2016 Chevrolet Colorado Power Train Problems
- 54
- 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 54 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- lower gear · 12 records
- transmission does · 7 records
- stop traffic · 6 records
- wheel drive · 6 records
- slowing down · 6 records
- high gear · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 39 |
| 30–60k mi | 7 |
| 60–100k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
Transmission does not downshift properly from upper gears (5,6) to lower range when decelerating from 40 + mph to under 20 mph. Vehicle will exhibit loss of power from being in too high of a gear range, causing "chugging", and then a sudden burst of power as you try to accelerate. Dealer reset ecm for transmission; problem persists. Typically occurs on residential or non-freeway streets, but has happened entering a…
ODI 10839703
Engine · Power Train
Vehicle stalls. When navigating a corner transmission looses its gear and acts like it doesn't know what to do and bangs and stalls. Also trans acts confused stop and go situations(city) and bangs when it remembers. Also does this when coasting on highway and accelerating again. It may jump down several gears and take off. Vehicle also has stalled several times at red lights and has a rough idle most of the time…
ODI 10966126
Power Train
The transmission hesitates while trying to find the correct gear..i spoke to a maintenance rep at the dealership where i bought my truck and he said that the engineers made the truck that way for fuel efficiency. He also told me to just floor the accelerator to get power when i need it. It still hesitates even when i floor it and how does that help fuel efficiency? He said if a technical service bulletin comes out…
ODI 10905591
Power Train
Chevy said there are no fixes for the following complaints. Transmission is acceptable and smooth shifting under light loads. Under a need for downshifting for acceleration the down shifting is delayed or hesitates momentarily and then the truck jerks forward to a excessively lower gear & the upshifts to the gear it should have in the first place. The delay or lag in downshifting creates a very dangerous condition…
ODI 10908670