2019 Chevrolet Colorado

OIL FILTER ADAPTER INSERT GM PART NUMBER 12696079. BECOMES UNATTACHED FROM OIL FILTER HOUSING IF NOT EXTREMELY CAREFUL DURING A OIL CHANGE SERVICE. RESULTING IN TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. MINE WAS DISLODGED DURING A OIL CHANGE. BUT I CAUGHT THE NO OIL PRESSURE WARMING IMMEDIATELY. OTHERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE NOT BEEN A LUCKY. SEE GM TECH BULLETIN 19-NA-006 OR GM TECH LINK.COM

I CAME UP TO A TWO LANE CITY STREET, FOUR WAY STOP INTERSECTION AND STOPPED. I TURNED MY STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT (IN ORDER TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN) AND STEPPED ON THE GAS. THE VEHICLE TURNED TO THE LEFT, OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION, INSTEAD OF RIGHT. THE STEERING STAYED LOCKED TO THE LEFT AND WOULD NOT TURN IN IN EITHER DIRECTION. I HAD JUST CAME OFF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. HAD THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. THE DEALER SAID, THERE WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE IN THE STEERING MOTOR. I UNDERSTAND THAT PARTS CAN FAIL, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO FAIL SAFE MODE, IS DISCONCERTING. I LOST ALL CONTROL OF MY STEERING. I HATE TO THINK OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WAS AT SPEED INSTEAD OF STOPPED.

2019 CHEVY COLORADO WITH 13125 MILES DRIVING ST RT 45 LISBON OHIO 40 - 45 MPH UP SLIGHT GRADE, NOTICED / SMELLED SMOKE IN CONSOLE AREA BETWEEN SEATS, TRIED TO DO MINOR ACCELERATION TO GET OVER SLIGHT GRADE AND THE ENGINE DIED. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT TO STOP AND NO BRAKES NO POWER STEERING ,TRIED EMERGENCY BRAKE STILL DID NOT STOP. SPLIT DECISION TO EITHER CRASH INTO CONCRETE BARRIER OR GET BACK ONTO HIGHWAY. LIGHT TRAFFIC SO MUSCLED TRUCK BACK ON HIGHWAY AND BUMPED CURB TO TRY AND SLOW VEHICLE. FINALLY SLOWED ENOUGH TO TRY EMERGENCY BRAKE AGAIN AND IT WORKED TO STOP TRUCK. PUT TRUCK IN PARK AND EXITED VEHICLE, WITH FLAMED SHOOTING OUT DRIVER SIDE UNDERNEATH BETWEEN DRIVER DOOR AND PASSENGER DOOR. RUNNING BOARD HOT ENOUGH TO BURN MY JEANS AS I EXITED. VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER TRIED TO PUT OUT FIRE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER AS DID HIGHWAY PATROL. FLAMES STILL ACTIVE. VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN HAD FIRE PUT OUT. NO WARNING CHIMES, NO FLASHING LIGHTS, NOTHING TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. INSURANCE COMPANY HAD INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR LOOK AT VEHICLE, HE/SHE BELIEVES IS A GENERAL MOTORS ISSUE AND HAS CONTACTED THEM TO ALSO INVESTIGATE CAUSE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION HAS A DELAYED DOWNSHIFT, CAUSING THE TRUCK JUMP FORWARD DURING A STOP. WHEN COMING TO A STOP, IT FEELS LIKE THE TRUCK IS BEING HIT FROM BEHIND, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING A LOUD MECHANICAL NOISE. SOMETIMES IT HITS SO HARD, IT WILL CAUSE THE TRUCK TO BE THROWN PAST MY DRIVEWAY, WHILE PREPARING TO TURN INTO THE DRIVEWAY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE FACTORY TRANSMISSION FLUID BE REPLACED WITH A THICKER FLUID, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THAT DONE. ALTHOUGH IT FIXED THE PREVIOUS ISSUE OF VIBRATION, CAUSED FROM THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHING BACK AND FOURTH BETWEEN GEARS RAPIDLY, BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE HARD AND DELAYED DOWNSHIFT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FROM THE MOMENT I PULLED IT OFF THE LOT, WITH ONLY 4 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE TRUCK WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP, IN WHICH THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

BOUGHT 6 MONTHS AGO 7000 MILES. WHEN DRIVING FELT LIKE I DRIVING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS, I TOOK IF TO THE DEALER AND THEY CLAIM THAT WAS NORMAL. THEY CHANGED THE FLUID AND SAID DRIVE IT FOR 500 MILES. NOW I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN BECAUSE EVERY TIME I START IT AND THERE IS A BANG IN THE TRANSMISSION, THEY WANTED ME TO LEAVE IT AND REFUSED TO GIVE ME A LOANER VEHICLE. THEY TOLD ME DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOU HAVE A 5 YEAR WARRANTY ON YOU DRIVE TRAIN. TOLD THEM ME AND MY WIFE WERE GOING ON VACATION AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE. I AM VERY DISGUSTED WITH THIS PURCHASE I MADE. WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER, OPENED THE HOOD AND LET THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A WHILE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE ARCADIA CHEVROLET BUICK LOCATED AT (210 S BREVARD AVE, ARCADIA, FL 34266) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000.