Holden Colorado

I bought my Z71 Colorado new in Jan 18, so far in 108000km I have only had 1 problem, the DPF lunched itself after 80000 km, all good now.

The ute had an ECU remap at 26000 km which may have caused the DPF to fail, not covered under warranty due to remap, fine by me.
The remap made the car bloody awesome to drive, no lag from standing start and a big power and torque boost.
It has fitted to it now a 3” DPF back exhaust, no muffler just a hotdog, Kings Domin8r LED driving lights,Outback Industries Roof Console, Oricom 80ch UHF,Opposite Lock 2

Any suggestions on what air vent to use in the canopy as we have done the seals on the tray still getting dust in. So chasing any ideas what we can do

Every day and I have serviced every 10 thousand kls when I got it from the Holden dealer at Gawler stienborner was ex police car division van with ninety thousand on the clock

I’ve had my 2015 Colorado Z71 for 3 years now.
Purchased second hand with 60,000kms now done 130,000 and still love it. Only issues I’ve had was the tensioner pulley fail, and the touch screen on radio has played up 3-4 times. I drive a 79 series dual cab for work and would pick the Colorado everyday over the cruiser.
Tows my 5.3m boat, camper brilliantly best dual cab I’ve owned I’ve had Hilux, Navara and an amarok and would buy another one tomorrow if they still made them

Commuting and Transport. Not often as car not safe to drive. Mechanic noted diff housing bent Holden refuse to fix car wanders all over the road. Holden dealers only do wheel alignment and say just hang on to the steering wheel and it wont wander all over the road.

This is an excellent motor, the last Japanese built in the GMH series.
The vehicle is well built and solid as a brick loo.
The parts are cheap and plentiful.
Everyone knows them well, mechanics know them, parts houses know them.
Not fast and furious but a long lasting slow old plodder, sipping the fuel.
Well designed middle of the road vehicle for those are humble.

Purchased 2016 Colorado MY17 from Mazda dealership. Car only had 60,000km on it, thought great buy. Found out Torque converter had been replaced only 9000km earlier, and after a week driving, it kept slipping into neutral and then slamming into gear ( even reverse). Took it back to Mazda, they blamed Torque Converter again, sent it to Holden who claimed it was fine. Another week went by same thing happening, dropped it to Mazda and said its getting dangerous. After another diagnosis, problem was traced back to transmission ( as I had told them

The car has done a lot of heavy duty work throughout its life, we have had it since 2012 and it has been great. never had any dramas with the car except for a blown diff but that is about it. would definitely recommend the car. Absolutely love it. it can definitely handle off road stuff. we have got a camper trailer that we tow around a lot and it definitely handles it well on and off road.

Use my Colorado mostly for commuting, running the family around, towing a small trailer and a bit of gentle off road when on holiday.
The car has been serviced regularly and by a Holden Dealer.
Many issues since new - electric window problems, DPF brackets (a few of these), gear box triple flush and initial problem has returned so now expecting a new torque converter, a new gear stick due to not being able to take the ignition key out, oil filler cap melted..... and they are the issues I can remember.
Dealer has been okay sorting the issues out although they still have to go through the step by step fixes even when there is a known issue such as the torque converter. Could save time and money by going straight for the final fix.