NHTSA Complaint #10323813 — 2006 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO

POWER STEERING BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER, ACCOMPANIED BY GRADUALLY WORSENING NOISE. UPON INSPECTION, NOTED THAT POWER STEERING FLUID RESERVOIR WAS EMPTY. ADDED FLUID WHICH TEMPORARILY ALLEVIATED BOTH PROBLEMS. AFTER DRIVING CAR APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES, PROBLEM RETURNED AND FLUID WAS AGAIN EMPTY. ATTEMPTED TO ADD FLUID AGAIN AND NOTED THAT IT WAS LEAKING PROFUSELY, LEAVING A LARGE PUDDLE BENEATH THE VEHICLE. RESEARCHED ISSUE ON THE INTERNET TO IDENTIFY LIKELY CAUSE AND RECOMMENDED ACTION AND DISCOVERED THAT GM/CHEVROLET WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM, SPECIFICALLY WITH THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE. I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE IT SERVICED. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OR LIKELIHOOD (BASED ON PAST HISTORY) OF A VEHICLE FIRE, THE DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THEIR LOCATION. *TR