2005 GMC Canyon SLE from North America - Comments

I own a 2005 Chevy Colorado 5 cylinder Automatic. I have had the check engine light coming on. I took it into the dealer and was told that number 5 cylinder misfire was detected. The truck has 55,000 miles, but the dealer said that they would replace the cylinder head under warranty. The guy at the service department advised my that he had already replaced several other cylinder heads for the same model truck under similar circumstances. I've seen other people mention a GM service bulletin regarding this issue. Can someone post that site where I can access that bulletin. THANKS!! I still love my truck, had it 2 years now.

I purchased a 2006 leftover GMC 2wd reg cab I-4 in June of last year (2007) because of the 0% financing they offered.

This truck has a vibration in it from the day I bought it. They have replaced the tires on it 5 times, road forced 3 sets of them and now I have Michelins on the truck (they decided the generals were not great).

They have put a whole new rear end in the truck, thinking something may be causing it there. They now say the vibration is, and I quote, "commercially acceptable". Great resolution, can't solve the problem so make an excuse.

I tried arbitration through the state, but the 70+ year old 5 man jury thought the truck "ran rather nicely". So I still have this fine American automobile.

The other problem is the brakes. This has had a lurching in the brakes along with a soft pedal from day 1. They assured me this would be resolved. Needless to say it has not. It's like a pulsating, only it doesn't do it from side to side, it is a forward/backward pulsating. Like the drums are out of round or the shoes are off center. I have had the drums turned, adjusters replaced, and the latest thing they tell me is clean and adjust will cure the problem. Well it didn't cure the problem when they did the same exact thing 6,000 miles ago, so why is it going to help now? Oh, I know, because now it's a maintenance issue and they want to charge me for it.

What a pile... I dream of a moose walking out in front of me on the way from from work at nights, that would total it for sure. I have the gap insurance, good thing too because when I went to see about trading it at the other guys shop, they wanted to give me 7,500 for it. I only owe 15,500.00 on it, ouch.

Customer service for GM is useless as well, you might as well talk to an ashtray, because they told me they have to side with the GM techs and that's what they are there for.

You wonder why Toyota outsells you GM; read some of these stories. Try spending your money on QC instead of spending it on trying to think of a catchy name for a new car.

Look at BMW. Fancy names there... all their cars are numbers, Mazda as well.

Have an 04 canyon,28K miles. Works great.Except the front differential seals leaking. Will take in for repair. Have extended warranty,$100 deductable. Should take care of the rest. Other than that we like everything about it. Handles very good on ice in 4wheel. 22 miles per gal. I have the 5 cyl, no problems .Extended cab is very handy. Fold down seats great for small riders. I at this time would rate it at 9.

Yes this is my 3rd listing on here. I had a 2005 Canyon and had valve springs and a head put on mine and it never fixed anything. I traded mine to a 2007 F-150 and could not be happier.

The last time I took the truck to the shop, they ordered the wrong head. It took 2 months to get what they called the right one in, and they kept my truck for two weeks. When I went to pick my piece of junk truck up, I asked for a detailed document of my repairs; I was then told it would be mailed to me. So I left and instantly noticed the truck was still doing the same as it was before, so I called the service dept and was told the person that put the head on my $15000 truck was in school and that they would have to talk to him to see what was the matter with my truck; that's right, they let a child put the head on my truck that I still owed a lot of money on. It has now been 7 months and I have still received no documents of those repairs.