At slow speeds it feels like you’re driving a loaded dump truck with under-inflated front tire. You better have some upper body strength to steer it!
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