2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY HEARD WARNING TONE AND DASH DISPLAY SERVICE WARNING FOR POWER STEERING AND STABILITRAK. LOSS OF POWER STEERING OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER. ONCE I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY COME TO A STOP TURNED OFF IGNITION AND THEN STARTED VEHICLE AND POWER STEEING RETURNED TO NORMAL. .

WAS RETURNING FROM A 300-MILE TRIP ON JUNE 17TH WHEN I RECEIVED A "SERVICE 4WD" MESSAGE ON THE DISPLAY CONSOLE. CALLED GM DEALER SERVICE SHOP AND SET UP APPT FOR JUNE 28TH (EARLIEST AVAILABLE DATE). THREE DAYS LATER, PICK-UP AUTO-SHIFTED AND LOCKED INTO 4WD. NEXT MORNING, JUNE 21ST, DROVE PICK-UP TO DEALER SERVICE SHOP. TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO TAKE PICK-UP OUT OF 4WD, BUT SAID HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULDN'T SLIP BACK INTO 4WD. I CONTINUED TO RECEIVE "SERVICE 4WD" MESSAGES. ON JUNE 27TH, WHILE MAKING A LEFT-HAND TURN ACROSS ONCOMING TRAFFIC, PICK-UP AGAIN AUTO-SHIFTED AND LOCKED INTO 4WD. THE WHEELS LOCKED WHILE IN THE TURN, STALLING THE VEHICLE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC BARRELING DOWN ON ME. I DID NOT THINK I WOULD SURVIVE. FORTUNATELY, OPPOSING TRAFFIC WAS ABLE TO SWERVE AROUND ME, AND I WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO LIMP THE PICK-UP THROUGH THE LEFT-HAND TURN AND OUT OF DIRECT TRAFFIC. VEHICLE WENT INTO DEALER SERVICE SHOP THE FOLLOWING MORNING (JUNE 28TH), STILL LOCKED IN 4WD. SERVICE SHOP HAD THE PICK-UP FOR 18 DAYS. FINAL VERDICT: PIN TENSION ISSUES AND FLUCTUATING VOLTAGES IN CONNECTOR, WHICH MISS-SIGNALED THE VEHICLE TO AUTO-SHIFT INTO 4WD. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE 4WD ON THIS PICK-UP. THE FIRST TIME I RECEIVED THE "SERVICE 4WD" MESSAGE AT 214 MILES. VEHICLE AUTO-SHIFTED AND GOT STUCK IN 4WD. DEALER SERVICE SHOP REPAIRED ISSUE. AT 5,096 MILES, THE PICK-UP AGAIN ISSUED A "SERVICE 4WD" MESSAGE AND AUTO-SHIFTED INTO 4WD. WAS DIAGNOSED AS AN INTERNAL SHORT; AND THE 4WD SELECTOR SWITCH REPLACED. THIS THIRD TIME WAS DETERMINED TO BE ANOTHER INTERNAL SHORT. I FILED A REPORT WITH GM. THEY DETERMINED THE PICK-UP WAS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE HAD AUTO-SHIFTED INTO 4WD ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND EVEN THOUGH THE 3RD TIME ALMOST GOT ME KILLED.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED ALONG WITH THE ABS LIGHT AND STABILITRACK LIGHT. ON TWO OF THESE OCCASIONS RIGHT WHEN I TURNED ON THE TRUCK, THE POWER STEERING ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND MADE THE WHEEL VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN. RESTARTING THE ENGINE SOLVED THE PROBLEM, BUT THIS WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF IT WERE TO OCCUR WHILE DRIVING. THE LIGHTS HAVE COME ON WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT THE POWER STEERING GOING OUT, AND HAVE TURNED OFF ON THEIR OWN AFTER A FEW MINUTES.

I HAVE A 2016 COLORADO WITH ONLY 56,000 EASY MILES. I STARTED MY TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY AND STARTED TO BACK UP. I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING DID NOT WORK AND WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED ON THE DASH INDICATING A POWER STEERING PROBLEM. RESTARTING THE TRUCK DID NOT CORRECT OR RESET THE POWER STEERING FUNCTION. I HAVE OWNED 5 OTHER TRUCKS IN MY LIFE TIME AND NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS. NOW I HAVE A $1800 BILL FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THERE ARE 23 OTHER POWER STEERING COMPLAINTS ON 2016 COLORADOS ON YOUR WEBSITE. A LOW MILEAGE PICK-UP SHOULD NEVER HAVE A THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE DO SOMETHING.

THE IGNITION WILL NOT TURN COMPLETELY OFF WHICH MEANS THE KEY WILL NOT COME OUT. I MAY HAVE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, PUT IT IN GEAR AND MOVE A FEW FEET, FIVE TIMES TO GET THE KEY OUT. THE ENGINE ITSELF SHUTS OFF, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS ON. THIS HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. CHEVROLET HAS ISSUED A BULLETIN SAYING A DIRTY KEY WILL CAUSE THIS. HOW MANY TIMES IN YOUR LIFETIME HAVE YOU HAD TO CLEAN A KEY? THIS HAPPENS AFTER I HAVE STOPPED AND TRIED TO TURN THE TRUCK OFF.

THE DRIVER INSTRUMENT AND RADIO DISPLAYS GO BLACK FOR SOME MINUTES (2 TO 20) MINUTES AND THEN RETURN TO FUNCTION. DURING THE BLACK OUT I CAN NOT CHECK SPEED, GAS MILEAGE, ODOMETER OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT FUNCTION. I HAVE VISITED CHAMPION CHEVROLET IN JOHNSON CITY, TN AND WILSON COUNTY MOTORS IN LEBANON, TN TO HAVE THE PROBLEM RESOLVED. NEITHER COULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN TO ME. CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWSY

POWER STEERING (PS) STOPS WORKING EITHER WHILE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY. PROBLEM IS INTERMEDIATE & STARTED 11 JLY 2019. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF IN A CORNER OR STRAIGHT, THE PS JUST QUITS @ VARIOUS TIMES. IF MY WIFE OR DAUGHTER ARE DRIVING WHEN PS STOPS WORKING, IT COULD LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE UPPER BODY STRENGTH TO STEER MANUALLY, ESPECIALLY IF IT HAPPENS IN A CORNER. NHTSA RECALL BULLETIN 15595A COVERS THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 2015 COLORADO'S BUT NOT THE 2016 COLORADO'S. THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.

I WAS DRIVING MY CHEVY COLORADO IN A MARINE PORT IN HIGH TRAFFIC . MY TRUCK DINGED AS TWO SERVICE CODES CAME ACROSS MY DASH . SERVICE - POWER STEERING DRIVE WITH CARE AND SERVICE STABILTRAK . THE MOST TERRIFYING THING ABOUT THIS HAPPENING IS THE STEERING WHEEL PRETTY MUCH LOCKS AND BECOMES HIGHLY HIGHLY DIFFICULT TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE OR PULL OVER . I WAS ALMOST HIT GOING THROUGH A INTERSECTION . I STOP TURN THE TRUCK OFF . TURN IT BACK ON . MAGICALLY THE STEERING WORKS AGAIN . I GO TO DRIVE TO MY SHOP TO HAVE THEM HAVE A LOOK . MY POWER STEERING GOES OUT AGAIN ! NO RECALLS PRESENT OVER A 2400 DOLLAR REPAIR . HOW CAN THIS KEEP HAPPENING AND CHEVY WONT FIX THIS PROBLEM !

I WAS TURNING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION AND AS I COMPLETED MY TURN AND CAME TO A STOP THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. PRIOR TO MAKING THE TURN THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT AND QUIT RUNNING. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SLUGGISH IDLE BEFORE BUT IT NEVER SHUT DOWN LIKE IT DID TODAY. A GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALED THAT CHEVROLET HAS A TECHNICAL SB, 16-NA-284 THAT SAYS A REPROGRAM OF THE COMPUTER IS REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE COMPLETED MY TURN BEFORE IT QUIT RUNNING BUT SOMEONE ELSE MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF THE SITUATION PUTTING THEMSELVES AT RISK IF IT WOULD HAPPEN TO QUIT DURING THE TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK, THE IGNITION KEY FAILED TO CYCLE TO THE OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RYDELL CHEVROLET (LOCATED AT 1309, 18600 DEVONSHIRE ST, NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324, (866) 802-5628) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURES WERE INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.