2015 Chevrolet Colorado problems: recalls, complaints and whether this is a year to avoid
The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado has 491 owner complaints on record with NHTSA, which ranks it 1 of 4 Chevrolet Colorado model years by complaint volume. That is the highest of any year in the run — the 2012 car has 42. 7 recall entries cover this year.
Is 2015 a good year for the Chevrolet Colorado?
The spread across this nameplate is wide: the 2015 draws 12 times the complaints of the 2012. On a run like that the model year you buy matters more than the badge, and 2015 sits near the top of it.
| Model year | Owner complaints | Recall entries |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 56 | 1 |
| 2019 | 150 | 0 |
| 2015 ← this page | 491 | 7 |
| 2012 | 42 | 2 |
Older years have been on the road longer and collect more complaints for that reason alone, and a year that sold in higher volume collects more while being no worse.
This retrieval holds 4 of the nameplate’s model years. 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 are absent, which means no records came back for them — not that they were clean. The ranking above is among the years shown.
The 2015 accounts for 66% of every complaint filed against the Chevrolet Colorado in this retrieval, which works out to 44.6 complaints per year on the road across the 11 years since it was sold new — the figure to compare against other years, because it removes the advantage a newer car gets simply from having had less time to accumulate reports.
Complaints rose sharply against the preceding year: the 2015 carries 11.7 times the reports of the 2012. A jump that size between consecutive years usually means something changed in the car rather than in how many were sold, and it is worth asking a seller what was done to this one.
Which recalls cover the 2015?
Air Bags
The driver's frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash.
Free remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began November 8, 2017.
Air Bags
In the affected vehicles, the driver air bag connections may have been wired incorrectly. This could reverse the deployment sequence and…
Free remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the inflatable restraint sensing and diagnostic module (SDM), free of charge. The recall began on October 6, 2014.
Seats
In the affected vehicles, the hooks that secure the driver's and/or front passenger's seat frame may not have been properly attached to the vehicle…
Free remedy: GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the seats, correcting their installation as necessary, free of charge. The recall began on June 2, 2015.
Take the campaign number to any franchised Chevrolet dealer. Recall repairs are free with no mileage or ownership limit, and they follow the car rather than the owner, so a used 2015 with an unrepaired campaign is a free repair you can claim. How recalls work.
Recall text is abridged from the NHTSA record. Search the campaign number at nhtsa.gov/recalls for the full notice and affected VIN ranges.
What do owners report on the Chevrolet Colorado?
Across every Chevrolet Colorado year, not the 2015 alone — NHTSA does not split component totals by model year.
- Steering — 397 reports
- Power Train — 108 reports
- Electrical System — 61 reports
- Service Brakes — 33 reports
If your 2015 is doing something now, these are the guides for that system — each opens with whether it is safe to keep driving:
Which other Chevrolet Colorado years should you compare?
← 2012 Chevrolet Colorado · 2019 Chevrolet Colorado → · All Chevrolet Colorado years
If you are deciding between years, the table above is the short answer and the Chevrolet Colorado page carries the full run with the component breakdown. Before money changes hands, run the VIN for open recalls and read the inspection checklist — ten minutes in the seller’s driveway finds most of what matters.
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