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The ignition key won't release at times, and has been happening for months now. The engine will turn off, but some accessories remain on. Sometimes I can fiddle with the key or the shift lever, but in a worse case I need to disconnect a battery cable, take the key out, and reconnect the battery. A dealer examination said it was some kind of switch malfunctioning and it would cost over $300. GM/Chevrolet only offered $10 reduction. Many people apparently are having this problem.
Five months ago my key began to be stuck in my ignition. Had to continually restart my truck to get my key out. Same time I started to have intermittent lose of power steering. Only way to rectify that again is to turn my car off and restart. Just drove 13 miles with my daughter and it happened 5 times.
Blend air door where that actuator the next is cracked in busted driver side by gas pedal does not blow hot heat only blows cold. I can smell hot burning smell I am concerned this may cause a fire or a rupture in the coolant system causing me or my family to get hurt
The key does not come out of the ignition. You are U able to remove the key. When you take it into the dealership, they tell you it's dirty. This is not the problem, the key does not get dirty after every drive.
Driving down the road, vehicle in use, manufacturer installed touch screen with suddenly move on it's own, changing the radio stations, flipping through options, turning off directional aids, screen will flash. It has once called onstar on it's own. Also changes the screen in the center of the driver's screen on the dashboard at the same time so eyes are shifted to it from the road, causes a distraction. Dead spots on screen leaves you unable to try to remedy the situation. Vehicles has less than 50K miles. I do have a video available but unable to upload here. Continuously happens, not just once but each time vehicle is driven.
- Portland, TX, USA
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My 2016 Colorado has been having problems turning the key off. I am having to put it in reverse and drive several times to get the key out. I have a case number with GM but have to have diagnostics done on my cost as the warranty ran out a few months back. I have researched this and there are thousands of Colorado and canyons that owners are having the same problem. Leave your keys in the vehicle and you have a dead battery. I paid $38,000 for this vehicle and they don't want to fix it unless I pay. We are elderly and concerned we will be stranded somewhere due to this problem.
When turning off the truck, a lot of times my key wont switch all the way off and wont release. The engine turns off and turns back on fine but wont release the key. It seams to do it almost every time I go to turn off the truck and in order to get my key out I have to turn the truck back on and put it im drive then back to park multiple times. I have seen multiple forums that people have this same problem. Our local Chevrolet dealer wont cover this fix since my truck is now out of the 3 year warranty.
The transmission is shuddering frequently and the shifts are very harsh between first and second and the second down to first. Especially when accelerating and the transmission is upshifting or decelerating and the transmission is downshifting, this conditions had put me at risk in traffic light stops of intersections because I cant accelerate fast because it jerks and when I stop quick it jerks,
Ignition key remains stuck after vehicle is in placed in "park". key will not release from the ignition, leaving vehicle in "acc" mode. Need to continuously restart and reshift vehicle to eventually release the key. Have personally spent upwards of 20 minutes trying to release key. Have taken to a certified Chevy dealer 2 times, with no success. The dealer indicates Chevy "is aware of the situation, but has no recall at this time." Multiple online posting indicate it is a problem happening to numerous people.
About half dozen times my key would turn off the engine but not the dash (radio, light etc) then would not turn far enough so I could remove the key. After restarting and shifting through the gears a couple of times it would turn off as it should and I could remove the key. This does not happen all the time but is a pain when your not sure if you will get the key out at the store.
Takata recall. I noticed while driving when sun light is very bright around 3or 4 pm when glare hits the anti- collision sensor when it brakes for you it's happened a few times and I'm not even close to a car it activates on it's own. Also when cars are parked and ur turning the sensor also goes off it's own even though I'm not close to another car.
Rear differential making loud poping noices when engaged. Sounds like metallic metal to metal catching and grinding. Specially when switching from backing up to driving forwards again. Is could result in the differential locking up.
Vehicle has built in feature of hill assist that is overriding driver. Decides to stop or speed up on hills at will and lags and won't register what the driver is doing for quite some time. Hills are very dangerous with this vehicle and GM refuses to address the issue and debug the software to fix it. There are hundreds of complaints and still nothing. It's has created an issue to where I couldn't stop on multiple occasions, and luckily I was able to avoid and vehicles and pull off the road after placing the vehicle in neutral. The only way to override the feature is when you are in cruise control. I have had to shut the vehicle off to gets the engine to stop revving forward and have taken it to dealer multiple times. It is not safe for me or anyone near the truck.
The transmission does not downshift from a high gear (5 or 6) to a lower gear when slowing down from 45 mph to 20 mph (or lower). When the accelerator is depressed to accelerate the engine bucks, vibrates, and does not accelerate. The engine RPM drops to 1,000 RPM or lower. If the accelerator is quickly floored the transmission downshifts several gears lower and jerks forward. This condition happens primarily on secondary roads while driving along the road and when pulling from one road into traffic on another road. The situation when pulling into traffic is dangerous because the truck does not accelerate as it should. This truck was purchased new and has 14,500 miles on it. This condition has been present since the truck was new and the severity varies with truck speed and road inclination.
When going down hill the transmission downshifts hard and jerks you forward. You cannot accelerate again until it hits 10mph then it is hard to get the acceleration going again. This could cause an accident if someone is close behind you especially a big truck that cannot stop quickly. When you are accelerating on a hill it does not want to go and you have push the accelerator down the entire way and then jerks forward and takes off. This happens all of the time going downhill and up hills. I have 24,000 miles on my truck now and it has happened since I purchased the truck.
On February 21, 2017 while making a right turn, my 2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4WD crew cab turned itself off. On February 22, 2017 richard lucas Chevrolet looked at the vehicle for 5 hours an drove the vehicle around several times and were "unable to duplicate concern." I was told to call back if the issue ever popped up again, but it was believed to be unlikely. March 28, 2017 while driving home from work, my Colorado ignition made a click noise, and the ignition key turned itself off yet again. This time around was much different than the first occurrence as I had no brakes to stop the vehicle. To stop the vehicle I had to shift into park which I was able to do. Vehicle will be returning to the richard lucas auto center to be reevaluated. On the first occurrence the vehicle was in motion on a county road while completing a turn and the second time it happened while going straight on a residential street.
Heating system does not work, no defog or de frost available which can result in loss of forward visibility, recall has been issued, vehicle has been in for correction, was stated as corrected, was not, heating system does not work, repurchase of the vehicle has been requested since the heating system does not work, cannot be corrected, is a serious safety issue
Takata recall 2016 Chevy Colorado 4 wheel drive with 3.6 eng I have 815 miles on truck and having down shift problems transmisson will not down shift between 45 and 20 mph at times it doe this when you are pressing lightly on the gas peddle in slow traffic or at times going up small high and this will cause the truck to not go fast enough to get out of the way of other traffic.when you press the gas peddle the truck jerks and shutters I was told by service dept at dealership where I purchased the truck that GM had a service bulletin out about this problem and they would try to fix the problem but the service dept were not sure they could fix it.
My 2016 Chevy Colorado crew cab Z71 4X4 vibrates at highway speed. The dealership has replaced one tire, balanced X 3 and rotated and road force tested. The problem persists. I was told by the service manager that because I bought an off road truck with all season tires it will vibrate above 70 mph. I feel it in my seat, it appears to be coming from the rear of the truck. The empty passenger seat visually vibrates. It started after the first oil change and tire rotation at 6000 miles.
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- Union, WA, USA