2015 Chevrolet Colorado Power Train

Power steering issue, internal torque sensor faulting, stabilitrak error, ABS error

Sluggish or chattering, shaking transmission, at slow speeds.

The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle lost power steering functionality and the vehicle was difficulty to steer. The contact was able to safely drive the vehicle to the residence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with power steering unit failure. The contact was informed that the power steering unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that in 2016 the vehicle was repaired under an unknown recall for the power steering unit however, the failure occurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 96,000.

Transmision in this vehicle is the worst,and could be dangerous for novice drivers.I've read plaged problems with these vehicles and transmissions after I purchased it.Transmision jerky,shutters.You go to take off and it switches in to low gears too soon and causes the vehicle to vibrate.Sometimes slips between 4th and 5th gear.Also when giving a little bit of throttle sometimes vehicle acts like your flooring it,in rainy or icy weather can cause back wheels to spin causing fish tailing.Had it happen couple times.I've read torque converter problems,and some under a campaign have been replaced.This vehicle has low mileage for a 2015 (83,000)

Transmission begins to buck at low speeds. It’s as if transmission does not know what gear to be placed in. Would have to give it gas from keeping it from shaking the hole car

Transmission slippage, shudder at low rates and high rates of speed.

The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle would not shift correctly. The contact stated that there was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and was awaiting a response. The failure mileage was approximately 51,400.

The contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission would intermittently hesitate upon the depression of the accelerator pedal without warning. The contact had taken the vehicle to a dealer and was informed that there were no defects with the vehicle and that the hesitation was normal vehicle operation. The manufacturer had also been notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 15.

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 AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH IN TURN CRASHED INTO OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED ON THE SAME ROAD. THE POLICE WAS ALERTED BY ONLOOKERS, WHO THOUGHT THE CONTACT WAS DRUNK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURY THAT REQUIRED A MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED, NOT TOTALED AND WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000. *BF CONSUMER STATES THAT HE THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. HE STATES THAT HE TRIED TO TAKE VEHICLE OUT OF GEAR AND TO TURN OFF POWER DURING AND AFTER THE ACCIDENT BUT HE WAS UNABLE. POWER WAS DISABLED BY THE PERSON THAT TRANSPORTED VEHICLE TO REPAIR CENTER. *DL

TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY, HUNTS FOR GEARS AND WONT DOWNSHIFT UNDER ACCELERATION

THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO ACTUALLY GET INTO GEAR. WHEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE ABLE TO REPLICA THE PROBLEM. WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO BE REPAIRED WITH GM THEY REPORTED THE ISSUE AS NORMAL AND TO MAKE SURE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS WARMED UP PRIOR TO DRIVE. ALTHOUGH IT STILL SLIPPING ON A TRUCK UNDER 40K MILES. THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX THE ISSUE AS SAYING IT IS A NORMAL ISSUE IN THIS AND MANY OTHER MOTORS. I NEVER HAD A VEHICLE SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND TAKE 2 TO 3 SECONDS REVVING UP AND THEN POPPING INTO GEAR. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS IT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR SOMEONE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY RO FREEWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD NOT ROTATE COMPLETELY TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF NOR COULD THE KEY BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DRIVER HAD TO JIGGLE OR REPOSITION THE SHIFT LEVER IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (H & H CHEVROLET, 730 E. KING ST., SHIPPENSBURG, PA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL LEVER KNOB WAS NOT FULLY SEATED DURING MANUFACTURING OF THE VEHICLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000.

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED OCTOBER 31, 2016 AS A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WITH 17,900 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. FROM DAY ONE, THE TRANSMISSION (AUTOMATIC V6) HAS SHIFTED POORLY. IT IS SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATION AND REQUIRES PUSHING THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR TO GET IT TO UPSHIFT. AND WHEN IT FINALLY DOES, IT SKIPS A GEAR AND RAISES THE RPMS TO OVER 4,000. WHEN COASTING DOWN IN INCLINE, THE TANSMISSION WILL ARBITRARILY DOWNSHIFT ITSELF AND WILL OCCASIONALLY SKIP A GEAR, AGAIN CAUSING EXCESSIVE RPMS. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR GM HAS A REMEDY FOR THIS PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH THE DEALER HAS ADMITTED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED COLORADOS. IT APPEARS TO HAVE ALL THE CLASSIC SIGNS OF A BAD DESIGN! HOPEFULLY, GM WILL OFFER A FIX TO THE PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. DURING THE FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE NO FAILURE CODES WERE GENERATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. CHEVROLET ASSIGNED AN INVESTIGATOR TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE COULD BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE RECURRENCE OF THE FAILURE CAUSED HER EXTREME NECK PAIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000. ....UPDATED 06/23/ 17 *BF *AS

MY 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO Z71 4X4 HAS A SERIOUS, VIOLENT VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR GOING ON 40 DAYS. THE TRUCK HAD APPROXIMATELY 24-25000 MILES ON IT AND WHILE ON VACATION IN TEXAS WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK ON INTERSTATE 10 WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 80 MPH THE TRUCK BEGAN SHAKING AND VIBRATING VIOLENTLY. THE TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE SEPTEMBER 08, THEY HAVE REPLACED THE UPPER RIGHT CONTROL ARM, ROAD FORCE BALANCED THE TIRES TWP TIMES, ALIGNMENT TWO TIMES, REPLACED THE TIRES, REPLACED THE TIRES AND WHEELS WITH SOME FROM A 2017 COLORADO, REBUILT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL, NOW THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A NEW FACTORY DIFFERENTIAL, AND THE TRUCK STILL HAS A SERIOUS, VIOLENT VIBRATION THAT MAKES THE ENTIRE TRUCK SHAKE. IT FEELS LIKE THE TRUCK IS GOING TO COME APART. UPON SPEAKING WITH GM IN DETROIT, THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE ELEVATED MY CONCERN TO THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, WHEREAS THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH GM ENGINEERS TO FIX THE TRUCK. THE MECHANICS WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT ARE CONCERNED WITH THE VIBRATION AS WELL. GM CANNOT TELL ME WHEN OR IF THEY CAN FIX THIS TRUCK OR, WHAT IS TRULY WRONG WITH IT. I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE BUILDERS OF THE TRUCK CANNOT FIX IT. MAYBE A RECALL IS NECESSARY TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS GM TRUCK SHAKES AND VIBRATES SO BADLY.

WHEN DRIVING MY 2015 COLORADO Z71 4X4 WITH THE V6, IN CITY TRAFFIC, YOU TRY TO SPEED UP SLIGHTLY SO YOU DEPRESS THE THROTTLE AND THE TRUCK DOESN'T GO ANY FASTER, THEN THE TRUCK WILL DOWNSHIFT TWO GEARS, LURCH FORWARD AT HIGH RPM'S NEARLY STRIKING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. THE ENGINE ALSO SPARK KNOCKS WHEN UP SHIFTING IN ALL GEARS. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD, GM ENGINEERS WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WORKING ON IT, IT APPEARS THEY FIXED IT WITH THE 2017 COLORADO AS THEY PUT A DIFFERENT ENGINE AND 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION IN THE NEW TRUCKS. IF THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL POWER PLANT AND TRANSMISSION WHY WOULD THEY CHANGE ESPECIALLY SINCE THE NEW ENGINE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER MILEAGE. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 75 MPH THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTS ON IT'S OWN, THE RPM'S GO ALMOST TO REDLINE AND IF SOMEONES IN BACK OF YOU, YOU ALMOST GET REAR ENDED. GM SAYS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS LEARNING, REALLY AT 17000 MILES ITS STILL LEARNING. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFT PATTERN AND TIMING WITH THE ENGINE ON THIS TRUCK. THE SPARK KNOCK AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW.

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.

WHEN STOPPED OR MAINTAINING A LOW SPEED (E.G. IN TRAFFIC) WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS SLIGHTLY PRESSED THE TRUCK WILL HESITATE AND HAVE A SLIGHT JERKING MOTION. WILL NEED TO ALMOST FULL PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO GET THE TRUCK MOVING. BROUGHT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS JUST FOR THEM TO SAY THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND THAT HESITATION & JERKING IS 'NORMAL'. THE 'NORMAL' DIAGNOSIS DROVE ME TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THIS ISSUE AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, YEAR ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I HAVE NOTICED THIS ISSUE SINCE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BACK IN AUGUST 2015.

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.

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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE FUNCTIONED AS INTENDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

TRUCK TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWN SHIFT WHEN SLOWING DOWN AT TIMES OR WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. RETURNED TO DEALER TWICE AND SECOND TIME THEY DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE BUT STILL DOING SAME PROBLEM. DEALER SAY'S TRUCK NORMAL. WAITING FOR AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY ALSO NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY AT TIMES WHEN PASSING OTHER VEHICLES.

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS IN THE WRONG GEAR, BECAUSE WHEN YOU NEED A FAST ACCELERATION, THE CAR BUCKS AND ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO STALL. IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT GEAR AND THEREFORE IT TAKES TIME TO REACT. I HAVE BEEN ON A FEW CLOSE CALLS, ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS BUCKING AND DELAY ON REACTING WHEN YOU NEED TO GET THE POWER FROM THE ENGINE.

LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM ROUTINELY AND REPEATEDLY OCCURS ON BOTH STREET AND HIGHWAY DRIVING. AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL STUMBLE AND HESITATE. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WON'T READILY ACCELERATE, THE GAS PEDDLE IS DEPRESSED FURTHER AND THEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT TOO MANY GEARS AND EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION AND ENGINE RPM FOLLOWS. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION, WHICH COULD PLACE THE VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS INTO AN UNSAFE TRAFFIC SITUATION AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE ACCIDENT AND/OR INJURY. THE DEALER SERVICE WRITER WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND RESPONDED THAT "THE TRANSMISSION WAS SEEKING THE BEST GEAR TO MAXIMIZE GASOLINE MILEAGE PERFORMANCE", WHICH REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE IN THIS SITUATION.