2012 Chevrolet Colorado: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 41 complaints about the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado and NHTSA has issued 2 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is air bags, named in 9 of them.

41
Complaints
2
Recalls
3
Crash reports
2
Fire reports
2
Injuries
97.6
Severity index

Severity index 97.6 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 97.6p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 129 2012 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2012 Chevrolet Colorado ranks 32 of 129 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 75% of its model-year peers. See the full 2012 ranking.

What actually fails

Air BagsAir Bags: 9 complaints (22.0%)9 22%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 8 complaints (19.5%)8 20%Service BrakesService Brakes: 7 complaints (17.1%)7 17%EngineEngine: 7 complaints (17.1%)7 17%SteeringSteering: 5 complaints (12.2%)5 12%Electronic Stability Co…Electronic Stability Control (Esc): 5 complaints (12.2%)5 12%Engine And Engine Cooli…Engine And Engine Cooling: 4 complaints (9.8%)4 10%StructureStructure: 3 complaints (7.3%)3 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
AIR BAGS922.0%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM819.5%
SERVICE BRAKES717.1%
ENGINE717.1%
STEERING512.2%
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)512.2%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING49.8%
STRUCTURE37.3%

Complaints filed per year

0362012: 62013: 32014: 52015: 32016: 52017: 12018: 32019: 52020: 32021: 32022: 32025: 11261314151617181920212225
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
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20153
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20203
20213
20223
20251
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
11V55200017/11/2011SEAT BELTS:FRONTGENERAL MOTORS (GM) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2012 CHEVROLET COLORADO AND GMC CANYON VEHICLES, MANUFACTURED FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2011, THROUGH OCTOBER 19, 2011, FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NUMBER 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PRO
12V59400019/12/2012LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCHGeneral Motors is recalling certain model year 2010-2012 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon vehicles manufactured from November 9, 2009, through August 28, 2012, for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 113, "Hood Latch System." Th
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.