2005 Chevrolet Colorado Electrical System Problems
- 66
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 66 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 5 indicate fire
What owners report
- blower motor · 9 records
- wiring harness · 9 records
- brake lights · 8 records
- stopped working · 7 records
- same problem · 7 records
- failure mileage · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 21 |
| 1–30k mi | 12 |
| 30–60k mi | 10 |
| 150–400k mi | 7 |
| 100–150k mi | 5 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System
2005 chevy colorado. Blower motor failure on lowest 3 of 4 fan settings. Did online research, learned common failure was resistor / connector (melting of wires and connector). Checked mine. It showed signs of overheating (grey plastic turned brown on one of the four pins. Bought new resistor and connector from gm dealer and self-installed. Blower now works on lowest and highest settings only. Called gm hq. They said…
ODI 10295586
Electrical System · Latches/Locks/Linkages
I have an 05 four door colorado. In my years of owning it, i have s had several episodes in which the driverside window won't go down and the door locks do not work. This problem has taken up to a month or so for the truck's computer or what ever to work out the problem and start working normally. I have been to the dealer and they say they can't help except for a new switch which costs $200.00. I have also checked…
ODI 10261834
Electrical System
Driver information center on a 2005 chevy colorado z71 extend cab p/u switches from english to spanish. Miles change to km. All without touching anything. Truck has 36,500 miles on it. Dealership says the dic is bad and needs replaced. Of course they first told me that it will be covered under the speedometer settlement for other gh dic's. Not! This is a four hundred plus dollar repair. Problem started about 32k…
ODI 10266716
Electrical System · Equipment · Latches/Locks/Linkages
I have a 05 colorado. Extended cab 4x4 w/ 14,200 miles. I am the original owner. More than once i have had trouble with the driver side window won't go down and the door locks do not work. This problem is very annoying, frustrating and time consuming. It is not an uncommon problem, check out the on line forms related to colorado's. My dealer checked for recalls and tsbs with out help. I am very disappointed in gm as…
ODI 10264142
Electrical System
The nhtsa item number for this problem is 10013546 my 05 chevrolet colorado truck has a fan speed setting of 0-4 with 0 being off and 4 being high. About a week ago speeds 1-3 stopped working leaving only off or high. This told me it was the fan resistor. Once i found the resistor i noticed the pigtail connector and the resistor terminals were melted. I assume this is from excessive heat. After a quick search online…
ODI 10251046
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated that the vehicle would intermittently stall without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis, who advised that the ignition switch would need to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacture was alerted of the failure. The failure mileage was 35,000.
ODI 10569414
Electrical System · Service Brakes
The brake light switch installed by chevrolet to replace the brake light switch that they had recalled, had also failed to work. It stopped working shortly after they had installed the new one, but i hadn't realized because i thought my brake lights just kept going out. I wasn't even aware that there was a recall on the brake light switch and that they had replaced it when i had taken it in for another recall issue.…
ODI 10638655
Electrical System
A/c & heater controls not working. 1st time took pick-up in and was fixed under warranty at hudiburg cheverolet in oklahoma city, ok. The same thing was happening again around 1 1/2 years later took back to hudiburgs again and they refused to fix it because it was out of warranty. A couple of weeks later it began to work for a little while then stopped working altogether.
ODI 10765302
Electrical System
Fire fire fire an air conditioning resistor pack overheats and catches fire in the air conditioning plenum. This is the fan speed control resistor. I found mine to be melted down and the socket that it plugs into was also severely damaged. The only recommendation that the dealership offered was that i pay them to replace those components. I purchased those components and installed them myself. The same thing…
Fire reported
ODI 10464292
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other
The wiring harness and the resistor pack for the hvac burns and is melted and could possibly cause a fire. This is not just an electrical hvac problem. It is a grounding problem, and causes all kinds of problems. The hazard lights, blinkers, and stop lights all stopped working on my truck. Most of the dash would go out intermitly. The aux plugs stopped working. I had replaced the battery, wiring harness and resistor…
ODI 10425976
Electrical System
While driving, the radio will lose power, then the a/c will stop working, then the entire dash will lose power (no speed, tac or gas gauges). Then all warning/ failure lights come on. Will reset after you turn car off. Been to dealer 7 times for same problem. *nm
ODI 10166881
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet colorado. While parked, the contact started that the vehicle and noticed the starter kept running once the vehicle had started. The contact shut the vehicle off and after restarting it did not experience the failure. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnostic test. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The contact…
ODI 10461033
Electrical System · Pump · Transfer Case (4-Wheel Drive)
Truck has push button 4wd controls. Three times it has switched to 4wd from 2wd i was at slow speed once in reverse and each time i was turning the steering wheel to the right. Had the truck into the dealer for a defective power steering pump and reported that to the dealer, they said they could not duplicate the situation. *jb
ODI 10163927
Electrical System
Left power window, power door locks, clock radio, dome light quit working randomly. Dealer cannot duplicate problem. Onstar doesn't work sometimes. Battery seems to go dead if it sits more than 5 days, remote for door locks range is horrible but they say it's normal to have to stand right next to the truck to unlock / lock it. *jb
ODI 10145670
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Hood · Power Train · Seats · Switch
About 1 yr. And 1 month after i bought a chevy colorado, the thing shut off on me. The first time it left me on the side of i-55 and did not want to start. It did though, but the engine light was on, it soon went off. The dealer reprogrammed the computer. It has shut off on me 4 more times. The dealer will not fix the truck b/c it is not storing "codes". Also, the traction control on the truck seems to engadge…
ODI 10145232
Electrical System · Fuel System, Gasoline · Parking Brake
2005 chevrolet colorado 2wd pickup with 3.5 litre engine and manual transmission. Regular cab. This vehicle is poorly designed and supported. There has been a hesitation and backfire since it was new in may 2005. Numerous attempts to have gm fix it have met with stoney indifference and total non suport of their (gm) suposed warrranty. It also has a foot operated parking brake and this on a manual transmissioned…
ODI 10167799