2015 Chevrolet Colorado: engine and transmission complaints
NO ELEVATED SIGNAL
16%
74 of 490 relevant owner complaints are about the engine, transmission or fuel system
No elevated drivetrain complaint concentration in the available NHTSA records for the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado. Engine, transmission and fuel system account for 16% of relevant complaints.
Better than 92% of the 1,230 model years we track (2010–2023).
Manufacturers fix things mid-generation. A bad year next to a clean one is common; the fix usually arrived in between.
What owners reported
POWER TRAIN01/30/2020CRASH1 INJURED
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING UP, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARD AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LURED FORWARD BY ITSELF, HIT THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE, WHICH IN TURN CRASHED INTO OTHER VEHICLES THAT WE…
POWER TRAIN04/28/20171 INJURED
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK FORWARD INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. DURING THE FAILURE, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHIC…
POWER TRAIN09/07/2016CRASH1 INJURED
WHILE STOPPED AND TRYING TO TURN LEFT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A DRIVER WHO DID NOT SEE ME UNTIL IT WAS TO LATE. I SAW HIM IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, HOWEVER, BARRELING DOWN AT ME AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I HIT THE GAS TO THE FLOOR TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM BUT MY 2015 V6 COLORADO HESITATED FOR A 1/2 S…
Three of 74 drivetrain complaints. The full report shows more, with quotes about the engine in the car you are looking at first.
Recall campaigns on this model year (7)
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2016 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado, and 2016 Chevrolet Volt vehicles. The driver's frontal air bag may improperly i…
AIR BAGS
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured January 6, 2014, to October 1, 2014. In the affected…
SEATS
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon trucks manufactured January 6, 2014, to April 1, 2015. In the affected veh…
This does not say whether a particular car has an open, unrepaired recall. That depends on the VIN.
Before you buy a 2015 Chevrolet Colorado
No elevated drivetrain pattern for this model year. That describes the model, not the car in front of you.
Get an independent pre-purchase inspection from a mechanic you choose.
7 recall campaigns on this model year. Whether a specific car still has one open depends on the VIN; the report checks that.
Ask for service records. A transmission already replaced under warranty is a different car from one that was not.
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Experimental model-level information. This is not a vehicle inspection, vehicle-history
report, financial advice or purchase recommendation. It describes patterns across a model year, not the condition
of any individual vehicle.
