Model years Chevrolet Colorado
2023 Chevrolet Colorado
This year drew an ordinary 130 complaints for a Chevrolet Colorado — the model's median is 81. What they were about is the unusual part: 26.9% of them mention collision, against 5.7% across the model's other years.
First year of a new generation. The Chevrolet Colorado was redesigned for 2023. 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 | 130 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 81 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- collision — 26.9% of this year's complaints, against 5.7% across the model's other years (4.7×). Owners wrote it as: collision, forward, activated, forward collision.
- radiator — 16.2% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the model's other years (5.9×). Owners wrote it as: radiator, hose, upper radiator, radiator hose.
- brakes — 19.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.8% across the model's other years (4×).
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.
What owners wrote
Faulty Radiator Inlet Hose, upper radiator hose failure, outlined in PIT6494A. This is the third time that the light on the dashboard has come on for failure, the first time they "Fixed it" the second time they said it was the Battery, it was NOT!! This time t…
The upper radiator hose and gasket on numerous Colorado and Canyon trucks have failed prematurely. Mine has failed at 31k miles. Radiator hose leaks can cause engine overheating and failures while on roadways. Additional issues of leaking coolant on roadways a…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V133000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V237000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V703000 SEAT BELTS 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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