NHTSA Complaint #11558240 — 2018 CHEVROLET BOLT EV

Steering gear failed. My young daughter usually drives this car. I drove it for the first time in a couple of weeks because it was blocking my car in and immediately knew there was a an issue. When turning a corner it was difficult to straighten the steering wheel back to center and if not forced it would continue turning instead of returning back to center on its own. I immediately took it to a mechanic who indicated that the steering gear was failing. He said that when he had the car on the lift to diagnose, it was very difficult to move the wheels by hand. The failure happened pretty quickly and could have been disastrous had I not driven the car.