Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2004 Chevrolet Colorado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
INTERMITTENT NON WORKING POWER DOOR LOCKS WIPERS HEADLIGHTS AND WINDOWS! THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE INCIDENTS POSTED ONLINE. THERE LOOKS TO BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAIRS WITH NO SOLUTION! *KB
I HAVE REPLACED THE MASTER SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE LOCKS AND WINDOWS ONCE ALREADY. GOT A NEW SWITCH AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. I CALLED GM AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON MY TRUCK FOR THAT ISSUE. I CAN ONLY LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WITH THE INTERIOR PANEL OR THE REMOTE- THE REST OF THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK/UNLOCK. *KB
I NOTICED THAT WHEN USING THE REMOVE ONLY THE DRIVER'S DOOR WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK. I GO INTO THE TRUCK AND USED THE PANEL AND AGAIN ONLY THE DRIVER'S DOOR WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK. I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO REPLACE THE SWITCH INSIDE THE TRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR THAT CONTROLS THE WINDOWS AND THE LOCKING SYSTEM. IT WORKED FOR ABOUT 8 MONTHS AND IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN. *KB
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING OFF AND ON CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, HOWEVER IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND IT WASN'T A BIG PROBLEM. RECENTLY, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO UNLOCK MY TRUCK USING THE KEYLESS ENTRY AND WHEN I AM IN THE VEHICLE THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK WITH THE LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR. WHEN DRIVING, AFTER ACCELERATING OVER 20 MPH, THE DOORS USE TO LOCK THEMSELVES, BUT NOW THEY DO NOT. NORMALLY WHEN I PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK, ALL THE DOORS WILL AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK. THIS HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENING. I AM SCARED TO KEEP ANYTHING IN MY TRUCK AND FEAR THAT THIS MIGHT CAUSE MORE SERIOUS PROBLEMS AND EXPENSES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH OTHER COLORADO'S? IT SEEMS LIKE SINCE I HAVE GOTTEN THIS VEHICLE IT HAS BEEN ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN CHEVROLET. *TR
UNEXPLAINED FAILURE OF WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS. DRIVER'S WINDOW WILL NOT GO DOWN. DOOR LOCKS ARE INOPERABLE. WILL NOT LOCK WITH THE REMOTE OR WITH INTERIOR BUTTON. CANNOT SECURE THE VEHICLE ONCE THIS HAPPENS. HAVE TAKEN IT TO BE SERVICED 10 TIMES ,AND THEY CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. NO PARTS REPLACED BECAUSE IT IS WORKING WHEN TAKEN TO BE SERVICED. *AK
ODI 10150645, ODI 10150645: 3RD RECURRING PROBLEM. CUSTOMER INVOICE: DRIVERS WINDOW INOPERATIVE, SCREWS BACKED OUT OF WINDOW MOTOR CAUSING IT TO BIND R & R WINDOW MOTOR AND REINSTALLED BOLTS. NOISE GONE AFTER REPAIRS. UPON ENGAGE DRIVER'S SIDE TURN SIGNAL, FAILURE TO OPERATE VISIBLE TURN INDICATION. DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT ALSO INOPERABLE, BULB NOT WORKING. CUSTOMER INVOICE: DRIVER SIDE DAYTIME RUN LIGHT INOPERATIVE. LF TURN SIGNAL BULB BURNT OUT. REPLACED BULB UPON ENGAGING BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKES EXHIBIT HIGH FREQUENCY SQUEAKING, MORE ON LEFT THAN RIGHT. EXTREME TIRE WEAR IS APPARENT ON THE INSIDES OF BOTH FRONT TIRES. CUSTOMER INVOICE: BRAKES NOISY AT STOPS ALL THE TIME. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN AT THIS TIME. VEHICLE HAS A LOT OF MUD UNDERNEATH. ENGAGING 4WD HIGH, VEHICLE BECAME STUCK IN 4WD. CONTINUED TO DRIVE VEHICLE IN CONDITION UNTIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT OPENED FOR THE WEEK. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE BECAME OPERATIONAL INTERMITTENTLY. CUSTOMER INVOICE: AXLE/DIFFERENTIAL, VEHICLE STUCK IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ONCE. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN AT THIS TIME. NO CODES & WORKING AS DESIGNED. ENGAGING A/C & HEATING OPERATION THE AC DIMINISHES BLOWER POWER AND BEGINS BLOWING SMOKE-LIKE COOLANT FROM DASH VENTS. DASHBOARD CONDENSATES EXTENSIVELY. CONDENSATION MUST BE WIPED DRY TO DETER INTERIOR DAMAGE. AFTER RUNNING A/C AT MAXIMUM POWER FOR 20 MINUTES OR LONGER, OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS DISCONTINUE UNTIL VEHICLE IS STARTED 'COLD'. CUSTOMER INVOICE: A/C CUTS OFF AND BLOWS SMOKE OUT OF VENTS ALL THE TIME. WHILE DRIVING. UNABLE TO VERIFY CUSTOMER CONCERN. CHECKED PRESSURES. ALL OK, WORKING AS DESIGNED. *NM
RECURRING INCIDENCE OF FAILURE OF DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTONS ON BOTH DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR PAD INOPERABLE AT INDETERMINATE PERIODS OF TIME. ODI 10150643: RECURRING NARRATIVE COMPLAINT #1 DEALER RESPONSE; DEALER CUSTOMER COPY INVOICE: LEFT FRONT WINDOW INOP, WINDOW WORKS EVERYTIME, NEVER DUPLICATED CUSTOMER COMPLAINT. DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPERATE WITH REMOTE LOCKS WORKING EVERYTIME. WE TRIED. NEVER DUPLICATED CUSTOMER COMPLAINT. CD PLAYER/RADIO POWER WILL SHUT ITSELF COMPLETELY OFF. UPON PUSHING POWER KNOB, AND SELECTING CD AUX BUTTON THE CD PLAYER WILL NOT PLAY, EJECT, OR LOAD 6-DISC CD PLAYER. DEALER CUSTOMER COPY INVOICE: SOMETIMES CD PLAYER WILL NOT TAKE OR EJECT CD. CD PLAYER NOT TAKING OR EJECTING CD. FOUND CALIBRATION FOR RADIO. RECALIBRATE RADIO WITH TECH 2. CD WORKING OK NOW. UPON ENGAGING ABS SYSTEM ON DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS THE DRIVER MUST APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL. ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES WITH EXTREME VIBRATION AND NOISE, BRAKE PEDAL WILL BE ENGAGED TO THE FLOOR AND PEDAL WILL PUSH BACK WITH RESISTANT AND THEN FAILS TO RESPOND. RESULTING IN CAR TAKING LONGER TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TIRES TO LOCK UP WITHOUT SHIFTING POWER TO ALTERNATE TIRE. DEALER CUSTOMER COPY INVOICE: WHEN YOU STOP REAL HARD FEELS LIKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE DOESN'T WANT TO STOP. TEST OPERATION OF BRAKES. OPERATING AS DESIGNED AT THIS TIME. ADVISE CUSTOMER OF ABS OPERATION NO PROBLEM FOUND WITH BRAKES. DRIVING ON IDEAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND/OR OFF ROAD CONDITIONS, BACK OF BED RATTLES AND LOUD RATTLING NOISE IS OBSERVED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALER CUSTOMER COPY INVOICE: BED OF TRUCK RATTLES. TEST DROVE FOUND TRAILER HITCH RATTLING. ALSO FRONT LICENSE BRACKET LOOSE AND MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. REMOVE BRACKET AND INSTALL BIGGER PUSH IN TABS. ADJUST HOOD, IT WAS A LITTLE LOOSE AND MAKING NOISE. LUBE HOOD LATCH ALSO. COURTSEY TRANSPORTATION-RENTAL- TOTAL INVOICE... 0.0. *NM
THE CONSUMER'S 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A KEY LOCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. *NM IF THE VEHICLE WAS LOCKED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS BLOCKED, IT WOULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO THE PICK-UP. THERE WAS A KEY ENTRY ON THE TAIL GATE WHICH WAS OPENED AT ALL TIMES. *SC
THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO UN LOCK THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. *JB PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAN ONLY BE LOCKED AND UNLOCKED FROM THE INSIDE. *EH *JB
THE DESIGN ON THE VEHICLE WAS POOR. CONSUMER WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE KEYLESS ENTRY DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS AN INCONVENIENCE.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THT THE PASSENGER DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IF THE AIRBAG WERE DEPLOYED MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. *TC
AFTER DRIVING HOME I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO KEY ENTRY AVAILABLE FROM THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, NO WAY TO GET IN TO HELP SOMEONE, RESCUE SOMEONE, AND NO WAY TO ESCAPE SOME BY GETTING INTO THE TRUCK.*AK NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT YET. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF THE KEY LOCK FROM THE PASENGERS DOOR ON THE VEHICLE AND NO NOTIFICATION PROVIDED BY THE DEALER.
THE PASSENGER LOCK WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DOOR DID NOT HAVE A REGULAR KEY LOCK. *JB
VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE AN OUTSIDE KEY DOOR LOCK ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE FROM THE OUTSIDE PASSENGER DOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER WENT TO PUT CHILD IN THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE POWER LOCKS DID NOT WORK AND COULD NOT OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE BY REACHING OVER AND UNLOCKING THE DOOR. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $350.00 TO INSTALL POWER LOCKS. THE CONSUMER FEELS SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY SINCE SHE PREFERRED MANUAL LOCKS IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TC
GM IS MAKING ALL THEIR VEHICLES WITH MANUAL LOCKS INACCESSIBLE FROM THE OUTSIDE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. DEALERS ARE NOT TELLING CONSUMERS ABOUT THIS. IF, AS I DID, YOU PURCHASE A TWO DOOR VEHICLE WITH MANUAL LOCKS, YOU MUST CLIMB THROUGH THE DRIVER SIDE TO UNLOCK THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS POSES A GREAT SAFETY RISK FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. THE INFANT MUST BE SET DOWN UNATTENDED (PERHAPS ON HOT PAVEMENT) WHILE THE MOTHER CLIMBS THROUGH TO OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR TO PLACE THE INFANT IN ITS CHILD SEAT. THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF A TODDLER WHO MAY WANDER INTO TRAFFIC DURING THIS ACTIVITY. ALSO POLICE ROUTINELY TELL WOMEN THAT IF THE VEHICLE IS NEXT TO A SUSPECT VAN IN A PARKING LOT, THAT THEY SHOULD ENTER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. THIS ALSO APPLIES IS SOMEONE JUST PARKS TOO CLOSE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR VEHICLE UNTIL THE OTHER VEHICLE IS MOVED. I FEEL THAT THESE ARE VIABLE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE DEALERS (WHEN QUESTIONED) STATE THAT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE YOU CAN'T GET IN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WITH A KEY. THEIR ONLY SOLUTION IS TO PAY FOR ELECTRONIC LOCKS AND THE KEY FOBS TO OPERATE THEM TO THE TUNE OF NEARLY $800 FOR A 2-DOOR VEHICLE.*AK
COMPLAINT CONCERNING VEHICLE'S SEATS. *MR THE LUMBAR SUPPORT WAS TOO HIGH AND WAS PUSHING ON THE CONSUMERS THORACIC SPINE. THIS WAS CAUSING A SHARP, STABBING PAIN IN THE LOWER BACK OF THE CONSUMER. *SC *JB
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
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