2005 Chevrolet Colorado Lighting Problems

THE BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS QUIT AND I CANT FIGURE OUT WHY. I REPLACED THE BULBS.

I LOOKED UP MY VIN AND HAVE HAD AN ACTIVE RECALL SINCE 2006

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED IN 2007 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V139000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING), BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.

SEPT OF 2014 OUR CHEVROLET COLORADO HAD ISSUES WITH NOT STARTING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS "CODE ISSUES" AND REPLACED A SAFETY SENSOR. THE ISSUE WAS NEVER RESOLVED AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. OCT OF 2015 WHILE DRIVING, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND NEVER WENT OFF. ALSO OCT 2015, ABOUT THE TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, WE RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT A WIRE HARNESS IN THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF VEHICLE COULD CAUSE CODE PROBLEMS AND OR THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND THAT GM WOULD FIX IT AT NO COST TO US, IF THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN 10 YRS OLD OR HAD 120,000 OR LESS MILES. LAST YEAR WHEN THIS STARTED OUR VEHICLE WAS 9 YRS OLD, YET GM WILL NOT PAY FOR IT SAYING IT'S NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. I COMPLETELY DISAGREE AS THE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW IF IT'S REALLY NOT AIRBAG FAILURE AS OPPOSED TO THE FAULTY WIRE AND HARNESS? THIS LETTER WAS DATED OCT 2015 YET GM IS SAYING THE OFFER ON THIS EXPIRED OCT 29 2014 YET WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A LETTER UNTIL 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE BRAKE LAMPS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE SERVICED IN AUGUST 2012 UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 50 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 181,244 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 181,258.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND APPROACHING A STOP WHEN HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED DURING ACTIVATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

AS PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V139000 AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V310000 BRAKE LAMP SWITCH ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. SINCE REPLACEMENT (APPROX. 10,000 MILES) BRAKE LIGHTS AND CRUISE MALFUNCTIONED. THIS LEFT DRIVER WITHOUT OPERABLE BRAKE LIGHTS. DRIVER WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, SAFETY WAS COMPROMISED. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPLACE BRAKE LAMP ASSEMBLY AT COST, BECAUSE THE SAFETY RECALL WAS ALREADY PERFORMED ONCE. *TR

COMPLETE FAILURE OF ALL BRAKE LIGHTS DUE TO BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. WAS WARNED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST FOLLOWING A NEAR COLLISION. I NOTICED SEVERAL WEEKS PRIOR TO INCIDENT THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO ENGAGE. DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE REPAIRS STATED THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V139000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH). FOLLOWING REPAIRS, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BRAKE LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER ADVISED ANY FURTHER REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED HIS VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SERVICED FOR THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06V139000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH). APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS LATER, THE BRAKES LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. IN ADDITION, THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 49,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V310000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH) IN JULY, 2010. THE CONTACT STATED THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN NEED OF THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE RECALL REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE PERFORMED IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEED OF THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

NOTICED FIRST THE CRUISE CONTROL HAD STOPPED WORKING, THEN WAS INFORMED BY A FRIEND THAT I HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS. WHILE SEARCHING FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS ONLINE, I NOTICED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MY VEHICLE FROM NHTSA(09V310000), BUT THAT PARTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 2010. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO OPEN RECALL NOTICES ON MY VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

LEFT TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR ON WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. ACTIVATION OF LEFT TURN SIGNAL CAUSES BOTH FRONT TURN LIGHTS TO BLINK, AND ALL FOUR REAR TAIL/TURN LIGHTS TO BLINK. THIS MIGHT BE DUE TO TURN SIGNAL SWITCH, OR MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V139000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING, BRAKE LIGHTS SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH, THE BRAKES LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS ALSO FAILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 09V310000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING, AND THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH MAY NOT WORK AS DESIGNED DUE TO CONTAMINATION IN THE SWITCH. THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE BRAKE LIGHTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89842.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. THE PASSENGER OBSERVED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 06V139000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS;SWITCH); HOWEVER, THE THE RECALL REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT AND FAILED TO ADDRESS THE DEFECT. THE CONTACT HAS CONCERNS OF THE SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.

CRUISE CONTROL ON MY 2005 CHEVY COLORADO STOPPED WORKING, WHEN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I FOUND MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ALSO NOT WORKING, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A RECALL ABOUT THIS, HOWEVER MY DEALERSHIP - LITHIA CHEVROLET AND GEORGE GEE PONTIAC, BOTH SAY THIER PART WAS ALREADY REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT AGAIN, THUS I AM STUCK WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS, OBVIOUSLY THE REPLACEMENT PART DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO. IN DECEMBER OF 2006, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06V139000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH). MOST RECENTLY, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT TURN OFF AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ON OCTOBER 31, 2008, HE WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ALSO WERE NOT WORKING. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT REPAIR VEHICLES FOR THE SAME RECALL MORE THAN ONCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,008 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,990.

BRAKE LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY DID NOT WORK. I PERSONALLY CHECKED THE BULBS AND THEY WERE OPERATIVE. I CHECKED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AND NOTED THAT THE PLUNGER REMAINED "IN" ALTHOUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. I HAD TO PUSH ON THE PLUNGER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE PLUNGER TO PUSH OUT. THE BRAKE LIGHTS THEN WORKED WHEN THE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FERMAN CHEVROLET, TAMPA FL, AFTER DISCOVERING THE RECALL NOTICE ON THE NHTSA SITE ON 09/17/08. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS RECALL (PE05065) HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE IN THE PAST. I HAD THE PART REPLACED AND KEPT THE REPLACED PART WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO YOU. THE PART IS LABELED WITH THE NUMBER 25796381 6318B. THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD AND MAY INDICATE THE "FIX" THAT GM DID IN THIS CASE MAY NEED TO BE FIXED AGAIN. THIS WAS ON A 2005 CHEVROLET COLORADO 5 CYLINDER. *TR EMAIL UPDATE (10/2/2008): MY DAUGHTER WAS STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TOLD THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I PERSONALLY CHECKED THE LIGHTS AND THEY WERE NOT ILLUMINATING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. WHEN I REACHED UP TO CHECK THE SWITCH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED I NOTED THAT THERE WERE PLUNGERS THAT WERE NOT EXTENDING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. I THEN PUSHED ON THE PLUNGERS WITH MY FINGERTIPS AND WAS ABLE TO DISLODGE THE PLUNGER AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE BRAKE LIGHTS STARTED WORKING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED.