2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

I BOUGHT THIS PICK UP TRUCK FROM LOCAL DEALER 2010.IT STARED MAKING TROUBLE VERY EARLY DAYS,SHAKING AND MISFIRING,ENGINE CHECK LIGHT SHOWED UP,I TOOK TO LOCAL AUTO SHOPS AND THEY TOLD ME IT HAS A MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM BY THE MANUFACTURE(CHEVY)AND MISFIRING THE ENGINE AND SHOWING AN INTERNAL LEAK,CAUSING ALL PROBLEM,I SPEND A LOT OF MONEY BUT NOT ABLE TO FIX,IT WAS FAILING ON SMOG TEST AS WELL.FINALLY I TOOK TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER,THEY ASKED ME TO PAY $150.FOR DIAGNOSE,I AGREED TO PAY..FORTUNATELY DEALER FOUND IN THE SYSTEM THAT THIS MODEL TRUCK IS IN THE LIST OF ENGINE TROUBLE,ALL THE SYMPTOMS MY TRUCK WAS SHOWING,BUT GM NEVER SEND ME RECALL NOTICE,I COULD HAVE KILLED BY BIG ACCIDENT AS IT WAS STALLING ON THE FREEWAY WITH LOT OF PROBLEM...GM MISLEAD ME AND COVERED THIS DEFECTED TRUCK AND MODEL,AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS LIKE ME..PL INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND UPDATE...

I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK A LITTLE OVER 2 MONTHS AGO. SINCE PURCHASING THE TRUCK THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I HAD TO HAVE THE GAS TANK FLOAT/FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED, I HAD TO HAVE THE AC REPAIRED BECAUSE THE AC WOULD TURN ON AND THEN CONSTANTLY TURN ON AND OFF AT FIRST AND THEN IT STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER, I HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION SEAL REPLACED BECAUSE IT STARTED LEAKING, AND NOW I HAVE THIS AWFUL VIBRATION WHEN I ACCELERATE AND I HAVE TO KEEP THE WINDOW CRACKED OPEN BECAUSE THE SOUND OF THE VIBRATION INSIDE THE TRUCK IS SO LOUD IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE. I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS TRUCK AS A MATTER OF FACT THE DEALER TOLD ME THE TRUCK HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED, THE OIL WAS CHANGED AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED DRIVING VERY ROUGH AND RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE CAM SHAFT POSITION ACTUATOR SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH INTO AN INTERSECTION, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WARNING INDICATOR. THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE ENGINE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO RECOMMENDED THE VEHICLE BE DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN, ENGINE CYLINDER AND HEAD GASKET WOULD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY OFFERED A TEN PERCENT DISCOUNT TOWARDS THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000. UPDATED 04/11/12*LJ THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AT HER EXPENSE. UPDATED 04/20/12

VEHICLE WILL CRANK AND NOT START, CHECK ENGINE DOES NOT COME ON. WAIT 10 MINUTES AND TRUCK WILL START. HAPPENS UP TO ONCE A WEEK, RANDOM. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP , REPLACED ELEMENT, INSTALLED FUEL SYSTEM POWER PACK,INJECTION SYSTEM CLEAN AND REPLACED AIR FILTER. THAT WAS IN 2010, TRUCK WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT DID NOT COVER THIS WORK, DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. TRUCK IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. *TR

LIKE ALL THE OTHER REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ ONLINE ABOUT THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 2006 CHEVY COLORADO. I BOUGHT THE TRUCK 4 YEARS AGO ALMOST BRAND NEW AND I'M STILL PAYING FOR IT BUT CAN'T MOVE IT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT PASS THE STATE EMISSIONS TEST. I HAVE SPENT ABOUT $1,000 TRYING TO FIX MY TRUCK, BUYING PARTS AND REPLACING THEM BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AT THE END I WAS TOLD IT HAD SEVERAL MISFIRES AND HAD TO DO WITH THE CAMSHAFT SOLENOID POSITION. THE TRUCK WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE GOING TO AN INTERSECTION OR A STOP SIGN . I WAS TOLD AND ALSO READ THAT MY ONLY SOLUTION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IS TO PUT IN ANOTHER ENGINE BUT WITH TIME THE SAME PROBLEM WILL COME BACK. I GUESS THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE HANDLED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS A 4 CYLINDER 2.8 ENGINE AND WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NUMBER 4 VALVE WAS STICKING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUOSULY RECURRED. THE DEALER ALSO REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION, BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE FAILURE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ENGINE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WENT TO DEALERSHIP IN SAN ANGELO TX, DID DIAGNOSTIC FOR ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON DEALERSHIP SAID PROBLEM WAS P0017 (CAM ACTUATOR) DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT AT THE TIME DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BE OK TO DRIVE IT AS IS. DID RESEARCH ONLINE AND LOOKED IT UP ON BOOK AT AUTO PARTS STORE AND P0017 SAYS THIS "CRANKSHAFT POSITION CAMSHAFT POSITION CORRELATION - BANK 1 SENSOR B" WHAT EVER THAT MEANS. BUT NOW I HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS I STILL HAVE THAT AND A FEW MORE CODES I HAVE P0014 EXHAUST CAMSHAFT POSITION TIMING OVER - ADVANCED (BANK 1), AND P0300 RANDOM MISFIRE DETECTED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6,999.

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY COLORADO WITH ABOUT 61,000 MILES. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD IT TO FAIL N.C. INSPECTION DUE TO DTC P0017. I HAVE SPENT ROUGHLY $400 BETWEEN SENSORS/VALVES AND DIAGNOSES FOR THIS TRUCK. I SEE THERE ARE NUMEROUS TSB'S FOR THIS MODEL AND DTC P0017 BEING A COUPLE OF THEM. WE ARE STRUGGLING TRYING TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF AND WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT DUE TO THE RECURRING PROBLEM PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THIS DTC CODE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, SO OTHER PEOPLE WON'T HAVE TO DRAIN THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS FOR A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 10-15 MPH, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE ENGINE RESTARTED AFTER THE CONTACT WAITED FIVE TO TEN MINUTES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS PERFORMED TWICE WHICH DETECTED NO TROUBLE CODES. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,500.

TRUCK WILL GO INTO REDUCED POWER MODE WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT DOES THIS IT WILL CHIME A FEW TIMES AND THEN DROP THE SPEED YOU ARE DRIVING AT TO WHATEVER IT WANTS USUALLY IT'S 40 TO 20 MPH, YOU CANNOT GO ANY FASTER, AND THERE IS NO WARNING TO THIS AT ALL, AND NO PATTERN AS TO WHEN IT WILL DO THIS. BUT IT HAS ALWAYS DONE IT WHILE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED AND LUCKILY NO ONE HIT ME THAT WAS BEHIND ME. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK INTO A DEALERSHIP FIVE TIMES, THE FIRST TWO TIMES WAS TO MILLS IN RICHWOOD, WHICH THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO DO WITH THE TRUCK AS THE ENGINE WASN'T THROWING A CODE, AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD SENSOR BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE SO THEY SENT ME ON MY WAY....

2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO HAS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE CAMSHAFT ACTUATOR SOLENOID FILTERING SCREENS DISLODGING FROM THE PART, THAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TIMING TO BE AFFECTED AND MAKES THE ENGINE IDLE ROUGH AND STALL. THIS CAN CREATE AN INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT IF THE INVOLVED VEHICLE IS IN OPERATION AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2006 COLORADO TRUCK, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING PLACING US IN DANGER FROM THE VEHICLES NEAR US. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. WE WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE TO A SAFE ZONE. THE ENGINE STARTED AND WE CONTINUED OUR TRIP. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE MAY BE INJURED OR KILLED. WE ARE NOT DRIVING THE TRUCK UNTIL IT IS FIXED. *TR

I HAVE A CHEVY 2006 COLORADO THIS WILL BE THE SIX TIME THAT I THAT THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FIX THEY ALL GO OUT TOGETHER THEIRS HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES THAT WE HAD CLOSE CALL THAT WE DIDN'T GET HIT BY THE REAR END IT HAS BEEN REAL SCARY AT THOSE TIMES. *TR

2006 CHEVY COLORADO PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAGS AND ENGINE STUTTERING. CONSUMER STATES THAT AIRBAGS SENSOR CAN NOT TELL WHEN HIS WIFE OR DAUGHTER ARE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. HE STATES THAT THE ENGINE STUTTERS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS DECREASED. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT DID NOT TURN ON WHEN THE SEAT WAS OCCUPIED AND SOMETIMES THE AIR BAG INDICATOR WOULD SUDDENLY SHOW THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS OFF. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED ON ONE OCCASION, THE VEHICLE DID NOT WANT TO MOVE; IT WENT A VERY SLOW PACE NO MATTER HOW HARD THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THEY FOUND A FUEL INJECTOR LEAKING. *JB

AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOING ON AND OFF I DECIDED TO HAVE THE TRUCK CHECKED OUT. AFTER DEALER RAN HISTORY, STATED THAT I NEEDED TO BRING TRUCK IN FOR A HEAD ISSUE. AFTER HAVING THE TRUCK FOR THREE DAYS, DEALER NOTIFIED ME THAT THEY PUT ENGINE BACK TOGETHER AND GOT IT FIRED BUT WAS LOSING COMPRESSION ON THE #1 CYLINDER. THEN THE ENGINE WAS MAKING VERY LOUD NOISES. AFTER TEARING ENGINE BACK DOWN, THEN NOTICED THE EXHAUST VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION, WHILE THE PISTON WAS GOING IN THE UP POSITION, IT BROKE THE PISTON IN PIECES AND BROKE THE VALVE. THE DEALER CONTACTED GM AS TO WHAT TO DO. GM IS SENDING A NEW ENGINE TO REPLACE THE BLOWN ENGINE. THERE IS ONLY 25,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHEN IDLING OR DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE RPM'S INCREASE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED THAT WAY FOR BETTER EMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE IDLING COULD NOT BE CORRECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TRUCK MISFIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS SINCE AROUND JUNE 2007. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON SOME, OFF SOME. JUNE 19 DEALER SAID MISFIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AND THEY WERE STUMPED. THEY FIRST GUESSED BAD GASOLINE THEN SAID COMPUTER NEEDED RECONFIGURING. STILL MISFIRING WHEN I LEFT SHOP. ON JULY 19 RETURNED TO DEALER. THEY SAID IT WAS A GM PROBLEM THAT GM WAS AWARE OF...POSSIBLY CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND FOR ME TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. ON AUG 18 I TOOK TRUCK BACK TO DEALER AFTER ENGINE QUIT IN A ROLLING TURN IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND SPARK PLUGS AND SAID THEY THOUGHT WATER WAS IN FUEL. DON'T GO BACK TO SAME GAS STATIONS THEY SAID. I HAVEN'T. TRUCK STILL WAS MISFIRING WHEN I LEFT. ON 9-26 I WENT BACK TO DEALER. TRUCK ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DOING 70MPH DOWN BUSY INTERSTATE. MADE IT TO SIDE OF...

POWER REDUCED WARNING AND ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CAN'T ACCELERATE ABOVE 50 MPH. DEALER IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON PROBLEM FOR THE FOURTH TIME. UNABLE TO CORRECTLY REPAIR OR FIND PROBLEM. VERY RUDE TREATMENT FROM DEALER. *TR UPDATED 09/18/07 *TR