Chevrolet Colorado Transmission Problems
460 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 18 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2017. Best year: 2025.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
. I WAS AT THE CARWASH VACUUMING THE TRUCK WHILE IN DRIVE WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO PUT THE HOSE UP, I REACHED IN TO REMOVE MY KEYS OUT OF THE IGNITION, AND THE TRUCK ROLLED BACKWARDS, I RAN TO THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE DOOR...
The contact's husband owns a 2025 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that after exiting a car wash tunnel and parking the vehicle on the side of the car wash building, the vehicle continued to roll forward at a high speed without war...
The contact stated the company they work for owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission would slip intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed the trans...
8 Speed transmission slipped as I was going around a corner causing my 2017 Colorado stop suddenly causing the cars behind my to swerve to avoid me. Then the excellerator linkage or something caused the engine to rev out of control when...
Vehicle suddenly loses power steering without warning. The power steering module is connected to the CAN bus which errors everything else on the same network so stabilitrack, traction control, ABS, etc goes out all at the same time. O...
The contact's partner owned a 2022 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that upon placing the vehicle into park, he went into a store while his partner remained in the vehicle with the engine running. The vehicle began to roll back as ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING UP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LURED FORWARD BY ITSELF, HIT THE CURB ...
THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM WILL NOT LET THE TRUCK START HAS LEFT ME STRANDED MANY TIMES. HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING ON 1, 2, & 3 SETTINGS. BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR AND PLUG WERE BURNT, STARTED A MINOR FIRE COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. WHEN I...
VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT APPROXIMATELY 20MPH AND UPPON DECELERATION THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND ALL FOUR TIRES LOCKED UP AND HAVING NO CONTROL OVER MOVEMENT OF THE TRUCK. NO ERROR CODES FOUND AND DEALERSHIP STATES IT WAS A FAULTY TRANSFER CAS...
THE TRANSMISSION (6SPD AUTOMATIC W/V6 ENGINE) OF THIS VEHICLE IS KNOWN TO HAVE ISSUES THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU IF YOU AREN'T ALREADY AWARE OF THEM. THE ISSUE AFFECTING SAFETY THE MOST, IS THE OCCASIONAL ENGINE ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING T...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CHANGED GEARS AND ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO TWO PARKED VEHICLES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLI...
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 ...