2004 Chevrolet Colorado Transmission Problems

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PLACED IN REVERSE, THE SHIFT LINKAGE FAILED AND THE SHIFT CABLE SNAPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WEST CHEVROLET AT (865) 970-9378 (3450 ALCOA HWY, ALCOA, TN 37701) WHERE THE SHIFT CABLE WAS REPLACED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE DEALER NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THAT THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,440.

2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ENGINE AND IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ON APRIL 12, 2014, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD TO PUSH AND THE DASHBOARD READ REDUCED POWER. AFTER WAITING THREE MINUTES, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, AFTER DRIVING TWO MILES. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE INVOICE, THE PCM COMPUTER WAS BAD.

ON SAT OCT 1ST 2011 I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 75 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT LIKE I HAD BLOWN A TIRE. THE STEERING BECAME RATHER SLUGGISH AND I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I GOT OUT CHECKED ALL THE TIRES AND THEY ALL LOOKED OK, SO I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE. MY GRANDSON AND HIS FRIEND WERE IN THE BACK SEAT IT WAS A CREW CAB. I NOTICED THAT THE 4WD INDICATOR ON THE DASH WAS ON BUT I HAD NOT SWITCHED IT FROM 2WD IT HAD DONE IT ON IT'S OWN . I TRIED TO SWITCH IT BACK INTO 2WD BUT UPON MOVING THE VEHICLE IT STILL FELT LIKE IT WAS IN 4WD. I DECIDED TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE FREEWAY SO I COULD GO SLOWER AND GET THE VEHICLE HOME, SO I EXITED THE FWY ABOUT A MILE LATER AND GOT ON THE OLD HWY WHERE I COULD GO 35 MPH. MY DAUGHTER WAS BEHIND ME IN HER CAR. ABOUT 5 MILES DOWN THE ROAD MY DAUGHTER STARTS FLASHING HER LIGHTS SO I PULLED OVER AND SHE CAME RUNNING UP AND TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE , I ORDERED MY GRANDSON AND HIS FRIEND OUT OF THE TRUCK WE LEFT IMMEDIATELY , AND BACKED OFF ABOUT 200 FEET, YOU COULD SEE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE AND FIRE DRIPPING FROM JUST ABOVE THE TRANSFER CASE BELOW THE FRONT PASSENGERS FLOORBOARD AREA. THE FIRE SPREAD AND THE VEHICLE BECAME FULLY ENGULFED THE TIRE MELTED THE LEATHER INTERIOR WAS COMPLETELY VAPORIZED NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. MY THEORY IS THAT THE SWITCHING MECHANISM FOR THE TRANSFER CASE IS DEFECTIVE IT SHOULD NOT HAVE SWITCHED ON IT'S OWN AT 75MPH. I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT DID. THAT CAUSED SOME KIND OF DAMAGE INTERNALLY IN THE TRANSFER CASE. WHEN I DROVE THE VEHICLE IT HEATED UP UNTIL IT WAS RED HOT AND CAUGHT THE FUEL FILTER ON FIRE WHICH EVENTUALLY RUPTURED SPREAD THE FIRE AND DESTROYED THE VEHICLE. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO DRIVESHAFT AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DRIVESHAFT FELL OUT WHILE BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY AND THEN THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. HE ALSO STATED THAT GM DENIED THE CLAIM. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE MADE, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN THE GEAR WAS IN REVERSE. THE DEALER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS A RESULT OF THE DRIVETRAIN FAILURE. *JB

THE REAR END OF MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO JAMMED WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, CAUSING THE GEARS TO SHATTER, THE REAR AXLE TO CRACK, AND THE DRIVESHAFT TO DROP OUT OF MY TRUCK. SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK, I NOTICED VIBRATIONS AND INSTABILITY IN THE BACK OF MY TRUCK, AND SOMETIMES THE ENGINE STAYS IN 4WD WHEN I SHIFT OUT OF IT. THE ENTIRE REAR END OF MY TRUCK HAS TO BE REPLACED, AND GM IS REFUSING TO COVER THE REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH THE TRUCK IS UNDER WARRANTY. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS INCIDENT, AND WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING AND/OR ACCELERATING, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING SOUND. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DROVE AND STOPPED NORMALLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,000. UPDATED 12/27/07 *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 01/10/07 WHILE DRIVING HIS 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO AT 55 MPH, HIS PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE LOCKED UP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FELT A VIBRATION AND HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONTACT THAT HE HAD A SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOCK UP BECAUSE IT SMALLER THAN THE OTHER TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE ON HIS VEHICLE WAS A SPARE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN HE PURCHASED IT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A FULL SIZE SPARE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. *NM

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO, MY TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVER-DRIVE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, BUT NO MESSAGE WAS SHOWN ON THE MESSAGE CENTER. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE LOCAL DEALER. AFTER TALKING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A "SMALL RECALL" FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM (WHICH FROM WHAT THEY TOLD ME, INVOLVES SOME GASKETS AND PINS OF SOME TYPE). MY TRUCK IS BEING REPAIRED AT NO COST. BUT IN CHECKING YOUR RECALL LIST, I FOUND NO COLORADO. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WITH THIS TYPE OF DRIVE TRAIN SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF? OR IS THIS SUCH A MINOR ISSUE, THAT A MAJOR NOTIFICATION IS NOT WARRANTED? *JB

2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO DOES NOT HAVE ACCELERATION WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC FROM A STOP.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED HE DISCOVERED WATER IN THE FLOORBOARD. *JB

TOOK MY TRUCK IN FOR TIRE ROTATION AND CHECK ALIGNMENT ON 3/12/2005. MAINTENANCE IS CURRENT. TURNS OUT BOTH FRONT TIRES (GENERAL TIRE 235-75R15) WERE WORN DOWN TO THE STEEL BELTS ON THE INSIDE EDGES ONLY, WITH THE STEEL BELTS ACTUALLY STICKING OUT IN THERE. I DO NO OFF-ROAD DRIVING- ONLY TO AND FROM WORK 2 MILES DAILY ON THE HIGHWAY AND AN OCCASIONAL TRIP ON THE HIGHWAY TO FORT COLLINS (260 MILES ROUND TRIP ONCE PER MONTH) - AND THESE TIRES ONLY HAVE 15,000 MILES ON THEM. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC WE WERE VERY LUCKY THAT THESE DIDN'T BLOW ON US ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THERE IS A LEFT FRONT AXLE SEAL LEAK. TOOK THE TRUCK INTO DEALER ON MARCH 18 FOR REPAIR, BUT DEALER DID NOT PREORDER PARTS, SO I MUST RETURN THIS WEEK. I WENT AHEAD AND HAD THE TIRES REPLACED IN SPITE OF THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DARE WAIT. I ALSO HAD AN ALIGNMENT. (MY FIRST ALIGNMENT CHECK SHOWED NO PROBLEMS IN OCTOBER.) THE TIRE THING REALLY DISTURBS ME BECAUSE, IN 36 YEARS OF DRIVING BOTH NEW AND USED CARS AND TRUCKS, I'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. I'VE NEVER HAD AN AXLE SEAL LEAK IN A REASONABLY NEW VEHICLE EITHER.*AK

AFTER PUTTING THE TRUCK IN PARK YET STILL LEAVING ON I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARD BECAUSE IT WAS STILL ENGAGED IN REVERSE. THE GEAR INDICATION SHOWED IT WAS PARK BUT THE TRANSMITION WAS IN REVERSE. IN ORDER TO START THE TRUCK IT HAD TO BE SWICH INTO NETURAL FIRST. THIS WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE SHIFT CABLE ASSEMBLY STATING IT WAS BINDING UP TO FIX PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE SHIFTING A LOUD GRINDING NOISE CAME FROM FRONT. THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN ON ITS OWN. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO 4WD EXTENDED CAB TRUCK THAT CONSTANTLY VIBRATES AT SPEEDS OF 30MPH AND 55-60MPH. THE TRUCK SHAKES AS IF IT IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT OR TIRES ARE UNBALANCED. I HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES - TWICE FOR RE-BALANCING THE TIRES AND ONCE FOR A SET OF NEW TIRES. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE TIRES WERE RECALLED BECAUSE OF CUPPING. BUT, THE PROBLEM OF VIBRATING OR OSCILLATING STILL EXISTS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL, BUT FRUSTRATED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS MAY BE A DEFECTIVE DRIVESHAFT, WHICH TELLS ME THIS COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *JB

2004 CHEVROLET COLORADO, NEW PURCHASE, DROVE 568 MILES ENGINE IDLE ERATICALLY, ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AND THEN ENGINE STALLED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER, SINCE THAT I LOST 1.6 MPG AND ENGINE WILL NOT IDLE UNTIL VEHICLE CAME TO COMPLETE STOP. ENGINE RPMS DO NOT DROP BETWEEN SHIFTS LIKE IT DID BEFORE REPROGRAMMING AND VEHICLE LUNGES WHEN CLUTCH IS RELEASED IF NOT CAREFULL OR GIVE IT EXTRA TIME FOR THE RPMS TO DROP FOR A SMOOTH ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEN YOU NEED TO LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR KEEPS GOING LIKE YOU ARE STILL ACCELERATING, ESPECIALLY IN FOURTH GEAR, WHICH CAN THROW OFF TIMING AND CAUSE YOU TO HIT BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN OR PUSH CLUTCH IN TO KEEP FROM GOING AHEAD AT SAME SPEED UNTIL RPMS FALL, WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, IT DID NO OF THIS , THE DEALER HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT BUT SAYS THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE GM PROGRAM. AND THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME.*AK

VEHICLE HAS EXCESSIVE VIBRATION 45-50MPH AND ABOVE ON SMOOTH ROADS, WHEN DRIVING OVER A BUMPY ROAD THE REAR END IS VERY UNSTABLE AND FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO HOP. DEALER STATED THAT SOME VIBRATION IS NORMAL. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A DRIVESHAFT RELATED PROBLEM BUT NOBODY WILL DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. LOST OF POWER ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY.*AK

IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASING A 2004 CHEVY COLORADO REG CAB 5 CYL, I HAVE EXPERIENCED A NOTICEABLE VIBRATION AND ROUGH RIDE. DEALERSHIP BALANCED MY TIRES AND TRIED TEMPORARILY SWAPPING TIRES BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. I ALSO TEST DROVE ANOTHER TRUCK AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT HAD THE SAME VIBRATION PROBLEM. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE ON ROUGH PAVEMENT REGARDLESS OF SPEED, AND AT SPEEDS AROUND 45-55 INTERMITTENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY. FEELS LIKE THE REAR END IS NOT BALANCED. BACK END SHIMMY'S FROM SIDE TO SIDE SENDING VIBRATIONS THRIUGH THE TRUCK MY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT IS JUST THE WAY THE TRUCK IS DESIGNED AND HAS BEEN DELAYING FIXING THE PROBLEM NOW FOR TWO MONTHS. OTHERS ARE ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK, SEE THE FOLLOWING FORUM TO READ THEIR STORIES. IT SEEMS THERE MIGHT BE A DRIVE SHAFT DESIGN PROBLEM? HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/VBULLETIN/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?P=2159504. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. *JB

-TRANSMISSION WILL GO OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE -BAD SMELL COMING FROM THE A/C UNIT -WATER LEAKS. *AK