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Chevrolet Colorado

Safety Grade: F
4,723
Total Complaints
184
Crashes
166
Injuries
9
Deaths

Top Issues

STEERING
904
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
697
POWER TRAIN
478
ENGINE
293
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
260
SERVICE BRAKES
215
AIR BAGS
163
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
123
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (
116
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
107

Recent Complaints

2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO — POWER TRAIN
While driving my family home on a hot 90+ degree day. My 2016 Chevy Colorado suddenly has a power loss engine died and i went from 75 to parked in less than 30 seconds. Luckily I was able to pull off the freeway to the median. We were almost hit by two vehicles pulling a trailer and the other pullin...
2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO — VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
While driving my family home on a hot 90+ degree day. My 2016 Chevy Colorado suddenly has a power loss engine died and i went from 75 to parked in less than 30 seconds. Luckily I was able to pull off the freeway to the median. We were almost hit by two vehicles pulling a trailer and the other pullin...
2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
While driving my family home on a hot 90+ degree day. My 2016 Chevy Colorado suddenly has a power loss engine died and i went from 75 to parked in less than 30 seconds. Luckily I was able to pull off the freeway to the median. We were almost hit by two vehicles pulling a trailer and the other pullin...
2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO — STEERING
Driving down the road and had Stabiltrak disable and power steering go out, causing great difficulty to maintain control of steering the vehicle. My teenage son’s first vehicle and he was driving with myself and younger son as passengers. This could have been a very horrible situation. Apparent...
2026 CHEVROLET COLORADO — EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Front passenger headlight assembly is defective with less than 200 miles on vehicle. The defect is allowing excessive condensation in assembly and fogging up headlight brightness and assuming will eventually cause bulbs to prematurely burn out. This in my opinion is a safety concern and issue . Also...
2020 CHEVROLET COLORADO — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:CRANK/CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR
The contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed the vehicle with camshaft position sensor failure. The contact was informed that the c...
2024 CHEVROLET COLORADO — POWER TRAIN
When coming to a stop the vehicle slams into 1st gear raising the RPMs and pushing the vehicle forward even when the brakes are being applied. No warning lights no other malfunction or symptoms. Has occurred this I first purchased the vehicle new in January of 2025. Has almost caused collisions. Nev...
2023 CHEVROLET COLORADO — FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Smell gas the night before. Today, March-20-2026, after driving car for few miles, it came to a complete stop on high way I-95. Large amount of fuel was leaking from fuel hose attached to fuel tank. Vehicle was unsafe to drive.Vehicle was towed to car shop. Damaged part will be determined after fuel...
2016 CHEVROLET COLORADO — STEERING
My 2016 Colorado is experiencing the same loss of power steering issue that the 2015 models have which was recalled. The 2016 models need to be included. It started 2 years ago and will randomly cut in and out. I was unaware of the recall when it first occurred and I took it to the dealer and aft...
2025 CHEVROLET COLORADO — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
The upper radiator hose on some huge percentage of these trucks fail (mine has failed at just over 5k miles). You can check the Colorado Chevy forum, youtube, etc., et al, and find plenty of instances where this has failed. As this is the cooling system, it can cause the engine to overheat and poten...

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