2008 Chevrolet Colorado

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Recalls

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• Child Seat

  Nov 2010 · #10V575000

  GM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2011, CHEVROLET COLORADO, GMC CANYON, MODEL YEAR 2006, ISUZU I-280/I-350, AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2008, I-290/I-370, REGULAR CAB VEHICLES AND EXTENDED CAB VEHICLES WITHOUT A REAR SEAT AND EQUIPPED WITH A FRONT 60/40 SPLIT BENCH SEAT.

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  GM IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004-2011, CHEVROLET COLORADO, GMC CANYON, MODEL YEAR 2006, ISUZU I-280/I-350, AND MODEL YEAR 2007-2008, I-290/I-370, REGULAR CAB VEHICLES AND EXTENDED CAB VEHICLES WITHOUT A REAR SEAT AND EQUIPPED WITH A FRONT 60/40 SPLIT BENCH SEAT. THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 225, "CHILD RESTRAINT ANCHORAGE SYSTEMS." THE TOP TETHER ANCHOR FOR THE FRONT CENTER SEAT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE AND THE OWNER MANUAL DOES NOT INCLUDE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOW TO USE THE TOP TETHER.

  Risk: BOTH NHTSA AND GM DISCOURAGE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD IN A FRONT SEAT. NEVERTHELESS, THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY REQUIRE PLACEMENT OF A CHILD IN A RESTRAINT IN THE FRONT CENTER SEATING POSITION OF THIS VEHICLE THAT DOES NOT OFFER A REAR SEAT. LACK OF ACCESS TO THE TOP TETHER ANCHOR AND A LACK OF INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO USE IT, MAY RESULT IN IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF A CHILD RESTRAINT. IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF A CHILD RESTRAINT CAN RESULT IN A REDUCTION IN THE RESTRAINT'S PERFORMANCE IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH AND AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY OR DEATH TO THE CHILD SEATED IN THE RESTRAINT.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL CUT A HOLE INTO THE BACK PANEL TRIM COVER TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE TOP TETHER ANCHOR FOR THE FRONT CENTER SEAT POSITION AND WILL PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION AS TO USE IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT YET PROVIDED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION SCHEDULE FOR THIS CAMPAIGN. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT [phone removed], GMC AT [phone removed], ISUZU AT [phone removed] OR VISIT GM'S WEBSITE AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

• Exterior Lighting:Brake Lights:Switch

  Jul 2009 · #09V310000

  GM IS RECALLING 185,903 MODEL YEAR 2004-2009 COLORADO, GMC MODEL YEAR 2009-2004 CANYON, MODEL YEAR 2006 I-280, I-350, MODEL YEAR 2007-2008 I-290, AND I-370, PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALABAMA, ARIZONA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, U.S.

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  GM IS RECALLING 185,903 MODEL YEAR 2004-2009 COLORADO, GMC MODEL YEAR 2009-2004 CANYON, MODEL YEAR 2006 I-280, I-350, MODEL YEAR 2007-2008 I-290, AND I-370, PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD IN OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF ALABAMA, ARIZONA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, TEXAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND UTAH. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE A BRAKE LAMP SWITCH THAT MAY NOT WORK AS DESIGNED DUE TO CONTAMINATION IN THE SWITCH.

  Risk: THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE THE SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF ALL BRAKE LAMPS OR CAUSE ALL OF THE BRAKE LAMPS TO STAY ON CONTINUOUSLY. BOTH OF THESE CONDITIONS COULD FAIL TO WARN OTHERS OF THE DRIVER'S INTENTIONS AND COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH.

  Fix: DEALERS WILL INSPECT AND REPLACE THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS AS SPECIFIED IN THE RECALL BULLETIN FREE OF CHARGE. GM ANTICIPATES THAT PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE BY JUNE 2010. A SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ALL OTHER STATES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE SAME TIME FRAME. IN THE INTERIM, OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE CAN OBTAIN A FREE REPAIR, HOWEVER THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO RETURN WHEN THE NEW DESIGN PART BECOMES AVAILABLE. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT [phone removed], GMC AT [phone removed], ISUZU AT [phone removed] OR AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM.

Owner complaints by area

Reports owners filed with NHTSA. They aren't verified, and one complaint can mention more than one area. Tap an area to read the most recent ones.

• Electrical System32

  4 involved a fire

  • Filed Nov 2020 · Also filed under Air Bags, Engine

    THE ELECTRIC INGNITION SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING ON THIS AND A MILLION TRUCKS IN THE COUNTRY PLEASE FIX THIS 10 MINUTE WAITING TIME TO START

  • Filed Oct 2019 · Also filed under Power Train

    THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WILL NOT LET THE TRUCK START HAS LEFT ME STRANDED MANY TIMES. HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING ON 1, 2, & 3 SETTINGS. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND PLUG WERE BURNT, STARTED A MINOR FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WHEN I TURN THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT MAKES A LARGE VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN CAN'T GET IT TO TURN BACK ON.

  • Filed Aug 2019

    THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WILL NOT LET THE TRUCK START, I HAVE HAD THIS SAME COMPLAINT/PROBLEM FOR MANY YEARS, HAVE HAD IN MANY SHOPS FOR SAME ISSUE, YES EACH ONE REPLACED SOMETHING/FIXED IT FOR A SUM OF MONEY. IT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY LEAVING ME STRANDED ONCE AGAIN. IF I CAN GET IT RUNNING IT APPEARS MY ONLY FIX IS TO SELL/TRADE IT AND PASS THIS VERY PROBLEMATIC TRUCK ON TO OTHER.ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

  • Filed Apr 2019 · Also filed under Exterior Lighting

    EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. ALL BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING; NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. THIS INCLUDES THE TOP LAMP, ABOVE THE BACK WINDOW. THERE IS A RECALL NUMBER 09V310000 THAT DESCRIBES THIS SITUATION, BUT ONLY GOOD FOR CERTAIN STATES. IN PROCESS OF BRINGING TO CERTIFIED CHEVY DEALER FOR FORMAL DIAGNOSIS. REQUESTING CONSIDERATION ON EXPANDING THE CURRENT RECALL TO INCLUDE NJ, WHERE MY TRUCK IS REGISTERED. CRITICAL SAFETY HAZARD, AS CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

  • Filed Feb 2019 · Also filed under Air Bags, Engine

    SITTING IN A PARKING LOT NONE WITHIN 100 FEET OF ME MY KEYS WERE ON PASSENGER SEAT WHEN THE AIR BAG EXPLOIDED THEN ON JANUARY 2019 BATTERY WENT DEAD PUT NEW BATTERY IN IT THEN ON FEBRUARY 13 LOST ALL POWER TO DASH STILL HAD ALL OTHER POWER BUT WHEN I TURNED IT OFF WILL NOT DO ANYTHING HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER SAID IT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE PUT IT IN AND STILL NOTHING I THINK IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE AIR BAG

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• Service Brakes16

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Feb 2019 · Also filed under Vehicle Speed Control

    A FEW YEARS AGO, NOTICED MY CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T WORKING. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE PART WAS UNDER RECALL, AND THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING EITHER. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, UNTIL THIS WEEK. I NOTICED TODAY THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE CRUISE ISN'T WORKING. WHEN I PARKED MY TRUCK, I TESTED MY BACK BRAKES IN A REFLECTION- NOT WORKING EITHER! AGAIN! IS THIS PART UNDER RECALL STILL?

  • Filed Sep 2017 · Also filed under Exterior Lighting

    BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK. DISTRIBUTION BOX PERHAPS. DEALERS ARE U SURE.

  • Filed Apr 2016 · Also filed under Vehicle Speed Control

    BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY 2008 CHEVY COLORADO ARE NOT WORKING ,A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS , THE PROBLEM CAME UP AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I SEE THERE IS A RECALL FOR VEHICLES LIKE MINE , EXCEPT IT LOOKS LIKE THE REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA. RECALL#09V310000

  • Filed Oct 2014 · Also filed under Hydraulic

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

  • Filed May 2014

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESSED THE SERVICE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ABS FAULT WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL HUB AND SPEED SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,726. UPDATED 08/11/14*LJ

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• Air Bags14

  3 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Nov 2020 · Also filed under Electrical System, Engine

    THE ELECTRIC INGNITION SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING ON THIS AND A MILLION TRUCKS IN THE COUNTRY PLEASE FIX THIS 10 MINUTE WAITING TIME TO START

  • Filed Feb 2019 · Also filed under Electrical System, Engine

    SITTING IN A PARKING LOT NONE WITHIN 100 FEET OF ME MY KEYS WERE ON PASSENGER SEAT WHEN THE AIR BAG EXPLOIDED THEN ON JANUARY 2019 BATTERY WENT DEAD PUT NEW BATTERY IN IT THEN ON FEBRUARY 13 LOST ALL POWER TO DASH STILL HAD ALL OTHER POWER BUT WHEN I TURNED IT OFF WILL NOT DO ANYTHING HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER SAID IT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE PUT IT IN AND STILL NOTHING I THINK IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE AIR BAG

  • Filed Oct 2018 · Also filed under Seat Belts

    RECEIVED A SAFETY LETTER SEVERAL YEAR AGO (TOLD NUMBER WAS 14609), I CALLED THE DEALER WHEN I GOT THE LETTER (APPROXIMATELY 2014) AND WAS TOLD SINCE MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON EVEN THOUGH MY SEAT BELT DIDN'T RETRACT PROPERLY, I WAS NOT VALID FOR THE FIX. MOVE FORWARD TO TODAY, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO (INTERMITTENT AT FIRST, THEN STEADY), MY SEAT BELT HASN'T RETRACTED PROPERLY FOR YEARS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC FOR REPAIR AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. SO 2 FOLD, I FIND OUT THE LETTER WAS JUST AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH I MISSED BY DATE BUT NOT BY MILES. AND EVERYTHING ONLINE IMPLIES THE WIRING HARNESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED SO NOT ONLY AM I OUT THE MONEY I AM NOT SURE IF WE SOLVED THE ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW Y'ALL COULD HAVE MADE AN AIRBAG ISSUE JUST AN NOTE ON THE PAGE (EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH EXPIRED ON ME) WHEN IF MY AIRBAG DOESN'T WORK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN MY DEATH.

  • Filed Jul 2015 · Also filed under Electrical System

    IF YOU LEAVE IT SET FOR A DAY IT WILL NOT START NEW BATTERY AND ALTANATOR WAS TESTED IT WAS GOOD . AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON .

  • Filed Jun 2015 · Also filed under Electrical System, Seat Belts

    DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR WIRING HARNESS BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME. 3 WIRES ARE BROKEN INSIDE BOOT. THIS IS SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. LASTED 3 YEARS. I HAVE PICTURES. PART NUMBER 15214393 JUNE 10 2012 AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH. ONSTAR TOLD ME THAT SEAT BELT TENSIONER WAS NOT OPERATING, AND AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UNTIL IT IS CORRECTED. FOUND THAT DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR THAT 2 WIRES WERE BROKEN IN THE HARNESS IN THE BETWEEN DOOR AND BODY IN BOOT. GM PART NUMBER 15214393. I HAVE PICTURES. THIS IS A PROBLEM AND STILL NO RECALL. NO AIR BAGS TILL FIXED.

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• Engine8

  • Filed Nov 2020 · Also filed under Electrical System, Air Bags

    THE ELECTRIC INGNITION SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING ON THIS AND A MILLION TRUCKS IN THE COUNTRY PLEASE FIX THIS 10 MINUTE WAITING TIME TO START

  • Filed Feb 2019 · Also filed under Electrical System, Air Bags

    SITTING IN A PARKING LOT NONE WITHIN 100 FEET OF ME MY KEYS WERE ON PASSENGER SEAT WHEN THE AIR BAG EXPLOIDED THEN ON JANUARY 2019 BATTERY WENT DEAD PUT NEW BATTERY IN IT THEN ON FEBRUARY 13 LOST ALL POWER TO DASH STILL HAD ALL OTHER POWER BUT WHEN I TURNED IT OFF WILL NOT DO ANYTHING HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER SAID IT THE BODY CONTROL MODULE PUT IT IN AND STILL NOTHING I THINK IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE AIR BAG

  • Filed Aug 2018

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, IT SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RPMS INCREASED TO 2000 AND THEN DROPPED TO 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE SWITCHING GEARS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. THE CONTACT CALLED BILLION AUTO-CHEVY BUICK GMC CADILLAC OF IOWA CITY AT [phone removed] (LOCATED AT [address removed]) AND WAS INFORMED TO SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT WHEN THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Jun 2018

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATING ALSO FAILED TO FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER (SANBORN CHEVROLET, [address removed], [phone removed] EXT 8655) DIAGNOSED THAT THE VALVE GUIDES IN THE HEAD OF THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND SUGGESTED HAVING THE DEALER REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

  • Filed Oct 2016 · Also filed under Electrical System

    THIS VEHICLE SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND IT WONT START. EVERYTHING COMES ON, LIGHTS, RADIO, A/C BUT IT WONT CRANK. LET IT SIT 10-20 MINUTES AND IT CRANKS RIGHT UP. AND IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME. IT MAY HAPPEN 3 TIMES IN A WEEK THEN GO 2 MONTHS OR LONGER WITHOUT HAPPENING AGAIN. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO BE LATE FOR WORK, SITTING A THE GAS STATION MANY MANY TIMES!. I HAVE TRIED USING THE KEY FOB AND JUST USING THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE DOORS. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS!

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• Hydraulic8

  • Filed Oct 2014 · Also filed under Service Brakes

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

  • Filed Feb 2011 · Also filed under Service Brakes

    MY VEHICLE ALMOST COMPLETELY LOST ALL OF IT'S BRAKES. UPON SHORT INSPECTION UNDER THE HOOD, I FOUND THE GROMMET THAT SEALS THE BRAKE SYSTEM CHECK VALVE TO THE POWER BOOSTER ALMOST COMPLETELY RIPPED INTO TWO PIECES. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, NO MAINTENANCE OR ANY OTHER UNDER HOOD MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE OTHER THAN REGULAR OIL CHANGES. THIS PART IS NOWHERE NEAR THE AREA REQUIRED ACCESS FOR AN OIL CHANGE SO THERE IS NO WAY THIS WAS CAUSED BY IMPROPER HANDLING OF THE PART.

  • Filed Dec 2010 · Also filed under Service Brakes, Power Train, Electrical System

    THE BRAKES DRAG AND SQUEAL ALL OF THE TIME. THEY GRAB SOME OF THE TIME, AND HAVE TEMPORARILY LOCKED UP ON 6 OCCASIONS. BEING ABS; THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LOCK UP BUT DO GRAB HARD ENOUGH AND LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TIRES "CHIRP". THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT NOTICEABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT THE LOWER THAN EXPECTED MPG AND HIGHER THAN EXPECTED VARIATION IN MPG MAKES ME THINK THEY OCCUR AT ALL SPEEDS. HAVING NO DOUBT THAT THE BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE WORRIES ME. I'M ANXIOUS ABOUT WHEN THEY WILL FAIL AND AT WHAT SPEED. ON FOUR OF THE SIX "LOCK UP" OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAD SHIFTED ITSELF INTO HIGH RANGE 4WD. THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED BUT WENT UNNOTICED THE OTHER TWO TIMES. EVERY TIME IT SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 4WD (AND TRIED TO LOCK THE BRAKES) WAS AFTER BACKING UP. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SELF BRAKING; A TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES THE VEHICLE BRAKE HARDER. A TURN OF MORE THAN 1/2 ROTATION RESULTS IN A "GRAB" AND A "CHIRP". IF STARTING FROM A STOP AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME, THE REAR WHEELS MIGHT SPIN. I'VE BEEN DRIVING 4X4S FOR MANY YEARS. I KNOW THAT FRONT WHEELS "LURCH" DURING A TIGHT TURN. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS VEHICLE IS DOING. IT WILL EXHIBIT THE SAME SYMPTOMS IN 2WD. I THINK IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THIS COLORADO HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP FOR 8 ELECTRICAL FIXES ALREADY. THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE COLORADO MODEL ARE STAGGERING. THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED AND MADE RELIABLE IN THE NAME OF SAFETY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INJURIES AND DEATHS MUST BE REACHED TO WARRANT A RECALL.

  • Filed Dec 2010 · Also filed under Suspension, Service Brakes

    VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER CANNOT FIND OR FIX PROBLEM. VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. REPLACED HUBS, TIRES PADS ROTORS AND DRUMS STILL HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2010 · Also filed under Service Brakes

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A SELF-ADJUSTING SPRING THAT WAS ACCUMULATING DIRT AND DEBRIS. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A HOLE WORN IN THE BRAKE DRUM AND CAUSING THE BRAKES TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE. THE BRAKE DRUMS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE BY THE DEALER. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. UPDATED 11/19/2010 UPDATED 11/24/10. *JB

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• Power Train7

  2 involved a fire

  • Filed Oct 2019 · Also filed under Electrical System

    THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WILL NOT LET THE TRUCK START HAS LEFT ME STRANDED MANY TIMES. HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING ON 1, 2, & 3 SETTINGS. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND PLUG WERE BURNT, STARTED A MINOR FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WHEN I TURN THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT MAKES A LARGE VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN CAN'T GET IT TO TURN BACK ON.

  • Filed May 2019

    THE VEHICLE WILL GO FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. I STOP AND PUSH THE BUTTON TO RETURN TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE AND IT GOES BACK TO 2 WHEEL. I DID NOT DO ANY INPUT WHEN IT CHANGES TO 4 WHEEL SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE MOVING AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND THEN TURNING A CORNER, THE WHEEL STUTTERS, I LOOK AT THE DASH AND IT'S IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE.

  • Filed May 2012

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY SHIFTED FROM TWO WHEEL DRIVE INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE, DISRUPTING MANNER IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WOULD STEER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD ALSO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE UNEXPECTEDLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES ADDRESSING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BCM NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED AND THE TWO WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THE DEALER FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE CONTACT ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

  • Filed Feb 2011 · Also filed under Engine And Engine Cooling

    FOR MORE THAN 10,000 MILES (STARTING AROUND 33-34,000 MILES) AND OVER A YEAR MY TRUCK HAS EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE. WITHOUT WARNING THE IDLE WILL BECOME ROUGH AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE TRUCK HAS ALMOST STOPPED RUNNING. THESE EVENTS DO NOT TRIGGER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. WHEN I TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN AT LEAST 6 TIMES AND I AM LOSING MY PATIENCE. THE STANDARD EXPLANATION IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN THE PROBLEM IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DIAGNOSE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ANY HELP. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT I WILL FIND MYSELF PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION OR CROSSING A STREET AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT RUN! I WAS ASKED TO CHANGE GAS STATIONS AND I DID TO NO EFFECT. I HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENCED BY THIS RECURRING PROBLEM AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE TRUCK. AFTER GOING TO A COLORADO TRUCK OWNERS FORUM ON THE INTERNET I NOW KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE. MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND ARE NOT ABLE TO GET IT RESOLVED THROUGH THE DEALER OR CHEVROLET. MY TRUCK HAS APPROXIMATELY 44,500 MILE ON IT AND IS PAID FOR. I LIKE THE TRUCK BUT IT IS NOT SAFE AND IT IS NOT DEPENDABLE. *TR

  • Filed Dec 2010 · Also filed under Service Brakes, Hydraulic, Electrical System

    THE BRAKES DRAG AND SQUEAL ALL OF THE TIME. THEY GRAB SOME OF THE TIME, AND HAVE TEMPORARILY LOCKED UP ON 6 OCCASIONS. BEING ABS; THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LOCK UP BUT DO GRAB HARD ENOUGH AND LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE THE TIRES "CHIRP". THE PROBLEMS ARE NOT NOTICEABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT THE LOWER THAN EXPECTED MPG AND HIGHER THAN EXPECTED VARIATION IN MPG MAKES ME THINK THEY OCCUR AT ALL SPEEDS. HAVING NO DOUBT THAT THE BRAKES ARE DEFECTIVE WORRIES ME. I'M ANXIOUS ABOUT WHEN THEY WILL FAIL AND AT WHAT SPEED. ON FOUR OF THE SIX "LOCK UP" OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAD SHIFTED ITSELF INTO HIGH RANGE 4WD. THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED BUT WENT UNNOTICED THE OTHER TWO TIMES. EVERY TIME IT SHIFTED ITSELF INTO 4WD (AND TRIED TO LOCK THE BRAKES) WAS AFTER BACKING UP. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SELF BRAKING; A TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES THE VEHICLE BRAKE HARDER. A TURN OF MORE THAN 1/2 ROTATION RESULTS IN A "GRAB" AND A "CHIRP". IF STARTING FROM A STOP AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME, THE REAR WHEELS MIGHT SPIN. I'VE BEEN DRIVING 4X4S FOR MANY YEARS. I KNOW THAT FRONT WHEELS "LURCH" DURING A TIGHT TURN. THAT IS NOT WHAT THIS VEHICLE IS DOING. IT WILL EXHIBIT THE SAME SYMPTOMS IN 2WD. I THINK IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. THIS COLORADO HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP FOR 8 ELECTRICAL FIXES ALREADY. THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE COLORADO MODEL ARE STAGGERING. THEY SHOULD BE RECALLED AND MADE RELIABLE IN THE NAME OF SAFETY. UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF INJURIES AND DEATHS MUST BE REACHED TO WARRANT A RECALL.

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• Exterior Lighting7

  • Filed Apr 2019 · Also filed under Electrical System

    EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH. ALL BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING; NO LONGER ILLUMINATE WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. THIS INCLUDES THE TOP LAMP, ABOVE THE BACK WINDOW. THERE IS A RECALL NUMBER 09V310000 THAT DESCRIBES THIS SITUATION, BUT ONLY GOOD FOR CERTAIN STATES. IN PROCESS OF BRINGING TO CERTIFIED CHEVY DEALER FOR FORMAL DIAGNOSIS. REQUESTING CONSIDERATION ON EXPANDING THE CURRENT RECALL TO INCLUDE NJ, WHERE MY TRUCK IS REGISTERED. CRITICAL SAFETY HAZARD, AS CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

  • Filed Dec 2017 · Also filed under Vehicle Speed Control

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO FUNCTION. WHILE INSPECTING THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED NO BRAKE LIGHTS OR CRUISE CONTROL, BOTH CONTROLLED BY THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WHICH WAS A RECALL ON PREVIOUS COLORADO'S AND CANYON'S AND CANYON'S. CONSUMER FIXED THE ISSUE HIMSELF, UPDATED 8/28/18*JB

  • Filed Sep 2017 · Also filed under Service Brakes

    BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T WORK. DISTRIBUTION BOX PERHAPS. DEALERS ARE U SURE.

  • Filed Nov 2015

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, ANOTHER DRIVER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED AGAIN FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,700. UPDATED 02/05/16*LJ THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE REPAIRED THE FAULTY SWITCH. UPDATED 03/09/16.*JB

  • Filed Jun 2014 · Also filed under Electrical System

    I HAD THE STOP LAMPS FAIL ON MY 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO, THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR THESE TRUCKS FROM 04-09 BUT MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED, I CALLED GM AND GOT NO WHERE WITH THEM AS FAR AS TAKING CARE OF THIS COMMON PROBLEM. THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY OTHER CHEVROLET COLORADO TRUCKS HAVING THE STOP LAMP PROBLEM THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND SHOULD BE. *TR

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• Seat Belts6

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Oct 2018 · Also filed under Air Bags

    RECEIVED A SAFETY LETTER SEVERAL YEAR AGO (TOLD NUMBER WAS 14609), I CALLED THE DEALER WHEN I GOT THE LETTER (APPROXIMATELY 2014) AND WAS TOLD SINCE MY AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON EVEN THOUGH MY SEAT BELT DIDN'T RETRACT PROPERLY, I WAS NOT VALID FOR THE FIX. MOVE FORWARD TO TODAY, MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON A COUPLE WEEKS AGO (INTERMITTENT AT FIRST, THEN STEADY), MY SEAT BELT HASN'T RETRACTED PROPERLY FOR YEARS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC FOR REPAIR AND THEY REPLACED THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. SO 2 FOLD, I FIND OUT THE LETTER WAS JUST AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH I MISSED BY DATE BUT NOT BY MILES. AND EVERYTHING ONLINE IMPLIES THE WIRING HARNESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED SO NOT ONLY AM I OUT THE MONEY I AM NOT SURE IF WE SOLVED THE ISSUE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW Y'ALL COULD HAVE MADE AN AIRBAG ISSUE JUST AN NOTE ON THE PAGE (EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH EXPIRED ON ME) WHEN IF MY AIRBAG DOESN'T WORK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN MY DEATH.

  • Filed Jun 2015 · Also filed under Electrical System, Air Bags

    DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR WIRING HARNESS BETWEEN DOOR AND FRAME. 3 WIRES ARE BROKEN INSIDE BOOT. THIS IS SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. LASTED 3 YEARS. I HAVE PICTURES. PART NUMBER 15214393 JUNE 10 2012 AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH. ONSTAR TOLD ME THAT SEAT BELT TENSIONER WAS NOT OPERATING, AND AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UNTIL IT IS CORRECTED. FOUND THAT DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR THAT 2 WIRES WERE BROKEN IN THE HARNESS IN THE BETWEEN DOOR AND BODY IN BOOT. GM PART NUMBER 15214393. I HAVE PICTURES. THIS IS A PROBLEM AND STILL NO RECALL. NO AIR BAGS TILL FIXED.

  • Filed Feb 2013

    WIRING FOR SEAT BELT PRE-TENSIONER BREAKS BETWEEN REAR DOOR AND BODY. THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED, FREQUENT FAILURE DUE TO INADEQUATE MATERIALS. *TR

  • Filed Jun 2012 · Also filed under Air Bags

    AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH. ONSTAR TOLD ME THAT SEAT BELT TENSIONER WAS NOT OPERATING, AND AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY UNTIL IT IS CORRECTED. FOUND THAT DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR THAT 2 WIRES WERE BROKEN IN THE HARNESS IN THE BETWEEN DOOR AND BODY IN BOOT. GM PART NUMBER 15214393. I HAVE PICTURES. *TR

  • Filed Mar 2009 · Also filed under Steering, Engine And Engine Cooling, Power Train, Electrical System, Air Bags, Latches/Locks/Linkages, Service Brakes, Electric

    I PURCHASED A COLORADO ONE WEEK LATER MY BRAKES WENT OUT. AND I MANAGED NOT TO GET IN A CRASH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT . THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE SITS ON THE LOTS 4 MONTHS AND MONTHS AND STUFF MIGHT WIGGLE LOOSE. OK I FIGURED . THREE WEEKS LATER WHICH WOULD BE 3/5/09 I LEFT WORK AND IT WAS A NICE DAY I TURNED MY AC ON AND NOTICED MY BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON 2 AND 3 MY 1 AND 4 WOULD NOT WORK SO I DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY AND TALKED TO THE GUY AND HE TOLD ME ITS PROBABLY BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SWITCH. WHICH THE PART WAS ONLY 20 BUCKS BUT HE CONVINCED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER . BECAUSE IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THINGS LIKE THIS CAN SHORT OUT AND CAUSE FIRES. SO I LEFT THE STORE AND ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD STUFF STARTED SHORTING OUT ON MY TRUCK . THAN MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THAN WITHIN 1/2 MILE STUFF WAS CRAZY THERE WAS SMOKE EVERY WHERE SO I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WHICH THEY DIDN'T WORK SO I TRIED PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY STEERING WAS LOCKED UP.AND THAN SOMETHING EXPLODED UNDER MY DASH THAN I STARTED SEEING SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF MY HOOD WHICH QUICKLY TURNED INTO FLAMES . KEEP IN MIND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON MY TRUCK IS GOING 60 MPH AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. SO THAN I STARTED SEEING FLAMES UNDER MY DASH THAN MY FLOOR THAN EVERYTHING ON MY FLOOR STARTED CATCHING ON FIRE AND I STARTED THROWING THING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON I AM TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE ITS ON FIRE MY DOOR LOCKS ARE SPACING OUT AND IM TRAPPED. ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER MY TRUCK WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLY ENGULFED THAN SOME HOW I MANAGED TO GET Y DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OUT BEFORE I LOOKED DOWN MY SPEDO SAID 35 MPH AND WHEN I JUMPED OUT I MANAGED TO LAND ON MY FEET AND MY TRUCK SLID IN THE MUD 4 ABOUT 50-75 FT WITHIN MINUTES 4 POLICE AND 18 FIREFIGHTERS WHERE THERE AND 2 OR 3 FIREFIGHTERS GOT HURT FROM SHRAPNO . WHAT SCARED ME WAS I WAS TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE IT WAS ON FIRE. I ONLY SUFFERED VERY MINOR INJURIES. *TR

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• Engine And Engine Cooling6

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Apr 2014 · Also filed under Electrical System

    THE TRUCK GOES DEAD EVERY TIME YOU APPLY THE BRAKES SO I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT IS BEEN PARKED SINCE LATE NOVEMBER WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK INTO THE CHEVY DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THEY CHARGED $350 CHANGE THE PLUGS AND CLEAN THE INJECTORS AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. I DRIVE IT ONCE A WEEK ABOUT 5 MILES TO TAKE THE TRASH OFF. I CALLED THE CHEVY DEALER TO ASK ABOUT A RECALL THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THAT TRUCK AND THE TRUCK WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BUT IF I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK THEY WOULD CHECK IT AGAIN AT A COST OF $300 TO $350 WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK I HAVE TO DRIVE EXTREMELY SLOW BECAUSE WHEN IT CUTS OFF YOU LOSE ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND ARE SUBJECT TO RUNNING A RED LIGHT OR SIDE SWIPING ANOTHER CAR.

  • Filed Aug 2011

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IDLE, IT WOULD HESISTATE TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE ENGINE WIRES FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE WIRING IN THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

  • Filed Feb 2011 · Also filed under Power Train

    FOR MORE THAN 10,000 MILES (STARTING AROUND 33-34,000 MILES) AND OVER A YEAR MY TRUCK HAS EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE. WITHOUT WARNING THE IDLE WILL BECOME ROUGH AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE TRUCK HAS ALMOST STOPPED RUNNING. THESE EVENTS DO NOT TRIGGER A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. WHEN I TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN IN AT LEAST 6 TIMES AND I AM LOSING MY PATIENCE. THE STANDARD EXPLANATION IS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN THE PROBLEM IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DIAGNOSE. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ANY HELP. I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT I WILL FIND MYSELF PULLING INTO AN INTERSECTION OR CROSSING A STREET AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT RUN! I WAS ASKED TO CHANGE GAS STATIONS AND I DID TO NO EFFECT. I HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENCED BY THIS RECURRING PROBLEM AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE TRUCK. AFTER GOING TO A COLORADO TRUCK OWNERS FORUM ON THE INTERNET I NOW KNOW THAT I AM NOT ALONE. MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND ARE NOT ABLE TO GET IT RESOLVED THROUGH THE DEALER OR CHEVROLET. MY TRUCK HAS APPROXIMATELY 44,500 MILE ON IT AND IS PAID FOR. I LIKE THE TRUCK BUT IT IS NOT SAFE AND IT IS NOT DEPENDABLE. *TR

  • Filed Feb 2010 · Also filed under Fuel System, Gasoline, Power Train, Electrical System

    OCCASIONALLY WHEN THE TRUCK COMES TO A STOP OR COASTING, THE RPM GAGE STARTS TO FLUCTUATE, AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL RESULT IN THE TRUCK COMPLETELY TURNING OFF. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY; OCCURRING ATLEAST 1-3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2009. IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS HAPPENS AT AN INTERSECTION, A LIGHT OR MAYBE AS I AM TURNING, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE I'M GOING DOWN HILL OR IF I AM ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS. MY TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ATLEAST 6 TIMES AND THEY RETURN MY VEHICLE USUALLY CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT TO DO. THEY USUALLY RECOMMEND FOR ME TO CHANGE MY GAS TO SHELL, WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY HAVE RE-DONE MAINTENANCE JOBS ON IT, HOPING THAT THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY, BUT IT DOESN'T. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES ON, WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM. RECENTLY THEY PLACED A DATA RECORDER TO RECORD WHEN IT HAPPENS, I RECORDED 5 INCIDENTS, AND THEY CAME BACK NORMAL!!! THE DATA RECORDER DOESN'T PICK IT UP! THE MECHANICS ARE BAFFLED AND RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOR DO I ANYMORE. DRIVING THIS TRUCK WITH THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK, BUT IT IS ALSO ENDANGERING THE PEOPLE DRIVING ALONG ME. *TR

  • Filed Mar 2009 · Also filed under Steering, Power Train, Electrical System, Air Bags, Seat Belts, Latches/Locks/Linkages, Service Brakes, Electric

    I PURCHASED A COLORADO ONE WEEK LATER MY BRAKES WENT OUT. AND I MANAGED NOT TO GET IN A CRASH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT . THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE SITS ON THE LOTS 4 MONTHS AND MONTHS AND STUFF MIGHT WIGGLE LOOSE. OK I FIGURED . THREE WEEKS LATER WHICH WOULD BE 3/5/09 I LEFT WORK AND IT WAS A NICE DAY I TURNED MY AC ON AND NOTICED MY BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON 2 AND 3 MY 1 AND 4 WOULD NOT WORK SO I DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY AND TALKED TO THE GUY AND HE TOLD ME ITS PROBABLY BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SWITCH. WHICH THE PART WAS ONLY 20 BUCKS BUT HE CONVINCED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER . BECAUSE IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THINGS LIKE THIS CAN SHORT OUT AND CAUSE FIRES. SO I LEFT THE STORE AND ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD STUFF STARTED SHORTING OUT ON MY TRUCK . THAN MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THAN WITHIN 1/2 MILE STUFF WAS CRAZY THERE WAS SMOKE EVERY WHERE SO I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WHICH THEY DIDN'T WORK SO I TRIED PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY STEERING WAS LOCKED UP.AND THAN SOMETHING EXPLODED UNDER MY DASH THAN I STARTED SEEING SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF MY HOOD WHICH QUICKLY TURNED INTO FLAMES . KEEP IN MIND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON MY TRUCK IS GOING 60 MPH AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. SO THAN I STARTED SEEING FLAMES UNDER MY DASH THAN MY FLOOR THAN EVERYTHING ON MY FLOOR STARTED CATCHING ON FIRE AND I STARTED THROWING THING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON I AM TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE ITS ON FIRE MY DOOR LOCKS ARE SPACING OUT AND IM TRAPPED. ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER MY TRUCK WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLY ENGULFED THAN SOME HOW I MANAGED TO GET Y DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OUT BEFORE I LOOKED DOWN MY SPEDO SAID 35 MPH AND WHEN I JUMPED OUT I MANAGED TO LAND ON MY FEET AND MY TRUCK SLID IN THE MUD 4 ABOUT 50-75 FT WITHIN MINUTES 4 POLICE AND 18 FIREFIGHTERS WHERE THERE AND 2 OR 3 FIREFIGHTERS GOT HURT FROM SHRAPNO . WHAT SCARED ME WAS I WAS TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE IT WAS ON FIRE. I ONLY SUFFERED VERY MINOR INJURIES. *TR

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• Suspension4

  • Filed Aug 2022

    The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado. Upon inspection of his vehicle, the contact discovered a hole in his vehicle's subframe. The contact then had an independent mechanic perform a further inspection of the vehicle and two additional holes were discovered in the vehicle's subframe. The contact called the dealer who sold him the vehicle and was informed that the vehicle was sold as is. The contact was also given an estimate for the repair. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 141,000.

  • Filed Dec 2010 · Also filed under Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER CANNOT FIND OR FIX PROBLEM. VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. REPLACED HUBS, TIRES PADS ROTORS AND DRUMS STILL HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

  • Filed Dec 2009

    I HAVE A QUESTION ON REGARDING MY 2008 CHEVY COLORADO. I RECENTLY HAD MY TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO THE REAR AXLE PROBLEMS I FEEL NEED ATTENTION. DURING MY OBSERVATION. THE TIRE ON THE DRIVER SIDE SPACE BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND THE BODY OF THE TRUCK IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. I CANNOT STICK MY HAND IN THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE WHEEL AND THE PASSENGER I CAN STICK MY HAND AND ARM IN. I WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL AND THAT THERE IS NO WAY THAT IS SO BECAUSE THE AXLE IS ONE WHOLE PIECE. I FEEL THAT WHEN I DRIVE THE AXLE SOMEWHAT SLIDES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. MY COLORADO WAS BOUGHT NEW. CURRENTLY IT HAS 20,300 MILES ON. *TR

  • Filed Jul 2008

    TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT HAS TO REPEATEDLY PURCHASE NEW TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE FRONT END ALTERED THE TIRE ALIGNMENT, WHICH CAUSED THEM TO FAIL. THE DEALER WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A FAILURE EXISTS; THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAS POSSESSION OF THE FAILED COMPONENTS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 10,000.

• Unknown or Other4

  2 involved a crash · 2 involved a fire

  • Filed Jul 2019

    I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND SMOKE BEGAN TO FILL MY CABIN. THE SMOKE WAS STRONGER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS. SHORTLY AFTER FLAMES BEGAN TO APPEAR BETWEEN MY WIFE'S FEET THROUGH THE FLOORBOARD. WE PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND EXITED THE VEHICLE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER IT WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. WE WERE IN SHOCK BECAUSE NOTHING HAD EVER HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE UP UNTIL THIS POINT. IT WAS A GREAT VEHICLE OTHERWISE. EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WHEN I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH SIMILAR MODELS FOR SOME TIME. IT'S A SHAME THAT SUNRISE CHEVY GMC IN BARLETT, TN HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND STILL SOLD ME THE TRUCK. THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF LEGAL RECOURSE. THE WORKING MAN ALWAYS GETS BURNED NO PUN INTENDED! I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED.

  • Filed May 2015 · Also filed under Air Bags

    MY SON WAS DRIVING MY PICKUP ON A TWO LANE COUNTY ROAD IN THE EVENING, AFTER DARK, THE TRUCK CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND WENT OFF THE ROADWAY ON A GENTLE CURVE IN THE ROADWAY. THE TRUCK STRUCK THE END OF A GUARDRAIL, WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND STRUCK A LARGE TREE. THERE WAS NO DEBRIS OR SKID MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT. THE ACCIDENT WAS SIGHTED THE FOLLOWING DAY BY A PASSERBY. THE DRIVER AND ONLY OCCUPANT, MY SON, WAS DECEASED INSIDE OF THE TRUCK. HE DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD.THE AIR BAGS DID NOT EMPLOY AND THE ON-STAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DID NOT MAKE AN EMERGENCY CALL. THE KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION. I ASKED THE STATE PATROL RIGHT AWAY ABOUT THE AIRBAGS NOT EMPLOYING, IT WAS SHRUGGED OFF, SAYING WELL SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. I ASKED MY INSURANCE COMPANY TO LOOK INTO IT AND HAD THEM HOLD THE TRUCK FOR INVESTIGATION BUT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS THEY CALLED, SAID THEY DIDN'T NEED IT AND WANTED TO GET RID OF IT, SO THEY DID.TO NO AVAIL, I CALLED CHEVROLET AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND WAS IT WASN'T ON A RECALL LIST AND COULDN'T TAKE A REPORT. I TOLD THEM MAYBE IT SHOULD BE ON A LIST BUT THEY DIDN'T AGREE. I CALLED THE STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS OFFICE AND STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE AND GOT NO WHERE WITH THEM EITHER. I CALLED AN ATTORNEY AND THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE AND A SUIT WOULD GET ME KNOW WHERE SINCE HE WAS NOT MARRIED. I CALLED ON STAR AND THEY GAVE ME THEIR CONDOLENCES. EVERYWHERE I TURNED WAS A DEAD END. BUT I JUST FEEL IT ISN'T RIGHT AND IF THE AIRBAG WOULD HAVE WORKED I WOULD STILL HAVE MY SON TODAY.I GOT YOUR INFORMATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FROM A NEWS REPORTER.

  • Filed Feb 2010

    DRIVING A LEASED 2008 CHEVY COLORADO WITH 15,000 MILES, ALWAYS TRAVEL A VERY SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE VEHICLE N FRONT, CARS AHEAD WERE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, SO EASED UP BEHIND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT AT A SLOW RATE. WHEN MY VEHICLE HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOPPED I FELT MY ENGINE RACING A BIT, SO I PUSHED DOWN ON THE BRAKE HARDER, AND AS I APPLIED MORE AND MORE FORCE TO THE BRAKE THIS CONTINUED ON AND ON. AFTER ABOUT 5 SECONDS OF THE CONTEST, I PUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL WHICH STOPPED THE EPISODE. THIS WAS THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF THIS TYPE OF THING, ALTHOUGH BOTH MY WIFE AND I HAD BOTH EXPERIENCED A HANDFUL OF ISOLATED INCIDENTS WHERE THE ENGINE RACED A BIT WHILE SLOWING DOWN WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. MY WIFE TAKES THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON A REGULAR BASIS AND HAS FILED AT LEAST 3 COMPLAINTS. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE NEVER BEHAVES THIS WAY WHEN THE DEALER CHECKS IT, THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND SENDS HER ON HER WAY. NO WONDER, THE ODDS OF IT BEHAVING THIS WAY DURING THE TIME THEY HAPPEN TO BE CHECKING IT ARE LESS THAN ONE BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTENING. SO WE MUST GO ON TRAPPED IN A LEASE HOPING THAT ONE DAY IT DOES NOT ACT UP IN A WAY THAT CAUSES AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN KILLS SOMEBODY. AND ITS NOT THAT WE WANT TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE, BECAUSE OTHER THAN THIS WE LOVE THE VEHICLE. WE JUST WANT IT FIXED, BUT IT HAS BECOME SO OVERTLY OBVIOUS THAT THEY CAN'T FIX IT. WONDERFUL SYSTEM HERE IN AMERICA. EVERYONE IS FORCED TO TRUST AMERICA'S TRUE GOD, MONEY. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2008

    WHILE DRIVING OUR 2006 COLORADO TRUCK, THE ENGINE STOPS. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO A SAFE AREA AND PARK. THESE INCIDENTS PUT ONE IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. *TR

• Vehicle Speed Control4

  1 involved a crash

  • Filed Feb 2019 · Also filed under Service Brakes

    A FEW YEARS AGO, NOTICED MY CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T WORKING. I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND OUT THE PART WAS UNDER RECALL, AND THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING EITHER. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, UNTIL THIS WEEK. I NOTICED TODAY THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE CRUISE ISN'T WORKING. WHEN I PARKED MY TRUCK, I TESTED MY BACK BRAKES IN A REFLECTION- NOT WORKING EITHER! AGAIN! IS THIS PART UNDER RECALL STILL?

  • Filed Dec 2017 · Also filed under Exterior Lighting

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO FUNCTION. WHILE INSPECTING THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO FUNCTION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED NO BRAKE LIGHTS OR CRUISE CONTROL, BOTH CONTROLLED BY THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WHICH WAS A RECALL ON PREVIOUS COLORADO'S AND CANYON'S AND CANYON'S. CONSUMER FIXED THE ISSUE HIMSELF, UPDATED 8/28/18*JB

  • Filed Apr 2016 · Also filed under Service Brakes

    BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY 2008 CHEVY COLORADO ARE NOT WORKING ,A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS , THE PROBLEM CAME UP AGAIN BUT THIS TIME I SEE THERE IS A RECALL FOR VEHICLES LIKE MINE , EXCEPT IT LOOKS LIKE THE REPAIRS ARE NOT COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD IN CALIFORNIA. RECALL#09V310000

  • Filed Jul 2010

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM A FULL STOP, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND CRASHED INTO A GARAGE, DAMAGING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS ARM. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP ANY FURTHER ABNORMAL ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT STATED HE DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT ANY TIME DURING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

• Structure3

  • Filed Nov 2025

    The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while the vehicle was at an independent mechanic for a service appointment, the contact was informed that the sub frame underneath the vehicle was paper thin due to corrosion. The vehicle was not repaired. In addition, the contact was informed that the independent mechanic had four similar vehicles in the yard with the same failure. The contact stated that the vehicle was recently purchased. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 119,000.

  • Filed May 2022

    The contact owns a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that her son informed her that the frame was corroded. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that she needed to pay out-of-pocket for the diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and transferred the contact to the dealer. The failure mileage was 109,221.

  • Filed Apr 2020

    FRAME IS RUSTING HAVE HOLES IN FRAME LEFT HAND SIDE BEHIND FRONT WHEEL CAN SEE ALL THE WAY THRU FRAME SUPPORT THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THRU ALSO IF THIS FRAME BRAKES AT THE POINT BEHIND LEFT FRONT WHEEL WILL CAUSE A COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING EMERGENCY BRAKE BRACKET ALSO MOUNTS HERE IT NO LONGER WORKS THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD

• Steering3

  1 involved a crash · 1 involved a fire

  • Filed Apr 2016 · Also filed under Electrical System

    WHEN I TURN TO THE RIGHT MY VEHICLE DIES IT HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR 2 WEEKS EVERY DAY

  • Filed Mar 2009 · Also filed under Engine And Engine Cooling, Power Train, Electrical System, Air Bags, Seat Belts, Latches/Locks/Linkages, Service Brakes, Electric

    I PURCHASED A COLORADO ONE WEEK LATER MY BRAKES WENT OUT. AND I MANAGED NOT TO GET IN A CRASH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT . THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE SITS ON THE LOTS 4 MONTHS AND MONTHS AND STUFF MIGHT WIGGLE LOOSE. OK I FIGURED . THREE WEEKS LATER WHICH WOULD BE 3/5/09 I LEFT WORK AND IT WAS A NICE DAY I TURNED MY AC ON AND NOTICED MY BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON 2 AND 3 MY 1 AND 4 WOULD NOT WORK SO I DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY AND TALKED TO THE GUY AND HE TOLD ME ITS PROBABLY BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SWITCH. WHICH THE PART WAS ONLY 20 BUCKS BUT HE CONVINCED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER . BECAUSE IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THINGS LIKE THIS CAN SHORT OUT AND CAUSE FIRES. SO I LEFT THE STORE AND ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD STUFF STARTED SHORTING OUT ON MY TRUCK . THAN MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THAN WITHIN 1/2 MILE STUFF WAS CRAZY THERE WAS SMOKE EVERY WHERE SO I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WHICH THEY DIDN'T WORK SO I TRIED PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY STEERING WAS LOCKED UP.AND THAN SOMETHING EXPLODED UNDER MY DASH THAN I STARTED SEEING SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF MY HOOD WHICH QUICKLY TURNED INTO FLAMES . KEEP IN MIND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON MY TRUCK IS GOING 60 MPH AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. SO THAN I STARTED SEEING FLAMES UNDER MY DASH THAN MY FLOOR THAN EVERYTHING ON MY FLOOR STARTED CATCHING ON FIRE AND I STARTED THROWING THING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON I AM TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE ITS ON FIRE MY DOOR LOCKS ARE SPACING OUT AND IM TRAPPED. ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER MY TRUCK WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLY ENGULFED THAN SOME HOW I MANAGED TO GET Y DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OUT BEFORE I LOOKED DOWN MY SPEDO SAID 35 MPH AND WHEN I JUMPED OUT I MANAGED TO LAND ON MY FEET AND MY TRUCK SLID IN THE MUD 4 ABOUT 50-75 FT WITHIN MINUTES 4 POLICE AND 18 FIREFIGHTERS WHERE THERE AND 2 OR 3 FIREFIGHTERS GOT HURT FROM SHRAPNO . WHAT SCARED ME WAS I WAS TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE IT WAS ON FIRE. I ONLY SUFFERED VERY MINOR INJURIES. *TR

  • Filed Dec 2008

    WITH LESS THAN 150 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE STEERING MALFUNCTIONED...IT SORT OF PULLED TO THE LEFT WHEN IT WAS GIVEN A JERK IT CAUGHT LIKE IT SHOULD AND THEN IT VEERED TO THE LEFT AGAIN. THEN THE TIRES CAUGHT AND THE TRUCK WENT TO THE RIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE'S PATH AND IT VEERED INTO A DITCH, HIT A TREE, AND FLIPPED OVER. THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE DRIVER TURNED OFF OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND TRAVELED ABOUT 1/10 OF A MILE ON THE ROAD HE TURNED ONTO. *TR

• Fuel System3

  • Filed Jun 2015 · Also filed under Gasoline

    2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECTIVE FUEL GAUGE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN THE NEEDLE WAS AT THE ONE QUARTER MARK. THE GMC DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO FAULTS OR CODES FOUND. HOWEVER, THEY DID READ THE CONSUMER A TSB DATED 2/15 ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM, BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTION. *JB

  • Filed Aug 2014 · Also filed under Gasoline, Electrical System, Engine

    FREQUENTLY, DUE TO SOME FAILED OR INTERMITTENT SENSOR IN THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM, TRUCK WILL SIMPLY NOT START OR FUNCTION. TRUCK WILL NOT ENGAGE THE STARTER AND IF BYPASSED WILL NOT ENGAGE FURL OR SPARK SYSTEMS. SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THEFT BUT UPON INTERMITTENT FAILURE, PREVENTS NORMAL USAGE. PASS LOCK LIGHT WILL APPEAR ON DASH. CAR WILL NOT START, TEN MINUTE PERIODS WILL PASS WHEN SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO RESET, BUT OFTEN IT WILL NOT WHICH MEANS ANOTHER 10 MINUTE WAIT FOR NEXT RESET. AT TIMES IT TAKES UP TO FOUR RESETS TO CONVINCE THE SECURITY SYSTEM TO ACCEPT THE INPUT. I OFTEN NOW CARRY TWO SETS OF KEYS TO TRY TO INCREASE THE SIGNAL STRENGTH-NO IDEA IF THAT HELPS. I WOULD HATE TO BE IN AN UNSAFE AREA OR OUT IN -20 DEGREE WEATHER WITH THIS PIECE OF CRAP GM ENGINEERING. DEALER USES THE "CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO JUST RANDOMLY BEGIN REPLACING PARTS AT YOUR EXPENSE" APPROACH. A MANDATORY RECALL TO FORCE THE CORPORATION TO FIX THIS RAMPANT (GOOGLE PASSLOCK AND SEE THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY TRYING TO FIX THIS PIECE OF CRAP ENGINEERING) PROBLEM IN GM VEHICLES. *TR

  • Filed Feb 2010 · Also filed under Engine And Engine Cooling, Gasoline, Power Train, Electrical System

    OCCASIONALLY WHEN THE TRUCK COMES TO A STOP OR COASTING, THE RPM GAGE STARTS TO FLUCTUATE, AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL RESULT IN THE TRUCK COMPLETELY TURNING OFF. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY; OCCURRING ATLEAST 1-3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2009. IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS HAPPENS AT AN INTERSECTION, A LIGHT OR MAYBE AS I AM TURNING, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE I'M GOING DOWN HILL OR IF I AM ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS. MY TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ATLEAST 6 TIMES AND THEY RETURN MY VEHICLE USUALLY CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT TO DO. THEY USUALLY RECOMMEND FOR ME TO CHANGE MY GAS TO SHELL, WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY HAVE RE-DONE MAINTENANCE JOBS ON IT, HOPING THAT THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY, BUT IT DOESN'T. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES ON, WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM. RECENTLY THEY PLACED A DATA RECORDER TO RECORD WHEN IT HAPPENS, I RECORDED 5 INCIDENTS, AND THEY CAME BACK NORMAL!!! THE DATA RECORDER DOESN'T PICK IT UP! THE MECHANICS ARE BAFFLED AND RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOR DO I ANYMORE. DRIVING THIS TRUCK WITH THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK, BUT IT IS ALSO ENDANGERING THE PEOPLE DRIVING ALONG ME. *TR

• Gasoline3

  • Filed Jun 2015 · Also filed under Fuel System

    2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DEFECTIVE FUEL GAUGE ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN THE NEEDLE WAS AT THE ONE QUARTER MARK. THE GMC DEALER STATED THERE WERE NO FAULTS OR CODES FOUND. HOWEVER, THEY DID READ THE CONSUMER A TSB DATED 2/15 ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM, BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTION. *JB

  • Filed Aug 2014 · Also filed under Fuel System, Electrical System, Engine

    FREQUENTLY, DUE TO SOME FAILED OR INTERMITTENT SENSOR IN THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM, TRUCK WILL SIMPLY NOT START OR FUNCTION. TRUCK WILL NOT ENGAGE THE STARTER AND IF BYPASSED WILL NOT ENGAGE FURL OR SPARK SYSTEMS. SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THEFT BUT UPON INTERMITTENT FAILURE, PREVENTS NORMAL USAGE. PASS LOCK LIGHT WILL APPEAR ON DASH. CAR WILL NOT START, TEN MINUTE PERIODS WILL PASS WHEN SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO RESET, BUT OFTEN IT WILL NOT WHICH MEANS ANOTHER 10 MINUTE WAIT FOR NEXT RESET. AT TIMES IT TAKES UP TO FOUR RESETS TO CONVINCE THE SECURITY SYSTEM TO ACCEPT THE INPUT. I OFTEN NOW CARRY TWO SETS OF KEYS TO TRY TO INCREASE THE SIGNAL STRENGTH-NO IDEA IF THAT HELPS. I WOULD HATE TO BE IN AN UNSAFE AREA OR OUT IN -20 DEGREE WEATHER WITH THIS PIECE OF CRAP GM ENGINEERING. DEALER USES THE "CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY TO JUST RANDOMLY BEGIN REPLACING PARTS AT YOUR EXPENSE" APPROACH. A MANDATORY RECALL TO FORCE THE CORPORATION TO FIX THIS RAMPANT (GOOGLE PASSLOCK AND SEE THE COTTAGE INDUSTRY TRYING TO FIX THIS PIECE OF CRAP ENGINEERING) PROBLEM IN GM VEHICLES. *TR

  • Filed Feb 2010 · Also filed under Engine And Engine Cooling, Fuel System, Power Train, Electrical System

    OCCASIONALLY WHEN THE TRUCK COMES TO A STOP OR COASTING, THE RPM GAGE STARTS TO FLUCTUATE, AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO SHAKE. MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL RESULT IN THE TRUCK COMPLETELY TURNING OFF. THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY; OCCURRING ATLEAST 1-3 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 2009. IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS HAPPENS AT AN INTERSECTION, A LIGHT OR MAYBE AS I AM TURNING, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE I'M GOING DOWN HILL OR IF I AM ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS. MY TRUCK IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND I HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP ATLEAST 6 TIMES AND THEY RETURN MY VEHICLE USUALLY CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT TO DO. THEY USUALLY RECOMMEND FOR ME TO CHANGE MY GAS TO SHELL, WHICH I HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY HAVE RE-DONE MAINTENANCE JOBS ON IT, HOPING THAT THE PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY, BUT IT DOESN'T. THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER GOES ON, WHICH IS A HUGE PROBLEM. RECENTLY THEY PLACED A DATA RECORDER TO RECORD WHEN IT HAPPENS, I RECORDED 5 INCIDENTS, AND THEY CAME BACK NORMAL!!! THE DATA RECORDER DOESN'T PICK IT UP! THE MECHANICS ARE BAFFLED AND RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, NOR DO I ANYMORE. DRIVING THIS TRUCK WITH THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY AT RISK, BUT IT IS ALSO ENDANGERING THE PEOPLE DRIVING ALONG ME. *TR

• Visibility3

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Feb 2015

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE BLOWER MOTOR WIRE HARNESS CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT DID NOT DISCLOSE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

  • Filed Aug 2012 · Also filed under Electrical System

    AC BLOWER MOTOR WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND NOW DOES NOT WORK. OTHER PEOPLE ON THE WEB HAVE HAD SMALL FIRE MELTED WIRES. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVROLET COLORADOS. I HAD 2004 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SO AS YOU SEE IT IS A 4 YEAR OLD PROBLEM. WHEN ARE YOU FOLKS GOING TO ADDRESS IT WITH GM SINCE WE AS THE PEOPLE HAVE SOME MUCH INVESTED IN THEM. *TR

  • Filed Sep 2010

    CHEVY COLORADO 2008 BOTH SUN VISORS ARE FALLING FREE FROM THERE PIVOT POINT WHERE ATTACHED TO CAR. AND DROPPING RIGHT DOWN IN FRONT OF DRIVER VISION OR PASSENGER VISION NEARLY CAUSING WRECK. *TR

• Tires3

  • Filed May 2012 · Also filed under Wheels

    AT THE TIME OF MY THIRD TIRE ROTATION, MY DEALER INFORMED ME THAT MY TIRES WERE WORN DOWN TO THE WEAR BARS AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS ONLY 19,474. GM WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPLACEMENT OR PARTIAL RE-IMBURSEMENT OF THE GENERAL P225/75/R15 TIRES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE FACTORY-INSTALLED ON THE TRUCK AS PURCHASED IN 2008. THE TIRES EITHER WERE DEFECTIVE, OR GM CHOSE TO PUT VERY POOR TIRES ON THEIR NEW COLORADO TRUCKS AS A WAY OF CUTTING COSTS. *TR

  • Filed Aug 2011

    I HAVE A 2008 CHEVY COLORADO WITH 28 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS THREE OF THE AMERISG60 GENERAL TIRES HAD THE TREAD SEPARATE. THE FOURTH WILL MOST LIKELY GO THIS WEEK. *TR

  • Filed Nov 2009

    TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE TPMS WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION. SINCE THE TECHNICIANS COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A REMEDY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 9,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

• Wheels2

  • Filed Jun 2020

    THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE OF TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR. THE SEAL AROUND WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING CAUSING WATER TO PILE UP IN DRIVER SIDE FLOOR. TALKED TO [name removed] THAT HAS SAME YEAR MODEL TRUCK THEY HAVE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS AS MINE.

  • Filed May 2012 · Also filed under Tires

    AT THE TIME OF MY THIRD TIRE ROTATION, MY DEALER INFORMED ME THAT MY TIRES WERE WORN DOWN TO THE WEAR BARS AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. MILEAGE AT THE TIME WAS ONLY 19,474. GM WOULD NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPLACEMENT OR PARTIAL RE-IMBURSEMENT OF THE GENERAL P225/75/R15 TIRES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE FACTORY-INSTALLED ON THE TRUCK AS PURCHASED IN 2008. THE TIRES EITHER WERE DEFECTIVE, OR GM CHOSE TO PUT VERY POOR TIRES ON THEIR NEW COLORADO TRUCKS AS A WAY OF CUTTING COSTS. *TR

• Fuel/Propulsion System2

  • Filed Mar 2015 · Also filed under Electrical System, Engine

    THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, AN IT IS STILL HAPPENING TO THIS DAY. WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE GOES INTO REDUCED POWER MODE. THIS HAPPENS MOSTLY WHEN THE AIR IS COOL. AT IDLE THE RUM'S FLUCTUATE ABOUT 100 RPM ON DAYS IT HAPPENS MOST. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE THROTTLE BODY'S SINCE YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE THE TPS. *TR

  • Filed Sep 2014 · Also filed under Electrical System

    THIS VEHICLE SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND IT WONT START. EVERYTHING COMES ON, LIGHTS, RADIO, A/C BUT IT WONT CRANK. LET IT SIT 10-20 MINUTES AND IT CRANKS RIGHT UP. AND IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME. IT MAY HAPPEN 3 TIMES IN A WEEK THEN GO 2 MONTHS OR LONGER WITHOUT HAPPENING AGAIN. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO 3 MECHANICS AND THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE SAME THING HAPPENS TO MY 2001 CHEVY SUBURBAN! I REALLY REALLY HATE THIS! WE BOUGHT THIS FOR MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE AND IT HAS LEFT HER STRANDED, LATE FOR CLASS, SITTING A THE GAS STATION MANY MANY TIMES! I SEE ON THESE POSTS THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THIS IS HAPPENING TO. PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO FIX THIS! *TR

• Visibility/Wiper1

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Dec 2014 · Also filed under Electrical System

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR BLOWER MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TR

• Equipment1

  • Filed Mar 2010 · Also filed under Electrical System

    ODOMETER BUTTON RATTLES AND IS LOOSE,BACK PASSENGER SPEAKER HAD A SHORT IN IT AND WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. *TR

• Latches/Locks/Linkages1

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Mar 2009 · Also filed under Steering, Engine And Engine Cooling, Power Train, Electrical System, Air Bags, Seat Belts, Service Brakes, Electric

    I PURCHASED A COLORADO ONE WEEK LATER MY BRAKES WENT OUT. AND I MANAGED NOT TO GET IN A CRASH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT . THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE SITS ON THE LOTS 4 MONTHS AND MONTHS AND STUFF MIGHT WIGGLE LOOSE. OK I FIGURED . THREE WEEKS LATER WHICH WOULD BE 3/5/09 I LEFT WORK AND IT WAS A NICE DAY I TURNED MY AC ON AND NOTICED MY BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON 2 AND 3 MY 1 AND 4 WOULD NOT WORK SO I DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY AND TALKED TO THE GUY AND HE TOLD ME ITS PROBABLY BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SWITCH. WHICH THE PART WAS ONLY 20 BUCKS BUT HE CONVINCED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER . BECAUSE IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THINGS LIKE THIS CAN SHORT OUT AND CAUSE FIRES. SO I LEFT THE STORE AND ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD STUFF STARTED SHORTING OUT ON MY TRUCK . THAN MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THAN WITHIN 1/2 MILE STUFF WAS CRAZY THERE WAS SMOKE EVERY WHERE SO I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WHICH THEY DIDN'T WORK SO I TRIED PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY STEERING WAS LOCKED UP.AND THAN SOMETHING EXPLODED UNDER MY DASH THAN I STARTED SEEING SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF MY HOOD WHICH QUICKLY TURNED INTO FLAMES . KEEP IN MIND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON MY TRUCK IS GOING 60 MPH AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. SO THAN I STARTED SEEING FLAMES UNDER MY DASH THAN MY FLOOR THAN EVERYTHING ON MY FLOOR STARTED CATCHING ON FIRE AND I STARTED THROWING THING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON I AM TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE ITS ON FIRE MY DOOR LOCKS ARE SPACING OUT AND IM TRAPPED. ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER MY TRUCK WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLY ENGULFED THAN SOME HOW I MANAGED TO GET Y DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OUT BEFORE I LOOKED DOWN MY SPEDO SAID 35 MPH AND WHEN I JUMPED OUT I MANAGED TO LAND ON MY FEET AND MY TRUCK SLID IN THE MUD 4 ABOUT 50-75 FT WITHIN MINUTES 4 POLICE AND 18 FIREFIGHTERS WHERE THERE AND 2 OR 3 FIREFIGHTERS GOT HURT FROM SHRAPNO . WHAT SCARED ME WAS I WAS TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE IT WAS ON FIRE. I ONLY SUFFERED VERY MINOR INJURIES. *TR

• Electric1

  1 involved a fire

  • Filed Mar 2009 · Also filed under Steering, Engine And Engine Cooling, Power Train, Electrical System, Air Bags, Seat Belts, Latches/Locks/Linkages, Service Brakes

    I PURCHASED A COLORADO ONE WEEK LATER MY BRAKES WENT OUT. AND I MANAGED NOT TO GET IN A CRASH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT . THEY TOLD ME THE VEHICLE SITS ON THE LOTS 4 MONTHS AND MONTHS AND STUFF MIGHT WIGGLE LOOSE. OK I FIGURED . THREE WEEKS LATER WHICH WOULD BE 3/5/09 I LEFT WORK AND IT WAS A NICE DAY I TURNED MY AC ON AND NOTICED MY BLOWER ONLY WORKED ON 2 AND 3 MY 1 AND 4 WOULD NOT WORK SO I DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY AND TALKED TO THE GUY AND HE TOLD ME ITS PROBABLY BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR SWITCH. WHICH THE PART WAS ONLY 20 BUCKS BUT HE CONVINCED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER . BECAUSE IT UNDER WARRANTY AND THINGS LIKE THIS CAN SHORT OUT AND CAUSE FIRES. SO I LEFT THE STORE AND ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD STUFF STARTED SHORTING OUT ON MY TRUCK . THAN MY PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND THAN WITHIN 1/2 MILE STUFF WAS CRAZY THERE WAS SMOKE EVERY WHERE SO I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WHICH THEY DIDN'T WORK SO I TRIED PULLING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY STEERING WAS LOCKED UP.AND THAN SOMETHING EXPLODED UNDER MY DASH THAN I STARTED SEEING SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF MY HOOD WHICH QUICKLY TURNED INTO FLAMES . KEEP IN MIND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON MY TRUCK IS GOING 60 MPH AND I HAVE NO BRAKES. SO THAN I STARTED SEEING FLAMES UNDER MY DASH THAN MY FLOOR THAN EVERYTHING ON MY FLOOR STARTED CATCHING ON FIRE AND I STARTED THROWING THING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WHOLE TIME THIS IS GOING ON I AM TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE ITS ON FIRE MY DOOR LOCKS ARE SPACING OUT AND IM TRAPPED. ABOUT 1 MILE AFTER MY TRUCK WAS PRETTY MUCH FULLY ENGULFED THAN SOME HOW I MANAGED TO GET Y DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OUT BEFORE I LOOKED DOWN MY SPEDO SAID 35 MPH AND WHEN I JUMPED OUT I MANAGED TO LAND ON MY FEET AND MY TRUCK SLID IN THE MUD 4 ABOUT 50-75 FT WITHIN MINUTES 4 POLICE AND 18 FIREFIGHTERS WHERE THERE AND 2 OR 3 FIREFIGHTERS GOT HURT FROM SHRAPNO . WHAT SCARED ME WAS I WAS TRAPPED IN MY TRUCK WHILE IT WAS ON FIRE. I ONLY SUFFERED VERY MINOR INJURIES. *TR

Safety ratings

NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings from government crash tests. Ratings differ by cab style and 2WD/4WD, so check the row that matches the truck. Source: nhtsa.gov/ratings.