2006 Chevrolet Colorado

WE OWNED A 2005 COLORADO THAT HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE LIFTERS WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT ALSO SHIFTED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE HIGH, IN MOST CASES WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE AFTER BEING PARKED OR IDLING IN TRAFFIC. STEERING AND BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP, AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT OUT OF 4WD HIGH WAS TO DRIVE IN REVERSE. AFTER A YEAR LONG BATTLE WITH OUR LOCAL CHEVY DEALER, AND 11 TIMES IN FOR SERVICE, WE TRADED IT IN FOR A 2006 MODEL. TWO WEEKS AFTER WE GOT OUR NEW TRUCK, THE SAME THING WITH THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE HAPPENED WHILE IN LINE AT THE BANK DRIVE-UP ON A SATURDAY MORNING. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS I GOT HOME AND WAS TOLD TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE TRUCK IN TO BE LOOKED AT. UPSET, I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD TAKEN OUR LAST TRUCK IN COUNTLESS TIMES FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM COULD NEVER BE "DUPLICATED". WE DID TAKE IT IN AND THEY REPLACED SOME COMPUTER PART OR CHIP BUT IT HAS DONE IT AGAIN SINCE THEN. THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY SERIOUS IF WE WERE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED LET ALONE ON A HIGHWAY. CHEVY NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. WE NEED TO MAKE THEM ADDRESS IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED AND EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED TO A LOWER GEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

WHILE ADJUSTING THE AIR CONDITIONER VENT THIS SUMMER, I INADVERTENTLY LIGHTLY TOUCHED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW BUTTON ENGAGING MY 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO INTO LOW 4 WHEEL DRIVE. ALTHOUGH THE LIGHT ON THE BUTTON CAME ON (WHICH IS NOT EASY TO SEE), NO BELL LIKE SEATBELT, DOOR OPEN, KEY IN IGNITION,ETC, CAME ON, AND WHEN I WENT AROUND A CORNER TO PARK, THE TRUCKS FRONT END LOCKED UP. I WAS TOLD THAT WILL HAPPEN IN ALL TRUCKS WHICH ARE IN CAB 4 WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THIS BUTTON CAN EASILY BE PUNCHED BY ANYTHING THAT COMES NEAR THE VENT, OR A PACKAGE THAT BUMPS IT, AND THERE IS NO SIGNAL TO OPERATOR THAT SOMETHING VERY SIGNIFICANT WHICH CAN CAUSE FRONT END TO LOCK UP AS WHEEL ARE TRYING TO TURN TOGETHER (AS DEALER TOLD ME). I FIND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS THIS MAY HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY TO A FAMILY WHO SWERVES TO MISS A COLLISION ONLY TO FIND THE 4 WHEEL HAS BEEN UNKNOWINGLY ENGAGED AND THE STEERING IS RENDERED USELESS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND I WAS TOLD THAT IS HOW ALL TRUCKS IN ALL MAKES AND MODELS ARE, AND IF I DID NOT LIKE IT, "GO AHEAD AND FILE A COMPLAINT, NOTHING WOULD BE DONE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ON SUCH A MASSIVE RECALL BASIS". MAYBE IF SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED THE MANUFACTURERS WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT THIS 4 WHEEL DRIVE CHANGE WHICH CAN OCCUR WITH NO NOTICE TO DRIVER TO A BELL OR SOUND WHICH OPERATOR HAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE, MUCH LIKE A KEY BEING IN IGNITION, OR SEATBELTS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT 4 WHEELERS DIDN'T WANT A BELL RINGING EVERY TIME THEY PUT THEIR TRUCK IN 4 WHEEL WHEN OFF ROAD. I THINK 4 WHEELERS WOULDN'T MIND THE SAME REMINDER AS MENTIONED ABOVE (BELL SOUND) WHEN ENGAGED IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, IF IT MEANS IT WOULD PROTECT MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE FROM POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE VEHICLE HAS GENERAL, SIZE P235R15 TIRES. THE FRONT TIRES WERE EXTREMELY WORN ON THE OUTER EDGES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES ONCE AND ROTATED THEM TWICE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TIRES SHOULD BE ROTATED EVERY 3,000 MILES. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN AND DOT NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,300. THE CONSUMER STATED NISSAN PROTECTOR PART IS A RECOMMENDATION AS PART OF THE REPAIR. UPDATED 11/20/07 *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY COLORADO. STILL PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW WITH ONLY 26,000 MILES ON IT. I BEGAN EXPERIENCING BAD VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AND TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP NERLY TWO WEEKS AGO. THEY SAID THE TIRE TREAD IS WORN AND THE TIRES COULD BLOW AT ANY MINUTE. THE GENERAL AMERI GS60 TIRES ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A 80,000 MILE WARRANTY YET NO ONE IS STANDING BEHIND THIS WARRANTY. NEITHER THE DEALERSHIP OR GENERAL THEMSELVES. HOW DO I GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED? MY TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE... THERE IS NO REASON THESE TWO FRONT TIRES SHOULD BE THE WAY THEY ARE!

TRUCK MISFIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS SINCE AROUND JUNE 2007. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SOME, OFF SOME. JUNE 19 DEALER SAID MISFIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND THEY WERE STUMPED. THEY FIRST GUESSED BAD GASOLINE THEN SAID COMPUTER NEEDED RECONFIGURING. STILL MISFIRING WHEN I LEFT SHOP. ON JULY 19 RETURNED TO DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS A GM PROBLEM THAT GM WAS AWARE OF...POSSIBLY CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND FOR ME TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. ON AUG 18 I TOOK TRUCK BACK TO DEALER AFTER ENGINE QUIT IN A ROLLING TURN IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND SPARK PLUGS AND SAID THEY THOUGHT WATER WAS IN FUEL. DON'T GO BACK TO SAME GAS STATIONS THEY SAID. I HAVEN'T. TRUCK STILL WAS MISFIRING WHEN I LEFT. ON 9-26 I WENT BACK TO DEALER. TRUCK ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DOING 70MPH DOWN BUSY INTERSTATE. MADE IT TO SIDE OF ROAD, RESTARTED AND CONTINUED ON MY WAY. DEALER SAID IT WAS COMPUTER LOOSING COMMUNICATIONS INTERNALLY AND HAD CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS. LEFT DEALER AND TRUCK STILL MISFIRING. DROVE IT FOR A DAY OR TWO AND WHEN FRIEND WHO WENT TO LUNCH WITH ME WONDERED IF WE WERE GOING TO MAKE IT BACK FROM LUNCH I DECIDED TO CALL DEALER. CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM AND THAT GM IS WORKING ON IT. GROAN! TRUCK IS ALMOST OUT OF WARRANTY AND I AM WONDERING WHEN NEXT TIME ENGINE WILL QUIT RUNNING AND UNDER WHAT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THANKS....ROGER DOWDY *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT HE RECEIVED ONLY ONE KEYLESS ENTRY FOB FOR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. HE PLANNED ON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE KEYLESS ENTRY DOOR. THERE HAD BEEN NO FAILURE TO DATE. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 25,000. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THERE IS NO WAY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND THERE IS NO KEYHOLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FOR ENTRY. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR