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.

  1. 2004 984 records for 2004
  2. 2005 1,018 records for 2005
  3. 2006 980 records for 2006
  4. 2007 1,007 records for 2007
  5. 2008 1,037 records for 2008
  6. 2009 1,114 records for 2009
  7. 2010 1,241 records for 2010
  8. 2011 1,310 records for 2011
  9. 2012 1,361 records for 2012
  10. 2015 2,327 records for 2015
  11. 2016 2,297 records for 2016
  12. 2017 1,721 records for 2017
  13. 2018 1,443 records for 2018
  14. 2019 1,133 records for 2019
  15. 2020 960 records for 2020
  16. 2021 819 records for 2021
  17. 2022 698 records for 2022
  18. 2023 770 records for 2023
  19. 2024 656 records for 2024
  20. 2025 315 records for 2025
  21. 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

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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.

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