NHTSA Complaint #10763428 — 2007 CHEVROLET COLORADO

THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE VEHICLE (MANY 2007 COLORADO'S AT LEAST FROM REVIEW OF THE NHTSA COMPLAINT PAGE & DISCUSSION WITH OTHER USERS) FAILS TO START, SOMETIMES ONCE, SOMETIMES TWICE, AND I HAVE HAD 4 OCCASIONS IN A ROW WHERE THE TRUCK FAILED TO START. IT APPEARS THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM ENGAGES FOR NO APPARENT REASON RESULTING IN A 10-15 MINUTE "TIME OUT" BEFORE YOU CAN AGAIN ATTEMPT TO START THE VEHICLE. OBVIOUS AS THE ANTI-THEFT ICON IS FLASHING WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS AT FIRST WAS SIMPLY AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT NOW IT IS NOT ONLY FRUSTRATING, IT IS DANGEROUS SHOULD YOU HAVE TO NEED THIS VEHICLE IN A EMERGENCY (EVACUATION FROM YOUR HOME OR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY). THIS HAD FIRST STARTED TO BE ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS, AND NOW THAT I'M AT 61,500 MILES, IT HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT (ONCE IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN A ROW) ALMOST 3-4 TIMES PER WEEK. YOU CAN'T BE EXPECTED TO CHANGE YOUR SCHEDULE TO GO TO WORK OR JUST USE THE VEHICLE TO CARRY ON YOUR LIFE 30-40 MINUTES EARLIER THAN YOU ALREADY DO JUST IN CASE THE VEHICLE FAILS TO START; OR BE ABLE TO USE THIS VEHICLE WITH ANY RELIABILITY IN AN EMERGENCY. SPOKE WITH A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER REPAIR SHOP ON THE PHONE MONTHS AGO AND THEY BASICALLY SAID THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AND MOST LIKELY COULDN'T RESOLVE IT AS IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM.