2004 Chevrolet Colorado: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Oct 27, 2019 · Body, Brakes · NJ

After taking my 2004 colorado to a mechanic for a brake repair he informed me I had rust so bad on the frame it created hole and he recommended I no longer drive my truck also he cannot repair the brakes and the ABS sensor because of the rust. I purchase the truck 2 1/2 years ago from a chevy dealer and still owe money on a vehicle I can't drive. Only 135428 miles.

Filed Feb 5, 2019 · Body, Brakes · MA

Truck has 25,000 miles. I do not drive it often because fuel economy has never been as advertised, no better than 15 mpg. When it worked, it was fun to drive. Now fails inspection because the frame is severely rusted, my truck is now unsafe. Not cost effective to repair, I have to sell as scrap. Radio replaced once. Blower works but very noisy. Abs sensors were replaced after 10,000 miles and need replacement again. I have replaced inner and outer tie rods after 21k miles. I have replaced gas tank gasket and exterior cab brake light. Also replaced transmission shifter cable due to rust. Tube on rack and pinion rusted and replaced. Tiny coolant leak that I cant find. All I can remember. Most faulty vehicle I have ever owned. Never buy a first year model of any vehicle.

Filed Jan 28, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 62,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet colorado. While depressing the brake pedal or attempting to drive, the ABS, stability control, and traction control warning indicators intermittently illuminated and flashed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.

Filed Jan 8, 2017 · Brakes, Electrical · 182,000 miles · IN

Problem # 1: had to replace the HVAC resistor and its wiring harness. Resistor plug and the harness plug was burned and melted...fire hazard! This safety hazard could have burned up my vehicle. Problem #2: the ABS warning light keeps coming on and when this happens (every day or so) the brakes do not work properly. This seems to happen when the vehicle is not parked on a level surface. The fault occurs once the vehicle moves forward from the parked position.

Filed Aug 15, 2014 · Brakes · 22,000 miles · OH

For several years I had problems with my engine light, ABS light, and brake light intermittently coming on. When these lights would come on, the antilock brakes would sometimes prematurely engage, dangerously vastly increasing the stopping distance. The vehicle was reacting as if the wheels were locking up, so it was prematurely engaging the antilock. This happened mostly on dry pavement during light breaking. I could feel and hear the antilock pulsing the petal releasing the brake pressure. I couldn't get good braking, even when I pushed the brake pedal to the floor. I took my car to a gm authorized service center/dealership to have it diagnosed and repaired. Despite several trips to the service center, replacing many parts and spending about $2000, the problems continued. It wasn't until after I wrote an angry letter to the dealership management that they replaced a vehicle speed sensor which solved the problem. It was aggravating because I had to pay extra for antilock features when I bought the vehicle. The antilock feature was supposed to improve safety, but ended up being very dangerous. If I would've had a wreck because of the bad brakes, the government would have likely held me liable, for an expensive and dangerous problem that they had created. The government had pressured the automotive industry to include expensive antilock brakes that were complicated, unreliable and dangerous. Intermittently, it would take 3 to 5 times more stopping distance than legacy brakes without antilock. Conventional legacy brakes I could have fixed myself. With antilock brakes; propriety diagnostic equipment was required, so I was dependent on gm authorized service; which was very expensive and did a lousy job.

Filed Jun 11, 2014 · Brakes · 60,000 miles · PA · crash

Periodic ABS system failure occurring while driving and applying the brakes. Has been a failure for four years made efforts to remedy the problem by calling them and no satisfaction. I've asked other colorado owners and they said they have this problem in the 05, 06.. I hit into a school bus.

Filed May 27, 2014 · Brakes · 96,800 miles · OH

I bought the truck new in 2004. It has no mechanical problems or rust. The issue is that about 5-6 inches of the frame in front of the drivers side rear spring shackle has been rusted away and the shackle has been pushed up toward the bed. The ABS fault light and brake lights come on periodically because of the shifting of the rear axle. Chevrolet said they can't do anything because the truck is too old and too many miles. Only 10 years old and less than 100,000 miles. It has been garaged and I don't see why there is so much rust on the frame. I have had trucks with way more miles and a decade older with less rust than this one. I would like to see chevrolet stand behind this vehicle and do something about it. I can't drive it safely anymore. It has been a great truck and I would hate to lose it. Is there anything that can be done to make chevrolet do something? I would certainly hope so.

Filed Nov 13, 2012 · Brakes · 45,000 miles · MI

Sometimes when braking the ABS will come on till the vehicle stops,and the ABS warning light comes on till you turn the car off.when the car is restarted the warning light is off till the ABS comes on again mostly when coming to a slow rolling stop,ie.red light ,stop sign. I have talked to other owners of this vehicle who are having the same problem.

Filed Sep 30, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 79,850 miles · MI

Abs fault light went on. Turned off engine, restart, light off. Goes on and off randomly.

Filed May 13, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 130,000 miles · OH

Abs kick in when vehicle is cold in the morning, then disable along with an ABS fault light on the instrument panel, then goes away in the afternoon. The ABS kicks in and the brake pedal will not go down.

Filed May 13, 2012 · Brakes · 175,000 miles · OH

My ABS fault light is coming on and the brakes are grinding as though I am sliding across an icy road. I just put on new brake pads at a dealership in march and no one mentioned that I had a problem. From what I heard the problem can be pulling the ABS plug or spending thousands at a dishonest dealership. It is very dangerous and I have read on forums that this ABS fault issue is a wide spread serious one. I love my truck and it has lot of mileage but this was going to be a problem on my chevy colorado no matter what so it seems to me this should have been a recall.

Filed Mar 21, 2012 · Brakes · 19,030 miles · SC

Numerous brake problems -ABS brake intermittent. - ABS kicks in for no reason (vehicle to sudden/abrupt stop) - then at other times hard to get vehicle to stop - hub(bearing) and ABS sensors problem - brakes lock up when parked - intermittent ABS fault codes gm will not acknowlege the defect in the system.