2009 Chevrolet Colorado Fuel system Problems

Vehicle caught fire and lost everything

NHTSA ID

11530336

Incident

Mar 16, 2021

FUEL PUMP LINE CORROSION ON FUEL PUMP MODULE FAILED CAUSING MAJOR FUEL LEAKAGE AND EXTREME FIRE HAZARD DUE TO FUEL LEAKAGE IN ADDITION TO PERMEATING INSIDE OF VEHICLE WITH TOXIC GAS FUMES.GM REFUSED ANY RECALL.

NHTSA ID

11288206

Incident

Nov 15, 2018

Mileage

45,000 mi

TRUCK INTERMITTENTLY LOSES POWER WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDDLE CAUSING BUCKING, STALLING THEN WILL SUDDENLY RUNS FINE AGAIN CAUSING RAPID ACCELERATION CREATING EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING. APPEARS TO BE THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE BECAUSE IT OCCURS IN DAMP, RAIN WEATHER. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED AS PER RECALL BEFORE PURCHASE. IN ADDITION, THE THROTTLE BODY WAS ALSO REPLACED AS PART OF ANOTHER RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SAME INTERMITTENT PROBLEM STILL EXIST BUT GM IS UNABLE TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS.

NHTSA ID

11288200

Incident

Dec 9, 2019

Mileage

53,000 mi

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN MOTION ON PUBLIC STREETS OR ROADS NOW I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ALONG AND WENT TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL KEPT GOING DOWN UNTIL THE PEDAL STUCK WIDE OPEN AND STUCK FULLY ACCELERATED. I HAVE MANAGED TO AVOID DISASTER BUT THIS IS ALARMING THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT I SEE A LOT ABOUT ON THE INTERNET CHAT ROOMS WITH THIS MODEL OF CHEVROLET!!

NHTSA ID

11191731

Incident

Mar 21, 2019

Mileage

143,552 mi

I HAD MY FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE REPLACED ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO ON 04/17/2017. FOR SOME REASON MY VEHICLE ISN'T COVERED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS WATER IN THE MODULE WHICH CAUSED MY ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND MY VEHICLE NOT TO START, WHICH IS THE EXACT CONSEQUENCE DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL.

NHTSA ID

11066662

Incident

Apr 17, 2017

Mileage

78,384 mi

THE TRUCK IS STILL EXPERIENCING "NO-STARTS". I HAVE BEEN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH GM TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, NOW. I PURCHASED MY TRUCK FROM VAN CHEVROLET IN CARROLLTON, TEXAS ON JULY 27, 2009. I WAS NOT AWARE OF A RECALL ON THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE( RECALL #08411 BEGINNING MAY 18, 2009), NOR WAS I INFORMED OF IT BY THE DEALERSHIP. SMART CHEVROLET OF WHITE HALL (FORMERLY OF PINE BLUFF) CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED IT IN 2011, HOWEVER I HAVE HAD EVEN MORE ISSUES SINCE THEN. SMART CLAIMED TO HAVE REPLACED A BRAKE LAMP SWITCH, A CLUTCH SAFETY SWITCH, REPAIRED A BROKEN WIRE IN THE LEFT DOOR JAM AREA, REPLACED A BATTERY (MY COST), WITHOUT MY PERMISSION TO DO SO, RESET SENSORS WHICH THEY REFUSED TO EXPLAIN THE TYPE OF SENSORS THEY RESET (MY COST), RESET OIL LIFE SENSOR, (NO RECORD OF OIL CHANGE) AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE RIGHT SIDE HEADLAMP TWICE MYSELF. SMART BLAMED THE "NO-STARTS" ON MY LOCKING GAS CAP AND THE FLOOR MATS, AND ON MY LAST VISIT TO THEIR DEALERSHIP, REFUSED TO WITNESS (FOR GM) THE" NO-START" IN THEIR PARKING LOT. TWO OTHER DEALERSHIPS HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE TRUCK AND I PAID FOR REPAIRS OF A SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER ( CAUSE OF AIRBAG LIGHT), AND HAVE BEEN REFUSED AN INVOICE AND TO BE CHARGED TO SHOW THE REPAIR OF THE BROKEN WIRE IN THE SAME DOOR JAM (SMART SUPPOSED TO HAVE REPAIRED). THIS DEALERSHIP ADMITTED WITNESSING THE "NO-START" THEN CHANGED THEIR STORY AFTER SPEAKING WITH GM. THE LAST DEALERSHIP, AFTER TALKING TO GM, TRIED TO ALSO SAY THAT THE "NO-START" WAS DUE TO THE FLOOR MAT. I EXPERIENCED "NO-STARTS" BEFORE I HAD THE LOCKING- GAS CAP(MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 2009 COLORADO TRUCK) OR MY TRUCK FLOOR MATS. GM OFFERED A SUBSCRIPTION TO ON-STAR AND A $2,000.00 LOYALTY VOUCHER TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF A NEW CHEVY VEHICLE IN THEIR WORDS "TO SATISFY ME" (JOKE, RIGHT !) THE KEY IS TURNED IN THE IGNITION, THE CAR DOES NOT CRANK.

NHTSA ID

10780941

Incident

Oct 8, 2015

Mileage

83,499 mi

I WENT TO PULL MY TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE AND IT WOULD NOT START. A MECHANIC CAME TO MY HOUSE TO LOOK AT IT AND STATED THAT IT IS NOT GETTING FUEL. UPON DIGGING INTO THE REPAIRS THE FUEL MODULE HAD WATER IN IT. THE MECHANIC WENT TO O'REILLYS FOR THE PART AND WAS ADVISED OF A RECALL # 08411. I REPORTED MY PROBLEMS TO JIM BUTLER CHEVEROLET AND SEPAUGH BOTH WHOM REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS RECALL. I ALSO CALLED GM ABOUT THIS RECALL AND GOT NO WHERE. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO WORK FOR 1 DAY AND THEN RIDES FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK TO WORK. THIS IS CAUSING AN INCONVEINCE TO ME AND MY COWORKERS, AS WELL AS PUT OF POCKETS COST FOR THIS REPAIR.

NHTSA ID

10734444

Incident

Jul 12, 2015

Mileage

163,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V154000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

NHTSA ID

10715120

Incident

Apr 2, 2015

Mileage

41,000 mi

THE 2009 MODEL CHEVROLET COLORADO WILL NOT START WHEN I TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE INCIDENT DATE AND MILEAGE MAY NOT BE CORRECT, HOWEVER WHEN I FIRST BEGAN EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM, I WOULD ALWAYS CALL ON-STAR AND THEY WOULD RUN A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK WHILE THE CAR WASN'T OPERATING PROPERLY. THE DIAGNOSTIC WOULD ALWAYS COME BACK " NORMAL". I LEARNED THAT IF I WAITED 5-9 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE WOULD START AS IF NOTHING WERE WRONG. THE " NO-START " HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GM RECENTLY CONCERNING THE "NO START" PROBLEM AND AN "AIR BAG" SENSOR LIGHT THAT HAS RECURRED AFTER THE FIRST DEALERSHIP "SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED" AND CHARGED ALMOST $300 ( THE BILLING STATEMENT READ " RESET SENSORS" AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO ELABORATE ON THE TYPE OF SENSORS THAT WERE "RESET" ). GM MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SECOND DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT THE "AIR BAG" ISSUE, BUT REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE "NO-START" ISSUE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT- BELT PRETENSIONER WAS REPLACED FOR $303. THE REPAIRMAN RELATED THE PRETENSIONER TO THE "AIR BAG" SENSOR LIGHT. I INQUIRED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS AND RECALLS ON THE 2009 COLORADO AND WAS RUDELY INFORMED THAT REIMBURSEMENTS WOULD BE" DENIED". AFTER GIVING TWO SCENARIOS OF ME BEING IN AN INJURY AND FATAL ACCIDENT RELATED TO THE "NO-START" ISSUE, I WAS TOLD BY THE GM REPRESENTATIVE THAT "WE WILL DEAL WITH IT, THEN!". I ASKED IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY RECALLS FOR IGNITION SWITCHES ON GM PRODUCTS AND WAS TOLD "YES, BUT THERE WAS NO OPEN RECALL ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE" . I RESEARCHED RECALLS ON THE 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO AND DISCOVERED A FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE RECALL DATED MAY 6, 2009 BEFORE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN JULY 2009 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 09V-154), AND THE PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL BULLETIN NO. 08411 INCLUDES VIN NUMBERS 98104802 THROUGH 98123134. MY VIN NUMBER, IS INCLUDED IN THIS RANGE. PLEASE HELP ! *TR

NHTSA ID

10689776

Incident

Jan 1, 2013

Mileage

60,000 mi

MY VEHICLE BROKE DOWN DUE TO KNOWN GM RECALL NO. 08411 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V154000.) AFTER PAYING OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE IT TOWED INTO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER, THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS STATED IN THE REMEDY. REPORT RECEIPT DATE: MAY 06, 2009 NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V154000 COMPONENT(S): FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE ALL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RECALL EXPAND DETAILS CLOSE 10 ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS CLOSE MANUFACTURER: GENERAL MOTORS CORP. SUMMARY: GM IS RECALLING 27,188 MY 2009 CADILLAC ESCALADE, ESCALADE HYBRID, ESCALADE ESV, AND ESCALADE EXT; CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, SUBURBAN, TAHOE, TAHOE HYBRID, AND COLORADO; AND GMC YUKON, YUKON HYBRID, YUKON XL, AND CANYON VEHICLES. THE FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULES MAY HAVE A CONDITION IN WHICH AN ADHESIVE SEPARATION OF THE ROOM TEMPERATURE VULCANIZING (RTV) SEAL BETWEEN THE SEAL AND THE HOUSING MAY ALLOW WATER TO SEEP INTO THE MODULE. CONSEQUENCE: WATER IN THE MODULE COULD CAUSE A SHORT OR OPEN CIRCUIT, ILLUMINATION OF THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP, SETTING OF DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES OR THE ENGINE MAY BE HARD TO START, MAY NOT START OR MAY STALL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. REMEDY: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW FUEL SYSTEM CONTROL MODULE FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON MAY 18, 2009. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 AND GMC AT 1-866-996-9463 OR AT WWW.GMOWNERCENTER.COM. NOTES: GM RECALL NO. 08411. OWNERS MAY ALSO CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV . *TR

NHTSA ID

10683153

Incident

Feb 12, 2015

Mileage

29,500 mi

FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE SENT A CODE INDICATING AN OPEN CIRCUIT. GM HAS A RECALL BUT OF COURSE MINE IS NOT PART OF IT. THE ENGINE WOULD STALL WITHOUT NOTICE. COST $320 TO FIX. *TR

NHTSA ID

10627316

Incident

Aug 15, 2014

Mileage

53,787 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND JERK SLIGHTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN SHUT OFF AND THE CONTACT COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A RODENT CHEWED THROUGH THE PLASTIC FUEL LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

NHTSA ID

10413896

Incident

Jul 19, 2011

Mileage

22,000 mi