2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

FROM TIME TO TIME TRUCK WILL NOT CRANK. DASH LIGHTS UP WITH A BLINKING LOCK FLASHING. IF YOU WAIT 10 MINUTES WILL START. HAVE HAD IT AT CHEVROLET DEALER AND 3 OTHER REPAIR SHOPS SPENT $600 NEVER FIXED. HAD 50000 MILES ON IT. OTHERWISE RUNS GREAT

MY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT NUMBER IS 10967682. THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP ON THE COMPLAINT I FILED EARLIER WITH THE COLORADO NOT STARTING. I HAVE TIME NOW BECAUSE I MISSED ANOTHER DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT BECAUSE THE TRUCK WON'T START. I HAVE NARROWED THE PROBLEM DOWN TO THE TRUCK'S V-PASS OR PASSLOCK SECURITY SYSTEM. ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE TO WAIT AT 10 MINUTE INTERVALS FOR THE TRUCK TO START. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON BUT THE TRUCK WON'T CRANK. SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES A 10 MINUTE WAIT, SOMETIMES A 20 MINUTE WAIT, SOMETIMES A 30 MINUTE WAIT. ALL THE DEALER CAN SAY IS TO BRING IT IN AND THEY WILL LOOK AT IT. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. NO FIX TO DATE HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. I WOULD TRADE THIS TRUCK IN, BUT I WOULD FEEL GUILTY PASSING THIS PROBLEM ONTO ANOTHER PERSON

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT OPERABLE FOR TEN MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSLOCK SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

SPORADICALLY WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, IT WILL NOT START. THEN AFTER 10 TO 15 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WILL START. THIS IS NOT A CONSISTENT ISSUE. THIS OCCURS ANYTIME AND ANYPLACE. FROM RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, THIS APPEARS TO BE AN IGNITION SWITCH DEFECT. HERE IS A VIDEO OF THIS ISSUE: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=USZGLHTHDWO

TRUCK STARTS FINE EXCEPT ABOUT EVERY MONTH ON AVERAGE I WILL GO TO START TRUCK AND NOTHING HAPPENS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I HAD A DEAD BATTERY. AFTER THE THIRD TIME THIS HAPPENED I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT IT WAS THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. IF I WAIT TEN MINUTES TRUCK STARTS. THIS FIRST STARTED TO HAPPEN AROUND TWO YEARS AGO.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT START AFTER TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MUST REMAIN PARKED FOR TEN MINUTES IN ORDER TO BECOME OPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT INITIALLY BELIEVED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A DEAD BATTERY. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE BATTERY, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

MY COLORADO WOULD NOT START SOMETIMES WHEN WE STOPPED FOR SOMETHING OR WOULD NOT START IN THE MORNINGS AND I MISSED WORK BECAUSE OF IT,AND IT WOULD START LATER ON ,IT WAS GETTING FRIGHTENING AND DISCOURAGING.I TAUGHT TO TRADE IT BUT I LIKE TO KEEP IT BECAUSE I LOVE IT .I WAS CHARGED 400.00 TO GET IT FIXED(I HOPE)THAT,NOT FAIR PLEASE SEE IF I CAN GET A REFUND ,CAUSE I AM HAVING A ROUGH TIME RIGHT NOW.THANKS.

SOMETIMES WON'T START WITHOUT WAITING 10 MINUTES BECAUSE PASS LOCK LIGHT IS ON SEEMS TO BE BECOMING MORE OFTEN. SEEN ONLINE IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL? IT CAN BE DANGEROUS DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION YOU ARE IN ESPECIALLY WHERE I LIVE IN INDIANPOLIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING AND TOOK APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.