2004 Chevrolet Colorado

AXLE/DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE. ENGAGING REVERSE, VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD WITH POWER AND THEN JUMPS IN REVERSE AS IF TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING OR MISSING REVERSE GEAR. VEHICLE STRAINS TO SWITCH GEARS TO REVERSE WHEN VEHICLE IS AT A COMPLETE STOP. CSTMER INVOICE: AT TIME VEHICLE LUNGES AND JUMPS IN REVERSE. REPROGRAMMED PCM WITH UPDATE. START VEHICLE IDLE 5 MINUTES OR MORE, ENGAGING D GEAR, ENGAGE A/C OPERATION AND THEN ACCELERATING IN 80-95 DEGREE F ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS, VEHICLE WILL LOOSE TORQUE, RPMS REDLINE WHILE APPLING NORMAL ACCELRATOR PEDAL PRESSURE. VEHICLE STALLS BUT NEVER DIES, COASTED TO NEARBY PARKING LOT AND CALLED DEALERSHIP FOR A WRECKER, TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. DEALER CUSTOMER INVOICE: AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN. OPERATING AS DESIGNED. NO CODES. *NM

ODI 10150645, ODI 10150645: 3RD RECURRING PROBLEM. CUSTOMER INVOICE: DRIVERS WINDOW INOPERATIVE, SCREWS BACKED OUT OF WINDOW MOTOR CAUSING IT TO BIND R & R WINDOW MOTOR AND REINSTALLED BOLTS. NOISE GONE AFTER REPAIRS. UPON ENGAGE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL, FAILURE TO OPERATE VISIBLE TURN INDICATION. DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT ALSO INOPERABLE, BULB NOT WORKING. CUSTOMER INVOICE: DRIVER SIDE DAYTIME RUN LIGHT INOPERATIVE. LF TURN SIGNAL BULB BURNT OUT. REPLACED BULB UPON ENGAGING BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKES EXHIBIT HIGH FREQUENCY SQUEAKING, MORE ON LEFT THAN RIGHT. EXTREME TIRE WEAR IS APPARENT ON THE INSIDES OF BOTH FRONT TIRES. CUSTOMER INVOICE: BRAKES NOISY AT STOPS ALL THE TIME. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE HAS A LOT OF MUD UNDERNEATH. ENGAGING 4WD HIGH, VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN 4WD. CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE IN CONDITION UNTIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT OPENED FOR THE WEEK. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE BECAME OPERATIONAL INTERMITTENTLY. CUSTOMER INVOICE: AXLE/DIFFERENTIAL, VEHICLE STUCK IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ONCE. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN AT THIS TIME. NO CODES & WORKING AS DESIGNED. ENGAGING A/C & HEATING OPERATION THE AC DIMINISHES BLOWER POWER AND BEGINS BLOWING SMOKE-LIKE COOLANT FROM DASH VENTS. DASHBOARD CONDENSATES EXTENSIVELY. CONDENSATION MUST BE WIPED DRY TO DETER INTERIOR DAMAGE. AFTER RUNNING A/C AT MAXIMUM POWER FOR 20 MINUTES OR LONGER, OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS DISCONTINUE UNTIL VEHICLE IS STARTED 'COLD'. CUSTOMER INVOICE: A/C CUTS OFF AND BLOWS SMOKE OUT OF VENTS ALL THE TIME. WHILE DRIVING. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN. CHECKED PRESSURES. ALL OK, WORKING AS DESIGNED. *NM

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO, MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVER-DRIVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, BUT NO MESSAGE WAS SHOWN ON THE MESSAGE CENTER. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALER. AFTER TALKING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A "SMALL RECALL" FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM (WHICH FROM WHAT THEY TOLD ME, INVOLVES SOME GASKETS AND PINS OF SOME TYPE). MY TRUCK IS BEING REPAIRED AT NO COST. BUT IN CHECKING YOUR RECALL LIST, I FOUND NO COLORADO. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WITH THIS TYPE OF DRIVE TRAIN SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF? OR IS THIS SUCH A MINOR ISSUE, THAT A MAJOR NOTIFICATION IS NOT WARRANTED? *JB

I BOUGHT A 2004 COLORADO IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR,ON DEC. 31ST 2004 I HAD TO REPLACE THE TWO FRONT TIRES AT MY EXPENSE. THEY HAD WORN FROM THE INSIDE OUT THE TIRES HAD 23,000 +MILES ON THEM. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOT ANYTHING WRONG. IN MARCH 2005 I HAD TO BRING IT IN FOR THE SAME THING WITH LESS MILES ON THOSE TIRES 17,000 MILES AND THEY STILL INSIST THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. I SOON WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THESE TIRES BEFORE WINTER. THE DEALER TELLS ME TIRES NEED TO BE ROTATED MORE OFTEN. I'VE OWNED OTHER S-10 MODELS WITH OVER 250,000 AND HAVEN'T HAD THE PROBLEMS I'VE HAD WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEMS. I DID HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM DOOR WIRING, REPLACEMENT OF O2 SENSOR,FRONT AXLE SEAL DRIVER SIDE REPLACE,HEADLIGHTS,FOG LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS ALL HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST 20,000 MILES. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATED VEHICLE CAME OFF OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE MISALIGNED. SHE HAD TO REPLACE ONE TIRE AT HER EXPENSE. THE FIRST TIRE TO BLOW OUT WAS THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE ON 6-11-05 WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, GOING UPHILL. THE SECOND TIME TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. SHE SAID THE CAR FELT AS IF IT WAS FLOATING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE GARAGE AND THEY TOLD HER THE CAR CAME OFF OF THE ASSEMBLY LINE MISALIGNED. THEY REPLACED ANOTHER TIRE AT THEIR EXPENSE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THEY WOULD REIMBURSE HER FOR THE FIRST TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED HER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. SHE IS STILL WAS CONCERNED WITH SAFETY. THEY TOLD HER THEY MAY HAVE TO REPLACE THE OTHER TWO TIRES AT THE DEALERSHIP'S EXPENSE. ALSO ON 6-6-05 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED VALVE SPRINGS, PER BULLETIN. THE FRONT AXLE SEALS AND FRONT SHOCKS WERE DEFECTIVE, AND THEY REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR SHOCKS. THIS SERVICE WAS PERFORMED ON 6-23 AND 6-24-05. ON 6-29-05 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. SHE SAYS THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS FLOATING. SHE TOOK IT BACK IN 7-7-05 AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE A BRACKET FOR THE SQUEALING BELT. ON 7-13-05 SHE TOOK IT FOR A SIX MILE ROUND TRIP AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK SMELLED LIKE IT WAS BURNING. SHE TOOK IT BACK ON 7-14-05. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT WITH THE GM ENGINEERS. *AK

TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR TIRE ROTATION AND CHECK ALIGNMENT ON 3/12/2005. MAINTENANCE IS CURRENT. TURNS OUT BOTH FRONT TIRES (GENERAL TIRE 235-75R15) WERE WORN DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS ON THE INSIDE EDGES ONLY, WITH THE STEEL BELTS ACTUALLY STICKING OUT IN THERE. I DO NO OFF-ROAD DRIVING- ONLY TO AND FROM WORK 2 MILES DAILY ON THE HIGHWAY AND AN OCCASIONAL TRIP ON THE HIGHWAY TO FORT COLLINS (260 MILES ROUND TRIP ONCE PER MONTH) - AND THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE 15,000 MILES ON THEM. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THESE DIDN'T BLOW ON US ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THERE IS A LEFT FRONT AXLE SEAL LEAK. TOOK THE TRUCK INTO DEALER ON MARCH 18 FOR REPAIR, BUT DEALER DID NOT PREORDER PARTS, SO I MUST RETURN THIS WEEK. I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE TIRES REPLACED IN SPITE OF THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DARE WAIT. I ALSO HAD AN ALIGNMENT. (MY FIRST ALIGNMENT CHECK SHOWED NO PROBLEMS IN OCTOBER.) THE TIRE THING REALLY DISTURBS ME BECAUSE, IN 36 YEARS OF DRIVING BOTH NEW AND USED CARS AND TRUCKS, I'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. I'VE NEVER HAD AN AXLE SEAL LEAK IN A REASONABLY NEW VEHICLE EITHER.*AK

AFTER PUTTING THE TRUCK IN PARK YET STILL LEAVING ON I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD BECAUSE IT WAS STILL ENGAGED IN REVERSE. THE GEAR INDICATION SHOWED IT WAS PARK BUT THE TRANSMITION WAS IN REVERSE. IN ORDER TO START THE TRUCK IT HAD TO BE SWICH INTO NETURAL FIRST. THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SHIFT CABLE ASSEMBLY STATING IT WAS BINDING UP TO FIX PROBLEM.*AK