48 complaints reported

2019 Chevrolet Colorado Power Train

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
48
Crashes
1
Fires
0
Injuries
2

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jul 2020

SHUTTERING/SHAKING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS WHILE IN MOTION SPEEDS FROM 10MPH TO 80MPH. MORE SO IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET. HARSH DOWN SHIFT WHEN COMING TO A STOP.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2020
Jun 2020

THE TRANSMISSION CAUSES THE TRUCK TO SHUTTER WHEN ON A SLIGHT INCLINE OR UNDER SLIGHT PRESSURE/STRAIN. OCCASIONALLY THE TRUCK SHIFT VERY HARD. I'M CONCERNED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WONT LAST AND IT CAUSES A TERRIBLE RIDE. *TR

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2020
May 2020

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

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2019
May 2020

THE 2019 COLORADO Z71 I HAVE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT THE DEALER 8 TIMES SINCE MARCH. THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A CONSISTENT SPEED BETWEEN 40-60 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO SLIPS AND JERKS WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND REACCELERATING. DEALER CONTINUES TO TELL ME THEY CAN NOT RECREATE THE ISSUES. IT HAS BECOME SO THAT I DO NOT FEEL SAFE ALLOWING MY WIFE TO TRAVEL IN THIS VEHICLE. I FEAR THAT SHE WILL BE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE AT HAND. THIS IS HER PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2020
Mar 2020

HARD SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR SPECIALLY WHEN IT IS COLD OR ON THE FIRST DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO NOT ENGAGE THE SECOND GEAR AND WHEN IT DOES IT RESULTS IN A HARD JOLT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2020
Jan 2020

2019 CHEVY COLORADO ZR2- SHUTTERS OR HESITATES BEFORE SHIFTING UP AT 5 / 45 / 65 MPH. FEELS LIKE YOU DID NOT PRESS THE GAS WHEN ACCELERATING. IT IS INTERMITTENT, SO THEREFORE VERY HARD TO DUPLICATE FOR THE DEALERSHIP. THREE TIMES TO THE DEALER. #1 TRANNY FLUSH #2 REPROGRAMMED THE TRANNY #3 SORRY MA'AM WE CAN'T DUPLICATE WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING. I LIVE IN MICHIGAN ON THOSE 0 DEGREE MORNINGS THE TRUCK BARELY WANTS TO GET GOING. DEALERSHIP SAYS 'THIS IS NORMAL WITH AN 8 SPEED TRANSMISSION.' I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP I HAVE OWNED A LOT OF CARS AND NONE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. OCCASIONALLY IT LUNGES FORWARD WHEN COMING TO A STOP- THIS IS SO DANGEROUS AS I DRIVE IN THE CITY EVERYDAY. VERY EXPENSIVE PROBLEM TO HAVE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2020
Dec 2019

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF ABOUT 60-65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2019 COLORADO ZR2 V6 AUTOMATIC (THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 5700 MILES ON IT) HAS A SHUDDER OR SHAKING PROBLEM WHICH SHAKES THE WHOLE TRUCK. IT ALSO CAUSES A LOUD LOW FREQUENCY BOOMING NOISE. WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING IT WAS ALARMING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2019
Dec 2019

LATE DOWN SHIFT ... SHIFTS HARD ... VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD ON A STOP

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Sep 2019 Crash Injury

. 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 KNOCKED ME TO THE GROUND AND THE 2019 COLORADA RAN OVER MY ENTIRE BODY FROM MY FEET TO MY FACE AND HEAD. I SUFFERED A PUNCTURED LUNG AND MY PELVIC BONE IS FRACTURED IN SEVERAL PLACES. ALL OF THIS WAS CAUGHT ON TAPE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Sep 2019

TRUCK BEGAN SHUDDERING WHILE DRIVING AT 600 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATING AROUND 40 MPH AND ROUGHLY 1200 RPM IS WHEN IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE, BUT CAN ALSO FEEL IT AT HWY SPEEDS 60-75 MPH. FEELS LIKE I AM DRIVING OVER SPEED GROOVES IN THE ROAD (BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE SHUDDER WHEN THE TRUCK IS SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS).

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2019
Aug 2019

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS, BANGS INTO GEAR WHEN COLD. THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THIS IS NORMAL, BASED FROM A BULLETIN FROM GM. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK WITH A 112 MILES ON IT, THE TRASMISSION HAS SLIPPED FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2019
Aug 2019

TRANSMISSION JERKS AND JUMPS GOING UP A GRADE, OR WHEN APPLYING POWER DURING ACCELERATION. IT IS LIKE DRIVING ON A RUMBLE STRIP, SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES THE CAB. HAVE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER NEXT WEEK, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS 3600 MILES.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Jul 2019

I EXPERIENCE HARSH SHIFTS FROM 1-2 GEAR AND WHEN DOWNSHIFTING 2-1. IT JOLTS THE WHOLE TRUCK. IT SOMETIMES RANDOMLY DOWNSHIFTS FOR NO REASON WHEN I DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I AM AFRAID THAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO FAIL IN THE DRIVETRAIN WHEN I'M DRIVING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Jul 2019

2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO Z71 4X4 VEHICLE SHUTTERS NOTICEABLY WHEN IN MOTION ON FLAT ROADS OR UPHILL. PROBLEM ALWAYS OCCURS IN ALL ROAD AND ENVIRONMENT TEMPS AND APPEARS MOST OFTEN IN MOVING OPERATION OF 45 TO 65 MPH.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2018
Jun 2019

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WHEN ROLLING UP HILL TO A STOP OR APPLYING THE BRAKE ON AN UPHILL STOP AT LOW SPEED OR WHEN GOING UPHILL AT LOW SPEED WHILE OFF ROAD & IT LUNGES HARD ENOUGH TO SPIN BOTH BACK WHEELS ON GRAVEL THIS HAPPENS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2019
Jun 2019

TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW 1 MONTH AGO!!!!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Jun 2019

TRUCK VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT'S LIKE DRIVING ON A GRAVEL ROAD

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2018
May 2019

EIGHT SPEED TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AND VIBRATES UNDER NORMAL ACCELERATION. MORE NOTICEABLE ON HILLS OR UNDER LIGHT LOAD. CHEVY DEALERS ANSWER: THEY ALL DO IT!! AFTER EXTENSIVE ONLINE SEARCHER, I FOUND THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 3 TO 4 YEARS WITH NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND DISSATISFIED OWNERS! THEY FAIL TO TELL YOU THIS WHEN YOUR BUYING VEHICLE. CHEVY HAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN # 16NA175 ON PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM. OF ALL THE VEHICLES I'VE OWNED OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE NEVER HAD A DRIVEABILITY PROBLEM THIS SERIOUS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Apr 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP TWICE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED IT FELT LIKE HE WAS DRIVING OVER A BUNCH OF SPEED BUMPS. CAMP CHEVROLET CADILLAC (101 E MONTGOMERY AVE, SPOKANE, WA 99207, (509) 381-2970) REMOVED, INSPECTED, AND REINSTALLED THE TORQUE CONVERTER DURING THE FIRST VISIT. DURING THE SECOND VISIT, THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ONLY PERFORMED AN OIL CHANGE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND AN INSPECTION APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23, 2019. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2018
Mar 2019

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO LATE DOWN SHIFT WHEN SLOWING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD ONCE SHIFTING HAS COMPLETED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Mar 2019
Mar 2019

AFTER REPLACING TRANSMISSION FLUID PER TSB 19417577 TRUCK OCCASIONALLY DOES NOT COME OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A POINT WHERE ENGINE GOES UNDER 500 RPM WHERE GAS IS APPLIED TO KEEP FROM STALLING. THIS SURGE WHILE BRAKING UNDER 10 MPH THEN REQUIRES HARD PRESS ON BRAKE WHICH DOES SEEM TO DROP TRANSMISSION OUT OF GEAR WITH HARD CLUNK. STOPPED JUST INCHES SHORT AT LIGHT FROM CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED AT LIGHT. DEALER CAN NOT IMMEDIATELY REPRODUCE WITH SHORT TEST DRIVE, AND WILL NOT EVEN ATTEMPT TO TROUBLESHOOT. BEEN TOLD TO BRING BACK WHEN IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2019
Feb 2019

TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS AROUND 25 TO 35 MILES A HOUR UNDER LOAD

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2019
Jan 2019

WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS I GET A BAD VIBRATION. I HAVE READ WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THE COLORADO. DEALER SAYS TO WAIT FOR A RECALL. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED NOW. I PAID OVER 30,000 FOR THIS VEHICLE AND CAN'T DRIVE IT THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO. IT WILL LOOSEN EVERY BOLT ON THE VEHICLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2019 CHEVROLET COLORADO, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2018

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The 2019 Chevrolet Colorado has 48 Power Train complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.