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2016 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 steering problems

15 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 350030% of all complaints for this model year.

15
Steering complaints
30%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The steering is very loose. There are multiple complaints about this. I owned a 2017 GMC 2500 before this and had the same issue. I have not brought this into a shop because I’m not looking forward to the diagnosis & cost. This has been an ongoing issue for years. GM needs to recall something in…

    filed May 11, 2024

  • On June 27 2023 we we driving on a two lane highway pulling our travel trailer. We had driven 5 hrs the previous day parked unhooked and drove around the area with no issues. The following morning we left an were just entering the highway speed zone when the truck abruptly crossed the centreline. I…

    filed Jul 25, 2023

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.