2025 Chevrolet Colorado — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 315 evidence records for the 2025 Chevrolet Colorado, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 47 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Driver-assistance systems12 (25.5%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2023.
- Brakes10 (21.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2015–2023.
- Electrical system7 (14.9%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004–2006.
- Engine3 (6.4%)
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (6.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2011.
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)2 (4.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2011.
Other / uncategorized: 6 classifications (12.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (7,176 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: steering, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
- Safety recalls (79 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), tires & wheels and fuel system.
- Transport Canada recalls (69 records, model years 2004–2025) are most frequently classified under: lights, seat belts and fuel system.
- Manufacturer communications (23,399 records, model years 2004–2026) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2004 984 records for 2004
- 2005 1,018 records for 2005
- 2006 980 records for 2006
- 2007 1,007 records for 2007
- 2008 1,037 records for 2008
- 2009 1,114 records for 2009
- 2010 1,241 records for 2010
- 2011 1,310 records for 2011
- 2012 1,361 records for 2012
- 2015 2,327 records for 2015
- 2016 2,297 records for 2016
- 2017 1,721 records for 2017
- 2018 1,443 records for 2018
- 2019 1,133 records for 2019
- 2020 960 records for 2020
- 2021 819 records for 2021
- 2022 698 records for 2022
- 2023 770 records for 2023
- 2024 656 records for 2024
- 2025 315 records for 2025
- 2026 139 records for 2026
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 1mention a crash
- 1mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 1
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 285
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 1
- Owner complaints NHTSA 27
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Chevrolet Colorado coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Chevrolet Colorado Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.