Problems with 2012 Chevrolet Colorado ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 chevrolet colorado. when the vehicle was started, an unknown warning indicator flashed. the contact had to remove the battery cable, wait a few minutes, reinstall the battery cable, wait an additional few minutes, and then start the vehicle for it to resume normal operation. the contact had not taken the vehicle to a dealer or mechanic to have the vehicle serviced. the manufacturer was not aware of the defect. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure mileage was 47,000. *dt the consumer stated he needs a paper copy of evoq. *tr

I have a 12 month old chevy colorado, bought new. for 9 months, no issues. then in october, it simply won't start. dead battery. i drove it regularly to and from work each day, so it's not from non-use. i took it to service and they said it was a bad battery. they replaced it. about a month later, same thing. dead battery and car won't start, but lights work, radio works. i take it in again, and they can't find a reason. they keep it a week (static) and say there is nothing wrong. but it works when i leave the service department. three weeks later, same thing. car won't start and i'm tired of getting stranded. and i drive it regularly. they take it to another dealers service and they run tests but can't find anything wrong. they call chevy who gives them direction, but chevy doesn't let on that there's a problem. but i go online and find many issues with the same vehicle. since this is the 3rd attempt to fix it, i'm going to pursue the lemon law. *tr

At first, truck showed tps alarm ,then stability alarm ,next it had the headlights cut out on the highway at night @ 70 mph for 15-30 seconds. it has shown these problems separately and simultaneously at different times. finally it manifested a new symptom i would intermittently not crank the engine over even though the battery was at full charge. after repeated trips to the dealer(they said they could not reproduce the problem) with no effect or improvement, a call to chevrolet netted a case number #71-1257538002. as a result of this call( i feel) work was restarted on the vehicle. as of today 12/26/13 the chevrolet dealer has now changed the ignition switch. we shall see. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

2012 chevrolet colorado. consumer writes in regards to transmission issues. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle would not start. the vehicle was towed to the dealer. when the consumer called the dealer a couple of days later, he was informed the issue was the transmission. the next week, the consumer was informed, the parts replaced in the transmission were not issue, and after further investigation, the issue was a loose timing chain tensioner. later in the week, he was informed that the engine was damaged and there may have been a spun bearing that caused the issues. the consumer was then informed the engine needed to replaced, but it would take couple of days to get an approval for the replacement. the authorization finally came through and the dealer proceeded to replace the engine the following week. the consumer was told he could pick the vehicle up on june 1st. however, they wanted to put some additional miles on the truck to confirm everything was in specification. when the consumer arrived at the dealer, he was informed the vehicle overheated and had to be towed back to the dealership. the dealer had the vehicle for two weeks. the consumer stated the vehicle continued to have problems. he stated the truck would idle in a rough manner , and the check engine light illuminated. the consumer stated he checked the codes on the vehicle, and determined they were transmission related. the consumer went to another dealer, who diagnosed the problem as a wiring harness issue and some crimped seals from the first dealerships workmanship. the vehicle was properly repaired and returned to the consumer.