Chevrolet Colorado

Which Chevrolet Colorado years should you avoid?

Going by 3,652 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Colorado years to avoid are 2008, 2016, 2015, 2004 and 2005.

• 20085.2× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (7 fires, 6 crashes, 2 deaths).
• 2016715 complaints, 5.2× a typical Colorado year, most often about the steering.
• 2015498 complaints, 3.6× a typical Colorado year, most often about the steering.
• 2004361 complaints, 2.6× a typical Colorado year, most often about the electrical system.
• 2005356 complaints, 2.6× a typical Colorado year, most often about the brakes.

Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2011 and 2022 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.

Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →