Adaptive Equipment Problems of Chevrolet Colorado

No incident but wanted to report potential hazards: I have a 2009 chevy Colorado and have a couple safety complaints. Tire changing- this vehicle is very strange and unsafe to me when trying to change a tire. - the top of the jack is barely concave(you have to look closely) and a large round axle has to rest on that slightly concave indentation of the jack, it could easily fall off even when the jack is on a concrete floor. - you have to slide on your back way under the vehicle to position the jack directly under the vehicle's axle else it's at risk of falling off the jack due to misalignment. How's anyone supposed to do that on the shoulder at night. - you have to assemble this long 3-piece rod to slip into the jack and keep the jack from moving when you're cranking the jack up to meet the axle, how is anyone supposed to do that w/o moving the jack? hazard flashers- one day I needed to turn on the hazard flashers because a disabled vehicle was in front of me. I looked all over and could not find the hazard lights switch. I have driven mostly gm's my entire life, the hazard switch has always been in plain sight and red, never did find it on the Colorado and don't have time to read a big thick manual in an emergency. I have always liked gm's(one of their biggest advocates) but on the Colorado keep thinking, "where were their evaluation employees w/the Colorado, there are so many thing that weren't designed right". They are basic things that wouldn't cost any more to do right. Safety-wise the jack is a huge hazard to me, could fall off the jack so easily, why didn't they do like the s10 or monte carlo and have a large bump or tabs on the jack tha catch the edge of the frame.

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Intermittent non working power door locks wipers headlights and windows! there are hundreds of these incidents posted online. There looks to be thousands of dollars in repairs with no solution!.

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Could cause fire!!! ac speed regulator of my 2004 crew-cab Colorado overheated so much that the adapter burnt in the inside and cables overheated to the point that it couldn't be touched and started to smoke. This is located underneath the glovebox compartment. If this is left unattended could cause a fire inside the vehicle!.

I would like to report a recurring stuck throttle problem I have experienced with my 2005 Chevrolet Colorado LS crew cab z71 4x4 with a 3. 5 liter i5 engine and automatic transmission. On 6/28/06 while slowing and turning into a parking spot, my engine raced to full throttle. I nearly crashed into the car in front of me, but was barely able to apply enough brake pressure while turning off the key. The dealership towed it in, could not find any problems, and blamed the floormats. On 8/28/06, while stopped at a traffic light, I felt my truck lurching and observed the tachometer at about 1300 rpm. I checked to see that my foot and floormats weren't touching the throttle in any way. I shifted into neutral, where the rpms jumped to 3,000, and back to drive where they dropped down to the normal 700 rpm idle speed. I carefully drove to a different dealership. Their paperwork indicates that no engine fault codes were found, the throttle control module was responding properly to commands, and there was a software update available for idle control problems -- which they installed. For the next year and a half, I did not experience any other instances of this problem. Then, on 3/3/08 the engine suddenly raced again while parking. On 3/31/08, I was slowing in a straight line at a traffic light and experienced the throttle racing up on its own. I was able to force the truck to a complete stop, shifted into neutral, and the revs dropped back to normal idle. I am writing to NHTSA to report the problem, inquire if others have experienced similar issues, and ask for direction on my next course of action.

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