Safety Score
84
Safe
Recalls
2
Complaints
42
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-28 | 11V337000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | 6,768 | — | Details |
| 2011-05-06 | 11V276000 |
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | 4,674 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Excessive frame corrosion that has caused the bed of the truck to touch the cab which has made me apprehensive to drive… |
| 2023-04-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle has an electronic issue where it does not recognize the original key to the car. It does not let you start … |
| 2022-02-07 | AIR BAGS:SRS MALFUNCTION WARNING LAMP/LIGHT | No | 0 | The drivers-side airbag indicator light remains on. The light warns that the airbag is not working. This is the third t… |
| 2021-07-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake lights will not come on. There is no fuse and lights are new. Many people have reported this as a problem. Has so… |
| 2021-07-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Frame is rusted through/broken in same spot on both sides. Bed of truck is flipping up and there is no gap left between… |
| 2021-02-14 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED, DRIVER HAD JUST SAT DOWN AND CLOSED THE DOOR. A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE … |
| 2020-05-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ONE DAY MY VEHICLE STARTED GETTING A LITTLE SHAKE. SO I PULLED IN TO AN OLD WELDING SHOP I USED TO WORK AT. I ASKED M… |
| 2020-03-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | 2011 CHEVY COLORADO. CONSUMER STATES THAT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. *LD *JS |
| 2019-10-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO TRUCK NOT STARTING ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. I HAVE WENT TO ONE … |
| 2019-09-14 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL INSIDE AND OUTS… |
| 2019-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PASSIVE LOCK SENSOR FAILS AND YOU HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT 10 MINUTES BEFORE TRYING TO RESTART FOR THE CAR TO START |
| 2019-06-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE AND MANY OTHERS AS WELL SUFFER FROM A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF THE PASS LOCK SECURITY SAFETY FEATURE. THERE A… |
| 2019-02-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE HAS BEEN THROUGH 4 BRAKE CONTROL MODULES, THREE OF WERE BURNT OUT BY THE DEALER INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE. MY CAS… |
| 2018-12-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED… |
| 2018-10-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I THINK THEY NEED CHECK FOR RECALLS ON IGNITION SWITCH FOR 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO AND 2006-2008 HUMMER |
| 2018-10-01 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THEY NEED BE INVESTIGATION ON 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO FOR IGNITION SWITCH AND ALSO ON 2006 HUMMER H3. BOTH VEHICLE WON'… |
| 2018-06-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT START. SOMETIMES THERE'S POWER BUT WON'T CRANK. SOMETIMES THERE IS NO POWER TO T… |
| 2017-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH FAULTY |
| 2017-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INLINE IGNITION FUSE KEEPS BLOWING WHILE DRIVING. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WERE WHEN I WAS TURNING, TWO OTHER TIMES WERE WHE… |
| 2017-05-29 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | STARTED SMELLING RAW FUEL. THEN HAD A MASSIVE FUEL LEAK, SPRAYING RAW GASOLINE FROM THE FUEL TANK AREA. . FOUND THAT … |
| 2016-06-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE REAR DOOR ON THE EXTENDED CAB FAILS TO COMPLETELY LATCH ALLOWING THE DOOR TO MOVE IN AND OUT WHEN TRAVELING ON UNEV… |
| 2016-04-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | BROKEN WIRES INSIDE DRIVERS REAR DOOR AFFECTING THE AIR BAG WARNING SYSTEM AND POSSIBLE OPERATION OF THE AIR BAG |
| 2015-05-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHEN I STARTED MY TRUCK THE RED AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ON STEADY. I WENT TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON IT… |
| 2015-03-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SHIFTING LINKAGE BROKE LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN GEAR (DRIVE) AND I WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT AT ALL. THIS FAILURE HAS THE POTEN… |
| 2014-12-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I TURNED MY TRUCK ON AND STARTED TO DRIVE AWAY MY SRS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED THIS IS DUE… |
| 2014-11-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 15% OF THE TIME MY 2011 CHEVY COLORADO WILL NOT TURN OVER. IT IS COMPLETELY SPORADIC. SOMETIMES IT WON'T START FIRST TH… |
| 2014-10-30 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | THE TRUCK STRUCK ANOTHER LARGER TRUCK IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR, HEAD ON, AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING ADDITION… |
| 2014-09-25 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE'S ELECTRONIC SAFETY SYSTEM BEGAN TO REPORT THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WAS NOT LATCHED, EVEN THOUGH IT W… |
| 2014-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | FAILURE OF BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THIS IS THE SECOND FAILURE. THIS SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON 05/02/2013. THESE FAILURES COUL… |
| 2014-08-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO … |
| 2014-05-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE … |
| 2014-02-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NO PREVIOUS ISSUES WITH THE AIRBAG BUT AFTER AN OIL CHANGE IT HAS COME ON AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE WIRING. UNSAFE AND W… |
| 2014-01-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE TRUCK WILL NOT START. IT IS GENERALLY WHEN YOU HAVE DRIVEN A SHORT DISTANCE OR MADE SEVERAL S… |
| 2014-01-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I STARTED THE TRUCK AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND IT'S BEEN ON EVER SINCE. NO PRIOR ISSUE WITH IT. *TR |
| 2013-07-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE SECURITY LOCK WOUL… |
| 2013-05-19 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH MICHELIN TIRES, SIZE 265/70R/17 AND THE D… |
| 2013-04-30 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE STOP LIGHTS WORK INTERMITINLY DUE TO A FAULTY SWITCH. GM HAS TSB'S ON MODELS UP TO 2009 FOR THIS ISSUE. WITHOUT OP… |
| 2012-02-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON FEBRUARY 14, 2012 I WAS DRIVING ON A CLEAN, DRY, STRAIGHT, AND LEVEL ROAD AT 35MPH. I WAS NOT ACCELERATING, BRAKING… |
| 2012-02-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | FRONT TIRES RUB FENDER WELLS AND SWAY BAY. EMPTY OR LOADED, MORE SO WHEN LOADED. THEY RUB THE SWAY BAR SO BAD THAT I CA… |
| 2012-01-14 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO… |
| 2012-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT BOTH REAR TAIL L… |
| 2011-11-13 | TIRES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET COLORADO WITH GENERAL GENERAL USA TIRES, SIZE P215/70R16, DOT NUMBER: 4309. THE … |