2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

DELAYED OR NO DOWNSHIFT. TRAVELING ABOUT 2 MPH AND TURNING EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT AND APPLYING THROTTLE THE TRUCK DOES NOT RESPOND UNTIL THE THROTTLE IS INCREASED STEEPLY . THE TRANSMISSION DOES THEN SHIFT TO A MUCH LOWER GEAR AND ACCELERATION IS DRAMATIC.

2,400 MILES AND THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR "CHUGGING AND SHUTTERING" IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. DRIVING THOUGH AN INTERSECTION WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC IT WILL NOT KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC BUT TENDS TO BOG DOWN ALMOST GETTING REAR ENDED FROM BEHIND. IF YOU TRY TO SMOOTHLY ACCELERATE IT WILL RAPIDLY DOWNSHIFT AND JUMP FORWARD ALMOST REAR ENDING ANY VEHICLE IN FRONT. VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. TRYING TO DRIVE WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AT 35-40 MPH THE TRUCK SHUTTERS AS IF THE SPARK PLUGS ARE WORN OUT. ALSO TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC IT WILL SOMETIMES CHUG TO WHERE YOU WONDER IF IT'S GOING MAKE MAKE THE MERGE. VERY FRUSTRATING TO DRIVE FOR A BRAND NEW TRUCK, THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER AT 500 MILES, THEN HAS PREFORMED SERVICE BULLETIN #PIP5342B THREE TIMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO IMPROVEMENT. GM STATES IN THE BULLETIN "NOTE: PREFORMING THIS CALIBRATION UPDATE MAY NOT TOTALLY ADDRESS THE SHUDDER OR CHUGGING CONCERNS" HOW CAN NEW VEHICLES CONTINUE TO BE SOLD WITH THIS KNOWN PROBLEM? NOT ONLY IS IT FRUSTRATING TRYING TO DRIVE SMOOTHLY, BUT IT IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN. DUE TO THE POOR PERFORMANCE THE MILEAGE IS ABOUT 13 MPG IN CITY TRAFFIC, NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE MILEAGE RATING OF 17 MPG.

WHILE DRIVING ON A HILLY HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE TRUCK SUDDENLY LURCHED INTO AN EXTREME DOWNSHIFT AS I WAS GOING DOWNHILL. I HAD NOT BEEN MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT BRAKING OR ACCELERATION MOTIONS--JUST DRIVING NORMALLY WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND I HAD NOTHING IN TOW. THE TRUCK DECELERATED QUICKLY AND THE RPMS CLIMBED SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS OCCURRED TWICE: ONCE AROUND 2,800 MILES AND A SECOND TIME AT 3,400 MILES, UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS - DRY ROADS, DAYTIME, GOING DOWNHILL ON A HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NOT ANY WARNINGS, AND NONE OF THE SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON. IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF THIS GEAR. EACH TIME, I HAD TO AVOID BEING HIT FROM BEHIND, AND PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO STOP COMPLETELY. THEN I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED WITH NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.

WHILE DRIVING THE 2016 COLORADO, THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE SEEMS TO HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING AND ACCELERATING AND THE SHIFT PATTERNS ARE ERRATIC IT SEEMS, MAYBE ITS THE FUEL EFFICIENT CRAP THAT SHUTS DOWN CYLINDERS, MAYBE ITS THE TRANS? . EXPERIENCED IT ON HIGHWAYS AND LOWER SPEEDS, STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, TRUCK'S TRANSMISSION CLUNKS, SHIFTS HARD AT RANDOM AND STUTTERS ALLOT . IT'S AGGRIVATING. WHEN TRYING TO PASS, SEEMS TO BE ZERO ACCELERATION FELT WHEN FLOORING IT THEN SUDDENLY KICKS IN (ROUGHLY)..LIKE OH HEY-I NEED TO GO.. I COULD GET IN A WRECK-ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS AND I BETTER NOT TRY TO PASS ANYONE.. I FEEL MY SAFETY COULD BE AT RISK WITH AS MUCH HESITATION THEN SUDDENLY LURCHES AS IT HAS. I SEE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS ALREADY CONCERNING THIS AND/OR DESCRIBING JUST ABOUT THE SAME ORDEAL. DAILY - BUT RANDOM - CITY AND HIGHWAY, TURNING, STRAIGHT ETC. BASICALLY ANY SITUATION BUT IDLE.

VEHICLE STALLS SOMETIMES WHEN I STOP. SE LIGHT IS NOW ON. SERVICE BRAKE ASSIST COMES ON NOW. TRUCK SURGES AND SHUTTERS AND IS ANNOYINGLY HUNTING FOR GEARS AND CAN'T FIND THEM. SLUGGISH THROTTLE LIKE I'M TRYING TO PULL A BULL DOZER OUT OF THE MUD. THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS BETWEEN 15 AND 40 MPH BACK ROADS AND HIGHWAY STOP-N-GO. NOT SETTLING FOR THE "OH THAT'S NORMAL" BSHT. SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A FORD F150. TIME FOR A TRADE IN. 10K MILES AND I AM COMPLETELY DISGUSTED WITH CHEVY NOW. ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD LUCK IF YOU HAVE A 2016 COLORADO.

THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHILE TRYING TO FIND THE CORRECT GEAR..I SPOKE TO A MAINTENANCE REP AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT MY TRUCK AND HE SAID THAT THE ENGINEERS MADE THE TRUCK THAT WAY FOR FUEL EFFICIENCY. HE ALSO TOLD ME TO JUST FLOOR THE ACCELERATOR TO GET POWER WHEN I NEED IT. IT STILL HESITATES EVEN WHEN I FLOOR IT AND HOW DOES THAT HELP FUEL EFFICIENCY? HE SAID IF A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN COMES OUT ON THIS ISSUE THAT I CAN BRING IN MY TRUCK AND THEY WILL FIX THE ISSUE. I AM SCARED TO PASS A VEHICLE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS COMING FOR FEAR OF THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THE TRUCK TO FIND THE CORRECT GEAR. IT ALSO KIND OF JERKS WHEN IT DOES FIND THE RIGHT GEAR. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN JANUARY OF 2016.

TAKATA RECALL 2016 CHEVY COLORADO 4 WHEEL DRIVE WITH 3.6 ENG I HAVE 815 MILES ON TRUCK AND HAVING DOWN SHIFT PROBLEMS TRANSMISSON WILL NOT DOWN SHIFT BETWEEN 45 AND 20 MPH AT TIMES IT DOE THIS WHEN YOU ARE PRESSING LIGHTLY ON THE GAS PEDDLE IN SLOW TRAFFIC OR AT TIMES GOING UP SMALL HIGH AND THIS WILL CAUSE THE TRUCK TO NOT GO FAST ENOUGH TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER TRAFFIC.WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE THE TRUCK JERKS AND SHUTTERS I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE DEPT AT DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE TRUCK THAT GM HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THE SERVICE DEPT WERE NOT SURE THEY COULD FIX IT.

ON 6/6/16 I STARTED HAVING THE TROUBLE. AFTER BACKING UP AND PUTTING THE TRUCK IN GEAR, THE TRUCK WOULD SURGE FORWARD WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. THIS ALSO OCCURRED ON 6/11/16, 6/17/16 AND 6/23/16. ON 6/23/16 I WAS AT SURDYKES PORT 20 MARINA AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS. AFTER BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE I PUT IT IN GEAR. THIS TIME IT WAS MUCH MORE THAN A SURGE. IT LITERALLY SHOT FORWARD AND EVEN THE BRAKES DIDN'T HELP BECAUSE WITHIN 3-4 SECONDS MY TRUCK AND I WERE IN THE LAKE. FINALLY GOT THE WINDOW TO BREAK SO I COULD ESCAPE. JUST BEFORE I WENT IN THE LAKE THE TRUCK STRUCK AN OLD GOLF CART AND JET SKI TRAILER THAT WERE PARKED THERE AND TOOK THEM INTO THE LAKE ALSO.

WHILE DRIVING THE COLORADO, THE TRANSMISSION GETS SO CONFUSED ON WHAT GEAR TO BE IN AND THE SHIFT PATTERNS ARE THE CRAZIEST I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. FROM 40-20MPH, STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THIS TRUCK'S TRANSMISSION CLUNKS, SHIFTS HARD, STUTTERS AND CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHICH GEAR TO BE IN. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING. NOT TO MENTION, WHEN TRYING TO PASS, THERE IS ZERO ACCELERATION FELT WHEN FLOORING THE PEDDLE. I AM SO FRUSTRATED WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND MANY DAYS DURING THE TO AND FROM WORK COMMUTE, I FEEL AS IF I AM GOING TO GET REAR-ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS TRANSMISSION. IT'S ANNOYING WHEN DRIVING BUT STRESSFUL AS WELL, BECAUSE I FEEL AS IF MY SAFETY IS IN JEOPARDY DUE TO THIS "LEARNING" TRANSMISSION. IT'S SO DISAPPOINTING.

--- "THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT FROM A HIGH GEAR (5 OR 6) TO A LOWER GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM 45 MPH TO 20 MPH (OR LOWER). WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE BUCKS, VIBRATES, AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE RPM DROPS TO 1,000 RPM OR LOWER. IF THE ACCELERATOR IS QUICKLY FLOORED THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS SEVERAL GEARS LOWER AND JERKS FORWARD. THIS CONDITION HAPPENS PRIMARILY ON SECONDARY ROADS WHILE DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND WHEN PULLING FROM ONE ROAD INTO TRAFFIC ON ANOTHER ROAD. THE SITUATION WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE TRUCK DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD. THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS 1,500 MILES ON IT. THIS CONDITION HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW AND THE SEVERITY VARIES WITH TRUCK SPEED AND ROAD INCLINATION. THE SITUATION HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND TO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE YET TO BE MADE."