Some 2023 Chevy Colorado owners are reporting on social media that the grille-mounted Bow Tie logo of their trucks is falling off unexpectedly, though others are reporting the badge is firmly attached and at no risk of working loose.
One owner posted an image of the Chevy Colorado Trail Boss logo after it detached from its mounting point, as can be seen in the photo below, borrowed from the original social media post:
According to the owner of the 2023 Chevy Colorado with the wayward Bow Tie, the incident occurred after taking the truck through a car wash, with the dryer at the end of the wash blowing the logo off the vehicle’s grille.
Other Chevy Colorado owners chimed in to corroborate the story with tales of their own experiences with various trim levels of the pickup shedding logos. One owner said that same problem happened to him only two days after taking delivery of a new 2023 Chevy Colorado, while another said his grille-mounted Z71 badge fell off.
The problem appears to be limited to certain trucks, however, since a number of other owners said their logos are solidly attached and show no signs of going abruptly AWOL. The logo is held to the grille with clips, though in the case of the car wash Bow Tie, apparently no adhesive was applied during production.
The slumping Bow Ties are not the only mishap to affect the 2023 Chevy Colorado and its Big Red cousin, the 2023 GMC Canyon. In mid-July, a failed over-the-air software update in the 2023 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon starting causing the batteries of some trucks to drain as the infotainment system continues hanging after the update fails, resulting in a dead battery.
Even nature seemed to join the models’ run of bad luck. Back in May, a violent hailstorm struck the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri where the trucks are produced. A total of approximately 3,300 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon units were damaged by the icy missiles from the sky while parked outside the factory, adding to shipping and customer delivery delays.
Among other delays, the rugged, off-road focused 2023 Chevy Colorado ZR2 saw its first deliveries pushed back by approximately a month, only beginning in the very last days of June.
As a reminder, the 2023 Chevy Colorado ZR2 draws standard motivation from the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine, namely the top 2.7L Turbo High-Output variant rated at 310 horsepower and 430 pound-feet of torque. Output is routed through the updated GM eight-speed automatic transmission, while the updated GMT 31XX platform is found under the body panels.
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That’s a shame. I do like the looks of that truck though. Too bad they didn’t offer it with a regular length bed and a diesel.
Or the naturally aspirated V6 option instead of ONLY a little 4 cyl with a "doomed-to-fail" turbo. Toyota made the same stupid mistake with their hot-selling Tacoma and is catching all kinds of flak and complaints about it.
Shedding the oversized bow-tie would be an addition by subtraction. One of the reasons we will not own a Chevy but go to GMC instead....yeah, I know, money winds up in the same pocket but that fugly Chevy bow-tie is overdone.
I'd have to definitely agree but GMC's emblem is far worse.
GMC's styling is far better than Chevy's....particularly their front ends. And the GMC emblem is at least part of the alphabet, not some silly, ridiculously oversized yellow bow-tie gizmo stuck on the front and rear end of everything.
My customer had the Fuel door cover plate fall off his 2023 Colorado Crew, going through a Car Wash, several hours after taking delivery. Embarrassing .
We’ve had the fuel filler door fall off twice in car washes on our 2020 Canyon. It’s not all that easy to get back on either. So, we wash it by hand all the time now.
washing by hand is easier on the paint anyways.
What did he take delivery of a dirty vehicle? What’s going on with that? You stated a few hours after delivery. Makes no sense.
Evidence your Chevy wants to identify as a GMC.
Ya and everyone of those trucks that are on dealer lots right now had massive amounts of hail damage at the factory.
Wow, just wow.. Under Mary's rein, the concept of building perfect vehicles has taken a back seat to things like DEI and a culture of wokeness. That is a sad truth. GM seriously needs to get their eye back on the ball of building amazing vehicles and stop pretending that they are. When that happens, then you can think about the company culture. Somone really needs to step in to fix the mess at the corporate level before it's too late.
When did GM ever build amazing vehicles? I guess you forgot about all the garbage they put out in the 70s to the mid-2000s.? 😂
I currently own a 1999 Silverado sport side 4.8 V8 that I bought brand new and it now has 481579. Miles on the odometer. It’s in perfect condition with mostly all original parts. I have taken very very good care of this truck. The original paint looks great as well. I would certainly call this truck amazing.
And this is more typical than all of the media-believing American company-bashing people-bots would like to make believe.
I fail to see what the Right-wing boogeyman of "wokeness" has to do with some glue not holding. Is the glue too woke? You guys really need to let that stuff go. Using every single opportunity to inject "woke" into a conversation that has nothing to do with it is, well, woke.
Because an emblem fell off? Overreact much?
Sthu with your political and ignorant take.
What's next? Engines falling out?
Saddest new Colorado story yet. Where is the pride in your product, gm? I wish it was still GM. I was a total fan back then.
I find it amazing that you people think they used to make better stuff than this. I remember seeing new Oldsmobiles on dealer lots with the side moldings falling off of them in the sun in the 1970s. Then there was the diesel engine debacle, the Vega, the citation, and on and on. They’ve been purveyors of garbage for the last 60 years. In fact, I would venture to say the vehicles they make today are better than most of the vehicles they made in the past.
My comment is why has your reporting on the Colorado OTA problem Stopped ? There are 100’s of brand new 2023 Colorados sitting at dealerships across America with dead batteries and burned out dashboards and failed brakes for over a month.
GM Authority broke this story and then dropped the fact that Chevy has still not published a fix and their dealers have no clue about the problem and you do a story about loose Bow ties? What is wrong with you? You did a great job with the story that I have copied and showed to two different dealers trying to get help and they have no clue that this even happened.
Chevy Customer Service denies it isn’t even happening. I have another appointment with a good dealership Monday set up by them. They also have been kept in the dark.
Please follow up on your own story!!!
They still don't have a fix. What is left to report? How many times can they report on the fact that there is nothing new to report? Until the situation changes there is no point in reiterating old news. Move on.
What’s wrong with that. It’s not factual but if it was who cares. We are going electric whether hillbillies want it or not
UAW at its finest. Let's give them a 40% raise and pay them 5 days pay for 4 days work.
The uaw can only put the parts on that are in front of them, first is all they do is screw in screws all day an want a raise now they are responsible for the engineering, well which is it. An I hope they get a 50% raise to go with those pensions
A UAW worker was responsible for applying adhesive... Another lazy fail. Probably not his job to put glue in the gun.
This is unacceptable and embarrassing. GM need to look into this to see where the problem is and FIX IT. This crap reeks of old late 70's early 80's GM with falling decals and logos, they must do better!