2004 Chevrolet Colorado defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 Chevrolet Colorado. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• BRAKE LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION
  Recall Query RQ09001 · opened Feb 25, 2009 · closed Jul 30, 2009 · led to recall 09V310000

  On july 28,2009, gm initiated a regional recall campaign on certain model year (my) 2004-2009 chevrolet colorado and gmc canyon vehicles and my2006-2008 isuzu I-series vehicles.the states and u.s. Territories involved are al, az, fl, ga, hi, la, ms, nv, nm, pr, sc, tx, vi and ut.a total of 185,903 vehicles will be reca…

• INADVERTENT FRONT AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT
  Preliminary Evaluation PE04076 · opened Nov 10, 2004 · closed Mar 14, 2005

  All reports indicate inadvertent deployment during ignition start-up (key-on) and with the vehicle not in motion.reported injuries were minor and consist of skin abrasion and bruises.the incident dates ranged from july through november 2004.odi has received no additional reports since opening this investigation. A safe…