Vibration at highway speeds. Dealer cannot find or fix problem. Very unsafe to drive. Replaced hubs, tires pads rotors and drums still have same problem.
2008 Chevrolet Colorado brakes complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated there was a self-adjusting spring that was accumulating dirt and debris. As a result, there was a hole worn in the brake drum and causing the brakes to fail intermittently. The dealer advised that the failure was an environmental issue. The brake drums were replaced at the contact's expense by the dealer. The contact believed the failure to be a defect in manufacturing. The failure mileage was 48,500 and the current mileage was 50,000. Updated 11/19/2010 updated 11/24/10.
The rear brake adjusters are faulty on the 2008 chevy colorados. Gm has issued a tsb for this issue #07-05-24-001b. The symptoms are squealing rear brakes, high rear brake wear, rusting on drums and more. The tsb is only good until 36,000 miles. Many dealerships will not perform the tsb repair which is free. They will instead charge the customer for a rear brake clean and adjust which only temporarily eliminates the squeal until the adjusts fail to adjust the shoes properly again. This issue can cause loss of control under braking, especially on wet roads. This is an ongoing issue with approximately 40 instances seen in my fleet of 92 colorados-so far . Issue occurs at any mileage. Documented ranges are from 10,000 to end of warranty. Vehicles have several other issues as well.
I purchased a colorado one week later my brakes went out. And I managed not to get in a crash. I took it to the dealer and they fixed it . They told me the vehicle sits on the lots 4 months and months and stuff might wiggle loose. Ok I figured . Three weeks later which would be 3/5/09 I left work and it was a nice day I turned my AC on and noticed my blower only worked on 2 and 3 my 1 and 4 would not work so I drove to an auto parts store about 10 miles away and talked to the guy and he told me its probably blower motor resistor switch. Which the part was only 20 bucks but he convinced me to take it to the dealer . Because it under warranty and things like this can short out and cause fires. So I left the store and about 5 miles down the road stuff started shorting out on my truck . Than my passenger air bag deployed and than within 1/2 mile stuff was crazy there was smoke every where so I slammed on my brakes which they didn't work so I tried pulling off the side of the road my steering was locked up.and than something exploded under my dash than I started seeing smoke billowing out of my hood which quickly turned into flames . Keep in mind the whole time this is going on my truck is going 60 MPH and I have no brakes. So than I started seeing flames under my dash than my floor than everything on my floor started catching on fire and I started throwing thing out the window and the whole time this is going on I am trapped in my truck while its on fire my door locks are spacing out and im trapped. About 1 mile after my truck was pretty much fully engulfed than some how I managed to get y door open and jump out before I looked down my spedo said 35 MPH and when I jumped out I managed to land on my feet and my truck slid in the mud 4 about 50-75 ft within minutes 4 police and 18 firefighters where there and 2 or 3 firefighters got hurt from shrapno . What scared me was I was trapped in my truck while it was on fire. I only suffered very minor injuries.
Rear brake issues no problems found at dealer 2 times I had taken it to them. Rear brake noise screeching squealing, lock up when moisture is present, and in an emergency stop the pedal gets real stiff and is hard to stop. I put in a complaint to chevrolet and they said there is nothing they can do. I feel unsafe driving this vehicle after two close calls with emergency stopping. Please help me I don't know what to do I don't want to get into an accident.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 chevrolet colorado. The front brake pads are emitting a fine fiber like material, which is getting on the front wheels, the fender, and the rocker panel. The fiber is blowing in the air and entering into the ventilation system, which then causes the black fiber to enter the passenger cabin. The fiber material is present the most during city driving. The contact must clean the wheels once a week. He stated that there was a tsb that mentioned the fiber was damaging to chrome and dye cast wheels. The failure milege VIN, engine size, and speed were unknown. The current mileage was 3,000.
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