2005 Chevrolet Colorado

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES. WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK THE AIRBAG LIGHT TYPICALLY WILL TURN AND BLINK. THIS WA SAN INDICATION OF THE AIRBAG SYSTEM TESTING ITSELF TO DETERMINE THAT THE SENSORS WERE WORKING PROPERLY. HOWEVER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. IF YOU READ THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE COLORADO, IT STATED THAT IF THIS OCCURRED THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIR. ALSO, THE MANUAL STATED CAUTION AND WAS FOLLOWED WITH NOTIFICATIONS WHICH STATED THAT THE AIRBAG SENSOR SYSTEM MAY NOT BE OPERATING PROPERLY AND THE AIRBAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IF A CRASH OCCURRED OR THAT THE AIRBAGS MAY DEPLOY AT ANY TIME WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP IN MARCH 2007,WHERE THEY CHARGED ME OVER $1,200, AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. AFTER REPEATED PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DELEARSHIP SERVICE CENTER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICES THE DEALER FINALLY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AT NO EXPENSE TO ME. THIS WAS GREAT, EXCEPT THESE DISPUTES OVER THE COSTS TOOK OVER 2 WEEKS WITH THE TRUCK IN THE SHOP, AND PROBLEM CAME BACK JULY 11,2007. IT SEEMED THAT THIS WAS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET COLORADOS, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING THIS TYPE OF PART FAILURE COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND DEADLY IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY AT A ANY TIME, PERHAPS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. IT SEEMED THAT COLORADO'S HAD MANY ELECTRICAL ISSUES WHICH NEEDED TO BE INVESTIGATED, AND GM SHOULD TAKE A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO IDENTIIFYING THESE PROBLEMS WHICH WERE DANGEROUS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS AND CORRECTING THEM. IT WA SVERY HARD TO FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE DRIVING A CHEVROLET WHEN THE AIRBAG COULD DEPLOY AT ANY TIME BECAUSE OF A FAULTY AIRBAG ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.*AK

FRONT ROTORS HAS GOUGES AT APPROIMATELY . 28000 MILES. DEALER TURNED ROTORS. WHY WERE THE ROTORS GETTING GOUGED? TURNING THEM DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ONE TIME REAR BRAKES LOCKED. DEALER FIXED THEM. REAR BRAKES RUBB ED ALL TIMES WHEN STOPPING. DEALER TURNED THE DRUMS. ON 6/28/07 REAR BRAKES LOCKE D AGAIN. DEALER STATED VECHICLE IN 4H, MAY BE A SWITCH, TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN THEY WILL REPLACE. ALL THIS TOOK PLACE IN APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PERIOD. AS OF YET PROBLEM WA SNOT CORRECTED. NOTE: OWNER DID NOT PUT VEHICLE IN 4H.*AK

I HAD BEEN NOTICING MILD VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND MILD PULL DURING BRAKING. I ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED I HAD SEVERE INSIDE EDGE TIRE WEAR AFTER ONLY 30,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND A TSB RELATING TO THE TIRE WEAR. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALER, WHO REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES AND ADJUSTED THE "Z" HEIGHT OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION. 5,000 MILES LATER, I AGAIN FOUND SEVERE INSIDE EDGE WEAR ON MY FRONT TIRES, WHICH THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMED WAS DUE TO A MISALIGNMENT WHICH THEY ADJUSTED. RECENT INSPECTION OF MY TIRES AGAIN SHOWED CONTINUED, SEVERE, INSIDE TIRE WEAR, AT 46000 MILES. OBVIOUSLY, THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT ACTED STRONGLY ENOUGH TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HAD I NOT ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED THE TIRE WEAR WHEN I DID, I MIGHT OF HAD A FRONT END BLOWOUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS

AS MY 2005 COLORADO REACHED APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO START AND DIDN'T RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD AND RELATED COMPONENTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3500 TO $4000. LIKE MANY OTHERS, I HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE . AND EVEN WORSE, IT SEEMED THAT IT MAY BE A RECURRING PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT ALTHOUGH GM HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE ADVISORY AND THEY WERE VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM CHEVROLET WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL OR TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN IT OCCURRED. *AK

UPON DELIVERY OF MY VEHICLE, WHEN I GOT HOME I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO KEYHOLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY TRUCK. I DO NOT HAVE KEYLESS ENTRY. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS (E.G., A POSSIBLE ASSAILANT NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR), NOT TO MENTION HAVING TO WAIT UNTIL THE PERSON WHO PARKED SIX INCHES OFF MY DRIVER DOOR MOVED, BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET IN THE PASSENGER SIDE. WHAT REALLY IRKS ME, THOUGH (ALONG WITH THE NY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE), IS THE FACT THAT GM SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY TRUCK, A 2005 CHEVY COLORADO, ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THEIR BROCHURE, RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF 2006, WITH A KEYHOLE IN THE PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE. WHEN I CONTACTED THEM, THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR MID-YEAR EQUIPMENT CHANGES THAT DIFFER FROM THE BROCHURE. HOWEVER, I FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO 2005 MODELS PRODUCED WITH PASSENGER SIDE KEYHOLES. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE SAYS THAT IS MISREPRESENTATION. I HAVE NOT YET PURSUED THAT AVENUE. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION. *JB

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, WHEN SERVICED I FOUND THAT IT WAS THE CYLINDER HEAD THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE CHEVY DEALER SAID THAT IT IS A KNOWN AND COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2005 5 CYLINDER COLORADO. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME SAYING THAT EVER 15000 MILES THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD, AND ONE GUY EXPLAINED CHANGING IT FOR THE 3RD TIME WITHIN THE 2 YEARS THAT HE HAS OWNED HIS COLORADO. *JB

PURCHASED NEW 2005 COLORADO LSCREW4X4 IN NOVEMBER 2005. I HAVE NOTICED LATELY THAT WHEN BACKING UP OR DRIVING FORWARD AT AN ANGLE OVER A CURB OR ON A SLIGHT GRADE HEARD A KNOCKING/POPPING SOUND FROM THE REAR AXLE. IF YOU TAKE THE SIDE OF THE BED AND FORCE IT SIDE TO SIDE YOU CAN HEAR THIS KNOCKING/POPPING SOUN SEVERLY. I CALLED COMMUNITY CHEROVELT IN BURBANK, AND WAS TOLD BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT THIS WAS NORMAL SOUND. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE THAT THIS SEVERE OF A SOUND IS NORMAL. I CALLED ANOTHER DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN TO CHECK IT. I HAVE YET TO DO THIS.*AK

2005 COLORADO PICKUP W/ SPORT SUSPENSION (ZQ8) ERRATIC RIDE HEIGHT IN REAR OF VEHICLE CAUSES REAR AXLE MISALIGNMENT. IN THE REAR, ONE SIDE OF VEHICLE SITS CLOSER TO THE GROUND THAN THE OPPOSITE SIDE CAUSING REAR AXLE TO PROTRUDE FROM WHEEL WELL ON HIGHER SIDE OF VEHICLE, THIS CAUSES WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS (A DOG/CRAB WALKING CONDITION) WHERE REAR AXLE STEERS/LEADS VEHICLE , I.E. LEFT REAR RIDE HEIGHT IS LOWER THAN RIGHT REAR RIDE HEIGHT AND AXLE IS SHIFTED SO AS RIGHT REAR WHEEL PROTRUDES FROM WHEEL WELL OF VEHICLE CAUSING DOG/CRAB WALKING CONDITION-FRONT WHEELS ARE NOT FOLLOWED IN LINE BY REAR WHEELS T. IT APPEARS A SIMPLE CORRECTION OF THE RIDE HEIGHT BY REPLACEMENT OF REAR SPRINGS/SHOCKS MAY CORRECT THE PROBLEM, ADJUSTING REAR OF VEHICLE TO LEVEL RIDE HEIGHT IS REQUIRED FOR PROPER WHEEL ALIGNMENT. DOG WALKING CONDITION IS NOT CAUSED BY CROOKED BED ALIGNMENT AS PER DEALER/TECHNICIAN. DOG WALKING CONDITION CAUSES PROPERTY DAMAGE TO WHEEL WHEN TURNING INTO CURVE WITH REAR LEADING SIDE OF VEHICLE NEAR CURB AND CAN CAUSE PEDESTRIAN INJURY IF DOG WALKING VEHICLE JUMPS CURB DUE TO THE DOG TRACKING CONDITION DURING TURNING. *JB