2009 Chevrolet Colorado problems
NHTSA has received 87 complaints about the 2009 Chevrolet Colorado, and 41% of them involve electrical system. Next are fuel system (14%) and engine (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 87 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 41% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 72 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 23 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 12 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 72 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 58,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 60,000 miles (27 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2009 ranks 17th most-complained-about out of 21 model years of the Chevrolet Colorado with enough data (37 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.
Rubber hood weather strip at rear of hood closure area detached, dropped down from insufficient retention clip design, atop of driver side exhaust manifold catalyst, and caught fire. Fire grew quickly and traveled up vertical laying weather strip, melted through plastic pcv hoses and convolute over pressurized fuel line soft flex hose portion. Was able to smell burning, see smoke, open hood, and extinguish fire with portable extinguisher before fire penetrated pressurized fuel flex hose area.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet colorado. The contact was driving 40 MPH and crashed into a wall. The impact forced the contact into the steering wheel causing injury to the chest. The air bag system did not deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was completely destroyed. The failure mileage was 18,500.
On friday morning at 8:10am I was driving on my way to work down auburn way when my chevrolet colorado began to smell like something electrical was burning seconds later I noticed smoked coming from under my glove box on the passenger side. A few second s later I saw flames dripping down to my floor board. It all happened very quickly and soon as I pulled into a side road I tried to look around to see where the fire was coming from and I even attempted to put out the fire started on my floor mat but in second the…
The transmission oil cooler line was not seated in its clamp/fitting allowing the metal line to contact/rub the steel frame whereby a hole was worn through tubing. This caused a transmission oil leak whereby the leaked fluid was being sprayed along the underside of the vehicle when the vehicle was moving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 chevrolet colorado. While driving 55 MPH, the headlights and instrument panel lighting shut off. There were no warning indicators illuminated before or during the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 121,000.