2017 Chevrolet Colorado

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING 60 MPH AND THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER AND STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND SLOWLY DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED AND INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LARIA CHEVROLET - BUICK INC. (112 E OHIO AVE, RITTMAN, OH 44270) TO BE DIAGNOSED HOWEVER, A CAUSE WAS STILL PENDING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF MY VEHICLE SUCCESSFULLY HAD GM BUY BACK THIS TRUCK. THE NOX SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESS HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WHICH CLEARED THE CODES AND ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO APPEAR TO BE IN PROPER WORKING CONDITION. WHEN GM BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK FROM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, GM WENT THROUGH AND SUPPOSEDLY "FIXED THE ISSUE" AND BRANDED THE TITLE AS A MANUFACTURER BUYBACK AND PUT THE VEHICLE BACK ON THE MARKET TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE KNOWING ALL OF THIS AND TRUSTING THAT IF GM SAID THEY FIXED THE ISSUE, THEY HAD REALLY FIXED IT. NOW I AM A YEAR INTO OWNERSHIP AND THIS VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS SAME EXACT THING THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD AN ISSUE WITH HAS SURFACED. THE VEHICLE SPEED IS LIMITED WHEN THIS OCCURS MAKING THE VEHICLE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE ROADS. THE VEHICLE IS ALWAYS IN MOTION WHEN WHEN THIS OCCURS AND USUALLY ON AN INTERSTATE FAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP.

I GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WHILE AND ENGINE GOES INTO REDUCED POWER MODE. YOU CAN'T DRIVE IN REDUCED POWER MODE! I HAVE TO CLEAR IT TO MOVE THE TRUCK. I DID A SCAN WHICH SHOWED A P2138 CODE. BUT ITS JUST IN MEMORY AND THE DEALER WONT FIX IT UNLESS ITS AN ACTIVE CODE BUT CAN'T DRIVE TO THE DEALER IN REDUCED POWER MODE. ITS A CATCH 22

UPON ENTERING MY VEHICLE, I NOTICED A COMPUTER MODULE HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH AND WAS RESTING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, IT APPEARS THIS MODULE WAS HELD IN PLACE BY TWO SIDED TAPE WHICH FAILED TO SECURE THE UNIT. THE WIRES ATTACHED TO THE UNIT WERE LONG ENOUGH TO BLOCK ACCESS TO BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL. THEREFORE, IT IS MY CONCERN THAT HAD THIS UNIT FALLEN OUT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, ACCESS TO THE BRAKE AND/OR ACCELERATOR PEDALS COULD HAVE BEEN IMPEDED AND AN ACCIDENT CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITIES COULD HAVE OCCURRED.