2005 Chevrolet Colorado Owner Complaints

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a loud banging sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. Upon inspection, the contact discovered that the side frame of the vehicle was fractured. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000

NHTSA ID

11686005

Incident

Sep 9, 2025

Mileage

130,000 mi

The FRAME rotten away

NHTSA ID

11535455

Incident

Jul 19, 2023

My truck bed is resting against my cab due to frame rot. There is big chunks missing from the frame.

NHTSA ID

11519542

Incident

Mar 1, 2023

The driver side frame has rusted through in more than on location. Passenger side frame has rust but still solid. Dealership and private mechanic said this is a common problem with 2005 Colorado. Dealership will not buy vehicle for liability reasons. Frame could crack while driving and cause unsafe driving conditions. The body and engine is in good shape. 105000 miles on vehicle.

NHTSA ID

11457514

Incident

Nov 30, 2021

Vehicle taillights failed to function when lights come on at night. I became aware of this when another motorist stopped beside me to tell me. Fuse and lightbulbs work when tested.

NHTSA ID

11457480

Incident

Mar 19, 2022

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHENEVER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE CHASSIS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 169,000.

NHTSA ID

11405390

Incident

Feb 25, 2021

Mileage

169,000 mi

MOTOR COMPRESSION,

NHTSA ID

11404757

Incident

Mar 23, 2021

THE BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS QUIT AND I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. I REPLACED THE BULBS.

NHTSA ID

11394930

Incident

Jan 20, 2021

I'M ON DISABILITY ,HARD OF HEARING, AND BAD SPINE,,,BUT I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK AT FIELDMANS IN LANSING MICH,,THE DEALER OR CARFAX DID NOT MENTION THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND BROKE ON DRIVER SIDE REAR LEAFSPINGS,,NOW WHAT DO I DO

NHTSA ID

11348866

Incident

Aug 12, 2020

Mileage

1,816,000 mi

FRAME IS ROTTED THROUGH, AND NOW UNABLE TO PASS INSPECTION. *TR

NHTSA ID

11325937

Incident

May 26, 2020

Mileage

139,550 mi

QUIET MORNING NO TRAFFIC. I WAS DRIVING EAST ON 28TH STREET IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI. BETWEEN 15-20 MILES I WAS APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT.NO POTHOLES, SMALL DENTS ON THE ROAD WHEN SUDDENLY OUT OF NO WHERE THE AIR BAGS EXPLOITED AND DEPLOYED OUT. THE AIR BAG HIT MY RIGHT HAND AND ALSO BLOCK MY VISIBILITY. THIS INCIDENT CAUSE TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE.

NHTSA ID

11317059

Incident

Feb 22, 2020

HAD VEHICLE ON LIFT FOR SAFETY INSPECTION FOUND THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE ROTTED OUT BEHIND THE CAB NEAR THE LEFT LEAF SPRING MOUNT. THE SPRING MOUNT HAS SINCE COLLAPSED INTO THE FRAME MAKING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE AND A SAFETY HAZARD. NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR. THERE ARE MANY DOCUMENTED INSTANCES OF A PROBLEM WITH THESE FRAMES ROTTING OUT IN THE SAME AREA OR WORSE.

NHTSA ID

11301206

Incident

Dec 22, 2019

Mileage

125,226 mi

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON MAKING IT UNCLEAR IF OCCUPANTS ARE PROTECTED OR IF AIR BAG WILL JUST GO OFF ON ITS OWN. PROBLEM IS WIRES IN BACK DOOR JAMB BECOME FATIGUED AND BREAK CAUSING FAILURE OF AIR BAGS. VEHICLE IS ALSO CONSIDERED AN INSPECTION FAILURE AS WELL IN MASSACHUSETTS.

NHTSA ID

11297341

Incident

Dec 31, 2014

Mileage

98,000 mi

I'VE TRIED TO HAVE A GARAGE REPAIR/FIX MY HEATER/FAN MOTOR THREE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. HEATER WORKS ON HIGH ONLY...AND NOT ON ANY OTHER SPEEDS.

NHTSA ID

11292472

Incident

May 1, 2019

Mileage

95,000 mi

WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY COLORADO AND VERY TIRED VEERED OFF THE COUNTY ROAD, HIT A UTILITY POLE ON LEFT SIDE FRONT AND TRUCK ROLLED OVER AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED

NHTSA ID

11289728

Incident

Aug 16, 2019

Mileage

189,877 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED THROUGH AND WAS FRACTURED BETWEEN THE BED AND CAB. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED SPRITZER CHEVROLET AMHERST (200 N LEAVITT RD, AMHERST, OH 44001, (440) 703-6350) AND WAS REFERRED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000.

NHTSA ID

11288192

Incident

Dec 7, 2019

Mileage

91,000 mi

IGNITINION SWITCH TRIGGERS ANTI-THEFT SECURE ON TRUCK SO IT WOULD NOT START I WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES THEN IT STARTS, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT TELL ME A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I TOOK IT, AND MECHANICS TELL ME ITS A DEFECTED IGNITION SWITCH BUT ONLY DEALER CAN FIX IT, ITS A RECALL THING FROM WHAT MECHANICS ARE TELLING ME. ITS A SHAME MECHANICS OUTSIDE THE DEALERSHIP KNOW MORE THEN DEALERSHIP ON WHAT IT IS BEEN RECALL.

NHTSA ID

11266145

Incident

Oct 4, 2019

Mileage

6 mi

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY COLORADO STANDARD CAB 2.8 LITER AFTER 3 YEARS I NOTICED ENGINE INTERNAL NOISE START IT UP NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A DIESEL A LOT OF STUFF IS KNOCKING AROUND INSIDE THE MOTOR I HEARD IT WAS SOME TYPE OF RECALL ON THAT BUT I'M NOT SURE I DO REMEMBER I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THROTTLE BODY HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AFTER THIS REPLACEMENT FROM A CERTIFIED TECHNICIAN THAT'S WHEN THE PROBLEM OF REDUCED POWER FAILURE EMITTING FROM MY DASH COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON SO I WAS TOLD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TO LET COMPUTER REBOOT AND THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE WHEN THE MOTOR IS COLD THERE'S NO NOISE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S NEW BUT WHEN IT HEATS UP THAT'S WHEN ALL THE NOISES BEGIN I ALWAYS CHANGE MY OIL OUT EVERY 3000 MILES OR 3 MONTHS I USED CASTLES 70,000 MI PLUS BECAUSE I HAVE 110000 MI ON THE VEHICLE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WHO'S HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS FAR AS THE KNOCKING IN THE MOTOR BUT I DO KNOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR THROTTLE BODIES MALFUNCTIONING AND CAUSING THE TRUCK TO RUN ROUGH AND SLOW AND SLUGGISH NOW I DON'T DRIVE IT VERY FAR BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT POWER REDUCTION LIGHT WILL COME ON IN MY DASH THEREFORE I CAN'T GO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR WHICH I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE ALL I CAN SAY IS AFTER THIS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY MOTOR HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION

NHTSA ID

11258016

Incident

Jul 10, 2008

Mileage

28,000 mi

I STARTED TP SMELL GAS IN MY GARAGE AND THOUGHT MAYBE I JUST OVERFILLED THE TANK BUT AS THE DAYS WENT ON THE SMELL INCREASED. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND I TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC . HE TOLD ME THE FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED ON THE TOP WHERE THE METAL COUPLING MET THE PLASTIC. I WAS VERY SURPRISED BECAUSE I NEVER SAW ANY GAS ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. THEN I REALIZED THAT I NOT ONLY COULD HAVE HAD A FIRE IN MY CAR BUT ALSO IN MY GARAGE WHICH IS ATTACHED TO MY HOUSE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK BUT I DON'T CARE WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL IT WAS I ONLY KNOW I COULD HAVE EASILY KILLED BOTH MYSELF AND MY WIFE. I HAVE THE $2,000 REPAIR BILL FROM THE MECHANIC AS EVIDENCE BUT NOT THE FUEL TANK.

NHTSA ID

11254219

Incident

Aug 6, 2018

Mileage

81,000 mi

WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND HEARD A LOUD POP AS I WAS MOVING THROUGH MY RURAL TOWN, THE TRUCK STARTED TO HANDLE FUNNY. ONCE I GOT TO WORK I NOTICED THE BED DIDNT LOOK RIGHT. THE FRAME WAS CRACKED. BAD STEEL MADE IT RUST OUT BEFORE THE BODY. I DONT THINK THE FRAME WAS DESIGNED CORRECTLY OR MAYBE THE STEEL WAS POOR QUALITY.

NHTSA ID

11235138

Incident

Jul 25, 2019

Mileage

280,000 mi

WIRING FOR TURNSIGNALS MELTS DOWN. THERE IS A WIRE HARNESS WITH A CONNECTOR AT THE TURN FRONT SIGNALS, THE WIRE GAUGE IS IN ADEQAUTE AND CAUSEA EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD-UP THIS CAUSES THE WIRES AND CONNECTORS TO THE FRONT TURN SIGNALS TO MELT DOWN AND THE TURN SIGNALS BECOME INOPERABLE. I HAVE REPLACED THESE COMPONENTS TWICE DUE TO THIA ISSUE. THE RESISTOR PACK FOR AIR CONDITIONING BLOWER FAN SPEED CONTROL MELTS AND CATCHES FIRE. I HAVE REPLACED THIS PART TWICE AND ULTIMATELY HAVE BYPASSED THE RESISTOR PACK LEAVING THE AC BLOWER WITH ONLY THE CHOICE OF HIGH SPEED OR OFF.

NHTSA ID

11232977

Incident

May 12, 2013

Mileage

35,000 mi

I AM EXPERIENCING AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE WHERE THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM FAILS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE AND I HAVE TO WAIT 15 MINUTES FOR IT TO TIME OUT. THERE ARE FORUMS WITH THIS MODEL OF TRUCK THAT STATE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT I HAVE FOUND NO RECALL ON IT. I HAVE FOUND THAT THE IGNITION AND BODY CONTROL MODULES WERE TO BLAME AND CURRENTLY DEALERS ARE CHARGING UPWARD OF $1100 TO REPAIR. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND THAT IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT SPECIFIC TO THIS MODEL OF TRUCK.

NHTSA ID

11231006

Incident

Jul 3, 2019

Mileage

113,000 mi

BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE FRAME RAILS ARE SERIOUSLY DETERIORATED WITH LARGE AMOUNTS OF THE STEEL MISSING. THE REMAINING FRAME IS HEAVILY RUSTED. THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK BED IS BEGINNING TO SINK DUE TO THE MISSING FRAME STEEL. THERE IS A REAL POSSIBILITY OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE FRAME WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11217123

Incident

May 1, 2019

Mileage

74,000 mi

MY VEHICLE FAILED STATE INSPECTION DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST RESULTING IN HOLES IN THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER. THE RUST AND HOLES COMPROMISED THE VEHICLE SO BADLY THAT IT COULD HAVE EASILY BROKEN APART AND CAUSE CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF CONTROL. I THINK THAT THE FRAMES FOR SOME COLORADO WERE MANUFACTURED WITH STEEL THAT WAS NOT UP TO SPECIFICATION, MORE PRECISELY THE STEELS CHEMICAL CONTENT WAS INCORRECT. THIS CAUSED THE FRAME TO DETERIORATE TO THE POINT OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. FROM WHAT I GLEANED FROM THE INTERNET MODEL YEARS 2004 ,2005, AND 2006 WERE AFFECTED BY THIS DEFECT.

NHTSA ID

11210517

Incident

May 22, 2019

Mileage

113,870 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS LEANING OUT. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE TIRE AND NOTICED THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS CORRODED THROUGH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

11174338

Incident

Feb 4, 2019

Mileage

141,000 mi