2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY HESITATED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (FERMAN CHEVROLET OF TARBON SPRINGS) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100. UPDATED 08/03/07*LJ *TR

WHEN GOING DOWN HILL THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS HARD AND JERKS YOU FORWARD. YOU CANNOT ACCELERATE AGAIN UNTIL IT HITS 10MPH THEN IT IS HARD TO GET THE ACCELERATION GOING AGAIN. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF SOMEONE IS CLOSE BEHIND YOU ESPECIALLY A BIG TRUCK THAT CANNOT STOP QUICKLY. WHEN YOU ARE ACCELERATING ON A HILL IT DOES NOT WANT TO GO AND YOU HAVE PUSH THE ACCELERATOR DOWN THE ENTIRE WAY AND THEN JERKS FORWARD AND TAKES OFF. THIS HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME GOING DOWNHILL AND UP HILLS. I HAVE 24,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK NOW AND IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK.

MAY BE THE ABS/SPEED SENSOR WIRE GOING TO THE HUB WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE HEADLAMP WAS DAMAGED BECAUSE I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JUST GOING UP AND DOWN. (HAYWIRE) A NUMBER OF THINGS ALSO COULD BE THE REASON FOR THIS SUDDEN NOTICES APPEARING IN THE DIC. WE FINALLY HIT WARM WEATHER AND ITS +2 DEGREES OUTSIDE, THE ROADS ARE MELTING CAUSING ALL THESE ERROR CODES TO APPEAR. (MELTING ICE AND SNOW INTERFERING WITH THE COMMUNICATION/ERROR SYSTEM????) MY ASSUMPTION IS THIS BECAUSE THERE IS A CONSTANT LEAK FROM THE TOP OF THE CABIN COMING FROM THE LIGHT/STORAGE AREA IN THE MIDDLE ON WARM DAYS. WHEN THE WEATHER WARMS UP, THE EFFECTS OF SUCH LEAKS COULD CAUSE BUILT-UP ICE/SNOW TO MELT. I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE THIS TYPE OF LEAKING IS DUE TO OUR EXTREME CLIMATE AND WEATHER PATTERNS IN NUNAVUT. I'M SURE SIMILAR PATTERNS EXIST IN SOUTHERN CANADA. BUT ITS WHEN THE WEATHER WARMED UP AND I'M GUESSING THE WET ROADS CAUSED THIS ISSUE. MY STEERING IS JUST OUT.

NOTICED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE WITH 18 MILES. NOTICED AT SLOWER SPEEDS UNDER 45 MPH THE TRUCK WOULD UP-SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR WHEN LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR. UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN THE TRUCK WOULD HESITATE, JERK,PING, OR JUST PLAIN NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WAS PLACED ON THE ACCELERATOR. AT THIS POINT IT WOULD DOWN-SHIFT HARD A COUPLE OF GEARS AND CAUSE UNSAFE ACCELERATION IN HIGH TRAFFIC SCENARIOS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000. UPDATED 06/23/17*LJ *AS

AT APPROX. 3500 MILES STARTED EXPERIENCING SHIFTING ISSUES. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TRANSMISSION WANTED TO STAY IN 5TH OR 6TH GEAR. ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE CAUSED THE TRUCK TO BOG DOWN UNTIL IT SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. WHEN IN CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM WAS REALLY BAD. WOULD LOOSE AS MUCH AS 5-8 MPH BEFORE A LOWER GEAR WAS FOUND TO MAINTAIN SPEED IN HILLY CONDITIONS. I TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR ITS FIRST SERVICE AT APPROX. 6000 MILES AND HAD DEALER CHECK TRANSMISSION. THEY REMAPPED SHIFT POINTS TO SPEC SOFTWARE. THIS WAS A TEMPORARY FIX. ISSUE IS SLOWLY RETURNING. I HAVE WATCHED ON CONTROL PANEL AT TRANSMISSION OIL TEMP ( TRUCK HAS TRAILER TOWING PACKAGE ETC. THIS IS A CLUSTER FEATURE AVAILABLE.) SEEMS TO SHIFT PROPERLY UNTIL OIL REACHES 100 DEGREES PLUS THEN ISSUE ARRIVES. DEALER RELAYED THERE HAD ONLY BEEN A TECH SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN TO RESET MAP/SHIFT POINTS. RECENTLY PULLED MY BOAT WITH THIS TRUCK AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTED FINE. REALLY WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE FIXED BECAUSE OTHER THEN THIS PROBLEM REALLY LIKE THE TRUCK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN A PARKING LOT, THE HORN FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/02/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE HORN FAILURE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. UPDATED 09/07/2017*JS

THE TRUCK WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO AROUND 20MPH AND ACCELERATING SEEMS TO LAG OR FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION SEEMS TO BE "UNABLE" TO FIND THE CORRECT GEAR. SOMETIMES IT ACTS AS IF THE ENGINE HAS A "MISS". I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS IS "NORMAL OPERATION". WHEN YOU GOOGLE THIS COMPLAINT THERE IS PAGE AFTER PAGE OF OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH 2015 AND 2016. IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT SEEMS TO HAVE TROUBLE FINDING THE CORRECT GEAR AND WILL SOMETIMES JERK OR DOWNSHIFT TOO LOW. IT HAPPENS AT ANY TIME THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN TO AROUND 20 AND ACCELERATES. IT ALSO HAPPENS AT TIMES WHEN AT A FULL STOP AND TAKING OFF IN A NORMAL MANNER.

DEFROSTER DOES NOT ENGAGE UNTIL ENGINE IS REVED TO 1,800 R.P.M. DEALER MECHANIC SAYS IT WAS ENGINEERED THAT WAY.

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2017 WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, MY 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO 4WD CREW CAB TURNED ITSELF OFF. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2017 RICHARD LUCAS CHEVROLET LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE FOR 5 HOURS AN DROVE THE VEHICLE AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AND WERE "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CONCERN." I WAS TOLD TO CALL BACK IF THE ISSUE EVER POPPED UP AGAIN, BUT IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE UNLIKELY. MARCH 28, 2017 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, MY COLORADO IGNITION MADE A CLICK NOISE, AND THE IGNITION KEY TURNED ITSELF OFF YET AGAIN. THIS TIME AROUND WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AS I HAD NO BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE. TO STOP THE VEHICLE I HAD TO SHIFT INTO PARK WHICH I WAS ABLE TO DO. VEHICLE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE RICHARD LUCAS AUTO CENTER TO BE REEVALUATED. ON THE FIRST OCCURRENCE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A COUNTY ROAD WHILE COMPLETING A TURN AND THE SECOND TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE GOING STRAIGHT ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET.