NHTSA Complaint #10394316 — 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO

2006 CHEVY COLORADO 4 CYL. 2.3L CAMSHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR WENT BAD AT 68,000 MILES CAUSING ROUGH IDLE, SOME STALLING, AND LOSS OF POWER. ORIGINALLY CHANGED CAMSHAFT SOLENOID DUE TO MISSING SCREEN. PROBLEM CAME BACK IMMEDIATELY, DEALER TORE APART ENGINE AND SAID THE ACTUAL CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR NEEDED REPLACED. COST $1200. TRUCK WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW, AND SERVICED ON SCHEDULE. HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE COLORADOS, AND MUST BE BECAUSE THERE IS EVEN A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT IT. GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR IT UNLESS STILL UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, WHICH FOR MY YEAR EXPIRES AT 36,000 MILES OR 3 YEARS. AT 67,000 MILES, PARTS IN THE ENGINE SHOULD NOT BE TEARING UP. IT IS POOR QUALITY AND DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING. *TR