Model years Chevrolet Colorado
2015 Chevrolet Colorado
Complaints about this year name power steering far more often than the other years of this generation — 65% of them, about 12× the usual rate of 5.6%.
First year of a new generation. The Chevrolet Colorado was redesigned for 2015. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 485 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 81 |
| Involving a crash | 17 |
| Involving a fire | 4 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- power steering — 65.4% of this year's complaints, against 5.6% across the other years of this generation (11.7×).
- difficult — 23.9% of this year's complaints, against 8.6% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: difficult, steer, became, very difficult.
- assist — 18.6% of this year's complaints, against 4.9% across the other years of this generation (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: assist, steering assist, power assist, speeds power.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- restarted — 13% of complaints, 12× usual
- steering assist — 11% of complaints, 20× usual
- difficult — 14% of complaints, 6× usual
What owners wrote
AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS FIRM AND DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED AND THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS DESIGNED. A DEALER WAS NOT C…
HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING ASSIST. VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN VEHICLE WHILE TURNING. NO POWER ASSIST AVAILABLE.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V621000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V645000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V267000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V054000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V278000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 15V157000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V213000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Colorado was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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