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2015 Chevrolet Colorado
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
More warning signs than most Colorado years
Owner complaints for the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado are substantially higher than the model-year median of 84.
About this comparison →How this year compares
Owner complaints by model year
Compare all Colorado years →Counts vary with age, sales and reporting. They are not failure rates.
What owners reported most
All reported categories
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
690–25K
9025–50K
7850–75K
5575–100K
35100–150K
17150K+
344 reports with mileage · 147 unknown
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Steering. Review the 358 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Electronic Stability Control (esc). Review the 56 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Electrical System. Review the 53 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
17 crash reports4 fire reports7 injury reports
What owners actually said
491 reportsWHILE DRIVING MY 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO ON THE 2 FWY IN GLENDALE CA WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. A WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH READING POWER STEERING SERVICE REQUIRED DRIVE SAFELY. ALSO A TRACTION CONTROL WARNING. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF TH…
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WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO ON THE 2 FWY IN GLENDALE CA WHEN THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO STEER. A WARNING APPEARED ON THE DASH READING POWER STEERING SERVICE REQUIRED DRIVE SAFELY. ALSO A TRACTION CONTROL WARNING. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THE ERROR CLEARED BUT CAME BACK WITHIN 2 MINUTES. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AUTONATION CHEVY IN VALENCIA AND THEY READ AN ERROR CODE OF A POOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITHIN THE TORQUE-SENSOR HARNESS CONNECTOR. THEY RECOMMENDED FLASHING THE COMPUTER WITH LATEST FIRMWARE. THEY DID THIS FOR A $200 FEE. AND WITHIN 1 DAY IT DID THE SAME ERROR CONDITION AGAIN. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS EXACT CONDITION FOR 2015 CHEVY COLORADO'S. MY DEALER SAIDS THERE IS NO OPEN RECALLS THEY CAN SEE BUT BELOW IS WHAT IVE FOUND. RECALL BULLETIN 15595A.THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER FOR THIS RECALL IS 16V054. I BROUGHT THIS TO MY DEALERS ATTENTION TO NO AVAIL.
POWER STEERING LOCKS UP, MESSEGE OF POWEER STEERING ASSIST COMES UP ON DASBOATD
THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO ACTUALLY GET INTO GEAR. WHEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE ABLE TO REPLICA THE PROBLEM. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO BE REPAIRED WITH GM THEY REPORTED THE ISSUE AS NORMAL AND TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS WARMED UP PRIOR TO DRIVE. …
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THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO ACTUALLY GET INTO GEAR. WHEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE ABLE TO REPLICA THE PROBLEM. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO BE REPAIRED WITH GM THEY REPORTED THE ISSUE AS NORMAL AND TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS WARMED UP PRIOR TO DRIVE. ALTHOUGH IT STILL SLIPPING ON A TRUCK UNDER 40K MILES. THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX THE ISSUE AS SAYING IT IS A NORMAL ISSUE IN THIS AND MANY OTHER MOTORS. I NEVER HAD A VEHICLE SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND TAKE 2 TO 3 SECONDS REVVING UP AND THEN POPPING INTO GEAR. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR SOMEONE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY RO FREEWAY.
LOST POWER STEERING, WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AFTER THE ISSUE, COULD NOT STEER THE VEHICLE, LUCKILY IT HAPPENED IN THE DRIVEWAY, VERY DANGEROUS IF IT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD WARNING LIGHTS FOR POWER STEERING SERVICE (DRIVE CAREFULLY) AND STABILITY CONTROLL WARNING
LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. WARNING LIGHT AND ALARM CAME ON DASH. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND BACK ON AND HAD STEERING BACK. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS WAS IN FEB. 2019. DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL DEC. 2019 AND HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME IT WOULD LOSE POWER STEERING AND I TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND POWER RETU…
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LOST POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING. WARNING LIGHT AND ALARM CAME ON DASH. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND BACK ON AND HAD STEERING BACK. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS WAS IN FEB. 2019. DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL DEC. 2019 AND HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. EACH TIME IT WOULD LOSE POWER STEERING AND I TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND POWER RETURNED. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO STEER BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER WITHOUT POWER. LAST TIME I LOST IT ON THE INTERSTATE AND IT WAS SO DANGEROUS. GM PUT OUT A RECALL ON POWER STEERING ON 2015 CHEV COLORADO(BUT NOT ON OURS FOR WHAT REASON?) RECALL # 15595. I HAVE THE EXACT PROBLEM ON MY 2015 CHEVY COLORADO!
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AN AUDIBLE WARNING CAME ON ALONG WITH A SERVICE POWER STEERING AND A SERVICE STABILITRACK MESSAGE. ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND THE TRUCK BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. POWER STEERING RETURNED AFTER A POWER CYCLE OF THE CAR. HOWEVER THE SAME F…
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WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AN AUDIBLE WARNING CAME ON ALONG WITH A SERVICE POWER STEERING AND A SERVICE STABILITRACK MESSAGE. ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST AND THE TRUCK BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. POWER STEERING RETURNED AFTER A POWER CYCLE OF THE CAR. HOWEVER THE SAME FAILURE HAPPENED DURING MY NEXT TRIP, AGAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED ON A STRAIGHT SECTION OF FREEWAY BOTH TIMES AS THE TRUCK IS PRACTICALLY UNCONTROLLABLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. A REVIEW OF THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET REVEALS THAT A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, IT STARTS WITH VEHICLES MANUFACTURED IN JANUARY 2016, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED ONE MONTH BEFORE THE RECALL EFFECTIVE PERIOD.
IN THE LAST WEEK MY POWER STEERING HAS FAILED 4 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION EACH TIME. ONE TIME I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY. , TWICE ON CITY STREETS AND THE LAST TIME ON MY HOME STREET. THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 68,000 MILES. IF I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAIT A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON I HAVE POWER STEERI…
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IN THE LAST WEEK MY POWER STEERING HAS FAILED 4 TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN MOTION EACH TIME. ONE TIME I WAS ON THE EXPRESSWAY. , TWICE ON CITY STREETS AND THE LAST TIME ON MY HOME STREET. THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 68,000 MILES. IF I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAIT A MINUTE OR TWO AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON I HAVE POWER STEERING CONTROL BACK.
POWER STEERING TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING OR EVEN WHEN STATIONARY. STABILITY TRACK LIGHT ALSO COMES ON. RESETS WHEN TURNING MOTOR OFF AND ON AGAIN. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM SINCE MAY 2019 - BOUGHT AS USED VEHICLE.
GOING ABOUT 20-30 MILES AN HOUR. I RECIEVED A WARNING MESSAGE TO CHECK MY POWER STEERING. I HAD LOST ALL POWER STEERING, BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN MY TRUCK OFF AND BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS GOOD.
Official recalls
721V213000 · Steering:electric Power Assist System
Mar 25, 2021
General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles. The power steering assist may be lost due to a poor electrical connection within the steering gear assembly.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A loss of power steering, particularly at lower speeds increases the risk of a crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace steering gear torque sensor cover assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 6, 2021. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, and GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is N202325410.
17V621000 · Air Bags:frontal
Oct 5, 2017
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2016 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado, and 2016 Chevrolet Volt vehicles. The driver's frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in a crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began November 8, 2017. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17387.
16V054000 · Steering:electric Power Assist System
Feb 1, 2016
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured January 6, 2015, to March 17, 2015, and 2015 GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 6, 2015, to March 19, 2015. A poor electrical connection within the steering gear connector may cause a loss of power steering assist.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A loss or reduction in power steering assist may increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the steering gear torque sensor cover assembly, free of charge. The recall began March 1, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15595.
15V278000 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:foundation Components:disc:caliper
May 12, 2015
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado, and GMC Canyon trucks manufactured January 6, 2014, to December 24, 2014. The affected vehicles may experience the front brake calipers leaking brake fluid. This is due to air pockets, an imperfection in the metal caliper body.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the vehicle experiences a brake fluid leak it can increase the stopping distance, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the front-brake calipers if necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 9, 2015. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet), or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 14888.
15V267000 · Seats
May 8, 2015
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks manufactured January 6, 2014, to April 1, 2015. In the affected vehicles, the hooks that secure the driver's and/or front passenger's seat frame may not have been properly attached to the vehicle body during assembly. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 207, "Seating Systems."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the seat-frame attachment hooks are not secured properly, the seat may not be adequately anchored to the vehicle, and in the event of a crash, the seat occupant could be at an increased risk of an injury.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seats, correcting their installation as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on June 2, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or GMC customer service 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15150.
15V157000 · Air Bags:frontal:driver Side:inflator Module
Mar 18, 2015
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured September 15, 2014, to January 21, 2015, and 2015 GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured October 3, 2014, to December 9, 2014. The affected vehicles have a front driver air bag inflator that may be misaligned to the air bag module backplate. This can cause the inflator to separate from the backplate during a deployment.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the inflator separates from the back plate in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, this may cause the air bag or steering wheel components to separate and be propelled into the interior compartment, potentially seriously injuring the driver or other occupants. Additionally, the air bag may fail to properly inflate, increasing the risk of injury to the driver.
Remedy: GM has notified owners, and dealers will inspect the driver air bag module inflator for proper alignment, replacing the air bag, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began March 19, 2015. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 15037.
14V645000 · Air Bags
Oct 9, 2014
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 6, 2014, to October 1, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the driver air bag connections may have been wired incorrectly. This could reverse the deployment sequence and disrupt the deployment timing of the driver air bag. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the driver air bag does not deploy as designed, there is an increased risk of driver injury in the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment.
Remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the inflatable restraint sensing and diagnostic module (SDM), free of charge. The recall began on October 6, 2014. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020 (Chevrolet) or 1-800-462-8782 (GMC). GM's number for this recall is 14690.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
1RQ19001 · Loss Of Power Steering Assist
Opened May 9, 2019 · Closed May 28, 2021
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Steering:electric Power Assist System
In May 2019 the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Recall Query (RQ19-001) to assess the scope of General Motors (GM) recall 16V-054. ODI had received 50 complaints with allegations of loss of electric power steering assist while the vehicle was in motion. These complaints were for vehicles outside the scope of recall 16V-054 yet exhibited the same symptoms.ODI?s review focused on specific build months outside the recall scope that had a high electric power steering failure rate and failures that were the same or similar to those addressed by the remedy associated with recall 16V-054. ODI?s review of data supplied by GM confirmed a high failure rate for vehicles outside of the recall scope.On March 25, 2021, GM filed a defect information report recalling select 2015 Chevrolet Colorado/GMC Canyon vehicles to remedy a potential loss of power steering assist while driving. The recall (21V-213) includes vehicles that were not addressed by recall 16V-054 and also prompted this recall query.In view of the recall, ODI is closing this recall query. Despite closing this investigation, NHTSA reserves the right to take additional action if warranted by future circumstances.The ODI complaints cited above can be viewed at www.nhtsa.gov under the following ODI identification numbers in a separate attachment. ?