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2018 Chevrolet Colorado

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

181

Complaints

3

Crashes

5

Fires

3

Injuries

0

Deaths

Owners of the 2018 Chevrolet Colorado have filed 181 safety complaints with NHTSA between October 2017 and August 2026. The most complained-about system is the power train, named in 78 of them (43%). The typical failure was reported at 14,000 miles, the median across the 79 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 1 recall covering this vehicle.

Recalls (1)

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

18V358000 · May 31, 2018

The defect
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2018 GMC Canyon, 2016-2017 Buick Envision, 2016-2018 Chevrolet Colorado and Malibu, 2017-2018 GMC Acadia, 2018 Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac ATS, Chevrolet Equinox, and GMC Terrain vehicles. The high pressure fuel pump may detach from its mounting flange, possibly resulting in the pump damaging the high pressure fuel line.
The risk
A damaged fuel line can create a fuel leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
The remedy
GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the high pressure fuel pump, and high pressure fuel pipe, free of charge. The recall began July 2, 2018. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 18188.

General Motors LLC · up to 895 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 181.

POWER TRAIN 78 43%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 36 20%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 34 19%
ENGINE 23 13%
STEERING 18 10%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 11 6%
AIR BAGS 7 4%
SEAT BELTS 5 3%
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 5 3%
SERVICE BRAKES 4 2%
STRUCTURE 4 2%
SUSPENSION 4 2%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2019 at 39.

2017 2019 2026
2017 to 2026, the last of them a part year

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

SERVICE BRAKES

2 injured · 500 miles

I HAD TRUCK STATIONARY PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE ON A DIRT ROAD FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN I HEARD A ODD SOUND LIKE "ARRRRR CLUNK" AND MY CAR ROLLED DOWN A HILL. I HAD MY CAR ON PARK WHILE ON 4LOW WITH THE ENGINE OFF. I DID NOT HAVE MY PARKING BRAKE ON THOUGH BUT THE INCLINE WAS SO SLIGHT I FEEL I DID NOT NEED IT. MY TRUCK WAS NOT LOADED WITH ANY EXTRA WEIGHT OR ANYTHING TO CAUSE IT TO ROLL DOWN THE HILL. I TRULY BELIEVE I AM NOT AT FAULT FOR THIS HAPPENING IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? PRIOR TO THIS I WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING EXTREME TO DAMAGE MY CAR IN ANY WAY. SOMETHING MUST HAVE FAILED ON MY TRUCK.

NHTSA complaint 11044550. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

1 injured

While driving my truck overheated and Antifreeze was leaking inside the car. Due to the antifreeze leaking my windows were fogging up pretty quickly and I couldn’t see. Therefore having to stop in the middle of the road cause I could t see almost getting hit. Now I can not drive the my car due to the smell making my kids and myself sick. It also states in the paper work after buying my truck new that this is a defect part. This would be a heater core. Thanks for this heater core being inside the truck I almost was hurt.

NHTSA complaint 11429304. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

fire · 1,597 miles

THE VEHICLE HAD JUST DRIVEN BACK FROM A 50 MILE DRIVE AND WAS THEN PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AND HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN A VEHICLE FIRE OCCURRED (STARTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT).

NHTSA complaint 11205525. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

fire · 1,597 miles

THE VEHICLE HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A 50 MILE TRIP WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AND HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WHEN THE FIRE STARTED (FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT).

NHTSA complaint 11205527. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
When shifted into drive, transmission hesitates to accelerate. Not all the time, some of the time.

NHTSA complaint 11757566. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ENGINE
While driving at normal and safe highway speeds, without warning (no audible or visual warning from the vehicle information display) my vehicle experienced engine lockout, loss of all non-electric power, and no control over vehicle speed. A few seconds after loss, the information display did show a "check engine light" and that the engine was in "lockout." We (my spouse, young child, and self) were surrounded by multiple commercial semi-trucks and passenger vehicles and had to weave and serve to avoid collisions at highway speeds and get to the shoulder of the highway in a few seconds. The root cause as diagnosed by a Chevrolet Dealership Service Department was failure of the magnetic strip

NHTSA complaint 11754282, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

POWER TRAIN
I purchased the truck at the end of March 2025. Within a few weeks I was noticing different issues in the transmission. It would occasionally shudder, have jerky or long shifts, would jump gears and lose power. The shudder was random but mostly on the highway, the jerky or long shifts would mostly occur when the egjne was cold and more often in cold weather. The lose of power and jumping gears would occur when towing and when I was in the mountains, once losing power as I was turning onto a major highway. I took the truck in three times to get diagnosed but they couldnt replicate the issue or find a code. I finally decided to pay for a flush with the fluid that was recommended by a TSB.

NHTSA complaint 11751922, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

POWER TRAIN
66,500 miles transmission shudder. Scenic Chevrolet advised the torque converter failed and damaged the transmission.

NHTSA complaint 11750843. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

60,000 miles

The contact owns a 2018 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the key was difficult to remove from the ignition. The dealer was contacted and informed that the shift interlock switch failed to recognize that the transmission was shifted to park(P). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, but offered no assistance because the vehicle was not under warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

NHTSA complaint 11750525. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
My 2018 Chevrolet Colorado diesel has had repeated diesel emissions/DPF-related failures that cause the vehicle to enter reduced-power or limp mode. This is a safety issue because the truck suddenly loses power and cannot accelerate normally. The most serious incident occurred while driving over Santiam Pass in Oregon. The vehicle went into reduced-power/limp mode on a mountain highway, leaving me unable to maintain normal speed or accelerate safely. I lost power needed to pass traffic and had limited ability to respond to road conditions. The problem has happened several times. It has also occurred while I was towing my boat, which left me unable to continue the trip safely and created a

NHTSA complaint 11748528, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Chevrolet Colorado

Model year Complaints Recalls Deaths
2026 12 1 —
2025 27 1 —
2024 114 3 —
2023 130 3 —
2022 50 1 —
2021 71 1 2
2020 81 0 —
2019 146 0 1
2017 215 1 —
2016 695 4 —
2015 486 7 —
2012 42 2 —
2011 42 5 —
2010 28 2 —

Other 2018 Chevrolet models

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Every Chevrolet on this site — 298 vehicles, 747 recall campaigns and 5 open investigation s.

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Where these numbers come from

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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