2006 Chevrolet Colorado Electrical System

rear brake lights flash or sometimes don't come on while pressing the brake pedal. while driving at night dash cluster goes black cant see speedometer, or anything on instrument cluster.

THIS CAR HAS AN INHERANT PROBLEM WITH IT IGNITION SAFTY MODULE.KNOW AS PASS LOCK SECURITY. THIS KEEP MY CAR FROM STARTING. IT AN ISSUE THAT 100,000 AND MORE HAVE SUFFERED. IT COULD HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING ANYTIME MAKING IT LETHAL TO PASSENGERS IN THE CAR. IT IS FIXABLE BUT ONLY AT THE DEALER FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS

PASS LOCK SECURITY SYSTEM.WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE PASS LOCK SECURITY SYSTEM SHUT MY VEHICLE DOWN LATE AT NIGHT AROUND 11PM.I WAS STRANDED THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START BECAUSE THE LOCK WAS SHOWING ON THE DASH GAUGES.I RECENTLY HAD MAJOR OPEN HEART SURGERY AND I AM 62 YEARS OLD.I WAS STUCK ALL NIGHT LONG OUT IN THE COUNTRY HERE IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND THIS IS BEAR COUNTRY HERE.I HAD TO WALK ABOUT 8 MILES THE NEXT MORNING AS THERE ARENT MANY PEOPLE DRIVING OUT HERE THAT TIME OF DAY.I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE OUT THERE IN THE WOODS.I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.I DONT CARRY ALL MY HEART MEDECINE WITH ME AS I THOUGHT I WOULD BE GONE FROM HOME MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO AT THE MOST.THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE STARTED FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS BECAUSE OF THIS SECURITY SYSTEM.IT COST ME A FORTUNE TO HAVE IT TOWED THE NEXT DAY $250 AND HAVE HAD 3 CHEVY MECHANICS WITH THEIR DIAGNOSTIC MACHINES TELL ME NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE EXCEPT PASS LOCK SYSTEM AND IT COULD NOT BE RESET BY THEM,AT A COST OF $125 EACH.NOW THE DEALER SAYS TOW IT TO THEM AND THEY WILL PUT THEIR COMPUTER ON IT TO FOR $125 BUT WONT GUARANTEE THEY CAN RESET IT EITHER.I WILL NEVER BUY A NOTHER CHEVY PRODUCT EVER AGAIN OR ANY VEHICLE WITH THIS TYPE OF SECURITY SYSTEM ON IT.I JUST THANK GOD I WAS ALRIGHT AFTER ALL THIS CRAP HAPPENED TO ME.

TRUCK ELECTRICAL CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. INSTRUMENT PANEL AND RADIO. VEHICLE ENGINE AND HEADLIGHTS KEEP RUNNING

PASSLOCK TRUCK WILLNOT START ONLY SITTING FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES ,HAD IT REPLACED ONCE 12/27/2013 NOW ITS DOING IT AGAIN I NEED THIS TRUCK BECAUSE MY WIFE IS VERRY SICK BUT I CANT DEPEND ON IT IT HAS UNDER 34,000 MILES ON IT.

POWER WINDOWS LOSS POWER, INCLUDING DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOWS. WIRING PROBLEM EXISTS. KEN DIXON, THE DEALER IN WALDORF, MD REPAIRED PROBLEM ON JANUARY 21, 2013 AT A COST OF $300 UNDER SO # 243247. BUT THE SAME PROBLEM REOCCURRED IN EARLY FEB 2016 AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WITHOUT COSTS TO THE CUSTOMER. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. THE PROBLEM MIRRORS RECALL OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL UNDER NHTSA'S CAMPAIGN #14V404.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START UNTIL AFTER WAITING TEN MINUTES. THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FAULTY PASS LOCK CYLINDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED INTO THE ON POSITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE AN IGNITING NOISE BUT WOULD NOT START. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

SOME TIMES THE TRUCK WILL NOT START FOR TEN MIN. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK 3 TIMES STOP RUNNING AND HAD TO COAST OFF THE ROAD. IT RESTARTED AFTER SITTING WITHOUT REPAIR. *TR

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE ENGINE TURNS OVER HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. AFTER FIFTEEN TO TWENTY MINUTES THE VEHICLE STARTS. TODAY MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS AT A FRIENDS HOUSE SOME DISTANCE AWAY AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC AND HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM SURPRISED THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH BY CHEVROLET. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IF ANY OPTIONS I HAVE OTHER THAN TO TAKE MY VEHICLE BACK TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND HAVE THEM INSTALL AND RE-PROGRAM THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO THE NEW IGNITION SYSTEM WHICH BY THE WAY PER ALL OF THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND ON THE INTERNET IS DEFINITELY DEFECTIVE. I AM ALSO WONDERING IF THIS IS THE PRELUDE TO THE CURRENT IGNITION PROBLEM THE G.M REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THAT UNFORTUNATELY ENDED IN CAUSING NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND TRULY UNFORTUNATE DEATHS WHICH ALL WERE UNCALLED FOR. I HAVE RESEARCHED MY VEHICLE ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND NO RECALL OTHER THAN THAT OF A CHILD CAR SEAT ISSUE WHICH DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE AS I HAVE TWO FOLD DOWN SEATS IN THE XTRA CAB. *TR

DRIVING ON US 441 ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE PASS LOCK LIGHT CAME ON. HAD TO STEER OFF OF ROAD WITH NO POWER. RESTARTED AFTER STOPPED AND HAPPENED AGAIN COMING BACK UP MOUNTAIN BUT NO WHERE TO PULL OFF ROAD NEARLY HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. DEALER SAYS THIS IS A SECURITY SYSTEM TIED TO THE IGNITION SWITCH AND FUEL WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED BUT SHOULDN'T SHUT OFF FUEL WHILE DRIVING. ADMITTED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY EXPERIENCE THOUGH. IF THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM FAILS TO WORK AS DESIGNED AND SHUTS OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. SHOULD BE A RECALL TO REPLACE THE SECURITY SYSTEM WITH A SYSTEM THAT WORKS AS DESIGNED. *TR

TRUCK WILL JUST SHUT OFF AND NOT CRANK. PASSLOCK MODULE WILL NOT LET IT CRANK. AROUND EVERY 100 CRANKS IT WILL SHUT ENGINE OFF AND NOT LET IT CRANK. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCK AND CHEVROLET COMPANY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS DANGEROUS IT HAS EVEN SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE THEM FIX THIS ON THESE TRUCKS. *TR

HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK'S PASS LOCK/ANTI-THEFT SWITCH. THE TRUCK WILL NOT START AND IT TAKES TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE TRUCK RESTARTS. I HAD ONLY ABOUT 22,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK WHEN THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED. THIS ISSUE CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM. THE TRUCK ON HAS 26,000 MILES. THIS PROBLEM COULD EASILY BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE IF TRUCK SHUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE A RECALL TO HAPPEN? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE A/C BLOWER MOTOR STOP RUNNING ON SPEED SELECTIONS 1,2 AND 3. AFTER A FEW SECONDS IT STARTS RUNNING. ON SPEED SELECTION4 IT RUNS OK. I WAS TOLD THE RHEOSTAT IS FAULTY. *TR

THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM HAS BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START ALMOST TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK. NOT ONLY DOES THIS COME AT THE MOST UN-OPPORTUNE TIME BUT NOW HAPPENS MORE OFTEN WHEN I HAVE LESS THAN A HALF TANK OF GAS. WHEN I PUT GAS IN, THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AS MUCH. AFTER 10 MINUTES OR MORE TO WAIT FOR THE SYSTEM TO RESET. SOMETIMES THE LOCK LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER I START THE CAR. MY MECHANIC HAS HAD THE TRUCK IN 4 TIMES AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND WHAT IS WRONG. AFTER READING THIS POST, I SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD TO WAIT UP TO 30 MINUTES SOMETIMES TO GET THE TRUCK STARTED AGAIN. HIS HAS BECOME MORE OF A PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAVE ANY OTHER MAJOR PROBLEMS AND HAVE OVER 90,000 MILES. SO FAR THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED. BUT IT GETS TO A POINT THAT YOUR AFRAID TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR UPDATED 1/23/2015*JS

ON OCCASION, MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IT APPEARS THAT THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM COMES ON AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO START. LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR TEN MINUTES TENDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 65K MILES AND THIS OCCURS ROUGHLY SIX TIMES A YEAR. WHEN THE DEALER TRIES TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT.

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW, AND FOR TOO MUCH INFORMATION THE VEHICLE IS A PIECE OF JUNK. ABOUT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I UNLOCK MY VEHICLE USING THE REMOTE OPENER. GET IN THE VEHICLE, PUT KEY IN IGNITION, TRY AND START VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL NOT START, THE ENGINE WILL TURN OVER, BUT WILL NOT START. I NOTICED DURING THIS TIME, WILL TRYING TO GET VEHICLE TO START, THAT THE ANTI-THEFT LOCK LIGHT HAS LIT UP ON DASH BOARD. TO NO AVAIL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AT THIS TIME I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, SO I THINK HERE WE GO ANOTHER TRIP TO THE DEALER TO GET PIECE OF JUNK FIXED. AFTER I HITCH A RIDE HOME, I SEARCH THE WEB FOR ANY REASONS VEHICLE WILL NOT START. I FOUND ARTICLES FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO ALSO HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. I LEARNED FROM ONE THAT FOR SOME REASON THE VEHICLE'S ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM THINKS YOU ARE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR OWN VEHICLE. I ALSO LEARNED THAT IF YOU WAIT 10 MINUTES AFTER YOUR FIRST FAILED ATTEMPT AT STARTING VEHICLE THE ANTI-THEFT WOULD RESET ITSELF AND VEHICLE WOULD START. TRY TO START THE VEHICLE THE NEXT MORNING, AND IT STARTS. I THINK OKAY I WILL STOP USING REMOTE AND NOT LOCK VEHICLE, SEE IF THIS STOPS PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT. I GET IN VEHICLE ABOUT 2 DAYS AGO AND AGAIN THE ENGINE WILL TURN OVER, BUT WILL NOT START. THERE IS THE ANTI-THEFT LIGHT LIT UP ON DASH BOARD AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAIT 10 MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE WILL START. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALER AND GM, FROM BOTH I HEAR THERE IS NO SOLUTION. CAN'T BY-PASS THE ANTI-THEFT, AND FOR SERVICE DEPT. TO FIND PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS TO EXPERIENCE SAME PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. SINCE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, A SOLUTION IS UNLIKELY. THERE APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE VEHICLE, BUILT AROUND THE TIME FRAME AS THE PURCHASE OF THE ONE I BOUGHT. GM SHOULD BE MADE TO FIND A SOLUTION. I DO NOT LIKE BEING STRANDED, AND SELLING THE PRODUCT TO SOMEONE ELSE IS NOT AN OPTION. *TR

THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START ON OCCASION, OR IN MY CASE SEVERAL OCCASIONS. NOT ONLY IS IT INCONVENIENT, BUT I ASK, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE STALLED WITH THIS VEHICLE AT STOP LIGHTS OR IN OTHER SITUATIONS? I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THE WEATHER CAN DROP TO -30 (F). 10 MINUTES TO WAIT FOR THE SYSTEM TO RESET CAN HAVE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS. HOW MANY FATALITIES AND INJURIES WILL IT TAKE BEFORE GM AND THE NHTSA ACT? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. OUR TAX DOLLARS BAILED OUT GM, I EXPECT A PRODUCT THAT WILL NOT PUT ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS AN INTERMITTENT CRANK NO START ISSUES, AS I HAVE RESEARCHED THESE VEHICLES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH A SECURITY SYSTEM KNOWN AS PASSLOCK, AS I SEE THERE IS KNOWN ISSUES WITH THIS FAULTY SYSTEM, YOU ATTEMPT TO START IT, BUT IT ONLY WILL CRANK NOT START. THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES AND LET THE SECURITY RE-LEARN CODES BEFORE YOU CAN START THE TRUCK. I THINK G.M. SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THERE KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THIS, AS IT COULD BE DANGEROUS BASED ON A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND IT WONT START. *TR

AS I SEE I AM ONE OF MAY PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE, I AM HAVING ALMOST DAILY PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSLOCK/NO START FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THIS HAPPENED ONE OTHER TIME BACK IN JUNE 2012 BUT HAS NOT DONE SO SINCE. THEN ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, IT STARTED DOING IT DAILY. I ATTEMPT TO START IT (WHETHER IT HAS BEEN SITTING FOR HOURS OR ONLY A FEW MINS), BUT IT ONLY WILL CRANK NOT START. I HAVE TO SIT IN THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 10 MINS WITH THE KEY TURNED TO THE ON POSITION AND THEN IT WILL START. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM, GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO PUT OUT ON RECALL ON THE PASSLOCK/SECURITY AND FIX THESE KNOWN PROBLEMS!! THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN WHERE YOU NEED TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY AND IT WON'T START. *TR

PASS LOCK ANTI THEFT SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGES, PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM RESTARTING FOR A PERIOD OF 10 MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO STALL WHILE OPERATING ON A FREEWAY OR MAJOR HIGHWAY AND CAN NOT BE RESTARTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TURNED THE KEY AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START BUT WHEN HE RELEASED THE KEY, THE VEHICLE STARTED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIANS DID NOT LOCATE A FAILURE WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

VEHICLE AIR BLOWER FAN FOR HEAT/AIR CONDITIONER PERIODICALLY STOPS WORKING ON SETTINGS 1,2,AND 3. FAN CONTINUES TO WORK ON SETTING 4. *TT

06 CHEVY COLORADO VEHICLE FAILS TO START AFTER SHUTOFF. PASSLOCK FAILURE. HAPPENS REGULARLY. STOPPED TO FIX A TIRE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER CHANGING THE TIRE IT WOULD NOT START. 4AM ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HAVING TO WAIT 10 MINS TILL IT REST SO I COULD START IT. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *TR