NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Chevrolet Colorado Recalls
The 2006 Chevrolet Colorado has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 18, 2010.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Chevrolet Colorado. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 236
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Chevrolet Colorado, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2006 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 2004–2005, 2007–2009, 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 2004–2005, 2007–2009 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 2004–2005 Colorado, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 05V552000
- Reported
- December 7, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,068
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 22 other models
2006 Chevrolet Colorado complaints by year
NHTSA has received 236 owner complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado, the newest on July 8, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (13%) and the exterior lighting (13%).
2 of the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado's 4 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2006 Chevrolet Colorado owners gave the mileage (208 complaints), the median was 52,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System69
- Engine And Engine Cooling31
- Exterior Lighting30
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic24
- Engine19
- Air Bags17
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 19 | |
| 2010 | 37 | |
| 2011 | 27 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 29 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 37. 28% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Colorado year in the same window: 8th highest of the 15 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 236 complaints about the 2006 Chevrolet Colorado are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Colorado by model year
Other 2006 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: July 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted