2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

TRUCK SITS UNEVEN FROM SIDE TO SIDE . 1" DIFFERENCE AT REAR WHEEL WELLS WHEN SITTING ON A LEVEL SURFACE WITH NO LOAD IN THE BED AND A 1/2 " DIFFERENCE IN THE FRONT SIDE TO SIDE . THE REAR OVERLOAD SPRING LEAF WITH RUBBER BUMPER TOUCHES UPPER ADJACENT SPRING LEAF WITH NO LOAD IN THE BED ON THE DRIVER SIDE . NOT SURE IF THIS COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN IF THERE IS A LOAD PLACED IN THE BED CAUSING ISSUES IN HOW THE TRUCK HANDLES OR COULD BE CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR OR OTHER ISSUES WITH OTHER SUSPENSION PARTS .I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH OTHER COLORADO TRUCKS BY THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE FROM . THIS TRUCK CAME OFF OF THE DEALERSHIP LOT WITH THIS PROBLEM AND GM TECH. ASSIST. IS AWARE . AFTER ALMOST 3 MONTHS NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE .

I STARTED MY COLORADO TO HEAD HOME, THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND COOL. THE "DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER" IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FLASHED THAT THE AIRBAG, ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM, AND THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM (TCS)/STABILITRAK WERE INOPERABLE. THE AIRBAG, TCS, AND ONE OTHER LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TURNED IT BACK ON. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I CLEARED THE WARNING MESSAGES AND STARTED TO DRIVE TO TAKE IT IN AND GET IT LOOKED AT BY A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET MECHANIC. I LEFT THE PARKING LOT AND AFTER ENTERING THE NEARBY STREET I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER WAS NOT DISPLAYING ANY VEHICLE INFORMATION (SHOWING ZEROS OR BLANKS FOR ALL DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION INCLUDING MILEAGE, FUEL, OIL PRESSURE, SPEED ETC). ALSO, THE NEEDLES FOR THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, AND ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE WERE LIFELESS AND READING ZEROS. ONLY THE ODOMETER AND "INFOTAINMENT" SYSTEM WERE WORKING CORRECTLY. I ESTIMATED MY SPEED TO BE ABOVE 30 MPH AT THIS POINT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF THE ROAD, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND SCANNED THE WIRING UNDER THE HOOD AND STEERING WHEEL BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES. WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN, ALL THE ISSUES WERE GONE AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. SEEMED KINDA LIKE RESTARTING A COMPUTER TO CLEAR SOFTWARE ISSUES. NOT SURE WHAT COULD'VE CAUSED IT. MY VEHICLE IS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Z71 WITH 27,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS PURCHASED OCTOBER 2015. [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

THIS VEHICLE'S ERRATIC DOWNSHIFTING AND UPSHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CAUSES ABRUPT CHANGES IN ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION THAT SETS UP SEQUENCES THAT FORCE THE DRIVER TO CONTINUALLY PRESS DOWN ON, OR LET UP, ON THE BREAK AND OR ACCELERATOR TO ATTEMPT TO BLEND IN WITH STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC. IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC, PRESENT WHEN ENTERING OR LEAVING LARGE CITIES, THE ONSET AND CONTINUANCE OF THIS VEHICLE'S PERFORMANCE WORSENS RESULTING IN DRIVER FATIGUE AND EXTREME STRESS, BROUGHT ON BY THE EVER PRESENT NECESSITY TO BE EXTRA WATCHFUL AND TO MANEUVER TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT, OR BEING REAR-ENDED. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AT TODAY'S INTERSTATE SPEEDS, THERE IS RECURRING "BUMPING" THAT SETS UP WHEN ASCENDING LONG GRADES. IT CREATES THE FEELING THAT EITHER THE TRANSMISSION IS ATTEMPTING TO DOWNSHIFT BUT THEN CHANGES ITS MIND, OR THE ENGINE'S RPM ARE ABOUT TO INCREASE BUT DON'T. THIS ADDS TO FEAR OF IMMINENT FAILURE AND BEING LEFT STRANDED. THIS BEHAVIOR WAS PRESENT FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. IT'S GETTING WORSE.THIS DRIVER BELIEVES THE UNSAFE OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF THIS VEHICLE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, IS EXACERBATED BY THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL, 4 CYLINDER ENGINE COUPLED TO THE 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION, THAT REQUIRES THE ENGINE TO RAPIDLY DOWNSHIFT OR UPSHIFT TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED PERFORMANCE REQUIRED IN TODAY'S DRIVING ENVIRONMENTS. FURTHER, IT IS EVIDENT THE SOFTWARE CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION'S OPERATING BEHAVIOR WAS NEITHER FULLY DEVELOPED NOR TESTED THROUGHOUT ITS ANTICIPATED FULL OPERATING RANGE AND AS SUCH CREATES A VEHICLE THAT IS DANGEROUS TO OPERATE ON PUBLIC ROADS ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED WITH THE DEALER RESULTED IN BEING TOLD..." NOTHING CAN BE DONE...THE PROBLEMS YOU ARE ENCOUNTERING ARE BEING ARE BEING EXPERIENCED BY MANY CUSTOMERS. CHEVROLET IS NOT PROVIDING ANY SOLUTIONS". *TR

POWER STEERING STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, SERVICE POWER STEERING MESSAGE APPEARED, VERY HARD TO TURN IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. CAME BACK TO NORMAL 5 MIN LATER. *TR

THE AUTO SENSOR FOR THE HEAD LIGHTS/DASH LIGHTS DOESN'T SEEM SENSITIVE ENOUGH AS ON CLOUDY DAYS IT STAYS IN NIGHT TIME MODE AND I CANT SEE MY DASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, A LOUD POPPING NOISE CAME FROM THE ENGINE AREA BEFORE THE SPEED SUDDENLY DECREASED TO 40 MPH. DURING THE FAILURE, THE STEERING ASSIST, STABILITRAK, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND TRAILER BRAKING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,700. UPDATED 02/03/17*LJ

IN MOTION, WHEN DRIVING SPEED LIMIT AND THEN YOU LET OFF ACCELERATOR TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN YOU PRESS GAS AGAIN IT HESITATES AND DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. I TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED BY PROGRAMMING SOMETHING IN COMPUTER AND IT RAN FINE FOR 3 DAYS AND STARTED DOING SAME THING AGAIN. AND ALSO, WHEN YOU ACCELERATE AND IT WILL NOT RESPOND YOU GIVE IT A LOT OF GAS AND IT MAKES RPMS GO TO LIKE 5000, BUT THE RPM DO NOT MATCH THE SPEED, ITS VERY STRANGE. I SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING ON FORUMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED MORE THAN TWICE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED EACH TIME, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO PREVENT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,500.

TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFT SLOW TO RESPOND. FEELS LIKE IT IS OUT OF GEAR, OR LIKE A ENGINE HESITATION, STEEPING DOWN ON ACCELERATOR HARD MAKES IT SHIFT BUT THE SHIFT IS HARD. CONCERNED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING ON ICE CAUSING A POSSIBLE SPIN OUT.

VEHICLE HESITATES AND STUMBLES ON ACCELERATION DURING MOTION WHEN ACCELERATION IS RESUMED WHILE MOVING. IT SEEMS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING DOWN. YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE ACCELERATION, WHICH IS A SAFETY CONDITION IN TRAFFIC. AT TIMES IT STUMBLES BAD ENOUGH TO SLOW SPEED DRAMATICALLY, WHICH IS ALSO A SAFETY CONDITION ON INTERSTATE. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE DEDICATED TO SAYING THAT THERE IS NO CODES UP AND I AM NEARLY AT THE POINT TO SEEK HELP FROM LAWYER ON THE SITUATION.