NHTSA Complaint #10575495 — 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO

VEHICLE PURCHASED NEW ON 05/2006. LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO PASSLOCK SYSTEM BELIEVING THE CAR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING STOLEN. OWNER WOULD UNLOCK VEHICLE WITH KEY FOB AND PLACE KEY IN IGNITION TO START, BUT RED LOCK ICON ON DASHBOARD WOULD BLINK AND ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. ORIGINAL KEY AND ORIGINAL KEY FOB USED AT ALL TIMES OF OCCURRENCE. OWNER WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TEN MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN IF VEHICLE WOULD NOT START FOR PASSLOCK SYSTEM TO DISENGAGE. WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, CUSTOMER BROUGHT VEHICLE INTO GM DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE VERIFIED. THIS LEFT CUSTOMER STRANDED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AT TIMES AND IN SITUATIONS THAT COULD HAVE LEFT OWNER IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION BASED ON AREA. AT ONE POINT, CUSTOMER COULD NOT START VEHICLE AFTER A HALF HOUR, HE THAN CALLED GM AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED UNDER WARRANTY, THE GM DEALERSHIP STATED PROBLEM WAS FIXED OR CORRECTED. NOW, NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY VEHICLE HAS SAME ISSUE OCCURRING INTERMITTENTLY. COST TO REPLACE PASSLOCK SENSOR IS TOO COSTLY FOR OWNER TO AFFORD. OTHER VEHICLE MAINTENANCE IS PROPERLY DONE ACCORDING TO OWNER'S MANUAL BY LOCAL MECHANIC. OWNER HAS UPLOADED VIDEO OF ISSUE EXPERIENCING; PLEASE VISIT YOUTUBE AT HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=MFDJHO_HIY4&FEATURE=YOUTU.BE. *TR