A Chevy Colorado is on our shortlist of vehicles we would love to have in our garage. And because of this, we’ve spent no shortage of time critiquing and researching reasons why others should own one. At the same time, we have reasons why someone may want to pass it up. Of course, not all reasons are created equal, and priorities are different based on the consumer.
So without further ado, here are our five reasons to buy and not to buy Chevy’s midsize pickup truck.
5 Reasons To Buy A Chevrolet Colorado
1. That Size
A primary reason why Chevrolet decided to re-introduce a pickup truck below the Silverado was because some buyers simply do not want a large truck like the full-size Silverado. So when GM discontinued the original Colorado, buyers didn’t go to the Silverado, but instead retreated to crossover SUVs or switched to midsize trucks from competitive makes like the Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Frontier – the latter of which has been riding on the same bones since 2004. Midsize buyers would rather comfortably live with a fossilized crocodile of a pickup truck that fits their desired proportions than to renovate their car port for a full size truck, because the midsizers like the Chevy Colorado are easier to live with.
2. Colorado ZR2
The Chevy Colorado ZR2 is special. It possesses a combination of on-road manners and off-road capabilities well ahead of the befallen Hummer products like the H3 and H3T, while featuring a suite of modern – almost too modern – interior tech. The Multimatic dynamic spool valve (DSSV) dampers on the Colorado ZR2 feel like they’re from 2028, and seem to be less expensive to replace than originally thought. The ZR2 is the crown jewel of the Colorado lineup. In fact, it may just be the crown jewel of the entire Chevrolet truck lineup.
3. Strong Aftermarket Support
The 2017 SEMA Show in Las Vegas came out with strong support for the Chevrolet Colorado – anchored by the Colorado ZR2 AEV Concept – and we expect the 2018 SEMA Show to take Chevrolet Colorado support even further. Look for multiple new accessory product debuts come November.
4. Special Editions
One doesn’t have to simply live with just any Chevrolet Colorado. The Colorado Dusk and Colorado Midnight editions add a theme of darkness to the truck, while the upcoming Colorado ZR2 Bison elevates off-road prowess to uncharted levels, thanks to tight collaboration with American Expedition Vehicles (AEV). Who knows what will follow?
(L to R) 2018 Colorado ZR2 Dusk and ZR2 Midnight Editions
5. That Midsize Diesel Life
The 2.8L Duramax diesel engine offered in the Chevy Colorado remains the standalone diesel offering in the segment. When buyers select this engine option instead of the 3.6L LGX V6 engine primarily used for passenger car applications, it unlocks the highest towing capacity (7,000 pounds) and fuel economy ratings of 20 mpg city and 28 mpg highway. With 369 pound-feet of torque on tap, the baby Duramax has a stout measure of thrusting force, though we would like to see the 181 horsepower rating bumped up a bit for improved highway and passing maneuvers.
5 Reasons Not To Buy A Chevy Colorado
1. The Engines
As hinted above, the 2.8L diesel needs to be better. The aftermarket is always an option, but it’s nice to have the assurance of a non-voided warranty. The base 2.5L I4 LCV is mediocre, while 3.6L V6 never seemed to make sense in this truck, either. The Small Block-based 4.3L V6 LV3 with 305 hp and 348 pound-feet of torque would have given us everything we were looking for. Perhaps Chevrolet will figure a way to either offer the the 4.3L V6 or the new 2.7L turbo four – which makes essentially the same specs as the pushrod six – for the Colorado in the coming model years.
2. It’s Still Pretty Big
A Colorado Crew Cab with a Long Box is nearly 19 feet long. It’s as long as a Silverado Regular Cab with a long box, and just a few inches shorter than a Silverado Double Cab. And compared to the 205-inch (17-foot) first-generation Colorado, the current model has gone well beyond pushing boundaries for what can actually be interpreted as mid-size. Thing is, though, that the full sizers just keep getting more and more gargantuan, which keeps everything in perspective. Still, there’s little doubt that there’s room for a Chevy truck beneath the Colorado.
3. It’s Still Pretty Expensive
The Chevrolet Colorado starts at just over $21,000, which is a great starting price point. However, the V6 is a $1,335 upgrade, the diesel is nearly $5,000, and an LT trim without any options is basically $30,000. A ZR2 costs more than a 455-horsepower Camaro SS. True, they may be expensive, but they are stacked with content, and a truck is always handier than a sports car. But there seems to be no more honest trucks these days.
4. Waiting For A Refresh
While all of Chevy’s focus seems to be on properly launching 2019 Silverado 1500 right now, we can easily envision the momentum shifting back to the Colorado in the next year or two, once it gets a refresh that we expect for the 2020 model year (more on 2020 Colorado). We’re not sure what changes await the Chevrolet Colorado, but we can make plenty of educated predictions, including new engines, an update to the exterior, interior and equipment level structure. Currently, the world awaits the 2019 Colorado ZR2 Bison.
5. The Ford Ranger
Chevy’s cross-town rival, Ford, is arriving late to the party, but it seems to have a strong rival with the 2019 Ranger pickup. New for the North American Market, it will launch with a standalone 2.3L EcoBoost engine with 270 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque. So, there will be no diesel offering (at least not initially), but that engine – shared with the Ford Mustang – has more horsepower than the Colorado Duramax, and 35 pound-feet more torque than a Colorado V6, while also being able to tow a class-leading 7,500 pounds.
Can you think of any more reasons why or why not one should take home a Chevy Colorado? Let us know in the comments.
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Your likes and dislikes coincide exactly with mine. I settled for a Silverado reg cab short box in 2014 cause of size and price of the about to debut Colorado. Chevy salesman told me Colorado would be expensive. I miss my S10. Was perfect for my needs. Oh well.
Disagree with #1 reason to buy one. As with all ‘midsize’ trucks, including mine, these are quite small inside and there is virtually no mpg or purchase cost advantage over a ‘rightsize’ half ton truck.
Stock cab and bed height are just wrong. Hit top of my head getting in ,than crush my juevos turning than reaching my leg out to exit. I’m 6′ 2′ and my head is getting smashed into my neck constantly. The open tail gate lies just above my knee. To work out or in the bed I’m hyperextend. It hurts my legs to reach for anything inside. The automatic daylights are the most frustrating. Forgetting they’re on, you run the risk of draining the battery. Everything is electrically run. Dead battery doors won’t unlock. How do you open the hood to jump start. It can be done( luckily I have a second battery in the bed. The master cylinder, the transmission shudder, throttle lag. Voiding the warranty if you just think about larger tires. The factory lift makes you void just so you can have a comfortable better suspension. The factory shocks wire out in only 15,000mi. Over $630 each to replace. Why would I buy more of those crappy shocks? Not to void the warranty, that’s why. My ZR 2 is frustratingly a good looking, most capable 4 X 4 I have ever owned. Blows my Tacomas away in the sand. I’ve owned 4 Toyotas; ’79 4×4 first year, terrible off road.had to get a winch just to get into Azusa Canyon at East Fork entrance. 1980 2×4 most fun truck I ever destroyed. More air than any chicken ever flew. 1996 2×4 lifted posi rear t/a all terrain. My first set of t/A’s. Oh that was a fun truck. Sold it for a 2013 extended cab 2×4, didn’t bother improving it. Wanted to , but so many recalls didn’t have the chance. Now my beautiful ZR2 “Overlander” most I ever invested after initial cost( $40,000 equipment alone) wants to break my knees and neck. Not to mention my nuts. Let me properly lift it. Don’t screw me over just because I want to refine it. Do it right at the factory or let us inverters do it at the local outfitter. Don’t forget the CV axles , the Master Cylinder, the non servicable Transmission that shuddered. What else…
Ride height to low. Allowable tire size to small. Transmission not well designed. Running lights won’t allow for any discrete get aways or approaches. Not stealthy. Seats are broad and flat. Everything is electric. Dead battery you’re screwed. That was five, right? Factory lockers , the “infotainment” center. It’s over the top off-road capabilities. The bulldog stance is glance stealing. It can pull anything out of the sand. Just the compliments alone makes it worth buying. It’s a love hate kind of thing.
I have a ’17 Z71 Crewcab longbed Colorado with diesel and I love it. 16,000 miles so far and lifetime mpg is 28 MPG! Mix of highway, 2wd, 4wd, some off road and towing. When I go on a long trip I usually get 30-33 mpg. Can’t beat that. The interior and exterior size also fits me – I find it comfortable for upto 4 people and can haul lots of stuff in the bed. I’ve had only one service which was for an oil change (free) where they also took care of a recall. I’ve had zero problems with the truck.
The things I wish for include higher interior quality plastics and leather seats. It’s not particularly fast off the line with the diesel but it hasn’t been a big bother.
This is a great truck!
Make it electric and I’ll buy.
But the old men in Detroit think old ways
Agreed! Hope to see a plug-in hybrid model. This way going down mountain towing, can recapture most of that energy into the battery pack rather than Jake Brake.
And, no waking up the neighbors with the diesel engine.
Millennial douche
Well as a real owner of a mid size GM truck here are the real reasons I bought it.
1 I bought due to the size. It fits my needs. It is easy to drive, park and care for.
It is about the size of trucks in 1988.
2 I bought drive line and mpg. My 3.6 does all I need with 308 hp and in my crew 4×4 is getting 20.3 mpg over the last 3400 miles. It has been go8ng up of late. These are also city miles no highway. My last two 4.4 never got that with much more NHV.
3 the ride is better than any in class truck and better than some full size.
4 The truck is very quiet.
5 Handling even in the 4×4 is great.
6 Prices may not be the cheapest as supply and demand have kept them up. But I did get $6k off sticker. Reassess is good on these trucks too.
7 Finally it is the truck I want. Mid size is not for everyone nor is full size for everyone. Buy the truck that fits your needs and what you like. If you buy what you like and want then you got what is best for you.
Buying a discounted chevy 1500 IS cheaper then buying a Colorado! With a crap tow compacty, ugly, and ugly. Buy a full size! My 2017 1500 best mpg was 26! And I can put 5 full size adults in it!
If I am not mistaken the tow capacity of my 18 crew 2x is rated at 6500 , I tow my 20′ pontoon with ,mileage goes to 13 @ 60mph . Typically hwy is 25-28 so , I am good with that….
I’d add to the negatives unfortunately, the shock mounts are very low in the back and not protected, damaged easily off-road. The transmission pan is easily damaged and the truck won’t shift after that. The airbags deploy on simple terrain without reason. And man like you said the engines… The truck is NOT fun to drive.
It’s funny how almost every photo is of the truck off-road, yet 1% of owners of this truck for off-road. Including the guy above! And I don’t understand who’s buying trucks for mpgs… Get something different if you want better mpgs.
You left out the self-detonating side airbags & ensuing $6K bill you get to foot.
Quit making rear drive trucks period. They are
dangerous on the rain and up hill driving.
80,000 miles on my 2004. Really like it except the fish-tailing.
Maybe learn to not use so much throttle in rain chief. A rwd truck is no more dangerous than a camry in the rain.
I think the Admiral is spending too much time in the sea and not enough time behind the wheel. Adding some weight in the truck bed will help.
@ Admiral; your 2k4 is a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TRUCK than the latest gen model under discussion. My new ’19 WT has ETC [with the conveniently never needed switch to turn it off just ahead of the shifter.] So GM recognized that a lot of 2WD truck buyers out there don’t understand how to deal with an open-diff in adverse conditions, & added some techno-wizardry to the anti-lock braking controls to emulate a LSD. Bonus! Really do wish they’d offer that new turbo I4 from the Silverado as the “power upgrade” in the Colo/Cyn models instead of the [relatively lackluster] V6 they currently have. Frankly, my NA I4 with a manual provides about as good accel as I remember from test-driving the V6 with a slushie [which is the only way it is offered, & is its Acchille’s heel, since that particular automatic as a disastrous service record!]
i love the fish tailing
2004 with 80,000miles. Like my truck except the 2 wd rear drive that likes to fishtail at inappropriate times. Chevy should not make another rear drive Truck
Admiral. Maybe you should start learning to drive over again,, but this time use training wheels so you can learn right this time
If they offered the Colorado in a stick in each trim level, or at least the diesel trim or V6, I’d be heading to the dealer now, but they don’t. So Toyota gets my money.
The only reason I could see not to buy one is the Colorado’s interior. I looked at one the first week our Chevrolet dealer got some in. I loved the looks and loved that the frame was properly e-coated instead of the cheap wax used on the Silverado. What I was shocked by is when I sat inside. The interior plastics and materials were Beyond Cheap. It felt like leftover materials recycled from the 1990’s era. For a 20k dollar truck, it would suffice, at 30-40k an upwards, it was nearly a slap in the face. I really wish Chevrolet would get their act together when it comes to interiors.
I agree completely. I wanted to give GM the benefit of doubt when I saw photos of the Colorado interiors. Not surprisingly GM delivered these trucks with interiors that are just cheap…just like the GM full size trucks.
I also looked at the Colorado before I bought my 4 door extended cab Silverado in 2016. Seats were very uncomfortable.
My father in law has a 2017 colorado and the seats have been his only complaint.
the truck is not 306 hp at the wheels and transmisson dont shift right. i own a 2016
The new V6 and 8 speed transmission where avaliable on 2017. 2015 and 2016 Colorado have the 6 speed, that people like you dont like.
Yep I have one of those piece of s**t shifting transmissions on my 2015 Canyon All Terrain. I bought a $300.00 tune fixed 95% of the junk shift.
Bring back the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC S-15.
I had a 2015 Colorado ZR2, kept it for a year.
Would not buy another Colorado !!!!!!fIS
You must have had the most rare one of none built in 2015.
Never made a ZR2 till 2017 mid year.
If you are going to lie at least do some research first.
I will testify that the 3.6 with 6 speed in 2015 should have been bought back by GM. They shift terrible.
You put out there the ranger a reason not to buy the Colorado? Lol. How about the Toyota Tacoma? Tacoma will be around well over 100k that Colorado is going to last at best 60k before something major happens. GM no longer cares about their customers or builds their vehicles to last. They build their vehicles to stay afloat during the warranty period then die. I’ve bought GM product since I was 16 and swire by it. Now after I was almost going to eat an issue with my equinox (thank God for extended warranty) with a TSB on the rear main seal blowing out I’m done. I’ve been given every excuse under the sun as to why it wasn’t their issue and why I needed to pay 300+ dollars to have the very obvious issue diagnosed. Goodbye GM I will now be buying Toyotas who have plants in the US, listen and help their customers, and build vehicles to last not for just the warranty period. Good luck to anyone who buys this truck.
Where do we start with the Taco?
The seating position is horrible. The engine is under powered. The bodies and frames rust away. Little good an engine is if it has no home.
As for the GM trucks they are just 4 years old and time will tell. Ev3n the crappy last gen Colorado’s are still very common on the roads and it has been years since the were built.
Toyota also has had the luxury to build the same truck for over a decade. They will soon have to replace it and get out of their comfort zone.
Toyota has not listened as many on the. Colorado forum are there because Toyota has not covered their complaints.
The Colorado is completely made in Mexico for everyone here screaming Murica’ Toyota plants are in the US making Toyota cars and employing American people. Don’t give me that Japanese commie crap. We’re not living in the 50s and 60s Toyota hasn’t changed their truck much because they haven’t needed to. I will give you if you are a tall guy the seating sucks. I’m 6’1″ and I drove a 3rd gen with a sunroof and even tho my hat brim hit the headliner it’s not really that bothersome. Yes some of the frames did rot but they recalled them and fixed the issue stat. Hell, even the tsbs they have are taken care of with their customers without issue. Believe me when I say I’ve done my homework on Toyota and the Tacoma. I don’t want to get into another brand for loyalty and have it let me down after what GM did since I’ve been buying their product only since I was 16. Their powerterrain is crap, their re hashed vehicles from leftovers in their parts bin are crap. They don’t give a damn about their customers and could careless if you had a legitimate TSB let alone a real relavent recall. They have been garbage since 2009 when they got bailed out.
This has been my point to GM lovers everywhere, and I am a GM lover. BUT Toyota simply handle there issues. If they know of a faulty part they fix it no questions asked. No madder the title or the original owner they fix there vehicles for there customers if it is a known issue. I have relatives who have switched to Tundra pickup and they handle it. Now I know you can go to Toyota sites and see unsatisfied customers but what are the issues. On average not a well known problem. If you go to ANY GM social media site and they are bombarded with dissatisfaction. Its the truth check it out for yourself.
I can give you service and product issues from all of them. No one is free of this.
Ah the Colorado and Canyon are completely made in Wentzville Missouri just outside St Louis.
Well if your hat is hitting the roof at 6.1 is a problem no matter what the brand.
The major complaint is how you sit with your legs sitting straight out now down like in most trucks.
They only fixed some frames and bought back some. Many others were told tough luck in less than 8 yeas. My co workers broke in half but they did not cover his year because it was one year off.
The reality is they all have issues and generally all have good and bad including Toyota.
If you did your home work you had better get in more study as you do not even have a clue where they are built less how they are built.
A few added things. Scott3, I would like you to provide a list starting at the most expensive components, of where they are made. Steering rack, seats, engine components and engine, transmission, computers, Etc. It fill open some eyes I bet.
I like your ” Some frames were fixed and some bought back” Do you know of how many poor shifting, unhappy customers of 2015-16 trucks GM fixed or bought back, Ha,Ha,Ha.
And as far as studies go, ALL, ALL, ALL, studies for YEARS, and I mean YEARS have PROVEN WITHOUT A DOUBT, that Toyota has BETTER ,QUALITY, RELIABILITY and, CUSTOMER SERVICE, than ALL automakers out there. One more time ALL. I’m not talking every little issue or every single customer, I am talking over the life of the average customer who owns a Toyota vehicle. They simply are better at it. Look at EVERY customer report average, on average, from customers. Not some GM tv add telling you ” believe me our cars have good reliability ” I am talking real customers not just 5 on a tv add.
I don’t own a Toyota and probably never will, but my cousin has been driving a Tundra now for over 15 years and Audi for 15 years. And has had ZERO troubles with ANYTHING, and will continue to do the same for as long as he can at this point.
The FALSE fears of loyal GM customers that other brands have just as bad customer service and reliability are just that FALSE. STUDY, READ, TALK TO OWNERS.
Look at GM is now going to sell an “even better” extended warranty to try to help retain customers and make the owner experience ” pure”. and that GM will “very fairly and generously” share profits from the program, With who the customer NO the dealer. Its NOT the warranty why people are looking elsewhere, its the customer service and vehicle. If you get a “That’s normal operation” form GM there is NO WARRANTY, NONE. They GM are simply telling you that is what you bought if you don’t like it go elsewhere, and they do. And that is what makes the auto world go round, you would think of all automakers GM for sure would know this after 100 years.
I will probably buy another Canyon with a diesel. WHY, because of the CUSTOMER FEEDBACK. MOST not ALL but MOST people who wright comments and reviews love them or are happy. Like 2015-16 MOST customers are NOT happy, MOST not ALL. Look at Cadillac CUSTOMER reviews and comments, MOST not ALL are terrible, or unhappy.
We are on the same side here. I have been a GM person for 37 years now but in the last 4 years have been treated terrible by them. So out of 37 years only 4 terrible ones. But I want to say out of 37 years we test drove Audi this year and never before, and my wife would be DONE with GM. And she, we loved our 2004 Cadillac CTS, which ran 140,000+ miles and was at a dealer one time for a simple clock spring.
Here is the deal. I get we are on the same side but you focus on the very small details yet miss the big picture.
I agree Toyota has had fine quality but they are not as good as they once were. GM is a lot better than they were but both MFGs have room for improvement.
I deal with these vehicles and see first hand how they both have good and bad areas.
I am also in a family with over 35 GM cars since 1960 and only one bad cam and one cracked intake could be listed as premature failure. The rest just brake pads, exhaust batteries etc. a failed tps sensor,but not much else with each car going 100k plus miles.
As for what is or is not American matters little to me as most of them are all pretty close.
But in the numbers from 16 and 17 show the Tocoma at 71% in 16 and 52.5 in 17. The Colorado/GMC show 16 as 80% and 17 at 73%.
This means the Taco is 10th and 7th in trucks as GM is #2 and #4 in 17 with the twins.
If you use the top 30 cars and trucks the GM twins are 11th over all while the Tacoma is not in the top 30 in content.
As for your transmission have you even kept up? In place of complaining and focus on what is really going on.
First not everyone had an issue. If you did have you had the TSB #18-NA-145 done. This has resolved the shift and throttle issues that you seek a solution to.
The problem is often at the dealer. I had the cracked air intake tube go and I contacted the GM performance driveline engineer direct via e mail. He called me 15 mins later. He not only covered my questions but ironically even had my intake tube in his office. It was found just a bad plastic weld on an early made tube that was replaced due to an accident.
Now fixing issues like this is not easy and GM is not always going to say things in public till the fix is found and generally tested till they know it is approved as a fix.
The reality is as cars get more complex and more expensive they are seeing more odd issues.
As for complaints you will always read more hate on most forums as people seldom go public with hey I love my ??
But have an issue they will tell their story to everyone in any way they can. Because of this one needs to keep perspective and balance of the reality not the precieved reality.
One needs to do this with many tech items today. Cars, Computers, cell phones, TVs, even appliances today as these tech items all have bugs that may need sorted.
So far my truck has been great. I hope it continues. Are there things I wish were better yes. Are they anything to complain about. No as they were there when I bought it.
Just to sum I up I can take about any vehicle and present good and bad on any of them. Be it problems, cheap sort cuts or just poor design. They all have em and they all got them if one is honest. The gaps between all models was large but no longer.
I like that ” here is the deal “. I think I am a big picture thinker.
I like that you deal with these vehicles first hand. So do I. And both my brothers. Own and run large auto shop and do all auto work. Used to race, build race engines. Rebuild all vehicles new and old from engines to transmissions and everything in between.
I kind of get a kick out of your 35 car family. Is that 35 cars at one time or over 50 years. Let me just say 4 of my cousins have 12 kids each. That’s 48 and only 4 cousins, and I have 16 cousins. I’m not even going to start counting there vehicles. Just my sister and her husband have 6 – F-250 pickups 2 – Lincoln Navigators, Dodge charger, 2 Corvettes, Lincoln MKZ, 10 Semi trucks, and I’m not sure maybe more now. One uncle has a new 19 RAM, Chrysler 300, Mercedes C-Class convertible. His son Tundra, and AUDI A-7. Just us my wife and 2 sons have 10 GM products now at this time one of 110, 1958, dual 4barrel, 4 speed, Corvette, white silver cove. 1968 Camaro. 2 – 1968 pickups, 2 Cobalt. Cadillac CTS. Cadillac ATS. Denali HD. Canyon All Terrain.
I could go on and on with troubles from faulty GM designed parts, here are a few well known problems I have owned. My first was 700R4 in 1982 Silverado the 2nd gear band would burn out do to Faulty piston design, 4 in pickup, 3 by dealer. How about the Roosa master fuel pump flex disc that disintegrated in 1982 Cutlass Supreme. Or the cracked heads around the water ports on my 1982 Silverado 6.2 diesel. Lets see my moms 1999 Deville NorthStar I had to do the head bolt stud thing. O yeah head gaskets in 3400 Venture. Transfer case chain 2005 Cadillac SRX. Timing chain set in 2009 Buick Enclave. Rear differential vibration, leaky seals and CUE screen on 2014 Cadillac ATS. Every single vehicle WELL UNDER 100,000 miles. I could take the time to go through my records and find more or more detail fi you want.
I do agree that there are more people complaining on sites than loving on them but most is do to terrible customer service.
Don’t get me started on most tech stuff as I was a programmer for a privately owned automotive component company for 15 years. I was a member of a SAE group setting standards for the design and development of an automotive component. My name is on a US patent for one Automotive Component. I flew all over the US in our private jet. Most tech warranty is fixed or replaced no question asked. Just last week my moms cordless vacuum failed, I took a picture of the model tag emailed it and already have a new one, no questions asked. If you want me to go on more I can. I have built 15 houses, not hired built, I built. I do concrete, tile, drywall, paint, spray foam insulation, Geothermal heat, wiring, plumbing , shingling, siding, stone work, brick work, hard wood flooring, everything but carpet. So 15 houses of appliance warranties, garage door warranties. I fix my own cell phone screens. Again on and on and on.
My Canyon has been great also now that I have a tune it shifts better. I’m not sure what update they did last but I will check on that TSB you gave me. They did 3 or four things last time it was in. I love this truck other than the 4X4 shifter location and the before tune shift pattern.
I do have a quick question on your GM performance driveline engineer contact. When our 2014 ATS 2200 miles,had the 77 MPH vibration and we replaced the rear differential there was silver paint numbers and letters and writing on the top of the old one like they had trouble or did something to it when the car was built I was curious. Of course for me know one knew anything.
I will be done here now.
Let me qualify the number that is the number of vehicles owned by 4 people under the same roof. No cousins, kissing cousins or cousins married to each other.
If I added family and extended family the number would rapidly climb but I no sense pissing in the wind.
Well with you your read War and Peace in a day experience well let’s just say you see it glass half empty and I see it half full.
I am surprised you did not keep up with the active TSB notices. It saves a lot of complaining with claims noting is being done. The report is those who have had it done said it work.
With your back ground you have even more reason to understand how things work with these situations.
As got my contact I have not used him for a few years since no issues. He is retired but did check his e mail. Not sure he would even know on the ATS. He was over the V8 and Eco LNF.
He was at [email protected]
I doubt it still works.
THANK YOU.
Thank you, for a couple reasons.
That TSB looks like its AWSOME. If you read the forums, so there is that.
If you go back well before July when the TSB came out, I was stating on Forums that there is no way the way this truck drives that it has better emissions. The RPM alone when you put your foot in it to go should have told the engineer or programmer that.
So again you are right.
From the feedback just on the Colorado forums alone is very positive in just under 3 months. Only negative is again the DEALER, convincing them to do there job.
I will APPLAUD GM for this, even though it took 2.5 years or so, it is POSITIVE FEEDBACK.
Now on to your I am a glass is half empty guy. You are totally WRONG. I look for the POSITIVE in everything. When my dad died at 54, I stayed positive. When my daughter died at 14, I stayed positive. That’s who I am.
People who think POSITIVE CRITICISM is complaining are WRONG. IT IS NEEDED FEEDBACK. If people can’t handle criticism positive or negative they should be IMMEDIATETY removed from any decision making role.
Just look at this TSB deal. If all you heard about is how much people loved there shift pattern NOTHING would be done. FEEDBACK FIXED THIS ISSUE. Not complaining.
Now to the family deal. You don’t have to go there to the kissing cousins, or the ones married to each other. We are a respectable family. My wife and I, 50 ish, son 24, son,12 have only owned 30 vehicles, 10 currently, so you also won on that. But family is who you talk to, trust, all the close family. Mite be a cousin, mite be a brother. If they have had BAD or GOOD experiences with vehicles you get the TRUTH. And the truth is GM customer service is why the ones who have left GM have left. Look at the FEEDBACK on the TSB about dealers . GM should address this. I called GM on this issue with 5000 miles on my truck. Case # and everything, FEEDBACK. Wouldn’t you think GM would at least start there with a letter to those who called telling you they fixed the GM PROBLEM you called about.
You see I fix the problem and move on. I payed for the tune, it fixed the problem, I moved on. And that is why I knew NOTHING about the GM fix for a GM PROBLEM. Also being a programmer myself, or coder, or whatever they want to be called now, I doubt there is much difference in what my tune is doing or what GM is doing, but GM is half the price. However I will NOT be spending another $120.00 or whatever on another GM PROBLEM that should have been fixed for free.
You should not even go there that because of my background I should know how there situations work. I entirely know how these situations work. I have been deposed by attorneys over just such recall or satisfaction campaign or whatever you want to call when you cut corners and have to pay for it later. You will not win going down that path.
And an old V8 guy. Look at that GM history, just look at the dollars GM has made off the pushrod V8. I wonder how many uphill battles were fought over that one. Back then FEEDBACK was face to face. You knew the mechanic, or tech, or whatever they want to be called these days. You could tell them directly what you were experiencing and they fixed it. It was not called complaining. Now you talk to an adviser, who talks to a tech, who talks to a GM tech, who talks to an engineer. And when that goes wrong, you talk to a service manager who knows nothing about it, who talks to a service advisor, who talks to a tech, who talks to a GM tech, who talks to a GM engineer. And when that goes wrong you talk to a GM customer service person who knows even less and start all over again and the end result after all that waisted time and money is ZERO. If GM wants to cut cost I can suggest a place to start.
I can beat your history with gm- 46 years a gm owner had a few fords liked them a lot, had 1 dodge money pit pickup, best part was the slanted 6 , my garage currently houses a 2018 high country , 19 buick , 98 lumina with 24000 original miles, 2003 f150 76,000 miles= a damn good truck v6 naturally aspirated non aluminum body -0- rust because I take care of it, I bought brand new 1 toyota in 2013, I dont understand what people like about the toys, it was rattley , very noisy, I couldnt hear the radio on the interstate it sounded like riding in a metal can, cheapest azz built car I ever owned and don’t want another even free+ it consumed oil and I wont tolerate oil burning and no my high country does NOT use oil because I change it ever 5000 miles myself, my gm dealer instantly corrects any problems I have and so did the toyota dealer, the toy costs double for any maintenace or repairs but they have world class service , I cared for that toy and it leaked two quarts between my 5k service they would not cover it at 61k miles+ the interior was falling apart so I traded it in on the high country it’s silent and deadly, I dare a tundra to pull at the light and tempt me to release 420 horses, it will pin you to the seatback and melt michellins , fords big ecoboost cant even touch me either if it runs long enough to try , gm isnt perfect but as a teen in my 454 nova it was the best fun!
Our 2019 Colorado Duramax Z71 LT – made in Thailand. It’s what the door jamb says. An amazing truck.
my 19 buick was built in south korea and its a very good car, I am considering buying a colorado its at my dealer its 3.6 4×4 long bed I like the size and looking at reviews is why im here!
“The Colorado is completely made in Mexico” … did Santa Ana’s great-great-great grandson son lead an army invasion and take over Missouri? If not, then it is not made in Mexico.
Why would you buy a Jap Truck instead of buying American? Every time you drive your Rice Burner just think of the Japs Bombing Pearl Harbor and all of the American families who were killed because of their sneaky Jap Attack? The U.S.S. Arizona still lies on the ocean floor a grave for more then 1,100 Navy Sailors. I buy American all the time with my Vehicles.
Then you need to be very careful when you buy a GM product, you may get some Chinese, Korean, Polish or Mexican made product. GM will sell you the vehicle with the most profit to management with no concern for customers, employees or nationality. Nothing GM sells is entirely made in the USA. Toyota has the most American made products right now with the Avalon and the Camry. GM even changed the Buick Emblem from Red, White, and Blue, to Red, White, and Silver in deference to the Chinese. Did you notice?
Are you color blind?
Here is the truthful reality here.
They make mid size truck because there is a segment of buyers out there that want a smaller but functional truck.
The pricing on these truck s much more tricky as unlike the full size they do not move them in millions of units that limits profits and rebates.
They also have to deal with keeping the price below $50k as even the most loyal buyers in the mid size segment drop off at $40k pretty fast.
Toyota has been lazy but they could afford to be till GM re entered. Now that Ford is here it will be even more competitive between all and you will see soon a refreshed Hzm and next gen a couple years later. Toyota will have to make a move as their age is showing. Ford will do well with Ranger loyalty as GM has but they will not have a easy path as competition picks up.
No none of these truck are perfect and they all will lack something as they tried to remain profitable but at a price most will pay.
As we have seen you can add enough options to a full size to push a $29k full size to near $80k and people will pay with added rebates. But in the mid size you can not push their price that far as you can not put $18k rebates on them as Ram does. That is near 50% the price on a lower margins.
On the other hand the mid size has a good ATP and resale value because of the lack of rebates.
So while many here have some legit, bogus and even a few flat out lies the market is what it is.
The surprise has been for GM how many CUV buyers are moving to the crew cabs. That has been the largest conquest group.
The way I see it the added competition will drive the market and we should see some real investment in this segment bringing us some special trucks of all brands.
This is what drove me to a Canyon. 2015, All Terrain.
Size – easy to park, maneuver, ONLY GM MID SIZE RWD. You can reach in the box. You can haul 4 to 5 average to small humans, just like the rest of the mid size, 5 seat, SUV, CUV. It is my daily driver. The 2015-16 have terrible shift pattern almost ALL complain about it GM should have done something as usual but a tune will make it ok. I wish it was a Denali but nicer than the 15 Denali. GM is going crazy with price. Material quality of interior is a juke. ALL GM customer service is TERRIBLE.
Also have a 2017 Denali HD Duramax. It is to big. Not comfortable for me to drive, but need towing power.
There was no Denali Canyon in 2015. It was introduced in 2017. Typo?
The reality is there is only so much money that can go into these vehicles at this price point. They can give you more this or that but it will either drive the price up, or cause cuts in other areas.
Many MFGs may give you a more padded door panel but then you get timing belts over chains that need replaced before 100,000 miles. Etc.
As for price I got the Denali for the same price as I would have paid for the loaded SLT I was shopping.
As for service just depends on the dealer. GM has good dealers and bad. Much of this is because they have too many dealers vs competitors. GM tried to cut them in the bail out but the goverment put a stop to it. Now it is too expensive to buy them out.
If I find a good dealer I use them I find a bad I do not go back. It amazes me how often people find bad dealers and just keep going back?
LOL, you guys can’t be making up cars that never existed when scott is around.
Relax let him explain. He is not a troll.
No I mean any Denali in 2015, Even my 2017 Denali, the 2019 Sierra LTZ has nicer seats than my 2017 Denali, so I mean like that.
I agree with the only so much at this price point. But with the lack of ANY, RWD, SUV, CUV, GM could fancy one up and ask more. I would pay more for a Denali Canyon with a diesel than a Cadillac XT4 with the same options with a 2.0T. That is how I ended up with this Canyon. It has the automatic 4X4, RWD, mid size, GM. The Canyon and Colorado in 2015 the Colorado did not have the auto 4X4. I got rid of our 2005 Cadillac SRX RWD, AWD NorthStar, for this 2015 Canyon. And if it had the 8 speed I would be happier.
Price for smaller means nothing if it is what people want. I don’t want a full size pickup driving and parking in town. And my wife this is why she has a Cadillac ATS, small, nimble.
As for service what I’m talking about is the stuff like the Cobalt key, the 2015-16 six speed transmissions in these vehicles and the ATS, the junk 8 speeds people are having trouble with, the delaminated CUE screens, and on and on, the stuff GM knows is faulty but just don’t want to deal with anymore so they CUT and RUN.
I’m curious how far you drive to another dealer my next closest is 75 miles away. In my opinion the good GM dealers are the GM only ones because the GM dealer here is also a Ford dealer
Ok I got you!
Well I drove two hours for the best and most honest deal on my Acadia.
As for service I have so many choices here. The best dealer is a Chevy dealer that takes all GM models with no issue.
The cobalt thing was more bogus than anything. Most failures were overloaded rings. Most of the cases were tossed many were settled as it was cheaper than fighting.
Now that is not to say there are issues. But then again I can take you to about any forum and show the same things.
To be honest things are getting worse with most companies as they try to survive. Honda and Toyota quality has fallen. VW has had the quality drop for years. Benz and BMW the same.
I expect it to get worse industry wide as everyone is trying to cut cost.
A Hyundai looks like a great deal till it get older and it needs more work than it is worth.
As for better dealers being GM only means little. It is more due to larger dealer networks that can get lost in just interest in moving cars only not full service experience.
I had a local Ford dealer who was a large network who only wanted to sell cars. They would give you added discounts if you agreed to take warranty work else where till Fird caught them.
I have had the 2017 ZR2 extended cab with V6 and 8-speed for well over a year and love it. There has been zero issues. Not a family unit obviously. More like an off-road sports car. It gets over 20 mpg and you can park it anywhere . I haven’t done any mods and don’t plan to . Traded a boring 16 F-150 for it with no regrets . Would never buy a rice burner and accept domestics faults to stay true to my beloved country.
Traded my 2014 3.5F150 for a 2018 z71 diesel, took it on a 6000mile road trip pulling my rv and couldnt be happier. Does everything I need, fits a lot better in my driveway, and saves me about $40/week in fuel compared to the ford
I really get tired of hearing about the US made Tacoma! Most Tacoma’s are built in Baja Mexico and will all be built there in the very near future. The Texas plant we be only making Tundras once the they have the capacity available in Mexico. I work for a large Automotive supplier and we make components for the Tacoma and Tundra. Not saying there is anything wrong with the Toyota trucks just that people should get their facts together before they post info that isn’t true.
Toyota’s are ugly ,way too expensive and when your warranty expire you’ll pay ridiculous price for spare parts and labour
thank you that’s my comment
Maybe learn to not use so much throttle in rain chief. A rwd truck is no more dangerous than a camry in the rain.
ZR2. That’s what got me here. Made me rethink what a “midsize” pickup is. I quote midsize because these Colorados would have been full size trucks 15 years ago. Perfect size today imo. When you have to go to the draftsman to redesign your garage bay of a typical house blueprint just to fit your new 1500 in the garage, you know the new ones are just getting too huge. And forget 2500/3500! The ZR2 is raved about in almost every review for a reason. Thank you GM for producing something worth getting excited over again; it’s been awhile since I’ve actually felt proud to drive around in something, been excited to go to a car wash, content with the performance of a vehicle actually meeting the hype. Hell I even like the V6, even though I do dream at night of the 5.3 under its hood. Fits my family of 4 comfortably, tows a ski boat easily, and hauls occasional crap. Best part is out-of-the-box trail and off road performance. Can’t beat the size, weight, clearance, dual lockers, etc compared to other pickups. If you need to haul a construction crew of 6 dudes or tow a 10K lb trailer for work, look elsewhere. Otherwise, it’s hard to beat ZR2.
I like what you said except that the Colorado would have been the the size of a full size of 15 years ago. The Colorado is not as wide. You also can’t put 4×8 sheets of plywood flat on the floor (width and with the tailgate up). The legroom both front and back are smaller also.
Yeah your right about the 4×8 sheets. For me those days are over so I’m ok with it, but I imagine a contractor would have a 2500 anyway (with an 8′ bed as that sheet wont fit in the short bed of that 2500 with closed gate either lol). By that time you’ve got the humongous truck that wont ever see the inside of a garage in its lifetime. It is interesting to see the comparison of, say, a 2004 full size crew cab Silverado though: Colorado has more HP but better mpg and 2 less cylinders, 17 inches shorter but actually wider, same height, MORE head and legroom up front than Silverado!!, and only a couple of inches less head and leg room in the back. Not surprisingly, Silverado has a little more shoulder room. Payload is only 500 pounds difference. Towing is better than V6 Colorado, but same as Duramax Colorado. I dunno, considering you could move the front seats of Colorado forward to make up that 3 inches rear leg room and still have same front leg room between the two, head and leg room is a wash. Only place Silverado shined 15 years ago compared to today’s Colorado is a couple of inches more shoulder room, wider bed between the wells, and 500 pounds more payload. https://www.kbb.com/compare-cars/specs/2018-chevrolet-colorado-crew-cab-431641-vs-2004-chevrolet-silverado-1500-crew-cab-348487/
planning on buying a 2019 Colorado zr2 , any suggestions guys should I buy it?
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Toyota’s are ugly ,way too expensive and when your warranty expire you’ll pay ridiculous price for spare parts and labour
thank you that’s my comment
All trucks are expensive now. I have a 2004 Ford Ranger XLT pickup. I like this truck, that’s when Ford make the best small 4×4 truck’s. Now Ford has gone big. F150 to big and get bigger. Now have a F450, insane. 2018 & 2019 all trucks recalled. Never should have stopped building the Ranger. Now it’s back & looking & supposed be a great small truck. I am not into the engine. Thinking of test driving one. Toyota Tacoma expensive , ugly, costly to repair. Nope, Honda Ridge Line nope all wheel drive not 4 wheel. I have a 2018 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Centennial edition crew cab short box. Heavy duty suspension, 18″ tires. I am enjoying this fine classy centennial Blue. Extended warranty. So I have two great trucks. Colorado was built in Missouri. The Nissan SUCKS NFG. The Ram and all Dodge products SUCKS. My Chevrolet Colorado Centennial edition truck 100 years is very different than the other trucks. I by either a Chevrolet truck or Ford. I drove every truck in 2018. I almost bought a Ford F150.TO big so it’s not like the old days. In today’s world cars are going away & SUV’S Truck’s are taken over. Both my trucks are good on & off road. One thing pissed me off the prices of trucks now are NFG.
2018 zr2 dusk edition ! Best truck I’ve ever had the pleasure of driving , wow what a toy and my wife and children for nicely in it , a little more bed space would be nice but no other complaints.
2019 Colorado Z71 crew cab short box is the most uncomfortable truck I have ever owned when it comes to ride.I had to let 20 lbs of air out of each tire,and add 500 lbs in back of bed to get it to stop bouncing down the ride,also seats are so hard I have to use 2 inch egg crate pad to be comfortable.Im 74 years old.
Umm…. My 2017 Colorado Z71 Crew Cab Long Box is the most comfortable truck I’ve ever had. It’s no sports car but the ride is quite comfortable. I have the diesel and I’ve read a report that the added weight on the front end makes the ride less bouncy. And perhaps the longer bed helps things. Hard to imagine you let out 20 pounds as that would leave the tires at ~ 16 PSI which would be dangerously under-inflated.
The dealer had tires inflated to55 lbs .so I still had 35 lbs per tire after letting out 20 lbs.I think the seats are different from 2017 to 2019 also very hard .ours is a shortbox crewcab.It goes down road like a jack rabbit.Should have bought full size Silverado.My work truck is a 2006 GMC 1500 4×4 crew cab.drives and rides like a Cadillac.
I am a serious Chevy Colorado owner. I bought the first 5 cylinder model in 2005. I sold it when it had 225,000 and that owner is still driving around. See if every once in a while in area. So in 2015 I special ordered the 2015 model when they came out with the newer bigger look and loved it as well. Was able to get a Diablo Sport Super tuner put in it and man the gas mileage increased by 5-10 and bypassed the governor to get it up to 125-130 miles per hour on highway. It drives like a green machine beast it is. So my Dad drives it now and he babies it because I bought the new 2018 ZR2. This beast in special cajun red color is absolutely hands down the best truck around. It handles very well in any mode of off road as well as regular driving. It gets a lot of attention and intimidates slow drivers to move over with it’s mean stock front end. I feel very confident when driving in rainy conditions when I turn on 4 wheel auto. I have already done some water rescue in it and it was a charm. All the options in the inside interior to heated leather seats to locking front and rear axles at a touch of a button make this off road on road truck the best around. I would say the V6 is powerful but I would have bought a V-8 if offered. Diablo Sport has not come out with a super tuner yet but be rest assured I am pushing for it and will have the first when they do. Ford Rapture you suck……..
Honduras. I drove the ’19 Chevy Colorado Duramax diesel Z71 LT… “over the hills, and through the woods” to the mushroom (and insipidly sweet wine) festival, this morning. (Festival de choro y vino, La Esperanza, Honduras.) Wow… that DIESEL… it’s got torque! The 2 hour mountain trip was from Siguatepeque Honduras over to La Esperanza. Sigua starts at 3,600′, climbs to 4,600′, then down to Jesus de Otoro at 2,000′, then back up to 5,500′, and back down to La Esperanza at 5,000′. Did I mention the curves? On the return trip, going down the mountains, I used the braking effort of the diesel, by downshifting the 6-speed automatic transmission, much of the time the selector showing “M3”; minimal break pedal usage required.
That torquey 4 cylinder, with almost 400 ft-lbs, climbed the mountains effortlessly. And the max torque gets generated at about 2,000 rpm. So about the highest I saw the rpm climb, when passing someone uphill on the near – hairpin – turns, about 2,500 rpm.
Doubtful I’d need that torque in Florida, unless towing 7,000 lbs (near Max rated payload).
Do not buy it until they get rid of the 8 speed. They are junk and chevy will not fix stating it is normal for your truck to lurch forward almost rear ending the person in front of you. Also the rear makes a grinding noise that vibrates through the floorboards. Again normal to chevy even though it sounds like the rear end is going to fall out. ZR2 that I have never taken off road because it think it will break down in the middle of no where. Close the doors GM!
Lot’s of good reading in this thread. I but I read all 71 comments and not a single person complained(offered feedback) on the HUGE issue of more and more manufacturers dropping CD players! And GM seems to be the worst offender. And I know I’m among many other older posters here, so DON’T even think of going there with download to flash comments. For you young guys, the older you get the less TIME you have. and furthermore, I don’t want sound degradation from Bluetooth etc etc. Give me a CD player or keep your crap.
My CD player only played manufactured CDs.
Anything I downloaded onto a CD, mine would not play. I decided to go cell phone playlists and ear plugs years ago.
This less than stellar experience with my 2018 Colorado is based on continuing, intermittent transmission issue which I cannot get the dealership to diagnose and repair. They replaced the transmission fluid and that helped but didn’t alleviate the issue. While driving at normal highway speeds, the truck will intermittently falter or loose forward momentum for a second or so. Think reverse lurching. I take the truck in for diagnosis and repair, someone drives around the block experiencing no problem and I get a “cannot duplicate” response. Now at my local dealership, I cannot even get the service manager nor the GM to respond to me. I have never experienced such treatment from a car maker, a dealership or GM’s customer service that I have had in the past year. The dealer and customer service seems to think that blaming others is the preferred method to actually fixing the problem. I have been told that “it is the nature of the beast, nothing was found wrong, it is all my fault or it is the condition of my tires”. It simply amazes me that a US company relying on consumers to purchase their products would treat any customer in such a fashion. The latest from GM Customer “Service” is that I need to take the truck to a different GM dealership and make sure I get to a GM dealership once the problem happens without turning the vehicle off.
The lack of interest or possibly competency in diagnosing and repairing the issue is unbelievable and reflects poorly on GM as a whole. I did switch to Chevy….truly wish I hadn’t….would switch back to Toyota in a heartbeat. When I went to a Toyota dealership, I was treated as I mattered and was important to them. That is quality in both product and service.
I had planned on purchasing the Chevy Colorado but exterior design is horrible, the angle between the body and bed looks terrible also the back window angle is way to much. Why didnt the follow the silverado look. I have purchased a ford ranger (nice looking). I am not alone in my observation as many people including Chevy dealership sale have said how ugly it is . Please pass this comment on to your terrible design team!!!!
To each his own. I purchased the Colorado for its looks!
Colorado is a nice truck but good luck maintaining it in the long run. I own a 2007. Every thing that should be simple to maintain isn’t.
Dump the 3.6 /8spd and replace with the turbo 4 and 10 spd,dump 2.8 diesel and replace with the 3.0 in the Silverado with the 10 speed , Silverado should get the 4.5 v8 Duramax upgraded they were working on a few years ago with a 10 speed.
I bought a 2020 chev colorado bison diesel, invested 61.000 dollars waited 3 years for the diesel and have all upgrades and now general motors is scrapping it for electric cars and trucks. chev bison will be worthless, try getting parts for a truck they dont make any more. what a rip off.
I Hava a 2019 colorado ok on room I tow a trailer weekly towing around 6 to 7 thousand pounds no problem haven’t tried to put another 8 to 900 pounds in the bed so far so good that’s all the donated food we get weekly looking forward to a load of 8000 lbs like my Nissan could haul love my colorado
Love the look
Love my colorado
Try a colorado today