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2008 Chevrolet Colorado Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

5
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.

What owners report

  • rear brake · 5 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi3
60–100k mi1
30–60k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • August 15, 2010 · 68,000 miles

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic · Suspension

    Vibration at highway speeds. Dealer cannot find or fix problem. Very unsafe to drive. Replaced hubs, tires pads rotors and drums still have same problem. *tr

    ODI 10369153

  • July 15, 2010 · 22,700 miles

    Electrical System · Power Train · Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    The brakes drag and squeal all of the time. They grab some of the time, and have temporarily locked up on 6 occasions. Being abs; they don't actually lock up but do grab hard enough and long enough to make the tires "chirp". The problems are not noticeable at highway speed but the lower than expected mpg and higher than expected variation in mpg makes me think they occur at all speeds. Having no doubt that the…

    ODI 10371726

  • February 23, 2010 · 35,600 miles

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    My vehicle almost completely lost all of it's brakes. Upon short inspection under the hood, i found the grommet that seals the brake system check valve to the power booster almost completely ripped into two pieces. Prior to this incident, no maintenance or any other under hood maintenance had been performed on this vehicle other than regular oil changes. This part is nowhere near the area required access for an oil…

    ODI 10385128

  • January 6, 2010 · 28,000 miles

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    The rear brake adjusters are faulty on the 2008 chevy colorados. Gm has issued a tsb for this issue #07-05-24-001b. The symptoms are squealing rear brakes, high rear brake wear, rusting on drums and more. The tsb is only good until 36,000 miles. Many dealerships will not perform the tsb repair which is free. They will instead charge the customer for a rear brake clean and adjust which only temporarily eliminates the…

    ODI 10300266

  • June 20, 2008 · 4,500 miles

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic

    Rear brake issues no problems found at dealer 2 times i had taken it to them. Rear brake noise screeching squealing, lock up when moisture is present, and in an emergency stop the pedal gets real stiff and is hard to stop. I put in a complaint to chevrolet and they said there is nothing they can do. I feel unsafe driving this vehicle after two close calls with emergency stopping. Please help me i don't know what to…

    ODI 10245623

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2008 Chevrolet Colorado.

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