2026 CHEVROLET COLORADO — Complaint #2176544
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NHTSA Complaint about LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH filed February 13, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2176544 (ODI reference 11717797) concerns a 2026 CHEVROLET COLORADO and was filed on February 13, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 12, 2026. The vehicle had 5,800 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Wisconsin based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET COLORADO cohort independently describe similar latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2026 CHEVROLET COLORADO shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2026 Chevrolet Colorado. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start. The contact stated that after several attempts, the vehicle started, however the battery became drained. No warning lights were illuminated. After the battery was drained, the doors failed to unlatch, and the contact was stuck inside the vehicle. The tow truck driver arrived and assisted the contact with exiting the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 5,800.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2176544 |
| ODI Number | 11717797 |
| Date Filed | February 13, 2026 |
| Failure Date | February 12, 2026 |
| VIN | 1GCPTBEK5T1 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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