Requesting feedback on Colorado Auto diesel please
Submitted: Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 07:43
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Croc nsw
G'Day,
Wondering if anyone owning or having knowledge of faults with either engine or auto trans of current model Colorado could share them with me??
Going to buy a new one in the next week or so.
Reply By: gbc - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:27
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 09:27
I've got a 2008 auto diesel with 70 000 on it. So far it's been a very honest ute that's been worked hard but not abused. I've had nil issues with the engine and driveline. A couple of niggles - squeaky
seat, horrible alignment ex dealer - all circumvented.
I'd have one again no worries.
If you're doing much towing I'd suggest the transmission cooler would be worthwhile. I don't have one and had the AT temp light come on once in the
Simpson desert, and once towing in soft sand above the Leisha track at
double island point. Nothing a couple of minutes idleing didn't fix but I imagine a tranny cooler would have helped. Go for low range early in the soft stuff and the box won't heat up.
They aren't as good on the fuel as the manuals. Expect around the ten per hundred highway, and thirteens around town.
The bullbar has scuffed the paint at the side of the guards a little from driving corruations.
I find it a much better proposition than my last hilux - the brakes actually work (ebd is simply amazing) the auto box doesn't hunt all day long, and the ride is comfortable.
Any other q's just fire them in.
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Follow Up By: Croc nsw - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 14:53
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 14:53
Thanks for that gbc,
I did have an 09 manual petrol up untill this past Saturday, but it got a bit burn't, a lot actually, bit of dry grass caught up near exhaust/fuel tank and before I knew it she was gone........ got the kids out, no one hurt, thats the main thing.
Sort of forgot about dry grass and petrol engines, especially with catalytic converters, they get real hot.
So its a diesel for me now and want to go back to auto for running around town.
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Follow Up By: gbc - Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 15:35
Monday, Jan 24, 2011 at 15:35
I like the auto too.
Just remember the diesel colorados run a cat converter rather than a diesel particulate filter so the exhaust will get hot in them too.
Good luck with it all.
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Reply By: Member - Tanka (NSW) - Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 at 15:04
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 at 15:04
I bought my manual one 7 months ago and love it. Just before I purchased it, I drove a work colleagues auto. Nice car, auto works
well with the torque of the T/D. I just bought manual as I prefer them generally. He tows a van with his and has had no problems.
Be sure to take a Dmax brochure into the dealer with you as
well, as I found out when getting
mine that you can get some extra stuff thrown in if they think they could lose you to the competition.
Cheers Tanka.
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Follow Up By: Croc nsw - Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 at 19:05
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 at 19:05
Thanks Tanka, good advice, will get a Izuzu brochure and see how it goes.
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Reply By: Sand Man (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011 at 22:57
Tuesday, Feb 15, 2011 at 22:57
Just by the way folks,
Contrary to some recent advice on this
forum regarding the Colorado being manufactured by Isuzu, the following is a quote from the Director of Manufacturing at GM's Rayong Plant in Thailand.
“Both the domestic and export versions of the Chevrolet Colorado are manufactured in General Motors Thailand’s facility at Rayong, Thailand. Additionally, GM Thailand also has a manufacturing contract with Isuzu, under which GM manufactures Isuzu’s trucks for the export market.”
Bill.
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