Three problems related to brake antilock wheel speed sensor have been reported for the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado based on all problems reported for the 2005 Colorado.
"abs fault" reads on my dash in my 2005 chevy Colorado. Have had my truck in and out of the chevy dealership 5 times already. Have had the wheel speed sensor replaced costing me a pretty penny of over 300 dollars and come to find out it was not the cause of the issue. Has been checked over and over by the dealership computer reader and each time has come up with nothing causing the issue and has not been fixed. Problem occurs everytime I drive the vehicle normally as soon as I turn the vehicle on and the causing the abs to run automatically on a dry surface making it very hard to stop when needing to. I am fed up with the problem and request it to be fixed. Yet to be done!.
The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that the abs brake sensor for the front wheels failed intermittently; the brakes made a grinding noise when the failure occurred. The contact turned the vehicle off and restarted it; the light would turn off for a few days. The dealer replaced a part (name of the part was not given) in 2008 and August 2010. The failure mileage was approximately 18,000 and the current mileage was approximately 26,000. Updated 01/31/11 updated 02/03/11.
Purchased truck in November 2007 with 17,000 miles. Truck now has 26,663 miles. No problems occurred with the braking system until September 2, 2008. While on vacation, stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, traffic began to move due to a green light. When the light turned red again, I pressed brakes to stop. Experienced a horrible grinding noise and brakes would not work to stop the vehicle. Very close to a collision. The abs light then came on and "abs fault" began to scroll. Pulled off of the road, husband looked at brakes and could see no visible problems. Shut the truck off and restarted it a moment later and the light and scrolling were gone. Truck has done this everytime it has been driven since then. Got a mechanic to read the code and he says the abs speed sensor on the left front wheel is bad and needs to be replaced. I have seen many complaints on the site reporting the same problem. Also, several GMC trucks have been recalled for the same problem. This is a very dangerous issue. Do we have to wait for someone to get killed for a recall to be issued?.