NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Colorado Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Colorado has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 18, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Colorado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 356
- Crashes reported
- 27
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado
Child seat
- Campaign
- 10V575000
- Reported
- November 18, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 192,676
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2009, 2011 Colorado, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V310000
- Reported
- July 29, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 185,903
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2009 Colorado, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 06V139000
- Reported
- April 27, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 404,733
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006 Colorado, 1 other model
2005 Chevrolet Colorado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 356 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado, the newest on September 9, 2025. Of these, 27 describe a crash (8%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado, the component group named most often is the electrical system (19%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (17%) and the exterior lighting (14%).
2 of the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado's 3 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Colorado owners gave the mileage (287 complaints), the median was 51,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System69
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic61
- Exterior Lighting49
- Air Bags33
- Power Train27
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 40 | |
| 2006 | 49 | |
| 2007 | 27 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 45 | |
| 2011 | 36 | |
| 2012 | 22 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 30 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 49. 38% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Colorado year in the same window: 1st highest of the 15 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the Chevrolet Colorado years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 356 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Colorado by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted