2015 Chevrolet Ss Safety Report

Steering

6 owner complaints mention this component in the current safety profile.

Suspension

2 owner complaints mention this component in the current safety profile.

Air Bags

2 owner complaints mention this component in the current safety profile.

Seat Belts

2 owner complaints mention this component in the current safety profile.

Electrical System,Air Bags

1 owner complaint mention this component in the current safety profile.

Service Brakes

1 owner complaint mention this component in the current safety profile.

23% of vehicles experience steering issues, often due to the electric power assist system.

15% of vehicles have air bag issues, with recalls for potential failure to deploy.

10% of vehicles have seat belt issues, with recalls for potential cable separation.

10% of vehicles have suspension issues, often due to noise and internal component problems.

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Chevrolet SS and Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicles (PPV) that were previously repaired under NHTSA recall number 16V-518. The repair may not have been performed properly. The driver's seat belt tensioner cable may be repeatedly bent over the seat side shield as the driver enters and exits the vehicle causing the cable to fatigue and separate.

Consequence: If the tensioner cable separates, the driver may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles to determine whether the new seat trim was installed and replace the trim as necessary. Dealers will also inspect and replace the pretensioner cable assembly, as necessary. Repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began November 17, 2020. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for th...

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2016 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit vehicles (PPV) and SS vehicles. Corrosion of the connector between the electric power steering module and the torque sensor connector may cause a loss of electric power steering assist.

Consequence: A greater steering effort would be needed to control the vehicle if power steering is lost, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gear assembly, free of charge. The recall began May 26, 2020. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N192285350.

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Chevrolet SS vehicles that previously received an inspect-only remedy under recall 17V-382. Corrosion of the connector between the electric power steering module and the torque sensor connector may cause a loss of electric power steering assist.

Consequence: A greater steering effort would be needed to control the vehicle if power steering is lost, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gear assembly, free of charge. The recall began December 27, 2019. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GM customer service at 1-586-596-1733. GM's number for this recall is N192265980.

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Buick Lacrosse and Chevrolet Spark EV, Caprice PPV and SS vehicles, 2014-2017 Buick Encore and Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 vehicles, 2015-2016 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Tahoe, Trax, Suburban and Silverado 2500 and 3500 and GMC Yukon and Yukon XL vehicles, and 2015-2017 GMC Sierra HD 2500 and 3500 vehicles. While being previously remedied for recall 16V-651, the affected vehicles may ...

Consequence: A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2017. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC custom...

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2014-2016 Chevrolet SS vehicles. Corrosion of the connector between the electric power steering module and the torque sensor connector may cause a loss of electric power steering assist.

Consequence: A greater steering effort would be needed to control the vehicle if power steering is lost, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the steering gear assembly, replacing it as necessary, free of charge. The recall began August 2, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 17248.

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015-2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD, 3500 HD, Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Sierra 2500 HD and 3500 HD, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Cadillac Escalade ESV vehicles and 2014-2017 Chevrolet Corvette, Silverado 1500, Trax, Caprice Police Pursuit Vehicle, GMC Sierra 1500, Buick Encore, and 2014-2016 Buick Lacrosse, Chevrolet Spark EV and SS vehicles. In the affected vehicles, certain driving conditions may cause the air bag sensing...

Consequence: A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on October 13, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC cust...

Summary: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 Chevrolet Caprice Police Pursuit vehicles manufactured May 14, 2013 through June 14, 2016, and Chevrolet SS vehicles manufactured May 15, 2013 through April 27, 2016. The driver's seat belt tensioner cable may be repeatedly bent over the seat side shield as the driver enters and exits the vehicle causing the cable to fatigue and separate.

Consequence: If the tensioner cable separates, the driver may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, increasing their risk of injury.

Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the tensioner cable assembly, replacing any cable that is damaged. For vehicles that do not require a tensioner assembly replacement, a cable guide will be installed. All vehicles will receive new seat trim with a redesigned opening for the cable routing. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on November 3, 2016. Owne...

Noticed a noise in the front suspension and took it in to dealership to get looked at. Dealership inspected and told me some internal component of the strut had failed and it wasn't operating correctly. I asked if I could just continue to drive it and they told me it could be a safety issue if I didn't get it fixed. My vehicle only has 39,000 miles and I found it very odd for this component to fai...

The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet SS. The contact stated that the service air bag warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the passenger’s side seat sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure informed the contact that the vehicle would be repaired at her expense,...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING FUNCTIONALITY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE TEMPORARILY REGAINED POWER STEERING FUNCTIONALITY PRIOR TO THE FAILURE RECURRING. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AT START-UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CLASSIC CHEVY SUGAR L...

THE REAR SHOCK ABSORBERS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT 43000 MILES. THESE ARE ELECTRONIC MAGNETIC RHEALOGICAL SHOCKS AND COST OVER $600 EACH!! THIS SEEMS LIKE AN ABNORMAL ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE CARS AND SINCE THE PART NUMBER HAS CHANGED IT SEEMS THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON IN THE CAR AND I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AS SOON AS AN APPOINTMENT BECAME AVAILABLE. AFTER A FEW HOURS OF DIAGNOSIS, CHEVROLET SERVICE DETERMINED THERE WAS A LOOSE WIRE AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT MY CAR WAS OUT OF SERVICE FOR TWO DAYS WHILE THE ISSUE WAS BEING DIAGNOSED AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I THINK THIS TYPE OF SAFETY REPAIR SHOULD BE C...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SS. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS UNABLE TO BE TURNED. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS ABLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE SENSOR WAS CORRODED AND NEE...

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO NHTSA COMPLAINT ID 11196202. I DISCOVERED THAT MY DEALERSHIP, BOB BELL CHEVROLET, DID NOT FOLLOW THE SERVICE PROCEDURES FOR RECALL 17V-382 BACK IN 2017. THE BAD PART NUMBER FOR THE STEERING ASSEMBLY WAS STILL IN MY CAR. HAD THEY PROPERLY PERFORMED THE INSPECTION PER THE SERVICE PROCEDURE, I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAFETY FAILURE AS THE BAD PART WOULD HAVE BEEN REP...

WHILE TURNING ONTO MY STREET FRIDAY (4/12) NIGHT, MY POWER STEERING STOPPED FUNCTIONING WITHOUT WARNING AND MY CAR SAID "SERVICE POWER STEERING." I WAS PROBABLY MOVING LESS THAN 25MPH AND LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC, BUT I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING OTHER PARKED CARS. WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT PARKED WELL ENOUGH OUT OF THE PATH OF TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE CAR ON SATURDAY AND IT SEEME...

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 17V382 FOR LOSS OF POWER STEERING. TOOK CAR TO DEALER IN JANUARY 2018 FOR REPAIR, WHICH WAS NOT PERFORMED SATISFACTORY AS REPAIR TECHNICIAN ONLY RE-PROGRAMMED STEERING. CAR NOW LOSING POWER STEERING - DEALER REPAIR TECHNICIAN STATES FAILURE IS DUE TO A BAD TORQUE SENSOR. RECALL 17V382 STATES CORROSION OF CONNECTORS NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED. POOR CONNECTIONS COULD LEAD TO...

WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE BRAKES STARTED TO SQUEAL ONLY WHEN WET OR COLD. I HAVE TALKED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT'S A HIGH PERFORMANCE CAR THE BRAKES ARE GOING TO SQUEAL. I HAVE APPROACHED THE DEALER 4 TIMES REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND I'M TOLD THE SAME THING. THIS LAST TIME TALKING TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE ISSUE I WAS TOLD THE ROTORS ARE BAD AND I N...

ENGINE LOSES IDLE SPEED CONTROL. WITH NO THROTTLE APPLIED BY DRIVER THE ENGINE WILL RACE TO 2500 RPM, THEN BACK TO 1000RPM, THEN BACK TO 2500RPM AND SO ON. SOMETIMES SETTLES AT HIGH IDLE, 1300-1500RPM STEADY (CORRECT IDLE IS 700RPM OR 750RPM I THINK). VEHICLE WILL SURGE WITH NO THROTTLE APPLIED WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING. WILL HAPPEN WITH VEHICLE IN MOTION OR AT STOPLIGHT. SOMETIMES CYCLING IGNIT...

ON 08/18/2017, BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE-IMPACT AIRBAGS, ALONG WITH THE SEAT BELT PRETENSION SYSTEMS, DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY. NO COLLISION OCCURRED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET SS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE STEERING SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE STEERING ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ...

I WAS SITTING IN PARK IN LINE AT A GAS STATION WAITING TO GET GAS. WHEN THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME LEFT, I MOVED MY CAR FROM PARK INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WENT INTO UNINTENDED, UNEXPECTED, HIGH POWER ACCELERATIONS, HOLDING DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL DID LITTLE TO STOP THE CAR WAS GOING FULL BORE. I ENDED UP HITTING THE GAS PUMP BARRIER TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE LEAVING THE GAS STATION. I WAS T...

THERE IS CURRENTLY AN OPEN RECALL FOR THE SEAT BELT CABLE ASSEMBLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE THAT CAN BECOME FATIGUED AND WORN OVER TIME AND CAN SEPARATE DURING A CRASH IF WORN THROUGH. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A TEMPORARY FIX FOR THIS, CHEVROLET AT THIS TIME DOES NOT HAVE A PERMANENT FIX AND INFORMATION ABOUT A PERMANENT FIX IS NON-EXISTENT. THIS AFFECTS ME DIRECTLY AS I CAN NOT TRADE THE CAR IN ON ANOTHER V...

THIS IS TO GO ALONG WITH THE GM#2031340 RECALL FOR THE SEATBELT TENSIONER CABLES. THE RECALL IS FOR THE OUTSIDE STEEL CABLE WHERE THE SEATBELT ATTACHES TO THE SEAT AND WARNS ABOUT ABRASIONS AGAINST THE TRIM AND CUTTING THE CABLE AND OR SLEEVE. I'M REPORTING THAT THE INSIDE SEATBELT CLIP ALSO HAS THIS PROBLEM AND IS ACTUALLY WORSE THEN WHAT THIS PREVIOUS RECALL IS FOR ME. ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGE...

EVER SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD SO MUCH FRAUD AND I EVEN IDENTITY THEFT IT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. ALL MY ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM AUTO DRAFT AND SOME HAVE HAD INFORMATION CHANGED SO I CANT LOG IN TO MY ACCOUNT. AN EXAMPLE IS BIRTHDAY CHANGED FROM 15TH TO 16TH. MY ICLOUD ACCOUNT WAS ALSO HACKED INTO AND THE PHONE NUMBER FOR 2 STEP VERIFICATION WAS CHANGED AND I LOST ACCESS TO...