1997 GMC K1500 User Comment / Complaint

I have owned my 1997 gmc k1500 sierra since 1999 and have experienced continuous momentary loss of power steering control due to a failing vss sensor located on the steering column. this loss of power steering control occurs at any speed and direction. i have had this component replaced twice over the years and the sensor starts to intermittently fail within 6 months. every individual i have talked to over the years who has owned a gm 1997-1999 c/k full-size vehicle has experienced this sudden loss of control in the steering wheel at one time or another. it is unfortunate that multiple lives will have to be eventually lost before gm will recall these hundreds of thousands of vehicles due to lawsuits. the vss steering as well as the csfi fuel injection system are an extremely poor design and gm knows it.