2006 Chevrolet Colorado problems
NHTSA has received 323 complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado, and 22% of them involve electrical system. Next are engine (15%) and brakes (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 323 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 56,000 miles 278 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 45 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 38 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 64 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 54 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 23 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 17 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 16 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 6 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 8 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 278 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 56,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 57,000 miles (66 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 4 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Chevrolet Colorado with enough data (196 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I don't remember everything because I was airlifted. I ran a stop sign and myself, my grandson, and my daughter-n-law (my grandson's mother was in backseat) and my great grandson in car seat were on our way home coming from near columbus ga. According to the data recorder from the truck all our seat belts were fastened. Another vehicle hit my truck and my grandson was ejected and killed..his seatbelt failed. I failed a complaint with general motors in november 2013 and they turned it over to esis to handle.
I own a 2006 chevrolet colorado which I bought new in november 2006. The vehicle was manufactured in april 2006. I was rear ended causing $1,500.00 of damage to the rear bumper assembly and the bumper was pushed into the painted area under the driver side tail light. The collision was the cause of the brake light switch being burned up, not allowing contacts to engage brake lamps. I have notified chevrolet customer service of this issue and they have done nothing.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH he crashed into a vehicle that turned in front of his vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The police reported to the scene and a report was filed. The contact was suffering from neck pain after the crash but had not sought medical assistance. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure mileage was 43,000.
Engine had a misfire and would stall sometimes when you made a tight turn at low speeds. Found out it had a bad value seat causing it to have the misfire. GM messed around and wouldn't fix it. Red other people had bad value seats too. Spent my own money to get it fixed.
I am going to get gas and go in side to pay and it wont start cranks no advise I had the same 5 times before the midway chevrolet fix it a bad ignition switch part #63779 o a bill for the parts $416.74 the theft system would work and it would stop working it is a switch for the gas I think I need to be pay back.