2006 Chevrolet Colorado

DRIVING HOME ON DATE INDICATED... SLOWING DOWN FOR TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED... THE CAR BEHIND ME MOVED UP TO THE SIDE TO INFORM ME THAT HE ALMOST HIT ME DUE TO MY BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. PULLED OVER TO CONFIRM TO FIND THAT NONE OF MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE WORKING WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. GOT HOME SAFELY, LOCATED THE RECALL INFORMATION ON SAFERCAR.GOV AND FOUND 3 RECALLS REGARDING THE TYPE OF VEHICLE WE HAVE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OF 10/5/09. THE DEALER STATED THERE IS NO SUCH RECALL AND STATED WE WOULD NEED TO FIX IT. CALL CHEVROLET AT THE NUMBER LISTED ON THE RECALL SUMMARY 800-630-2438 TO BE TOLD THAT ITS NOT THEIR ISSUE, TOLD ME THAT IT IS VIN # SPECIFIC. ASKED TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER TO DISCUSS, A SUPERVISOR CAME ON THE LINE WITH NO RESOLUTION. SHE DID OFFER ASSISTANCE, BUT WOULD NOT DEFINE THE ASSISTANCE CHEVROLET WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. *TR

PROBLEM STARTED WITH BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT TOP BRAKE LIGHT BULB SOCKETS MELTING FROM HEAT. THEN I REPLACED BOTH BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES TO THE TUNE OF $198.00. NOW WHEN I APPLY BRAKES IT BLOWS THE BRAKE LIGHT FUSE AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN SO THE POSSIBILITY OF ME BEING HIT FROM BEHIND AT ANY TIME IS VERY REAL. WHEN I PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT TAIL LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES FROM THE LOCAL DEALER I ASKED IF HE KNEW OF ANY PROBLEMS OR RECALLS ON MY MODEL OF VEHICLE HE SAID NO. *TR

I OWN A 2006 CHEVY COLORADO I HAD THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH REPLACE DUE TO RECALL ON MARCH 2006 THREE YEARS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN THE BRAKE SWITCH WENT OUT. CHEVY CORP SAID SINCE THE REPAIR/RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP TO GET IT LOOK AT AGAIN AND THE SAME PART THAT FAILED WAS GOING TO BE AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. I DON'T THINK I OR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECTIVE PART. THIS POSES A SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT CAUSED ME TO LOOSE MY BRAKE LIGHTS AND ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED FOUR TIMES. THIS POSES A VERY HIGH DANGER BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW WHEN YOU LOOSE YOUR BRAKE LIGHTS THERE IS NO INDICATIONS OR MESSAGES FROM THE DASH BOARD THAT YOUR LIGHTS ARE OUT. THIS IS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN HOPEFULLY THERE ARE NO DEATHS INVOLVED. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

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

TRUCK WILL GO INTO REDUCED POWER MODE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT DOES THIS IT WILL CHIME A FEW TIMES AND THEN DROP THE SPEED YOU ARE DRIVING AT TO WHATEVER IT WANTS USUALLY IT'S 40 TO 20 MPH, YOU CANNOT GO ANY FASTER, AND THERE IS NO WARNING TO THIS AT ALL, AND NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN IT WILL DO THIS. BUT IT HAS ALWAYS DONE IT WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND LUCKILY NO ONE HIT ME THAT WAS BEHIND ME. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK INTO A DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES, THE FIRST TWO TIMES WAS TO MILLS IN RICHWOOD, WHICH THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH THE TRUCK AS THE ENGINE WASN'T THROWING A CODE, AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD SENSOR BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE SO THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY. THE THIRD AND FOURTH TIME I TOOK IT TO ROBY'S. THE THIRD TIME THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND SAID THAT WAS IT, THE FOURTH TIME THEY CALLED GMC AND SAID MY ENGINE NEEDED A NEW CODE IN IT. TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT THE REDUCED POWER LIGHT COMES ON AND I ALMOST GET KILLED ON THE FREEWAY. I THEN TOOK IT TO CHESROWN AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR IN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PROBLEM REALLY IS AND I'M SCARED TO DEATH I'M GOING TO GET KILLED BECAUSE MY TRUCK DOES THIS ALL THE TIME WITHOUT WARNING AND THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AS BEFORE IT WOULD BE ALMOST HALF A YEAR TO A FEW MONTHS BETWEEN PROBLEMS, NOW IT'S GETTING TO BE EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN MAY 2006 AND I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE FOR FEAR THAT THE REDUCE POWER IS GOING TO KICK IN AND SOMEONE WILL BE BEHIND ME WHEN IT HAPPENS AND HIT ME AND KILL ME. *TR

THE BACK LIGHTING OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL JUST FAILED. NO INTERMITTENT FAILURE, ONE SECOND IT WAS WORKING THE NEXT IT DID NOT. ALL INSTRUMENTS WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL APPEAR TO STILL BE WORKING, BUT YOU CANNOT READ THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT NIGHT, WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE SPEED. THE DEALER CHECKED IT OUT AND DETERMINED THAT THIS FAILURE WAS COMMON IN THIS MODEL, AND THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL ($$$) HAS TO BE REPLACED (YOU CAN'T JUST REPLACE LIGHT BULBS). THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THE DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO WHICH I BOUGHT NEW IN NOVEMBER 2006. THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 2006. I WAS REAR ENDED CAUSING $1,500.00 OF DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER ASSEMBLY AND THE BUMPER WAS PUSHED INTO THE PAINTED AREA UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT. THE COLLISION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH BEING BURNED UP, NOT ALLOWING CONTACTS TO ENGAGE BRAKE LAMPS. I HAVE NOTIFIED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE OF THIS ISSUE AND THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING. I HAD TO PURCHASE A REPLACEMENT SWITCH AND HAVE IT INSTALLED AT MY COST. I AM SEEKING FOR CHEVROLET TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE AS THE PERSON'S INSURANCE COMPANY SAID THIS WOULD BE CONSIDERED A FAULT OF THE VEHICLE AND WOULD NOT PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. *TR