2005 Chevrolet Colorado Brakes Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT FLASHED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO REPLACED ALL OF THE BRAKE SENSORS ON FOUR OCCASIONS BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AND WENT TO STOP AND THE ABS SYSTEM CAME ON. DRY ROADS AT 5MPH. *TR

ABS FAULT- LOCKED UP BRAKES- COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE- NEED A RECALL BUT KNOWING GM WE WILL NEVER SEE ONE (UNTIL SOMEONE DIES) .... THIS IS CRAZY THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE LACK OF RESPONSE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR GM. *TR

ABS BRAKE LIGHT ON PEDAL PULSATES. *TR

DISPLAY SAYS ABS FAULT. THE ABS PULSES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE. *TR

THE ABS BRAKES FAULT WILL OCCUR ON OCCASIONS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A MONTH. IT APPEARS OUT OF NO WHERE. THE BRAKES BECAME SOFT AND NOISY. I CAN PULL OVER AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES THEN RESTART AND THE PROBLEM SELF CORRECTS. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN NOW. I AM GETTING A LITTLE SCARED THIS MAY HAPPEN WHEN I NEED THE BRAKES. *TR

THE ABS IS A CONSTANT ISSUE ON THIS MODEL. IF IT FAILS WHILE DRIVING, WHICH IT HAS FOR ME AS WELL AS A LOT OF OTHERS, IT IS HARD TO STOP THE TRUCK. WHILE YOU TRY TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL THE ABS IS ACTIVE AND FIGHTS AGAINST YOU MAKING IT HARD TO STOP IN TIME. THIS IS AN ISSUE GM IS AWARE OF AND SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO A RECALL BEFORE THERE IS A SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO WILL ACTIVATE THE ABS SYSTEM DURING BRAKING ON WARM DRY PAVEMENT AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. DURING THESE EVENTS THE ABS FAILURE WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED AT 4 MPH AND AT 25 MPH. OTHER TIMES, THE ABS FAILURE WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES WORK FINE. NO CONSISTENCY AND WILL NOT REPEAT FOR MECHANIC. *TR

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS BRAKING PROBLEMS SINE THE THIRD YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. ABS LIGHT AND STOPPING PROBLEMS TO MANY TO MENTION! WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP AFTER $500.00 THAT CALIPERS WERE FROZEN FROM RUST! ALSO I HAVE BEEN GETTING ABS FAILURES ALSO. PLEASE HAVE GM MAKE THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION RIGHT. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO DIE BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN? *TR

MY TRUCK STARTED GRINDING EVERYTIME I USED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP YOU. I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER ([XXX]). THE HOOKED IT UP TO A COMPUTER AND IT SHOWED BOTH ABS SENSORS WERE BAD IN THE FRONT HUBS. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE AROUND &1200 TO FIX THEM SINCE IT WILL TAKE UP TO 8 HOURS FOR THE TYPE OF SENSOR INSIDE THE HUB. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE YOU ARE UNABLE TO STOP, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE ON EDMUNDS.COM COMPLAINING TO GM ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY COLORADO. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE COMPLAINTS. THANKS! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ABS WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON IN DRY WEATHER AND ABS WILL ENGAGE DIMINISHING BRAKING. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET AND GMC 2004 - 2006 COLORADO AND CANYONS. GMC WILL REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY PERSONAL CASE IS THAT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CLOSED MY COMPLAINT UNTIL I SPEND $100. TO HAVE DIAGNOSTICS RUN FOR THE ERROR CODES. ALL ONE HAS TO DO IS GO TO EDMUNDS.COM AND LOOK AT THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, OR ANY OTHER VEHICLE FORUM FOR THAT MATTER. EVEN THE ERROR CODES ARE SHOWN. I FINALLY RELINQUISHED AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE CODES READ. JUST LIKE THE FORUMS STATE THE ERROR CODES CAME BACK, C0035, LEFT FRONT SENSOR AND C00220, LEFT FRONT IN RELEASE TOO LONG. SENSOR AND NEW HUB IS ESTIMATED BY DEALER TO BE $762.00!!!!DEALER ALSO STATED GM IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS DUE TO POOR/FLAWED DESIGN. MY VEHICLE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 2005, IS IN SHOWROOM CONDITION. I SEVERELY BABY THIS TRUCK, EVEN TO THE POINT I PAINT THE UNDERCARRIAGE 3 - 4 TIME A YEAR. THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY HAZARD AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE ABS ENGAGING UNEXPECTEDLY IN COMPLETELY DRY WEATHER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BEGINS TO THUMP AND BRAKING IS SEVERELY REDUCED. *TR

VEHICLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON WILL ENGAGE ABS WHERE BRAKES WILL PULSATE AND A TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN BRAKES WILL OCCUR. THIS WILL OCCUR WHEN THERE IS NO RAIN, STREETS ARE DRY AND SUNNY. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS OCCURRENCE THE ABS FAULT LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON UNTIL CAR IS STOPPED, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED. TOOK VEHICLE IN TO GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID BRAKES WERE FINE. WHEN ABS ENGAGES, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, ONE WILL FEEL BRAKE PEDAL PULSATING AND A LOSS OF BRAKING WHICH CAUSES SOME IMMEDIATE ALARM FOR FEAR OF RUNNING INTO SOMEBODY OR POSSIBLY ALLOWING CAR TO GO TOO FAR INTO AN INTERSECTION WHEN TRYING TO STOP. MANY WEB SITES, FORUMS AND BLOGS, SUCH AS EDMONDS ARE LOADED WITH THESE COMPLAINTS ON 2004 - 2006 COLORADO'S, AS THIS IS NOT JUST A SINGLE OCCURRENCE IN A COUPLE OF VEHICLES. CONTACTED CHEVROLET BUT THEY ALWAYS POINT ME TO DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO READ COMPUTER CODE FOR ERROR AT A COST OF $100 AND THEN WILL PRICE OUT THE COST FOR REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT GM IS VERY AWARE OF AND SELECTS NOT TO ADDRESS. *TR

2005 CHEVY COLORADO ABS BRAKES . ABS FAULT LIGHT COMES ON AND BRAKES START PULSE THEN GET HAND TO PUSH DOWN ON AN THE TRUCK IS HARD TO STOP VERY FAST. THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT OF CHEVY COLORADOS AND GMC CANYONS THAT HAVE THIS GOING ON IN YEARS 2004 THROUGH 2007 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SOME ONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY HAPPENED . GM NEEDS TO RECALL ALL THESE PICKUP AND FIX THEM . ALSO THE WHEEL HUB THAT THE ABS SENSOR CONNECTS TO ALSO HAS TO BE REPLACE . IT DOS NOT MATTER WHAT THE MILES ARE 1 TO 100,00 MILES ON THE AUTO IT HAPPENS AND THIS NEEDS FIXED NOW. *TR

OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO AND AM HAVING REPEATED EVENTS WITH THE ABS WARNING LIGHT. THE LIGHT CAME ON RECENTLY AND THEN DISAPPEARED; FOLLOWED BY RETURNING AGAIN YESTERDAY ALONG WITH BRAKE LIGHT WARNING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ANYONE OWNING AND DRIVING ONE OF THESE. AFTER INVESTIGATING OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE IT LOOKS LIKE GM NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO A RECALL. *TR

FRONT LEFT ABS SENSOR ON A 2005 CHEVEROLET COLORADO. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 88,000 MILES ON IT AND THE ABS FAULT SIGNAL COMES ON EVERYTIME I DRIVE CAUSING MY BRAKES TO BECOME STIFF WHICH STOPS THEM FROM WORKING CAUSING ME TO ALMOST HIT SOMEONE EVERYTIME I GO TO A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. *TR

INTERMITTENT ABS FAILURE. CAUSES BRAKES TO APPLY UNEVENLY AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT WARNING. PROBLEM COMES AND GOES. *TR

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE ABS STARTS GRINDING FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, AFTER FIVE MINUTES THE BRAKES STOP AND AN ABS FAULT APPEARS DISENGAGING THE ABS SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM RESTARTS AFTER THE CAR IS RESTARTED AND THEN THE SAME ISSUE WILL OCCUR. SOMETIME WHEN THE TRUCK NEEDS TO MAKE A QUICK STOP THIS WILL BEGIN TO ACTIVATE THE FAULT ISSUE. SOME TIMES THE ISSUE IS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO ENGAGE A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE SYSTEM AND THE PARKING BRAKE LIGHT WILL ALSO COME ON. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COLARADO I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY E.H.C.U ELETRO HYDRO.. CONTROL UNIT, IT COMES ON EVERY 1 TO 3 DAYS ONLY WHEN I AM MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. I'VE HAD A A.B.S TEST DONE BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS FOR FREE AND THE TEST SHOWS PROBLEM WITH MOTOR MALFUNCTION/ RIGHT FRONT ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CHANNEL IMPULSES TOO LONG/ LOSS OF CLASS 2 COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE DRIVER INFORMATION MODULE. I FEEL THIS CAN CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT I HAVE ALREADY LOSS CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND FLATED MY RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WHICH COST ME $104.00 . BEFORE THIS HAPPENS TOO SOMEBODY ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT -IT. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COLARADO I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY E.H.C.U ELETRO HDY. CONTROL UNIT, IT COMES ON EVERY 1 TO 3 DAYS ONLY WHEN I AM MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. I'VE HAD A A.B.S TEST DONE BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS FOR FREE AND THE TEST SHOWS PROBLEM WITH MOTOR MALFUNCTION/ RIGHT FRONT ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CHANNEL IMPULSES TOO LONG/ LOSS OF CLASS 2 COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE DRIVER INFORMATION MODULE. I FEEL THIS CAN CAUSE A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT I HAVE ALREADY LOSS CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND FLATED MY RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER TIRE WHICH COST ME $104.00 . BEFORE THIS HAPPENS TOO SOMEBODY ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT -IT. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY COLARADO I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY E.H.C.U ELETRO HDY. CONTROL UNIT, IT COMES ON EVERY 1 TO 3 DAYS ONLY WHEN I AM MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN. I'VE HAD A ABS TEST DONE BY ADVANCE AUTO PARTS FOR FREE AND THE TEST SHOWS PROBLEM WITH MOTOR MALFUNCTION/ RIGHT FRONT ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM CHANNEL IN PULSES TOO LONG/ LOSS OF CLASS 2 COMMUNICATION WITH BODY CONTROL MODULE DRIVER INFORMATION MODULE. *TR