Chevrolet Colorado Complaints

3,652 consumer complaints on file.

#11553952November 7, 2023
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, STRUCTURE
The contact owns a 2009 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated while the vehicle was being serviced, the mechanic became aware that the entire subframe was extremely rusted and notified the contact. Additionally, the leaf spring on the driver’s side was also extremely rusted. The subframe was not replaced, and the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and determined that the VIN was not included in a recall. The failure mileage was approximately 88,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11553106November 1, 2023
STEERING
The electronic power steering failed while driving making the steering of the vehicle difficult and if my wife or child had been driving this could have resulted in an accident if they could not steer the vehicle without the power assistance. The instrument cluster displayed to service the power steering unit. Mechanics diagnostic is that it was the corrosion of water entering the system. Also that this I a known problem. There was a recall recently for 2015 models for what appears now to be a technical service bulletin for the newer years of the vehicle. This is a dangerous issue that seems to have now plagued multiple years of the Colorado pickup. The mechanic also stated that AUL service warranty (protective asset protection) denied the claim to repair as it is a known issue.... Currently attempting to speak with them to appeal the decision. The warranty company is also not above board as well as they have worded their contract to be misleading with provisions to deny claims due to common causes of failure. Realistically if Chevrolet did not address the problem of the 2015 model year the recall should be expanded.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11553118November 1, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
Twice the truck has randomly activated the front collision emergency braking system. One time was going around a turn and it activated, put the steering wheel straight and I almost tboned another car. Another time I was going straight nothing in front of me and it activated almost causing me to be rear ended.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11552841October 31, 2023
STEERING
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH uphill on a curvy road, the vehicle lost power steering functionality and jerked to the right towards a ditch that was in front of a cliff. The contact used physical strength to steer the vehicle back into the lane. The message "Power Steering Failure" was displayed and the traction control, the Stabili-trak and other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact drove downhill and pulled to the side of the roadway, turned off and restarted the vehicle, and the vehicle operated as needed; however, the failure recurred while driving in the mountains. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where diagnostic code: C0545 was retrieved, and the mechanic informed the contact that the failure was related to the power steering system. The mechanic referred the contact to the dealer for repairs. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the steering rack and pinion assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11552847October 31, 2023
STEERING
When driving the truck I loose the power steering which makes it almost impossible to safely drive the vehicle..its happened 10 times and 2 of which I was in the smokey mountains and almost went off the road.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11552159October 27, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
While driving to work the power steering stopped. There was a faint audible chime and a warning comes on and there is no power steering. This happened two separate times this week and one other time approximately three months ago. I was able to exit the highway. I turned the vehicle off, took the key out of the ignition, and exited the vehicle. There's no smoke or unusual smell from the engine. When I restarted the vehicle, the warning light goes off and the power steering works again like normal. I have contacted the dealer for an appointment.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11551836October 25, 2023
STEERING
Power steering intermittently goes out. Stopping and restarting the truck usually fixes for awhile. Problem seems to be getting worse and this problem after reading about the 2015 recall sounds the same. It is extremely dangerous to lose power steering while driving.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11551841October 25, 2023
STEERING
This is my second report on the same issue. The Stabiltrak light comes on and the power steering goes out. It is the exact same issue that was reported and recalled on the 2015 model.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11551441October 23, 2023
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The computer screen jumps around with the dash data when you are driving. The radio changes functions and channels. This is a huge distraction and dangerous when driving. Additionally, when you turn the radio off the screen keeps jumping around to different functions and channels.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11551222October 22, 2023
STEERING
I've had the truck since 2019. No matter what the power steering will cut out and I have to use every single muscle to navigate myself and family to our destination. The problem comes and goes. It can happen at a red light or when I'm doing 70 mph on the interstate. It also makes the back up camera malfunction when put in reverse. The code is stabilitrak power steering.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11551249October 22, 2023
STEERING
I receive a message regarding stabletrack system and suddenly lose power steering. This started 7 days ago and happened 3 times. Shutting off the truck and restarting temporarily clears the problem. Today it happened at freeway speed in a curve, barely made it to the pullout. Many reports about this being a common issue and the same components recalled in the 2015 's
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550950October 20, 2023
STEERING
While driving my 2018 Chevy Colorado with 42000 miles I noticed my vehicles steering would get stuck while making turns on the highway and local streets. The problem was intermittent and was getting worse. I didn't receive any warning lights or codes for this problem but realized I had to bring it to a Chevy dealer to try to resolve the issue because I was afraid to drive it any longer due to steering possibly locking up completely. The mechanic at Island Chevy in Staten Island said the electronic rack and pinion steering gear failed and I had to replace with a new one. The cost of the repair was $2700 dollars. I was very shocked by the price due to age of car, the low mileage and never doing any off road driving. I did have another mechanic look at this problem before Chevy did and couldn't pinpoint the exact issue at the time I brought it in. The mechanic told me to bring it to Chevy to hopefully pinpoint the problem and see if there were any recalls or warranties on it.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550817October 19, 2023
STEERING
The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle independently started steering to the left and to the right. The contact stated that when she attempted to correct the steering, the steering wheel became very stiff, requiring extra effort in keeping the vehicle centered in the lane. The contact stated that the stabili-trak warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled off the roadway and turned off and restarted the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to regain normal steering functionality. The contact stated that the steering failure had been intermittent at first but had become a recurring failure. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the steering torque sensor and steering gears needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V213000 (Steering). The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 126,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550869October 19, 2023
SUSPENSION
Frame has rusted to the point it is dangerous to drive looking at available date this is a problem on most model Colorado and canyon mine is so bad I will not drive it and it looks like most of them are the same. I do not know satitics but I am sure there have been many injury’s or death. These results are all related to road salt.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550492October 17, 2023
STEERING
While driving at highway speed the vehicle information display displayed "service stabiltrack" and "service power steering" messages. The vehicle lost power steering. Restarting the truck restored power steering but the same messages and loss of power steering appeared again. This made the truck very difficult to drive. Local Chevy dealer diagnosed a sensor issue requiring replacement of steering rack. Numerous others have reported this same issue: [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550316October 17, 2023
LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
After starting my 2023 chevy colorado trail boss and letting it idle for several minutes, my blind spot monitors will both illuminate on each rear view mirror for no apparent reason. When this occurs, I am unable to roll my windows down. Also, this issue occurs at random times while driving, seemingly occurring more when braking or decelerating. This issue renders my blind spot monitoring system unreliable to hard to trust. My truck also tells sometimes to service my door latch system when these issues occur. Although these issues seem to resolve on there own, they continue to persist everytime the vehicle is needed or driven. My blind spot monitors, in general, will also illuminate when trees or traffic signs etc. come into view. Also sometimes rendering my window switches useless.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550197October 16, 2023
STEERING
Several times while driving I will get a StabilTrak warning light and the Power steering will go out. This is happening while I'm driving the speed limit and I have almost wrecked when it happens in a curve or turn. Turning the engine off and back on will correct it for a short period. There was recall on the 2015 models, from what I can tell is the early year models of the 2016 have the same problem and it has been reported numerous times. Let's not wait for someone to die or get seriously injured before we do something.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11550202October 16, 2023
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
The blind spot warning in the mirrors is on most of the time for no reason, usually when decelerating, when accelerator is touched the blind spot warning will go out. When the blind spot warning is on the windows will work, very dangerous situation. The service door latch system warning will appear once in a while as well. If you look on the many Chevrolet forums, you find hundreds having the same issues.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11549904October 14, 2023
ENGINE, LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
2 incidents. 1. The blind spot indication (driver side) gives false readings sometimes. Will light up at various times in clear weather with no vehicle next to me. Sensors checked and were clean. 2. The vehicle had a dead battery. It was jumped by roadside assistance. When started, the vehicle had a check engine light. I called Onstar (hands free function built in) to diagnose the problem while driving to charge the battery. Onstar told me what it said and indicated I should take it to the dealer. When I attempted to merge onto OK-51 the vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating without warning causing me to nearly miss another vehicle while merging. When I looked down at the IP, a message came up saying vehicle limited to 62 mph. I wasn’t previously warned or told by Onstar that this would happen (I was still talking to Onstar when it happened and the customer service representative sounded surprised). I did not collide with the vehicle but the other vehicle had to take evasive maneuvers to avoid my unintentional slow merge.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11549831October 13, 2023
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
There apparently was fuel dripping onto the starter and soaking the starter so when we went to start the truck. It caught on fire 🔥🔥 And my truck is a total loss
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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