2004 Chevrolet Colorado

I BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW IN 2004. IT HAS NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS OR RUST. THE ISSUE IS THAT ABOUT 5-6 INCHES OF THE FRAME IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR SPRING SHACKLE HAS BEEN RUSTED AWAY AND THE SHACKLE HAS BEEN PUSHED UP TOWARD THE BED. THE ABS FAULT LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON PERIODICALLY BECAUSE OF THE SHIFTING OF THE REAR AXLE. CHEVROLET SAID THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS TOO OLD AND TOO MANY MILES. ONLY 10 YEARS OLD AND LESS THAN 100,000 MILES. IT HAS BEEN GARAGED AND I DON'T SEE WHY THERE IS SO MUCH RUST ON THE FRAME. I HAVE HAD TRUCKS WITH WAY MORE MILES AND A DECADE OLDER WITH LESS RUST THAN THIS ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHEVROLET STAND BEHIND THIS VEHICLE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. I CAN'T DRIVE IT SAFELY ANYMORE. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TRUCK AND I WOULD HATE TO LOSE IT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE CHEVROLET DO SOMETHING? I WOULD CERTAINLY HOPE SO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WELD BECAME FRACTURED AND SEPARATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 182,000. MA 10/25/15

I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND I LET THE CLUTCH OUT A LITTLE TOO FAST WHICH STALLED THE ENGINE. I WENT TO RESTART AND ENGINE JUST CRANED OVER AND OVER WOULD NOT START. THAT IS WHERE I ALMOST GOT HIT. HAD TO PUSH TRK THRU INTERSECTION .I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH IT NOT RESTARTING FOR A FEW YEARS NOW.I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. IT HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY WHEN I GO TO START IT DOES NOT START. IT JUST CRANKS OVER.THE BOOK SAYS ITS AN ANTI-THEFT SWITCH.I HAVE TO WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING.I HAVE SEEN ON CHEVY COLORADO TRK SITES THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. *TR

SOME TIMES, THE CAR WILL NOT START IF THE IGNITION KEY LOCK LIGHT BLINKS. I HAVE TO WAIT TEN MINUTES SO THAT IT STARTS I HAVE TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT IT HAS A FAULTY IGNITION HOUSING, OF COURSE THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME A LOT TO FIX IT. I BELIEVE IS A FACTORY DEFECT. MY TRUCK HAS A SALVAGE TITLE, SO THE WARRANTY ON IT WAS VOIDED. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER CHEVY COLORADO TRUCKS WITH SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WITH THE REVELATION OF THE GM IGNITION RECALL PROBLEM, THERE ARE MUCH MORE IGNITION PROBLEMS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE PASSLOCK OR PASSKEY SENSOR. MY PROBLEM STARTED SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS A $1000.00 REPAIR. I CAN NOT AFFORD $1000. SO I HAVE LIVED WITH IT. BECAUSE OF THE MISALIGNMENT IT CAUSES THE IGNITION TO THINK THAT THE VEHICLE IS STOLEN AND DISABLES THE FUEL INJECTORS, IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED QUITE A FEW TIMES ALONG THE ROAD WAITING FOR THE COMPUTER TO MANUALLY RESET AFTER 10 MINUTES, IT HAS ALSO COST ME SEVERAL TOWING BILLS UNTIL I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND OUT HOW WIDESPREAD THIS ISSUE IS. IF THE MISALIGNMENT IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN WHAT WILL IT AFFECT AS THE PROBLEM WORSENS. THIS ISSUE IS NOT COVERED BY THE CURRENT RECALL BUT DESERVES INVESTIGATING . [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE BROKEN WIRE IN THE EXTENDED CAB FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED TWICE. IT INVOLVES THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR ASSEMBLY. 8 YEARS AGO MY DAUGHTER USED PUT HER BACK PACK ON THE PASSENGER FLOOR WHERE IT REPEATEDLY MADE IMPACTED THE CONNECTION TO THE BLOWER MOTOR RELAY ASSEMBLY. THIS EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE PIN AND SOCKET ON THE ORANGE WIRE TO SEPARATE TO THE POINT WHERE IT ARCED AND BURNT. I FOUND AND REPAIRED THE SOCKET WHEN THE HEATER WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH. ON THE 16TH OF DEC 2013, A PASSENGER SIZE 12 SHOES ACCIDENTALLY, AND UNWITTINGLY KICKED THE SAME SPOT AND CAUSED THE SAME FAULT. I REPAIRED THE SOCKET AGAIN. MY COMPLAINT IS THE RESISTOR CONNECTION IS IN A SPOT TO EASILY SERVICE, BUT IT IS IN A VULNERABLE SPOT FOR ACCIDENTAL CONTACT. I BELIEVE IT NEEDS A ROBUST PROTECTIVE COVER, EITHER METAL OR PLASTIC. FOR PEOPLE THAT CANNOT REPAIR THEIR OWN VEHICLES, THIS SITUATION COULD COST THEM A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS. MY OTHER ELECTRICAL FAULT IS THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW MOTOR. IT QUIT WORKING COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I WAS ABLE TO TAKE IT APART AND CLEAN THE BRUSHES. IT WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL IT STOPPED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. I REPLACED THE MOTOR BECAUSE I COULD NOT FIND BRUSHES TO REPLACE. I AM CONVINCED THAT THE BRUSHES FAILED BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE BRITTLE FROM SLAMMING THE DOORS TOO HARD BY THE PASSENGERS. THE DOORS ARE LIGHT AND IT IS COMMON FOR THEM TO SLAMMED. THE BRUSHES OR THE MOTOR NEED TO BE MORE ROBUST. *TR

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

THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. THE POWER WINDOW ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WOULD NOT OPERATE FROM THE DRIVERS DOOR MASTER SWITCH PANEL.THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR STOPPED WORKING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT REMAINS ON, THE INOPERATIVE POWER REAR WINDOW CONTINUES TO BE OPERATIONAL BUT ONLY FROM THE REAR DOOR SWITCH AND CONTINUES TO BE NON RESPONSIVE TO THE DRIVERS DOOR MASTER PANEL. THE ALL THE POWER WINDOWS CEASED TO FUNCTION AND I FOUND A BLOWN FUSE WHICH WHEN REPLACED ALLOWED THE THREE WORKING WINDOWS TO RESUME OPERATION. I HAD A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TROUBLESHOOT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WITH A COMPUTER PROGRAM. HE TOLD ME THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WOULD NOT RESET DUE TO A FAULT WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIRBAG LOCATED IN THE "A" PILLAR. AS THERE ARE ALREADY RECALLS ON GM PICKUP TRUCK DRIVER SIDE MASTER WINDOW,MIRROR SWITCH AND THESE ABOVE STATED FAILURES THE RISK OF SAFETY MAY HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND A RECALL EXPANDED. *TR