2005 Chevrolet Colorado Engine Problems

MOTOR COMPRESSION,

NHTSA ID

11404757

Incident

Mar 23, 2021

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

MULTI CYLINDER COMPRESSION FAILURE

NHTSA ID

11091559

Incident

Apr 7, 2018

Mileage

109,000 mi

IN FEBRUARY 2015 MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER SEVERAL REPAIRS WITH MY LOCAL MECHANIC HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. I WENT TO GREENWOOD CHEVROLET IN HUBBARD, OH, AND THEY RESET MY COMPUTER. HOWEVER, BEFORE I GOT OUT OF THE AUTO LOT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REAPPEARED. I RETURNED TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY THEN DIAGNOSED A BAD CYLINDER HEAD AND VALVES. THE SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE AND MY ONLINE RESEARCH REVEALED THAT CHEVROLET RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM AND EXTENDED THE WARRANTY COVERAGE TO 7 YEARS AND 100,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD 87335 MILES, BUT HAD BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS. I FELT CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE COVERED MY REPAIRS UNDER THE 100,000 MILES EXTENSION EVEN THOUGH I WAS OVER THE 7 YEARS. MY REASONING IS THAT CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR ENGINE AS EVIDENCED BY CHEVROLET'S SERVICE BULLETIN #07123A. I CONTACTED THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF GENERAL MOTORS AND PROVIDED THEM WITH ALL MY SERVICE RECORDS TO OFFER PROOF OF MAINTENANCE DURING MY OWNERSHIP. I HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE I FELT GM SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE OF MY VEHICLE AND THE CARE I HAD DONE TO IT. IT COST ME OVER $2000 TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE REPAIRED.

NHTSA ID

10816462

Incident

Mar 15, 2015

Mileage

87,335 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND STALLED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

NHTSA ID

10661634

Incident

Nov 3, 2014

Mileage

67,000 mi

THERE ARE SEVERAL FORUM ONLINE EACH PRETTY MUCH EXPRESSING THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THE 100,000 MILE MARK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ONE INDICATING THE #2 COIL IS BAD. THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE PROBLEM NOR IS IT IN THE INJECTORS. IT SEEMS WITH THE ONLINE FORUMS THAT ARE OUT THERE INDICATES THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD ON THE 2005 COLORADO BUT CHEVROLET OR GM IS NOT INVESTIGATING OR TALKING ABOUT IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10588417

Incident

May 5, 2014

Mileage

100,000 mi

WHEN I SLOW DOWN MY VEHICLE BEGINS TO SPUDDER AND SOMETIMES TURNS OFF. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL FILTER WHICH WAS CHANGED BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUT DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I SLOWED DOWN FOR TRAFFIC. I PLACE IT IN NEUTRAL WHILE STILL IN MOTION AND TURN IT ON AGAIN THEN IMMEDIATELY PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE TO AVOID GETTING HIT. I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MY VEHICLE UNTIL I CAME ON HER TODAY AND FOUND OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *JS

NHTSA ID

10579084

Incident

Sep 12, 2012

Mileage

185,000 mi

THE CAM ACTUATOR FIRST FAILED AT 57,000 MILES IN 2009. IT NOW HAS FAILED AGAIN AT 94,000 MILES IN MARCH 2013, THE COST TO REPAIR THIS IS APPROX $900.00 EACH TIME. I CAN GET MILAGE FROM MY TIRES AT A LOWER COST. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT SHOULD NOT A NORMAL MAINTENANCE ITEM. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN A LEMON FROM DAY ONE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10503651

Incident

Mar 14, 2013

Mileage

94,000 mi

ENGINE IDLE SPEED. WHEN DECELERATING TO STOP, THE ENGINE IDLES SO LOW THAT IT QUITS AND HAS TO BE RESTARTED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10450441

Incident

Jun 1, 2011

Mileage

75,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED A VALVE COVER ROCKER AND GASKET HOSE. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION IN THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

NHTSA ID

10426781

Incident

Jul 3, 2011

Mileage

45,000 mi

MY SISTER HAS A 2005 CHEVY COLORADO SHE BOUGHT NEW. THE CAM SENSOR KEEPS GOING OUT ON IT. MY BROTHER-IN-LAW IS RECOVERING FROM STAGE 4 CANCER AND THIS IS THEIR ONLY VEHICLE AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND AT NO COST TO THEM. THE PART IS POORLY DESIGNED IN REGARDS TO THE CONDENSATION THAT BUILDS UP. SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE GARAGES OR CAR PORTS AND IF THE SENSOR GETS WET IT BURNS OUT. I WILL NEVER BUY A CHEVY PRODUCT, THEY DON'T STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

NHTSA ID

10384753

Incident

Aug 28, 2005

Mileage

40,000 mi

AC BLOWER FAN WORKS IN HIGH ONLY. UPON CHECKING THE WIRING I NOTICES THE RESISTOR AND THE WIRE HARNESS WERE BURNT WHICH CAUSED THE PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE WIRE HARNESS AND RESISTOR WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM. UPON FURTHER SEARCHING I FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND SOME THAT ENDED UP IN FIRES UNDER THE DASH. *TR

NHTSA ID

10356082

Incident

Sep 12, 2010

Mileage

60,000 mi

FAULTY CAM ACTUATOR SOLENOID CAUSES LOSS OF POWER AND ROUGH IDLING. COMMON TO 2005-2006 CHEVY COLORADO/GMC CANYONS. THIS FAULT ALSO RELEASES DEBRIS INTO THE ENGINE THAT CAUSES POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER DAMAGE. OCCURRED AT 70K MILES ON MY VEHICLE WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND ALL REGULARLY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN PERFORMED. REPLACEMENT OF THE SOLENOID AND AN OIL CHANGE IS NECESSARY TO CORRECT THE ISSUE (THAT GM IS AWARE OF SINCE THEY'VE REDESIGNED THE SOLENOID SINCE THIS EDITION). *TR

NHTSA ID

10352813

Incident

Aug 29, 2010

Mileage

72,000 mi

POOR GAS MILEAGE,ROUGH IDLING. POOR GAS DELIVERY AND BAD ELECTRICAL SWITCH,ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON,HAD ENGINE ANALYZED COME S UP WITH NUMEROUS ERROR CODES, PROBLEMS ARE ON GOING...... *TR

NHTSA ID

10351733

Incident

Jan 1, 2010

COLORADO, 5-CYLINDER ENGINE PROBLEMS, STALLING AND ROUGH IDLING. STALLS AND RUNS POORLY. WHY HAS DEALER NOT ISSUED RECALL FOR ALL OF THESE FOR CYLINDER HEAD WORK? DEALER WANTS ME TO PAY FOR IT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10341975

Incident

Jul 8, 2010

Mileage

100,000 mi

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COLORADO. IT HAS ONLY 86,000 MILES AND THE HEAD AND INTAKE VALVES AND CYLINDERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING FROM 2004-2005 MODELS. THE TOTAL COST FOR ME TO FIX THIS IS 1,600. GM KNOWS THEY MESSED UP WITH THE 2004-2005 INLIVE 5 ENGINES, THAT WHY IN 2006 THEY HAD DIFFERENT INTAKE VALVES INSTALLED. MY DEALER SAID THAT GM TOLD THEM TO FIX THE VALVES AND SEALS AND SPRINGS, BUT THAT IS NOT HELPING THE STATUS. SO THEN THEY WERE TOLD TO REPLACE THE HEAD WHICH COST AROUND $800. COULD SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS? I DON'T SEE HOW A COMPANY CAN NOTICED THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG BUT NOT HELP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE ALSO HEARD SEVERAL STORIES THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKS ON SOME TRUCKS, WHO HAS EVER HEARD OF THAT? I ASKED 2 PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ON CARS FOR OVER 30 YEARS, THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING. PLEASE ADVISE........... *TR

NHTSA ID

10311346

Incident

Jan 4, 2010

Mileage

86,000 mi

CAR HAS 93,000 MILES. VEHICLE WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT OCCASIONALLY. RECENTLY, ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START. TOOK ME ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF CRANKING UNTIL IT DID. IT RAN FINE, I TOOK IT TO CHEVY DEALER GRAND PRIZE CHEVROLET HERE IN MIAMI AND THEY CHANGED THE FUEL PUMP. IN 3 WEEKS AFTER THE FUEL PUMP WAS CHANGED THE CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES. I JUST TOOK OFF AGAIN AND TOLD THEM THE FUEL PUMP CHANGE DID NOT HELP, IT LEFT ME STRANDED 3 TIMES, SAME PROBLEM, CAR DOES NOT START, AFTER ABOUT 5 TO 10 MINUTES OF CRANKING IT STARTS AS OF NOTHING HAPPENED. THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM FRUSTRATED THAT ONE PAYS 20,000 PLUS FOR A CAR THAT DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND THE CHEVY MECHANICS CAN'T FIX. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10244065

Incident

Sep 1, 2008

Mileage

90,000 mi

2005 CHEVY COLORADO WITH AROUND 84,000 MILES (BLOWN ENGINE)!!! BROKEN PISTON CONNECTING ROD; PUTTING TWO HOLES ON EACH SIDE OF THE CYLINDER WITH THE PISTON ROD STICKING COMPLETELY THROUGH THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CYLINDER. OIL AND SMOKE THAT CAME FROM THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUSED A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT, ESPECIALLY IF THERE HAD BEEN A MOTORCYCLE BEHIND ME. REPLACED ENGINE MYSELF DUE TO GM DOING NOTHING. FILED A CASE WITH THEM AND IT WAS DENIED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10239570

Incident

Aug 8, 2008

Mileage

83,500 mi

HEATER FAN QUIT WORKING ON 1 2 AND 3. BUT SOMETIMES WOULD COME BACK ON, WHEN ON 1 2 OR 3. AND WHEN IT WAS ON YOU COULD SMELL PLASTIC BURNING. AND WHEN CHECKED THE INTO IT FOUND THE PLUG ON THE WIRING HARNESS THAT PLUGGED INTO THE RESISTER ON THE FAN WAS LOOSE AND CAUSING THE WIRES TO MELT. THIS LOOSE PLUG WAS LOOSE FROM THE FACTORY, NO WAY COULD HAVE GOT TOO SMALL OVER THE YEARS. NEW PLUG AND NEW RESISTER PLACED CONCERN IF FIRE RESULTS COULD CAUSE DEATH INJURIES, GARAGE FIRE OR HOUSE FIRE IF VEHICLE PLACED IN GARAGE AT NIGHT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10232248

Incident

Jun 17, 2008

Mileage

75,100 mi

CHECK ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT REPEATEDLY WAS OCCURRING; IT WAS FIXED BY REPLACING SENSORS. THIRD TIME CHECK ENGINE SERVICE APPEARS AGAIN THIS TIME THE FACTORY"HEADS" IN THE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE SOME ONGOING TYPE OF DEFAULT OR DEFECT WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10212651

Incident

Dec 12, 2007

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS FAILED EMISSIONS TWICE. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR MAKES A LOUD CRACKING NOISE WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING. THE DEALER WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLE ON AUGUST 3, 2007 IN REGARDS TO THE EMISSIONS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

NHTSA ID

10197851

Incident

Jul 12, 2006

Mileage

38,000 mi

AS MY 2005 COLORADO REACHED APPROXIMATELY 49,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO START AND DIDN'T RUN AS SMOOTHLY AS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I HAD THE TRUCK SERVICED, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CYLINDER HEAD AND RELATED COMPONENTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $3500 TO $4000. LIKE MANY OTHERS, I HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE . AND EVEN WORSE, IT SEEMED THAT IT MAY BE A RECURRING PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT ALTHOUGH GM HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE ADVISORY AND THEY WERE VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM CHEVROLET WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL OR TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN IT OCCURRED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10190164

Incident

May 2, 2007

Mileage

49,800 mi

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, WHEN SERVICED I FOUND THAT IT WAS THE CYLINDER HEAD THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE CHEVY DEALER SAID THAT IT IS A KNOWN AND COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2005 5 CYLINDER COLORADO. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, SOME SAYING THAT EVER 15000 MILES THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD, AND ONE GUY EXPLAINED CHANGING IT FOR THE 3RD TIME WITHIN THE 2 YEARS THAT HE HAS OWNED HIS COLORADO. *JB

NHTSA ID

10188641

Incident

Apr 5, 2007

Mileage

41,600 mi

I WAS DRIVING AND MY TRUCK WAS SHAKING AND SPITTING AND SPUTTERING AND WASN'T WANTING TO RUN RIGHT. WHEN IT WAS IDLING IT WAS CHOPPY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE TRUCK WAS POSSESSED. I GOT TO MY FRIEND'S HOUSE AND I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS GETTING ENOUGH VOLTAGE FROM THE BATTERY LIKE MAYBE THE CABLES WERE LOOSE BUT THEY WEREN'T. I CRANKED THE TRUCK BACK UP AND IT WASN'T SHAKING AND GOING CRAZY BUT WHEN IT IDEALS IT DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT/ISN'T LIKE IT SHOULD BE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10156965

Incident

May 3, 2006

Mileage

22,300 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. UPDATED 05/10/06. *JB

NHTSA ID

10154214

Incident

Mar 9, 2006

Mileage

11,752 mi