2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO Complaints

THIS PIECE OF JUNK TRUCK HAS FREQUENT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS, WITH THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SQUEALING EVERY TIME YOU TURN OR BRAKE, AND TODAY WAS THE FINAL STRAW. TODAY WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, GOING MAYBE 5 MILES AN HOUR, MY 2006 CHEVY COLORADO WITH AROUND 75000 MILES HAD TROUBLE WHILE BRAKING AND MADE A HORRIBLE GRATING NOISE AND SENSATION. THE ABS FAULT SENSOR IMMEDIATELY KICKED ON AND I HAD TROUBLE GETTING TO A SAFE PLACE TO COMPLETELY STOP. TODAY'S WEATHER WAS DRY, THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY, I HAVE A 4X4 TRUCK. THERE IS NO REASON THIS PIECE OF CRAP TRUCK SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE DRY PAVEMENT. THIS VEHICLE WILL LIKELY CAUSE ME TO GET IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND I INTEND ON GETTING RID OF THIS DEATH TRAP AND NEVER EVER BUYING GMC VEHICLES AGAIN. I'LL STICK TO FOREIGN CARMAKERS WHO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF IGNORING THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I AM WITH THE SAME USELESS STUPID TRUCK. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO REACH ME BY PHONE AS I'M LIVING OVERSEAS. PLEASE EMAIL ME. *TR

2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO PURCHASED NEW ON 11/30/05. ON MAY 27,2013 SERVICE ENGINE SOON(SES) CAME ON AND STAYED ON. TOOK TRUCK TO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSTIC CODE REVEALED AN ENGINE MISFIRE. THEY TURNED LIGHT OFF, TEST DROVE, LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. JUNE 17 2013 SES LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP,THEY PERFORMED A "LEAK DOWN TEST" THAT SHOWED MULTIPLE MISFIRES IN ENGINE, A $4000 REPAIR. CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD SENT A LETTER TO COLORADO OWNERS DATED 8/2007 WARNING THEM THIS PROBLEM MIGHT OCCUR AND GM WOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST TO COVER THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE LETTER ALSO SAID NOT TO TAKE THE TRUCK FOR THE FIX IF OWNER WAS NOT HAVING THE MISFIRE PROBLEM. I NEVER GOT SUCH A LETTER-DON'T KNOW WHY. I COULD NOT FIX A PROBLEM I DID NOT KNOW I HAD! BY THE TIME MY MISFIRE PROBLEM OCCURRED IT WAS ABOUT 6 MTHS.OUT OF THE EXTENDED 7 YEAR WARRANTY BUT WELL UNDER THE 100,000 MILES. TOLD ALL THIS TO GM BUT THEY SAID "TUFF". IN MY MIND, BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY AND EVEN DEVELOPING A SPECIAL TOOL TO HELP DEALERSHIPS REDUCE LABOR COSTS, GM IS ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEFECT IN THE FACTORY BUILT CYLINDER HEAD. GM SAYS THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THE MISFIRE IS TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD AND IT'S INTEGRAL PARTS, AGAIN A $4000 REPAIR. EVEN A CURSORY SEARCH ON THE INTERNET SHOWS THOUSANDS OF COLORADO OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAS TO BE A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

STOPPED AT RIGHT TURN YIELD SIGN BEHIND OTHER VEHICLES; CARS STARTED TO MOVE THE CAR AHEAD OF ME STOPPED AGAIN I PUT ON MY BRAKES AND SLOWLY HIT THE VEHICLE IN THE REAR. AFTER THE INCIDENT I NOTICE THAT MY BRAKE PEDAL WOULD SLOWLY GO TO THE FLOOR. WHEN I HIT THE VEHICLE MY PEDAL WAS HITTING THE FLOOR, I HAD NO BRAKES. NO DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE, MINOR DAMAGE TO OTHER VEHICLE'S PLASTIC BUMPER. *TR

AFTER ABOUT 2 YEARS AFTER WE HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED FOR VALVE SYSTEM ISSUE WHICH WE WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT VIA MAIL. WE BEGAN HAVING THESE STARTING ISSUES THAT MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO DESCRIBING. WE TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER AS IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WE WERE TOLD THEY NEEDED TO DO A COMPLETE DIAGNOSTIC ON IT WHICH WE COULD NOT AFFORD. WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK IN 2007 WITH 25000 MILES AND FULL WARRANTEE. BUT DIAGNOSTICS ISN'T PART OF THAT. SO WE HAVE ONLY RECENTLY BEGAN INVESTIGATING TIS ISSUE MORE IN DEPTH, AS WE WERE TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY AN INTAKE ISSUE OR AND EXHAUST ISSUE. ONLY NOW ARE WE SEEING THAT IT MAY BE DUE TO THIS PASSLOCK SECURITY ISSUE THAT MANY OF YOU ARE ALSO MENTIONING. OVER THE YEARS WE ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS WITH CRANKING YET NO ACTUAL START. WAIT APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AND SHE FIRES. IT HAPPENED RANDOMLY AT FIRST. THEN BECAME MORE FREQUENT. AFTER FUELING UP ETC. BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER FUELING. NOW IT HAS BECOME ALMOST A WEEKLY OCCURRENCE. AND THE DURATION FOR WAIT TIME IS LENGTHENING TO 20MIN-1/2 HR. ALL THIS TIME I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM.... IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM....OTHERS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE AS WELL. IS THIS A DEFECT THAT WAS OVERLOOKED OR BLATANTLY IGNORED AND NOT SHARED WITH THE CONSUMERS? IT DOES POSE TO BE VERY UNSAFE IN MULTIPLE CIRCUMSTANCES. IF THIS IS AN KNOWN ISSUE, THEN WHY ARE WE HAVING TO LEARN ABOUT IT FROM ONE OWNER TO ANOTHER. BECAUSE NO MECHANICS (DEALERSHIP OR OTHER WISE) HAS EVER MENTIONED THIS AS A POTENTIAL ISSUE.... ALWAYS THE SAME STORY. MUST BE A DIFFERENT ISSUE... ETC. BUT TO REALIZE IT IS A SECURITY FEATURE GONE WHACKY..... I DON'T KNOW HOW ANY OF YOU FEEL.... THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME FEEL SAFE. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND INFORMATION.... THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. *TR

AFTER MY VEHICLE GAINED 67XXX IT BEGAN TO HAVE ISSUES WITH THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM. WHEN I TURN MY VEHICLE OFF, AND TURN IT BACK ON THE ANTI THEFT LIGHT BLINKS. THIS HAS STALLED MY VEHICLE. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN IT ON THE ENGINE WILL CRANK AND THE LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THAT NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE ALSO ENCOUNTERED THIS ISSUE. THE ONLY FIX KNOW AT THE MOMENT IS TO WAIT 10 MINUTES AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL START. THIS CAN BECOME A NUISANCE AND A DANGER. I HAD RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A NAIL IN MY TIRE. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY TO CHECK WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WHEN I SHUT MY ENGINE OFF I WAS STUCK ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO MY ANTI THEFT LIGHT BLINKING AND MY ENGINE NOT STARTING DUE TO THIS ANTI THEFT ISSUE. I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS WITH GM AND ALSO THE LOCAL DEALER WITH NO SUCCESS FOR ASSISTANCE. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT I DO A DIAGNOSTICS TEST, BUT THAT WOULD RUN ME UPWARD OF 400+ TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. I FIND THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURE ISSUE. NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE ONLINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, A CLICKING NOISE EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FORCE WAS APPLIED TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN POWER STEERING AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE POWER STEERING MOTOR WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V073000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,546.

AS I SEE I AM ONE OF MAY PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE, I AM HAVING ALMOST DAILY PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSLOCK/NO START FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THIS HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME BACK IN JUNE 2012 BUT HAS NOT DONE SO SINCE. THEN ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, IT STARTED DOING IT DAILY. I ATTEMPT TO START IT (WHETHER IT HAS BEEN SITTING FOR HOURS OR ONLY A FEW MINS), BUT IT ONLY WILL CRANK NOT START. I HAVE TO SIT IN THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 10 MINS WITH THE KEY TURNED TO THE ON POSITION AND THEN IT WILL START. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO PUT OUT ON RECALL ON THE PASSLOCK/SECURITY AND FIX THESE KNOWN PROBLEMS!! THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHERE YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND IT WON'T START. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DURING THE NIGHT-TIME HOURS AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING. NOW, THE LEFT HEADLIGHT CONTINUES TO GO OUT BUT I CAN TOUCH IT AND IT WILL COME ON. I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTHING WORKS. ALSO, 1 WEEK AGO, THE ABS FAILURE MESSAGE APPEARED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND FRANKLY, BOTH OF MY ISSUES ARE SAFETY CONCERNS. GM HAS INSTALLED DEFECTIVE PARTS AS USUAL AND NOW THE CUSTOMERS ARE BEARING THE COST OF REPAIRING THEIR FAILURES. THESE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE RECALLED. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD THE INTAKE VALVE SEATS REPLACED BECAUSE OF A GM DEFECTIVE PART. THIS ABS FAILURE CONCERN IS MY NUMBER 1 CONCERN AS I HAVE VERY SMALL CHILDREN. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS AN INTERMITTENT CRANK NO START ISSUES, AS I HAVE RESEARCHED THESE VEHICLES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A SECURITY SYSTEM KNOWN AS PASSLOCK, AS I SEE THERE IS KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS FAULTY SYSTEM, YOU ATTEMPT TO START IT, BUT IT ONLY WILL CRANK NOT START. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AND LET THE SECURITY RE-LEARN CODES BEFORE YOU CAN START THE TRUCK. I THINK G.M. SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THERE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THIS, AS IT COULD BE DANGEROUS BASED ON A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND IT WONT START. *TR

THE REAR BRAKES LOCK UP AT SLOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP. THEY WILL DO THIS IN SUCH A WAY THAT CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD AND THROWS YOU FORWARD INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THIS HAS NEARLY CAUSED A FEW SERIOUS ACCIDENTS BECAUSE THE LOCK UP TAKES AWAY CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. THE SEVERITY OF THE LOCK UPS VARIES SOMEWHAT. THEY MAY LOCK THEN UNLOCK BUT THEY CAN JUST AS EASILY LOCK UP AND BRING THE TRUCK TO A SKIDDING STOP. THEY ARE ALSO SQUEALING SEVERELY. *TR