Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2004 record →
WHILE ENTERING A PARKING SPACE THE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. AS THE FOOT LET UP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE TRUCK LURCHED FORWARD. THE TRUCK HIT A BUILDING BEFORE THE BRAKE COULD BE REAPPLIED.*AK
DRIVE SIDE REAR DOOR ON EXT CAB IS LOSE AND WILL NOT LATCH IN TURN MAKE DOORS BOUNDS WHEN DRIVEING DOWN ROAD. PLUS TUCK SHACK DEALER SAID THEY ALL SHACK> NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. *AKI
VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING DEALER PUT A MONITOR ON, AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO DEFECT, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DEALER WANTED TO SELL HIM ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO Z71 4X4 IN THE PASSING LANE ON RT. 460, WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE ( GENERAL AMERITEC TR P265/75-150) BLEW OUT, THE WHOLE SIDE BLEW OUT. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL. THE TIRE WRAPPED ITSELF AROUND THE HUB AND I INJURED MY BACK TRYING TO GET IT OFF . THIS TIRE SEEMS TOO LIGHT DUTY FOR A PICK-UP, THE SIDE WALLS ARE VERY, VERY THIN. ANYWAY, THIS TIRE ONLY HAD 7400 MILES ON IT WHEN IT BLEW OUT AND NEITHER THE MANUFACTURE, NOR THE DEALER WOULD REPLACE IT. I ENDED UP PAYING FOR A NEW ONE MYSELF. BUT, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SUITABLE TIRE FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK
PAINT ON TRUCK, MIDNIGHT BLUE, VERY DELICATE. CHIPS AND SCRATCHES ALL OVER TRUCK. SCRATCHES DOWN TO PRIMER. OWNED JUST OVER A MONTH, EXCELLENT TRUCK, SKIMPY PAINT JOB.*AK
1. ROAD DEBRIS CRACKED THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR WHERE THE PLASTIC FUEL LINE COMES OUT OF THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK. . BRAND NEW, 2004 CHEVY COLORADO (860 MI.) STOPPED RUNNING. AFTER 3 DAYS, TRADED IN FOR A 2004 NISSAN XTERRA.*AK 3. NO PARTS AVAILABLE EVEN FROM THE FACTORY IN DETROIT.
I BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO, WHICH HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE REVVING UP IN PARK TO ABOUT 2500 RPMS WHEN AT A NORMAL TEMPERATURE. IT WILL THEN COME DOWN TO A NORMAL RPMS, AND START IDLING VERY ROUGH. THIS PROBLEM HAS CAUSED MY TRUCK TO BE IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES ALREADY AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO SOLVE IT. THE SECOND TIME IT WENT IN THEY, THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, CHANGED OUT THE MANIFOLD AND CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, BUT SINCE THEN NOTHING ELSE CAN BE DONE AND NOW THE PROBLEM IS HAPPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE AND IT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. *AK
THE REARVIEW MIRROR WOULD NOT ADJUST ENOUGH TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS CAUSED A BLIND SPOT AND OBSTRUCTED THE DRIVER'S VIEW. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *NM
THE WIND NOISE IS ABSOLUTELY UNBEARABLE. AFTER YOU GET UP TO 40 MPH AND CLOSE THE WINDOWS IT SOUINDS LIKE A TORNADP INSIDE THE TRUCK, AND THIS SHOULD NOT BE. CALLED THE REGINAL REP AND WAS TOLD THAT IS THE WAY IT IS AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. *AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL PROCEEDED TO THE FLOOR AND PULSATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER I PURCHASED THE 2004 GM COLORADO PICKUP TRUCK THE TAILGATE OPEN ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE CABINET I WAS HAULING FELL OFF THE TRUCK INTO THE ROAD CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS SURE THE DOOR WAS SHUT SECURELY BUT SOMEHOW IT JUST OPENED UP.*AK
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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