Chevrolet Colorado Complaints

3,652 consumer complaints on file.

#11298910January 13, 2020
STEERING
AFTER BEING PARKED FOR A FEW HOURS IN -10 DEGREE WEATHER OR COLDER I LOSE POWER STEERING. WHEN I START THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPT TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY I AM UNABLE TO TURN THE WHEEL WITHOUT AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF EFFORT. A SERVICE MESSAGE APPEARS STATING "POWER STEERING ASSIST. DRIVE WITH CARE." THIS HAS OCCURRED EVERY TIME I HAVE LEFT THE VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER FOR LONGER THAN AN HOUR OR SO. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO A HEATED GARAGE RIGHT AWAY AND AFTER A FEW HOURS WHEN I START THE VEHICLE THE POWER STEERING FAILURE HAS RESOLVED AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNS WITH EASE AGAIN.THIS SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO RECALL NUMBER 16V054000 (15595) ON 2/1/16 FOR THE 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO WHICH REQUIRED THE STEERING GEAR TORQUE SENSOR COVER ASSEMBLY BE REPLACED DUE TO A LOSS OR REDUCTION IN POWER STEERING ASSIST. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WITH 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO AND GMC CANYONS AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD IT OCCUR WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAYS AT HIGH SPEEDS AND AROUND ICY CORNERS. APPARENTLY, IT CAN OCCUR IN ANY WEATHER NOT JUST COLD WEATHER THOUGH MY ISSUE HAS ONLY OCCURRED SINCE THE WEATHER DROPPED BELOW ZERO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298852January 12, 2020
ENGINE
SOMETIMES THE TEMPERATURE RISES WITHOUT REASON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11298617January 11, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES
AFTER DRIVING 10 MILES, I PARKED MY VEHICLE IN MY APARTMENT PARKING LOT. APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES LATER, I GOT BACK IN MY VEHICLE TO LEAVE. UPON TURNING ON MY VEHICLE, I FELT MY BRAKES HARD WHEN I PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACK WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE AND I HAD TO PRESS ON THE BRAKES EXTREMELY HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE VEHICLE STRUGGLED TO STOP, SKID AND THEN STOPPED. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND IT DID THE SAME THING. I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM PEP BOYS SO I CAUTIOUSLY DROVE IT TO PEP BOYS AND THEY FOUND THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE WAS UNPLUGGED. THEY RECONNECTED IT, BUT NOW I'M SCARED FOR MY SAFETY FROM THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HOSE DISCONNECTING WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THEY MENTIONED THE BRAKE BOOSTER HAS TO BE REPLACED, BUT THEY ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHY IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE MY VEHICLE IS FAIRLY NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297987January 8, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND PARKED MOMENTARILY, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF A FUEL LEAK UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT BECAME AWARE OF FUEL VAPORS FROM THE SIDE VIEW MIRROR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MC KENNY CHEVROLET GMC CADILLAC LOCATED AT 831 S MAIN ST, LOWELL, NC 28098 PHONE NUMBER 704-313-0074, TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL LINE BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE FUEL LINES AND FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V358000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD PROVIDE A CALLBACK WHICH WAS STILL PENDING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297763January 7, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, AND THEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE / PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVS UP TO 4000 ' 5000 RPMS, BUT DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT. IT THEN TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO GO BACK TO 1200-1500 RPM RANGE. IT MAY DOWNSHIFT AT THAT POINT, AND THE TRUCK WILL JERK VIOLENTLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT NEW. THEY SAID GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND REFERRED TO TSB #PIP5547. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN IN DEC. 2019 BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 18 DAYS. THEY AGREE THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT GM HAS NO FIX FOR IT. THIS IS A REPEATABLE PROBLEM, HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. THE MANUAL STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO PASS AT LESS THAN 35 MPH, PRESS THE ACCELERATOR HALFWAY DOWN, AS I HAVE DONE. THAT IS WHEN THE ENGINE REVS UP BUT DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT LIKE IT NORMALLY SHOULD. BUT THEN THE DOWNSHIFT DOES OCCURS WHILE THE RPMS ARE COMING BACK DOWN, AND THE TRUCK JERKS VIOLENTLY. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO RELIABLY PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THIS SPEED. ALSO, THE SAME BEHAVIOR WILL OCCUR IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN USING AN ON RAMP TO GET ON AN EXPRESSWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297765January 7, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH, AND THEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE / PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVS UP TO 4000 ' 5000 RPMS, BUT DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT. IT THEN TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO GO BACK TO 1200-1500 RPM RANGE. IT MAY DOWNSHIFT AT THAT POINT, AND THE TRUCK WILL JERK VIOLENTLY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT NEW. THEY SAID GM IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND REFERRED TO TSB PIP5547. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN IN DEC. 2019 BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 18 DAYS. THEY AGREE THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT GM HAS NO FIX FOR IT. THIS IS A REPEATABLE PROBLEM, HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE. THE MANUAL STATES THAT WHEN TRYING TO PASS AT LESS THAN 35 MPH, PRESS THE ACCELERATOR HALFWAY DOWN, AS I HAVE DONE. THAT IS WHEN THE ENGINE REVS UP BUT DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT LIKE IT NORMALLY SHOULD. BUT THEN THE DOWNSHIFT DOES OCCUR WHILE THE RPMS ARE COMING BACK DOWN, AND THE TRUCK JERKS VIOLENTLY. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO RELIABLY PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THIS SPEED. ALSO, THE SAME BEHAVIOR WILL OCCUR IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN USING AN ON RAMP TO GET ON AN EXPRESSWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297341January 6, 2020
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON MAKING IT UNCLEAR IF OCCUPANTS ARE PROTECTED OR IF AIR BAG WILL JUST GO OFF ON ITS OWN. PROBLEM IS WIRES IN BACK DOOR JAMB BECOME FATIGUED AND BREAK CAUSING FAILURE OF AIR BAGS. VEHICLE IS ALSO CONSIDERED AN INSPECTION FAILURE AS WELL IN MASSACHUSETTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297176January 5, 2020
STEERING
AFTER I PARKED THE TRUCK OUTSIDE IN ABOUT -15 FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS, I STARTED THE TRUCK AND TRIED TO PULL OUT THE DRIVEWAY BUT EXPERIENCED A LOST OF POWER STEERING. I COULD BARELY TURN. FORTUNATELY, MY FRIEND LET ME USE THEIR HEATED GARAGE. I LET IT SAT FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, STARTED IT, AND STILL NO POWER STEERING AND THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" MESSAGE WAS SHOWN. LET IT SAT FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES, INITIALLY NO POWER STEERING AND SAME DIC MESSAGE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED WORKING. DROVE 20 MINUTES HOME WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS. BUT THAT MADE ME WORRY THAT IF IT HAPPENS AT SPEED, THE OUTCOME WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297232January 5, 2020
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN GOING DO THE ROAD. HAPPENS AT BOTH LOWER SPEEDS AND AT HIGHER SPEEDS IN TOWN AND ON THE INTERSTATE. HARD SHIFTING AS WELL WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297096January 4, 2020
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAGS WERE DEACTIVATED DUE TO THE WIRES BEING DAMAGED THROUGH NORMAL USE OF THE EXTENDED CAB REAR DOOR. A NORMAL MECHANIC SHOP WOULDN'T FIX IT, BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, SO TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PROBLEM, AND HAD TO REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS IN THAT DOOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11296851January 3, 2020
POWER TRAIN
SOME TIME IT FEELS AS IF YOU ARE RIDING ON THE RUMBLE STRIPS ON SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND SOME TIMES IT SHIFTS PRETTY HARD THE RUMBLE CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292580January 2, 2020
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO ON THE 2 FWY IN GLENDALE CA WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. A WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH READING POWER STEERING SERVICE REQUIRED DRIVE SAFELY. ALSO A TRACTION CONTROL WARNING. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THE ERROR CLEARED BUT CAME BACK WITHIN 2 MINUTES. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AUTONATION CHEVY IN VALENCIA AND THEY READ AN ERROR CODE OF A POOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITHIN THE TORQUE-SENSOR HARNESS CONNECTOR. THEY RECOMMENDED FLASHING THE COMPUTER WITH LATEST FIRMWARE. THEY DID THIS FOR A $200 FEE. AND WITHIN 1 DAY IT DID THE SAME ERROR CONDITION AGAIN. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT CONDITION FOR 2015 CHEVY COLORADO'S. MY DEALER SAIDS THERE IS NO OPEN RECALLS THEY CAN SEE BUT BELOW IS WHAT IVE FOUND. RECALL BULLETIN 15595A.THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL IS 16V054. I BROUGHT THIS TO MY DEALERS ATTENTION TO NO AVAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292472January 1, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I'VE TRIED TO HAVE A GARAGE REPAIR/FIX MY HEATER/FAN MOTOR THREE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. HEATER WORKS ON HIGH ONLY...AND NOT ON ANY OTHER SPEEDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292121December 30, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT TO THE POINT THAT IT IS UNREPAIRABLE, VEHICLE HAS 92000 MILES GOOD CONDITION EVERYWHERE ELSE. THIS IS QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH COLORADOS. IT WILL NOT PASS SAFETY STANDARDS, QUITE HONESTLY IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING WITH THESE VEHICLES. IT SEEMS ODD THAT TOYOTA WAS FORCED TO REPLACE FRAMES DUE TO POOR QUALITY AND RUST ISSUES YET THESE COLORADOS ARE JUST AS BAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11291444December 27, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
POWER STEERING LOCKS UP, MESSEGE OF POWEER STEERING ASSIST COMES UP ON DASBOATD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11291448December 27, 2019
ENGINE
THE TRUCK SHUDDERS WHILE ACCELERATING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11291347December 26, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTING, DOOR CHIME, AND RADIO DID NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MAYSE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP (2032 S ELLIOTT AVE, AURORA, MO 65605) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE WIRES RUNNING FROM THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAD TO BE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WERE NO LONGER BEING MANUFACTURED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11291402December 26, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2007 CHEVROLET COLORADO LS 4 CYLINDER 2.9 LITRE HAS ALWAYS RANDOMLY WON'T START. I RESEARCHED THIS AND EVERY YEAR OF THE COLORADO HAS HAD THIS ISSUE OF RANDOMLY NOT STARTING, COUNTLESS DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, CHEVROLET WILL NOT SAY IT IS AN ISSUE AND IT IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR ALMOST EVERY SINGLE YEAR. PASSLOCK ISSUE? JUST COSTED ME 266.00 AT THE CHEV GARAGE AND MY TRUCK STILL IS STRUGGLING TO START, BEEN TOLD STARTER AND BATTERY ARE FINE. ALTERNATOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR ARE FINE. LEMON PLEASE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE IT'S SO UNFAIR TO US CONSUMERS TO WASTE MONEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A FAULTY DESIGN IN A VEHICLE. GO ON YOU TUBE, COUNTLESS PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME ISSUE. COULD GET ME FIRED FROM MY JOB FOR MY TRUCK NOT STARTING CONSTANTLY. IT WILL START COUNTLESS TIMES THEN NOT START USUALLY WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST. ESTERO BAY CHEVROLET HAS MY RECORDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11291150December 25, 2019
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TWICE NOW MY 2017 W/~41000 MILES HAS GONE INTO INSTANT, NO WARNING OR GRACE PERIOD, BUT AN INSTANT DROP TO A FORCED 10 MPH IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, THIS LAST TIME ON A HIGHWAY WITH NO SHOULDERS DURING RUSH HOUR. THE THREE CODES THROWN THE FIRST TIME (I DON'T HAVE THE CODES FROM THE SECOND TIME BUT THE DEALER IS ORDERING A NEW ECM BASED ON THE U0401 CODE): RC (RADIO CONTROLS): B1325 - CONTROL MODULE POWER CIRCUIT - LOW VOLTAGE EBCM (ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE): U0401 - INVALID DATA RECEIVED FROM ENGINE CONTROL MODULE - INVALID DATA ECM (ENGINE CONTROL MODULE) P200C DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF) HIGH TEMPERATURE ALONG WITH THE CODES THE CHECK ENGINE, STABLITRAK, AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON - HOWEVER BRAKING WAS NOT AFFECTED! REGARDLESS, THIS PROGRAMMED 'LIMP' MODE IS INSANELY RECKLESS WITH TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE VEHICLE OCCUPANTS, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO SAFE PLACE OR REASON TO DELIBERATELY CRIPPLE A VEHICLE WHILE IN TRAFFIC! SOME EUROPEAN MANUFACTURES AT LEAST GIVE YOU A WARNING WITH SEVERAL ENGINE RESTARTS TO LET YOU DRIVE NORMALLY TO SAFETY AND THEN A DEALER FOR SERVICE ' BUT APPARENTLY EMISSIONS LAWS IN THE US TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER HUMAN LIFE. LIMP MODE CAN BE DISABLED FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES BUT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR THEM TO DO IT FOR ME. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN GREAT BUT LIMITED TO WHAT THEY CAN DO BECAUSE OF GM REQUIREMENTS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM AND HAS ORDERED A NEW ECM AS A SECOND PHASE IN TROUBLESHOOTING THE ISSUE (FIRST WAS REPROGRAMMING THE ECM) HOWEVER THERE IS STILL NO EXCUSE FOR FORCING A VEHICLE INTO LIMP-MODE WHILE IN USE - I HAVE LOST ALL FAITH IN THIS VEHICLE AND GM AND CANNOT TRUST IT FOR MY OWN YET FAMILIES SAFE USE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290981December 23, 2019
STEERING
THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. ONCE IN 2018 APPROX FEB. THE STEERING LOST ALL ELECTRIC ASSIST. THIS ALWAYS APPEARED AFTER IT WAS DRIVEN AND HAD BEEN PARKED. IT DID THIS ABOUT 4 TIMES BEFORE THE DEALER WOULD REPAIR IT. AT THAT TIME EVERYTHING WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS TIME, THE SAME PROBLEM, LOSS OF ALL STEERING ASSIST AFTER DRIVING AND IT WAS PARKED. SAME ISSUE, THIS TIME THEY TELL ME THE STEERING GEAR BOX NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $2000.00. EXACTLY THE SAME ISSUE THE 2015 WAS HAVING. I HAVE READ THE COMPLAINTS AND I FEAR THIS WILL HAPPEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WE LIVE IN AN EXTREME COLD CLIMATE AT TIMES AND BOTH INSTANCES MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED AFTER DRIVING IN -20F WEATHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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