2017 Chevrolet Colorado · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 53owner reports
- 21,000median miles
- $500median quote
- 1involved a crash
Newest report Aug 31, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
107 of the 216 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 53 of those describe transmission shudder, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2017 Colorado.
Tick what matches of 53 reports
Transmission shudder on other Colorado years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2015, 2023, 2024, 2026.
What this problem usually is
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the torque converter (15 reports), the clutch (4 reports) and the transmission (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
6 of the 53 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $400 to $2,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 13,000 and 38,000 miles, from the 42 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 23 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This service bulletin provides information on Transmission Adaptive Functions and Correcting Low Mileage Harsh Shifts, Slips, or Flares.
This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that may have a delayed engagement into drive, shudder at a launch, or the transmission is slipping when shifting into 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th gears.
This service bulletin provides information on some vehicles that may rock or move slightly forward or rearward while in Park at start up after cold soak. This condition may be accompanied by a clunk noise.
This service bulletin provides information on Driveline Clunk Noise and what is acceptable and what is considered normal operation.
19 more on the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado page.
What owners wrote
“Transmission fluid flushing. Hard gear shift at slow speeds. Transmission shudder at high speeds”
Filed Aug 31, 2026
“Transmission is slipping, vibrating, jerking. Bought the truck used. It started on 12/28/2023. There is no open recall or anything.”
Filed Dec 31, 2023
“Transmission is shuddering and bucking during acceleration and deceleration while driving. Recommended transmission flush and fluid replaced completed 4 months ago and problem still persists.”
Filed Aug 12, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 1 of 53 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found