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2016 Chevrolet SS problems

Owners filed 24 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet SS with NHTSA between Aug 2016 and Aug 2024. The most-cited component is steering (12).

Complaints
24
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
0
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
0
People reported injured
Deaths
0
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Steering12
  2. Seat belts6
  3. Electrical system4
  4. Lane departure2
  5. Power train1
  6. Engine1
  7. Back over prevention1
  8. Other / unknown2

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Nov 8, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
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Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
20163
20176
20183
20195
20203
20211
20222
20230
20241

Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Steering

12 reports3 related recalls
“A few days ago I was heading home from work and sport mode automatically turned on and the “service power steering” warning came on. Then the steering wheel stiffened up 2 times for a few seconds while I was driving. I looked into it and there was a recall before I purchased the vehicle and it was repaired also. But it is the same problem. I contacted the dealer ship but they said there’s no warranty on recalls. I did purchase the car from a used car dealership and still paying it. Car still isn’t running and seems like an expensive repair.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Aug 8, 2024Steering, Electrical systemODI 11607251

Seat belts

6 reports2 related recalls
“FILED SECOND TIME. RECALL REPAIR IS DEFECTIVE! RECALL REPAIR HAS LEFT SEAT BELT TENSIONER CABLE EXPOSED AND FLOPPING! METAL BITS AND PIECES ARE NOW ON CARPET AND AREA AROUND SEAT BELT FOUNDATION AND LOWER REPLACED COVER AREA. THE REPLACED RUBBER COVER (92507580) IS RIPPED AND RIPPING MORE AT LOWER CONNECTION OF EXPOSED TENSIONER CABLE. DONT UNDERSTAND RECALL? TAKE CAR IN TWICE (11/7/2016) (12/1/2016) WRONG PARTS TWICE, THIRD TIME 6 MONTHS LATER (5/1/2017) CAR SEAT BELT DAMAGED FROM RECALL REPAIR????”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled May 19, 2017Seat beltsODI 10990669

Electrical system

4 reports
“THE BLIND SPOT SENSOR STARTED NOT TO WORK SPORADICALLY STARTED NOT TO WORK AT 36,500 MILES. NOW THEY DON'T WORK AT ALL AND AT LEAST I AM NOTIFIED OF THIS TWO TO THREE TIMES EVERY USE OF THE VEHICLE. TALKED AND RESEARCHED THIS WHICH IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH GM CARS AND TRUCKS OF MY CARS VINTAGE. GM KNEW OF THE DESIGN ISSUE BEFORE THEY BUILT THE CAR BUT DIDN'T REPLACE IT.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Sep 4, 2020Electrical systemODI 11353118

Lane departure

2 reports
“"service side detection system" and "park assist unavailable", are errors due to water intrusion to proximity sensors. In addition sensor modules are physically bulging and there was some corrosion on my passenger side harness connector and visible rust inside both modules' connectors. Errors are starting to affect other electrical system components and other errors are showing up like various electrical glitches like a pausing turn signal among other issues.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jun 11, 2022Lane departure, Back over preventionODI 11468772

Power train

1 report
“Collapsed lifter on cyl 6. Lifter tick / knock since 100,200 miles. Car has a warranty until 5/2026 or 171,000 miles and they refuse to honor it. Car has a steering issue. Two separate chevy dealerships unable to fix. vanderevere charged me 500-600 to fix NOTHING AT ALL. serpentini chevy charge me 500-600 and it was repaired for a few months problem is back. Serpentini quoted me 6,000 plus tax to fix my collasped lifter, and at that price its a full engine replace from what it looks like, which means the AFM lifter will fail eventually again and ill need to spend even more money. There is a class action lawsuit out on alot of v8 2007-2022 engines which can be found at (https://www.classaction.org/media/harrison-et-al-v-general-motors-llc.pdf) that the original class action lawsuit. I've also posted the class action lawsuit pdf, as well as what was said price wise by serpentini. Also posted are messages from the drone from jim butler kia dealership. Notice they try to use my oil changes as a way to deny liability, if u call AUL the place that issues the warranty, they cite modified parts (new headers mufflers etc) because they are new but not from GM so they are…”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jul 30, 2022Steering, Power train, EngineODI 11476638

Engine

1 report
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 8, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.