2016 Chevrolet Colorado Transmission Problems

Your engine suddenly lost all power and shut down while driving on a hot day, causing you to coast from 75 mph to a complete stop in under 30 seconds on the freeway. A fuel pump control module was replaced first, but diagnostics revealed the real problem was a lifter failure in the engine. Additionally, your speed sensor has needed replacement three times in less than two years, suggesting a recurring electrical or sensor issue.

The contact stated the company they work for owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the transmission would slip intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed the transmission failed.

Has happened multiple times where driving and notification comes on dash that Stabilitrak and Power steering are malfunctioning and then stop working. Has happened in the middle of a turn and the wheel turn to lead in my hand and I almost crashed. Every time it happens the only way to fix it is to pull over and reset computer and pray it doesn't shut off again while I'm driving.

Key could not be fully shut off,removed.dealer determines a solonoid on shift assembly failed.solonoid could not be purchased so a new shift assembly was ordered.I was barely outside my warranty.chev refused to cover.this is a hazard because without shutting off,locking column and trans it become a fire risk,theft risk in that key cant be removed.04

Transmission hesitation: vehicle doesn't accelerate when its supposed to. When going from a normal rate of speed to slowing down to make a turn, doesn't downshift properly, therefore when you make the turn and accelerate again it hesitates (nearly stalling) jerks and skips. Have had many close calls because of this.

Low to moderate speed gear shift hesitation, transmission not smoothly shifting,. Feels like a bad miss. Electronics and transmission/engine not in synch or synching.

Since purchase of vehicle, it had a bucking at speed of 25-40 MPH, this was very noticeable in city driving, this issue was couple with uncontrolled surges in the engine. The vehicle was purchase oct 28 or 30, 2016. I turned in the vehicle for service on dec 19, 2016, dealer service rep confirm there was an issue and keep the truck for repairs.

On numerous occasions while entering/exiting vehicle my knee lightly brushes the 4 wheel drive engage switch located on the dashboard. This activates the 4 wheel drive on the vehicle. This is happening without my knowledge.

2,400 miles and this vehicle has been back to the dealer four times for "chugging and shuttering" in heavy traffic. Driving though an intersection with heavy traffic it will not keep up with traffic but tends to bog down almost getting rear ended from behind. If you try to smoothly accelerate it will rapidly downshift and jump forward almost rear ending any vehicle in front.

When merging onto I-70 freeway from on-ramp, I applied throttle to move into the traffic flow. Engine "stumbled" as if in a dead spot. Truck did not accelerate and appeared to be lugging badly.

Engine seems to lag under quick acceleration. Problem occurs most often when accelerating from a turn or when changing lanes under acceleration. Speeds of occurrence mostly approximately 20-25 MPH.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated that while the vehicle was in park, the steering wheel seized while the service power steering assist warning light illuminated intermittently. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and shut-off while in park.

When pulling into traffic circle from low speed, no throttle response. Engine died or had no input to propel vehicle. Change of gear selector had no affect.

The transmission (6spd automatic w/v6 engine) of this vehicle is known to have issues that will surprise you if you aren't already aware of them. The issue affecting safety the most, is the occasional engine acceleration while applying the brakes as the transmission downshifts to a lower gear.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated that a loud abnormal noise was heard when shifting into park or reverse, and the vehicle hesitated before shifting into gear. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle lost power without warning.

During ownership of my 2016 chevrolet colorado v6 gasoline engine vehicle it has had numerous sputtering situations when accelerating. There is no rhyme or reason as to why the truck sputters to almost stalling. Dealership claims that the fuel injectors are probably dirty / fouled.

When trying to accelerate from a low speed, maybe 20 MPH or less, the transmission often does not deliver any power to the drive wheels (the motor revs up but the vehicle does not accelerate).

Vehicle stalls. When navigating a corner transmission looses its gear and acts like it doesn't know what to do and bangs and stalls. Also trans acts confused stop and go situations(city) and bangs when it remembers.

This vehicle's erratic downshifting and upshifting of the automatic transmission causes abrupt changes in acceleration and deceleration that sets up sequences that force the driver to continually press down on, or let up, on the break and or accelerator to attempt to blend in with stop-and-go traffic.

Transmission does not downshift properly under any type of acceleration (slow or sudden) especially between 20 MPH and 40 MPH in normal street traffic and on the highway. It also hunt for gears especially between gears 4 through 6. It hesitates for approximately 2 to 3 seconds, finds a gear, hesitates again, and then drops to an even lower gear and over accelerates.

Chevy said there are no fixes for the following complaints. Transmission is acceptable and smooth shifting under light loads. Under a need for downshifting for acceleration the down shifting is delayed or hesitates momentarily and then the truck jerks forward to a excessively lower gear & the upshifts to the gear it should have in the first place.

Vehicle stalls sometimes when I stop. Se light is now on. Service brake assist comes on now.

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving and coming to a complete stop, the vehicle jerked while shifting gear. Additionally, while driving at slow speeds, the transmission was slipping, and the vehicle hesitated while shifting into gear.

What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? Transmission, yes How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? I was going 55mph on an open highway and the transmission downshifted into 2nd gear throwing me forward and dropped me to 35mph with a line of cars behind.

The contact's husband owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle shuddered while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the failure persisted with the check engine warning light illuminated.

Transmission shudder at low speeds

06/13/2023: Odometer: 86881 Transmission-2nd Shift: Flare, 3rd Shift: rough shift flare, 4th Shift: shutter. Excessive metal particles in the fluid. No transmission codes or engine light detected.

Had transmission problems for over 2 years with the truck has always shifted hard and weird since I bought the truck repair torque converter mechanic has had to go back in twice still can't get it right everything on this truck has been very difficult to get fixed and repaired everything has to be done more than once it's getting annoying

Reference report #[XXX] The transmission in my 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Quad Cab short bed is hard shifting, shuddering and pausing. The transmission has been serviced two times by the dealer and two times by me. Servicing means fluid and filter changes.

Vehicle shuddering at low speeds. Took to Chevrolet Dealer, and they diagnosed as Torque Converter coming apart. Colorado has 67,953 miles.

The transmission sucks. It’s jerky, rough, and random. Downshifting from 5th to 4th and 2nd to 1st is rough.

My transmission suddenly failed while I was in drive, stopped, at a stop light. I had the transmission repaired. It was a sealed unit with nothing visible from the outside.

Electrical issue receiving "Service 4WD" message. Has came on intermittently in the past. This causes the vehicle to get stuck in either 4WD or 2wd.

The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at highway speeds, after switching from the automatic drive mode to manual drive mode, the driver was able to manually switch to 1st gear which caused the speed to abruptly decrease.

When the vehicle is placed in Park and Ignition is turned off, the Ignition Key cannot be removed one out of eight or ten tries. It is available for inspection. My wife was running an errand after dark.

Poor shifting, engine bogging down going up hills, shudder. I have had vehicle in to at least 3 different Chevy dealerships complaining of shudder, slipping and they claim they can't reproduce. It's getting much worse now.

2016chevyz714wd Key gets stuck in the ignition! Over and over! I’ve been to dealer/ no help there!

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. The contact stated that while the vehicle was stopped, the contact was unable to remove the key from the ignition. The contact stated that after shifting into park and waiting for approximately 30 minutes she could remove the key from the ignition.

There is a loud roaring noise when driving on highway and city streets. It's louder at higher speeds.

When traveling forward,or turning, at highway speeds between 20 MPH and 40 MPH, this vehicle shudders ( 6 speed transmission)and acceleration pauses until a lot of extra effort is placed on the gas pedal.the transmission then downshifts with a sudden lurch. This leads to a safety hazard when instant acceleration is needed.this happens everyday at any time of the day and whether hot or cold.

Vehicle shudders does not downshift smoothly jerks when backing up at times, vehicle jumps when trying to shift to a lower gear. Brought to dealership, couldn't get the problem to occur, so nothing they can do and don't care to, vehicle has 36,000 miles

When driving in stop and go traffic, and through city and residential areas, the transmission seems to struggle finding the correct gear. The transmission hesitates and does not shift as smoothly as it should, and sometimes shifts hard upon reacceleration, or sudden braking.

The transmission is extremely slow to downshift. As you continue to push the gas pedal, it will finally downshift, sometimes two gears, and suddenly accelerate. When on cruise control, you loose about four MPH before it finally downshifts, again sometimes downshifting two gears.

When I put the vehicle in park quite often when I turn the keys to the off position the keys don't go all the way off until I shift into gear a few times and back into park. I took in to the dealer and they said they cycled it many times and it was fine I brought it home and guess what the same thing. It is still happening

2016 chevy colorado with less then 10,000 miles. At low rpms on any incline truck will buck, sputter, and hesitate rather than automatically shift into lower gear. In city traffic, after slowing to make a turn then accelerating, truck will buck and sputter and drive train will make a hammer sound after engaging .

Numerous times while driving, and going downhill the truck shifts to a much lower gear causing the RPM's to go up to 5500 and does not shift out. Twice I had the cruise control on and was on the highway (speed of 75) going down a hill and it shifted to a much lower gear. It has done this on other roads going down hill as well.

Rear differential making loud poping noices when engaged. Sounds like metallic metal to metal catching and grinding. Specially when switching from backing up to driving forwards again.

Transmission has a "stutter" to it. Upshifts have a 'stutter" or lag to them at low RPM. Very dangerous driving around town when you have stop and go traffic.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. While backing out of a parking lot and attempting to make a left turn, the vehicle "jumped and made an unusual noise". There were no warning indicators illuminated.

Transmission fails to downshift properly and shutters when coming back under acceleration after slowing (to yield for example) and sometimes shutters when coming to a stop. If I tap the accelerator to force it to downshift, it violently shifts to a too-low gear and the engine revs too high.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 chevrolet colorado. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the cause of the failure was not determined.

3500 miles started experiencing shifting issues. When slowing down transmission wanted to stay in 5th or 6th gear. Attempts to accelerate caused the truck to bog down until it shifted to a lower gear to accelerate again.

The truck when slowing down to around 20mph and accelerating seems to lag or for lack of a better description seems to be "unable" to find the correct gear. Sometimes it acts as if the engine has a "miss". I took it to the dealer and was told this is "normal operation".

Chevy 2016 colorado z71 v6 with a 6 speed automatic: the transmission does not shift under light acceleration or when under load going up a hill. The truck hesitates seems to miss and doesn't know what to do to get it so accelerate! It also has this issue when lifting my foot on the gas when rolling through a corner and then hitting the accelerator.

In motion, when driving speed limit and then you let off accelerator to slow down and then you press gas again it hesitates and does not want to accelerate. I took to dealership and they said they fixed by programming something in computer and it ran fine for 3 days and started doing same thing again.

Transmission down shift slow to respond. Feels like it is out of gear, or like a engine hesitation, steeping down on accelerator hard makes it shift but the shift is hard. Concerned about this happening on ice causing a possible spin out.

Vehicle hesitates and stumbles on acceleration during motion when acceleration is resumed while moving. It seems that the transmission is not shifting down. You have to get into the acceleration, which is a safety condition in traffic.

Recurring problem. Intermittent problem. Engine hesitates between 1000 and 2500 RPM.

"the transmission does not downshift from a high gear (5 or 6) to a lower gear when slowing down from 45 MPH to 20 MPH (or lower). When the accelerator is depressed to accelerate the engine bucks, vibrates, and does not accelerate. The engine RPM drops to 1,000 RPM or lower.

I live in a rural area with moderate hills and many winding roads and tree obscured corners. While driving at a moderate speed (30-40 MPH), I experience problems with the vehicle's ability to downshift from overdrive to address the increasing incline. The vehicle will, despite normal increase in fuel pedal pressure, lose RPM's from approximately 2,000 to 1,000.

While driving the 2016 colorado, the transmission/engine seems to have trouble shifting and accelerating and the shift patterns are erratic it seems, maybe its the fuel efficient crap that shuts down cylinders, maybe its the trans? Experienced it on highways and lower speeds, stop and go traffic, truck's transmission clunks, shifts hard at random and stutters allot . It's aggrivating.

The transmission hesitates while trying to find the correct gear..I spoke to a maintenance rep at the dealership where I bought my truck and he said that the engineers made the truck that way for fuel efficiency. He also told me to just floor the accelerator to get power when I need it. It still hesitates even when I floor it and how does that help fuel efficiency?

--- "the transmission does not downshift from a high gear (5 or 6) to a lower gear when slowing down from 45 MPH to 20 MPH (or lower). When the accelerator is depressed to accelerate the engine bucks, vibrates, and does not accelerate. The engine RPM drops to 1,000 RPM or lower.

The transmission does not downshift from a high gear (5 or 6) to a lower gear when slowing down from 45 MPH to 20 MPH (or lower). When the accelerator is depressed to accelerate the engine bucks, vibrates, and does not accelerate. The engine RPM drops to 1,000 RPM or lower.

While driving the vehicle over 40+ MPH and then reducing speed due to traffic to 20 MPH, and then accelerating the engine again between 21-28 MPH it seems to bog down the engine almost as if the transmission shifts into to low or high of a gear and makes the vehicle feel like it's bucking/jerking when trying to accelerate between 21-28 MPH and then a burst of speed.

Driving at about 60 miles a hour and lost all power engine was running but going no were all light were lite on dash like you turn key on before starting thank god no one was coming the other way or the car behind me would have hit me. He was a good driver. Shut it off and restarted it then it would run with all light on dash even brake light and anti skid light and it said on infro.

Transmission does not downshift properly from upper gears (5,6) to lower range when decelerating from 40 + MPH to under 20 MPH. Vehicle will exhibit loss of power from being in too high of a gear range, causing "chugging", and then a sudden burst of power as you try to accelerate. Dealer reset ecm for transmission; problem persists.

A known wire chaffing problem for this make/model caused vehicle to loose all transmission power. Doors unlocked and locked on their own while moving the vehicle. Had two young children with me in 100+ degree weather.

Auto stutters in lower gears at lower speeds like transmission is skipping.

Vehicle shift lever, part # 23397472, will not go into mode to allow keys to be removed from ignition. Will only go into the accessory mode which will allow the battery to run down if left this way. Have to restart and move shift lever back and forth multiple times before keys can be removed.

The transmission went from 2 wheel drive to 4 wheel drive without me doing a thing. The light came on that the transmission was transmission to 4 wheel drive. Then the traction control lights came on the dash which said they were off.

my truck has a issue when you are going down a hill it shifts into a lower gear. This is an automatic transmission. This can cause my truck to slide and spin in bad weather.

2016 colorado service bulliten pi1429 cant remove key from ignition when parking shift lever isnt engaging or fully seating. This is potentially very dangerous if an emergency ever arose or responding to it...if you cant remove the key from the ignition than what is the point of even driving this truck. This needs to be recalled im not giving chevy $800 to fix your own mistake.

Transmission shifting hard and slipping in gear 1 and 2 also down shifts hard 2 and 3 gear.

While stationary I tried to switch from 4WD auto, to 2wd. The light flashed and failed to change, then a service 4WD system popped up. The vehicle is stuck in 4WD auto and now loses all power while trying to turn.

In 4 wheel drive turning left or right vehicle slides.skids,bounces and tires chirp from traction loss giving the sensation the drive train is falling out. Gm refuses to contact me. This occurs on city streets, highways while in motion.

Transmission erratic shifting at low speeds . Transmission acts like it is lost and does not know what gear to go too . Hundreds of internet complaints with no fix .

Noticed immediately after purchase with 18 miles. Noticed at slower speeds under 45 MPH the truck would up-shift to a higher gear when letting off the accelerator. Upon depressing the accelerator again the truck would hesitate, jerk,ping, or just plain not accelerate until excessive pressure was placed on the accelerator.

Vehicle has erratic downshifting and upshifting of the automatic transmission causes abrupt changes in acceleration and deceleration that sets up sequences that force the driver to continually press down on, or let up, on the break and or accelerator to attempt to blend in with stop-and-go traffic. Only getting 15-16.5 MPG city driving.

Delayed or no downshift. Traveling about 2 MPH and turning either right or left and applying throttle the truck does not respond until the throttle is increased steeply . The transmission does then shift to a much lower gear and acceleration is dramatic.

While driving on a hilly highway at 55 MPH, the truck suddenly lurched into an extreme downshift as I was going downhill. I had not been making any significant braking or acceleration motions--just driving normally with the flow of traffic and I had nothing in tow. The truck decelerated quickly and the rpms climbed significantly.

On 6/6/16 I started having the trouble. After backing up and putting the truck in gear, the truck would surge forward without touching the gas pedal. This also occurred on 6/11/16, 6/17/16 and 6/23/16.

While driving the colorado, the transmission gets so confused on what gear to be in and the shift patterns are the craziest I have ever experienced. From 40-20mph, stop and go traffic, this truck's transmission clunks, shifts hard, stutters and cannot figure out which gear to be in. It's very frustrating.