2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — Complaint #1899848
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NHTSA Complaint about STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID filed June 5, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1899848 (ODI reference 11525472) concerns a 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 and was filed on June 5, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 30, 2023. The vehicle had 14,450 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Missouri based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as steering:hydraulic power assist:power steering fluid, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 cohort independently describe similar steering:hydraulic power assist:power steering fluid failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving 10 MPH, the message "Services Power Steering Assist - Drive with Care" was displayed and the steering wheel became firm. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was informed that the torque input sensor needed to be replaced in the rack pinion, and that the power steering assist needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and a case was filed. The failure mileage was 14,450.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1899848 |
| ODI Number | 11525472 |
| Date Filed | June 5, 2023 |
| Failure Date | May 30, 2023 |
| VIN | 1GCRCREC9HZ |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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