Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2016 Chevrolet Colorado has 4 recalls, 683 complaints, and a 4-star overall safety rating from NHTSA.
4
Recalls
683
Complaints
★★★★★
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 7, 2026
17V621000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2016 GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado, and 2016 Chevrolet Volt vehicles. The driver's frontal air ...
18V358000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2015-2018 GMC Canyon, 2016-2017 Buick Envision, 2016-2018 Chevrolet Colorado and Malibu, 2017-2018 GMC Ac...
15V807000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Colorado trucks manufactured August 25, 2015 to September 24, 2015, and GMC Can...
16V125000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2016 Chevrolet Colorado vehicles manufactured January 19, 2016, to February 2, 2016, Chevrolet...
Overall
★★★★★
Front Crash
★★★★★
Side Crash
★★★★★
Rollover
★★★★★
Rating for: 2016 Chevrolet Colorado PU/CC RWD
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | STEERING | I was driving home and and out of no where my power steering went out, good thing I was driving slow... |
| Mar 23, 2026 | STEERING | Driving down the road and had Stabiltrak disable and power steering go out, causing great difficulty... |
| Mar 21, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | While driving my family home on a hot 90+ degree day. My 2016 Chevy Colorado suddenly has a power lo... |
| Mar 15, 2026 | STEERING | The Power Steering and Stabilitrak went out on my vehicle. Within a 2 week period the service light... |
| Feb 8, 2026 | STEERING | While driving the dash will show power steering alert and then stabilitrack alert and the power stee... |
| Jan 3, 2026 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | When driving normally on wet paved city roads (it had recently rained but not currently raining), my... |
| Dec 30, 2025 | ENGINE | Vacuum pump busted as shown in photos. Once that busted it sent metal shrapnel into the engine which... |
| Dec 26, 2025 | STEERING | Hello, I have already submitted a steering complaint for this 2016 Chev Colorado. It has intermitten... |
| Dec 26, 2025 | STEERING | I currently have a 2016 Chev Colorado with a intermittent power steering issue. It stops sometimes w... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | STEERING | My 2016 Chevrolet Colorado lost all power steering while driving down the road. My young daughter wa... |
| Dec 9, 2025 | STEERING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed ... |
| Dec 4, 2025 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The electric power steering system on my vehicle intermittently fails while I am driving. When the f... |
| Nov 21, 2025 | STEERING | We were driving on a busy freeway and the power steering quit working making it hard to steer and ma... |
| Nov 17, 2025 | STEERING | My steering failed. I was driving under 30 mph and my steering locked up and I was presented with a ... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | STEERING | The stabiltrack and power steering fail while driving. |
| Nov 3, 2025 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the steeri... |
| Oct 31, 2025 | ENGINE | COMPONENT: The piston in cylinder #1 cracked and created conditions for the fuel injector to bore a ... |
| Oct 25, 2025 | STEERING | Stablitrak has come on 2x now on the highway, completely losing power steering. Very scary. Resets... |
| Oct 22, 2025 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | When the truck is driven there are times at random that the steering wheel locks into place while dr... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | STEERING | I am consistently having the power steering shut off while driving . I have read that this was an is... |