Owners have filed 19 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the brakes, electrical, and transmission. The 8 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
2025Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.
0/8 checked
2025 Chevrolet Colorado: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/2
Engine off, key in hand0/2
Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/2
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/2
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
Nearby years usually share most parts, so their problems are worth checking on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Chevrolet Colorado. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7L 4-cyl | 4WD, RWD | 19–20 mpg |
NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Chevrolet Colorado, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
The brake master cylinder fails on nearly new trucks, sometimes within days of purchase. The pedal can push back, then sink to the floor with little stopping power. Several warnings tend to appear together: ABS, brake, traction control, and service messages for ESC, Brake Assist, and Trailer Brake. One truck also showed a speed-limit warning, and another lost acceleration as if it were in neutral. This is a real crash risk. Dealers often won't release the truck, the replacement part is reported on national backorder, and one dealer blamed the battery before the warnings returned.
Headlights and interior lights pulse or dim whenever the heated seats or heated steering wheel are on. It happens at idle and at speed, cuts night visibility, and can confuse other drivers. Dealers have reproduced the problem. One suggested aftermarket LED bulbs at the owner's cost, and Chevrolet admitted the issue by email but offered no fix. A separate report describes the instrument cluster going black at startup. In that case the dealer cited a service bulletin, made no repair, and told the owner to wait for a recall letter.
The transmission fails suddenly while driving, and the truck loses all acceleration in traffic. Both reports involve brand-new trucks, and both owners were nearly rear-ended on highways. One failure came at 400 miles. The replacement transmission in that truck later produced a burning smell and a grinding noise, and the dealer found metal debris in the pan, which meant a second full teardown. Losing power at speed with traffic close behind is a serious crash risk.
Excerpts from complaints Colorado owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
Many warning lights are on for traction control, abs , brakes service ESC, trailer braking and the adaptive cruise control system is not working, it was reported to the dealer, they checked it said bad battery, they coded it out said it is fine now on 9/5/25. It’s back at the dealer with all the same warnings on again
Filed with NHTSA, September 2025
When using heated seats and heated steering wheel the headlights randomly pulsate and dim - dangerously impacting driver night-time vision / visibility and confusing / disorienting other drivers. Ongoing issue. Happens EVERY time headlights are utilized in conjunction with heated seats and heated steering wheel. Occurs at idle and at speed. Chevrolet refuses to acknowledge, address, or remedy the issue. Has not been remedied to date. Videos available.
Filed with NHTSA, January 2026
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2025 has the fewest owner complaints of the 8 Colorado years we cover, well under the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Cars shoppers compare with the Chevrolet Colorado, with their own 2025 checklists.
2025 owner complaints, side by side
