FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Colorado

Owners have filed 4,906 complaints about the Chevrolet Colorado with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2026. More of them are about the steering than anything else.

Avoid

2005 Chevrolet Colorado

459 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2010 Chevrolet Colorado

48 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Colorado year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 A 21 0 0 5,800 Electrical System
2025 A 47 3 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 C 182 12 2 4,500 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 C 208 4 0 6,750 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 C 68 3 0 20,000 Electrical System
2021 C 106 7 1 44,250 Engine & Cooling
2020 C 101 1 5 13,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 C 195 7 7 9,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 C 247 3 6 14,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2017 D 285 10 0 23,692 Transmission & Drivetrain
2016 D 940 25 2 42,050 Steering
2015 D 641 26 6 53,000 Steering
2014 1 0 0 Steering
2013 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2012 C 60 7 2 43,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 B 54 4 0 55,000 Electrical System
2010 A 48 0 1 47,000 Electrical System
2009 B 87 1 6 58,370 Electrical System
2008 C 130 7 16 53,000 Electrical System
2007 C 199 13 6 59,000 Electrical System
2006 C 323 6 6 56,000 Electrical System
2005 F 459 35 13 52,000 Brakes
2004 D 502 15 16 53,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a Chevrolet Colorado

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Steering 939 19.1%

Worst in 2016

Electrical System 762 15.5%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2017

Engine & Cooling 429 8.7%

Worst in 2006

Brakes 428 8.7%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2016

Lights 212 4.3%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 184 3.8%

Worst in 2005

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2016

Body & Structure 156 3.2%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2015

Suspension 112 2.3%

Worst in 2004

Worst in 2016

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Colorado

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 98 26.0%
Automatic Emergency Braking 62 16.4%
Switch 62 16.4%
Warnings 29 7.7%
Engine 29 7.7%
Blind Spot Detection 21 5.6%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 21 5.6%
Front 19 5.0%
Adaptive Cruise Control 18 4.8%
Automatic Transmission 18 4.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Colorado, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2004 peak 58 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Colorado problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Colorado

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.