Model years Chevrolet Colorado
2017 Chevrolet Colorado
Complaints about this year name transmission far more often than the other years of this generation — 33% of them, about 4× the usual rate of 8.2%.
Generation 2 of the Chevrolet Colorado, which began in 2015 and ran to 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 215 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 81 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- transmission — 33.5% of this year's complaints, against 8.2% across the other years of this generation (4.1×).
- shudder — 12.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.3% across the other years of this generation (5.3×). Owners wrote it as: shudder, transmission shudder, transmissions, ability.
- per — 7.9% of this year's complaints, against 2.8% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: per, poor, stand, engineering.
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
- shudder — 10% of complaints, 17× usual
- fluid — 12% of complaints, 6× usual
- torque converter — 9% of complaints, 10× usual
What owners wrote
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERS AT ALL SPEEDS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW RPM'S. (LIKE GOING OVER RUMBLE STRIPS PERIODICALLY). ALSO OCCASIONALLY SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. I ASSUME IT'S THE TORQUE CONVERTER & FLUIDS BUT CHEVY WON'T FIX IT. IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP!
while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission converter clutch was shuddering. The contact stated that the failure persisted. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the torque c…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V358000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 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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