2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH) AND WOULD NOT TAKE THE LIABILITY FOR A SECOND REPAIR. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS AN AMENDED UNKNOWN RECALL ISSUED IN WHICH THE DEALERS WERE TO INSTALL A NEWLY DESIGNED BRAKE LAMP SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THERE WAS NO SUCH RECALL AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000.

I COULD HAVE WRITTEN THIS COMPLAINT SIX MONTHS AGO, BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND IS NOW BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. MY 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO WILL TURN OVER BUT WILL NOT CRANK. I WAIT EXACTLY 10 MINUTES AND THEN IT WILL START. THIS IS NOW HAPPENING ABOUT TWICE A WEEK. WHEN I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AT LEAST THREE TIMES, THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON THE THIRD TIME I HAD IT AT THE DEALER, I WENT TO PICK UP THE TRUCK AFTER BEING TOLD, ONCE AGAIN, THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG; WHEN I TRIED TO START IT, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. BY THE TIME THEY ROLLED THE COMPUTER TO IT, THE 10 MINUTES HAD PASSED AND THEY, AGAIN, COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND STRESSFUL BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS FAIRLY NEW AND HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I CAN'T DEPEND ON IT TO START. I KNOW OTHER COLORADO OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE A SOLUTION. *TR

MY 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO HAS BEEN AT THE TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. PROBLEM, IS THAT THE MOTOR WILL TURN OVER BUT WILL NOT START. AFTER 10 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WILL TURN OVER AND THEN START. SINCE THE DEALER CAN'T REPLICATE NO ERROR CODES ARE REPORTED WHEN CONNECTED TO THE COMPUTER. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

NO BRAKE LIGHTS ON 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WAS NOTIFIED IN TRAFFIC BY A THIRD PARTY. DETERMINED BULBS AND FUSES WERE ALL FUNCTIONAL. RESEARCHED PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V-310 REGARDING EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH. I LIVE IN MISSOURI WHICH IS NOT SPECIFICALLY NOTED IN THE CAMPAIGN. HOWEVER, CAMPAIGN STATES "COVERAGE FOR VEHICLES REGISTERED IN ALL OTHER STATES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE SAME TIME FRAME." CALLED LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER TO HAVE BRAKE SWITCH REPLACED REGARDING THIS CAMPAIGN. THEY STATED THEY WERE UN-AWARE OF THE CAMPAIGN AND REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM LEFT WITH A VEHICLE THAT HAS BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATION FAILURE AND IT WILL NOT ALERT OTHER MOTORISTS OF THE VEHICLE SLOWING AND STOPPING AND COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE CRASH. *TR

THERE APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW WITH THE FRONT BRAKE ASSEMBLY OF THE 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS THE INNER BRAKE PADS CAN FAIL TO FUNCTION. INSPECTION OF THE FRONT BRAKES ON MY 2006 COLORADO SHOWED THE OUTER PADS HAD NORMAL WEAR WHILE THE INNER PADS SHOWED VIRTUALLY NO WEAR (PADS WERE ALMOST FACTORY SPEC THICKNESS). THIS WAS AFTER 80,000 MILES (85% HIGHWAY DRIVING) WHICH INDICATED THE INNER PADS WERE NEVER FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE INNER SIDE OF THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE BADLY CORRODED WHICH REQUIRED THAT THE ROTORS BE REPLACED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD NO SCORING OR WARPAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFETY INSPECTED IN PENNSYLVANIA 4 TIMES (2006-2009) BY A CHEVROLET DEALER WHO NEVER NOTED THIS PROBLEM. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD MISS THE FACT THAT ONE THE BAKE PADS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROTORS WERE GETTING THINNER WHILE THE INSIDE PADS NEVER CHANGED IN THICKNESS. DURING THE FOUR YEARS I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE I NEVER HAD PROPERLY OPERATING FRONT BRAKES. I'VE OWNED 14 VEHICLES, VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS, THAT HAD FRONT DISC BRAKES AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. I'VE TALKED TO TWO INDEPENDENT GARAGES IN NEW JERSEY WHO TOLD ME THAT OUT OF 17 COLORADOS THEY COLLECTIVELY HAVE SERVICED 14 HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM (>80%). THAT SEEMS LIKE AN ABNORMALLY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF FAILURES FOR A BRAKING SYSTEM. THE REMEDY PROPOSED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF A CHEVY DEALER IN NEW YORK WAS TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES INSPECTED EVERY 3 TO 6 MONTHS (AT $40 A POP) FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED HE RECEIVED REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH). LATER, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 35 MPH HE WAS STOPPED BY A PASSERBY THAT ADVISED HIM THAT ALL THREE REAR LIGHTS HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,050 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 47,070. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO LS. INEXPLICABLY AND RANDOMLY, IT SHIFTS ITSELF INTO 4WD HIGH. OFTEN THIS IS WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. CHEVROLET STOPPED SERVICING MY VEHICLE, TELLING ME THERE WAS NO CURE FOR THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL. THE MOST RECENT DATE THIS HAPPENED WAS YESTERDAY WHILE I WAS TURNING INTO MY POST OFFICE. THIS HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PROBLEM SINCE THE RECORDED MILEAGE WAS 2,109. RECORDS WILL SHOW THE TRUCK WAS IN FOR SERVICE BY GM AT LEAST 15 TIMES. INCIDENTALLY, THIS IS A REPLACEMENT TRUCK FOR A 2005 COLORADO THAT HAD PRECISELY THE SAME PROBLEM. BEFORE THE DEALER WAS SHUT DOWN BY GM, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT GM DETROIT HAD TOLD HIM NOT TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM ANY LONGER AS GM HAD NO CURE FOR IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. SHE WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. SHE BELIEVED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE WAS RELATED TO RECALLS 06V139000 AND 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING BRAKE LIGHTS SWITCH) AND RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED BY THE DEALER WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 40,351.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, ANOTHER DRIVER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A REPORT; THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED HIM THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 06V139000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH) AND ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS (AT HIS EXPENSE). THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 44,000.

TRUCK SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. PASS LOCK FAULTS OUT. I WAS TAKING A TURN THE OTHER DAY WHILE DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR WHEN MY TRUCK DIED. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME ITS HAPPENED. *TR