2015 Chevrolet Colorado

ON 2/9/17, I HAD THE STEERING RECALL WORK PERFORMED. ON MY WAY HOME WHILE MAKING A RIGHT, STEERING COMPLETELY LOCKED. I CROSSED INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE UNTIL THE STEERING FREED UP. I DROVE A FEW MORE DAYS WITHOUT ISSUE BUT I DID NOTICE A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT. THE FOLLOWING WEEK THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WHERE THE STEERING DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND. ON 2/22/17, I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE, BUT THEY DID SECURE A LOOSE FRONT FOG LIGHT TO FIX THE KNOCKING. I PICKED UP THE TRUNK AND INITIALLY DID NOT HEAR ANY MORE KNOCKING; HOWEVER, THE KNOCKING WAS STILL THERE WHEN ON ROUGH SURFACES. I CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE KNOCKING AND SUBTLE ISSUES WHERE THE STEERING DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WHEN CORNING. AROUND MARCH 18TH, I AGAIN STARTED TO EXPERIENCE THE LOCKING. ON MARCH 20TH, IT HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES OR MORE. ON 3/22/17, I WAS BACK AT THE DEALER WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO CODES IN THE SYSTEM AND I SAW NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH. THIS TIME THE PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING: "33967 STEERING ASSIST MOTOR BINDING, HIGH EFFORT 3.20 NO DTC, SCAN DATA NORMAL, CIRCUIT TEST NORMAL, REPLACED STEERING GEAR, PERFORM EPSCM SET UP, PERFORM FRONT END ALIGNMENT. VERIFY REPAIRS". ON 3/23,17, I PICKED UP MY TRUCK AND IT SEEMED AS GOOD AS NEW. EVEN THE KNOCKING WENT AWAY. ON 4/2/17, I EXPERIENCED 2 TIMES BACK TO BACK IN A PARKING LOT WHERE THE STEERING LOCKED AND I CAME CLOSE TO HITTING A PARKED CAR. ON 4/3/17, ON MY WAY TO THE DEALER, IT AGAIN LOCKED. TURNING INTO THE DEALER PARKING LOT, THERE WAS THE SUBTLE HESITATION. THE TECH DROVE IT AND COULD NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN. I THEN WENT WITH THE TECH AND I COULD NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN IN THE 15 MINUTES WE WERE OUT. AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND I FEEL THAT THIS HAS BEEN AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

LEFT REAR TIRE BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HWY 550 AT MILE POST 84 OVER RED MOUNTAIN PASS. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS PASS WITH STEEP DROP OFFS AND NARROW, IF ANY, SHOULDERS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO FIND ROOM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD TO REMOVE THE BLOWN OUT TIRE AND MOUNT THE SPARE. HAD THIS BLOWOUT OCCURRED ON ANOTHER STRETCH OF THE ROAD, DRIVER AND TRUCK WOULD HAVE GONE OVER THE EDGE. ASPHAULT PAVEMENT WAS DRY AND ICE-FREE AT THE TIME. DRIVER JUDGES THE BLOWOUT DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT: PLY AND TREAD SEPARATION. TIRE WAS OEM PROVIDED WITH THE NEW TRUCK, NOT QUITE 2 YEARS OLD, AND OTHERWISE AMPLE TREAD LIFE. DRIVER HAS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TIRE, AND KEEPS THE TIRE IN HIS BARN FOR INSPECTION IF REQUIRED.

POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. MAKES IT VERY HARD TO TURN. VERY DANGEROUS! MINE STARTED WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK BUT NOW I SEE OTHERS HAVE HAD IT GO OUT WHEN THEY ARE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. CALLED THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THE GUY I TALKED TO IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ACTED LIKE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME HE HAD EVER HEARD OF THIS EVEN THOUGH THE SCHEDULER I TALKED TO FIRST TOLD ME OTHERS HAD CALLED WITH THE SAME ISSUE. NOW, THE NEXT DAY, I SEE THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS. HOWEVER, MY TRUCK IS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT BEFORE A CERTAIN DATE. I'M PISSED!

DEALING INFORMED US THAT THERE WAS OIL CONTAMINATION IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER. THIS WAS REPORTED TO GM 1-800-222-1020. IN 5 MONTHS TIME WE HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON THE SAME ITEM. IT WASN'T UNTIL THIS LAST TIME THAT RON TONKIN IN PORTLAND, OREGON CALLED GM AND FOUND THAT BULLETIN 11-00-89-005 DIRECTLY DISCUSSES THE MATTER. BECAUSE THIS DEALS WITH THE BRAKES ON THE VEHICLE, THIS CONCERNS THE SAFETY OF THE INDIVIDUALS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. AFTER BRAKING FORCEFULLY TO AVOID A CRASH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THERE WERE PARTS MISSING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKES AND MISALIGNED PARTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V278000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 13,234. UPDATED 12/20/16*LJ *TR

WHILE STOPPED AND TRYING TO TURN LEFT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A DRIVER WHO DID NOT SEE ME UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE. I SAW HIM IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, HOWEVER, BARRELING DOWN AT ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I HIT THE GAS TO THE FLOOR TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM BUT MY 2015 V6 COLORADO HESITATED FOR A 1/2 SECOND OR 1 SECOND, I DON'T KNOW. IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER. IT THEN KICKED IN AND WE GOT ABOUT 100' BEFORE HE SLAMMED INTO THE RIGHT REAR BUMPER. THE IMPACT DROVE THE COLORADO FORWARD ABOUT 10' AND KILLED THE ENGINE. MY WIFE AND I BOTH HIT THE BACK OF OUR SEATS AND BOUNCED FORWARD AND THE SEAT BELTS CAUGHT US. JUST PRIOR TO THE HIT, I WAS LEANING FORWARD AND THUS BOUNCED HARD AGAINST THE SEAT AND THEN BOUNCED HARD AGAINST THE SEAT BELTS; SEEMINGLY IN A VERY SMALL FRACTION OF A SECOND. IT BEEN A YEAR NOW AND I STILL HAVE WHIPLASH SYMPTOMS. MY WIFE WAS ALREADY LEANING BACK AGAINST HER SEAT AND APPARENTLY DID NOT SUFFER ANY WHIPLASH. THE CAR THAT HIT ME WAS TOTALED BUT THE 80 YEAR OLD OCCUPANT WAS JUST SHAKEN UP. HE LEFT ABOUT 30' OF SKID MARKS AND WAS TRYING TO GET AROUND ME TO THE RIGHT. IF THE COLORADO HAD NOT HESITATED, I AM CONFIDENT HE WOULD MISSED ME. THE HIT WAS SO HARD BECAUSE HE HIT THE THE COLORADO'S TOW BAR WHICH DID NOT BEND MUCH THUS TRANSMITTING MOST OF THE FORCE TO THE REST OF THE VEHICLE. FOR A FRACTION OF A SECOND, ACCELERATION WAS INTENSE. I COMPLAINED TO THE LOCAL GM DEALER BUT THEY TOLD ME THE HESITATION WAS DESIGNED INTO THE VEHICLE AND THEY WOULD NOT "FIX" IT.

COLORADO HAS A GREAT DEAL OF HESITATION AT LOW SPEED WHEN ACCELERATION IS APPLIED. VEHICLE LURCHES, SHRUGS, SPARK KNOCKS, HAS DELAYED THROTTLE RESPONSE....SEEMS TO "CHUG" UNTIL A HEAVY THROTTLE IS APPLIED, THEN THE VEHICLE "JUMPS" TO A GEAR/RPM. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY AND "GET OUT OF THE WAY" OF OTHER TRAFFIC OR JUST CLIMB A SLIGHT INCLINE. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS "NORMAL". THIS MAY BE NORMAL FOR CHEVROLET, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE CONSUMER THAT WANTS A RESPONSIVE THROTTLE WHEN ACCELERATION IS REQUIRED...... THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING ISSUE WITH THE TRUCK SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL 2015.

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN RPM'S FALL TO 1000 DUE TO SLOWING TRAFFIC, TURNING, ETC. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE NORMALLY VEHICLE LUGS AND HESITATES AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IF THROTTLE IS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS SEVERAL GEARS AND ACCELERATES RAPIDLY. THE HIGHER THE LOAD ON THE VEHICLE (IE. A/C OR GOING UPHILL) AND THE HIGHER THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE THE WORSE THE PROBLEM GETS. WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IN ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN AS MUCH AS 4 MPH BEFORE DOWNSHIFTING TO MAINTAIN SET SPEED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO LACK OF ACCELERATION WHEN REQUIRED AND ALSO SUDDEN RAPID ACCELERATION WHEN VEHICLE FINALLY DOES DOWNSHIFT. GENERAL MOTORS ENGINEERING STATES THAT THIS IS DUE TO DESIGN TO INCREASE FUEL MILEAGE AND REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PRESENT SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN APRIL OF 2015.

SIMILAR TO OTHER COMPLAINTS, THE VEHICLE NEARLY STALLS WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION IS IN THE WRONG GEAR AND THE ACCELERATION IS VERY LIMITED UNLESS THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED DOWN FULLY. THIS CAUSES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION PARTICULARLY WHEN TURNING LEFT AT INTERSECTIONS AS THE VEHICLE WILL NEARLY STALL OR MOVE AT A VERY SLOW PACE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE DAY 1.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A NEW/ NEVER TITLED/ DEMO 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO WITH LUXURY OPTION PACKAGE. OPTIONS INCLUDED PROJECTOR-TYPE HEADLIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS SHINE A STRAIGHT HORIZONTAL BEAM OF LIGHT ABOUT 40 INCHES OFF THE ROADWAY. LIGHT BELOW/ DARKNESS ABOVE. THE FIRST TIME I DROVE AT NIGHT I FOUND THE HEADLIGHTS TOTALLY INADEQUATE! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. RETURNED TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR READJUSTMENT WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHICH TALKED TO THE DISTRICT MANAGER. I ASKED FOR THE LIGHTS TO BE REPLACED WITH THE REFLECTOR TYPE HEADLIGHTS WHICH COME ON THE BASE TRUCK. THEY SAID THE PROJECTOR TYPE HEADLIGHTS MEET CHEVROLET SPECS AND NO CHANGE COULD BE MADE. THE DEALER OFFERED TO CHANGE THE HEADLIGHTS FOR ABOUT $1000.00, MY MONEY! I CALLED CHEVROLET CORPORATE AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME ANSWER- THE LIGHTS MEET CHEVROLET SPECS AND THE INQUIRY IS OVER. I AM FILING THIS REPORT AS A SAFETY CONCERN. I CAN NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE SAFELY AFTER DARK. ALL HIGHWAYS ARE NOT FLAT. THE ROADWAY DISAPPEARS DRIVING INTO INCLINES, DRIVING AROUND CORNERS, AND ROADSIDE SIGNAGE IS DIFFICULT TO READ. IT'S A ROLLER COASTER RIDE. DEALER WILL DO NOTHING ON ITS OWN. ALL CHANGES MUST BE MADE THROUGH CHEVROLET PROPER. OTHER OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED BUT FEW CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS AS A COMPLAINT AGAINST PROJECTION-TYPE HEADLIGHTS ON THIS VEHICLE. CHEVROLET COMPLAINT #8-216-9453040.