2019 Chevrolet Colorado · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 37owner reports
- 9,328median miles
- $900median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Aug 27, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
65 of the 150 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 37 of those describe transmission shudder, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2019 Colorado.
Tick what matches of 37 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 (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2019 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
7 of the 37 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $500 to $5,500.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 5,100 and 20,000 miles, from the 23 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 20 service bulletins or notices for the 2019 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.
16 more on the 2019 Chevrolet Colorado page.
What owners wrote
“Transmission shakes, lurchers when driving, transmission stalls then engages abruptly at low speed and highway speed.”
Filed Sep 29, 2025
“Transmission Issues â Shudder And Vibration; Stuttering; Vibration And Slams Into Gear At Low Speeds When Going Into Gear. Problem has been confirmed by a independent service center. No warning lights. No codes detected by service center. Bought in May of 2019. 47,000 miles. Noticed about two months ago,”
Filed Nov 20, 2024 · 47,000 miles
“Transmission slips when starting on steep grades, and transmission hesitation/shuttering between first and second gears.”
Filed Dec 13, 2023
“Transmission slips when starting on steep grades when first shifting from Park to first gear. Transmission hesitates/shudders between first and second gears.”
Filed Dec 13, 2023
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 37 reports involved a crash and 5 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