Model years Chevrolet Colorado
2021 Chevrolet Colorado
This year drew an ordinary 71 complaints for a Chevrolet Colorado — the model's median is 84. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.4% of them mention shop, against 8.9% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Chevrolet Colorado, which began in 2015 and ran to 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 71 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 84 |
| Involving a crash | 6 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- shop — 25.4% of this year's complaints, against 8.9% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: shop, undisclosed, earlier, fractured.
- emergency — 14.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (5.1×). Owners wrote it as: emergency, deadly, get stop, deadly accident.
- cam — 7% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the other years of this generation (24.5×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Complete engine failure due to defective crankshaft malfunction, truck taken to certified repair shop and then dealer, deal not responding for 24 days. Engine failed traveling on the highway was fortunately able to pull over, stranded. Engine light came on and…
Brake vacuum pump appeared to fail creating brake system malfunction. Appears determined by mechanics to have seized and caused damage to cam shaft. Driver’s safety issue caused when trying to brake vehicle not functioning. Vehicle was towed to mechanic shop.…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V811000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Colorado was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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