2024 GMC Canyon and Chevy Colorado delayed again? Yep. First it was the UAW strike, and now General Motors is citing parts shortages for a temporary production shutdown.
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Even though these trucks were new for 2023, both the 2024 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon have several changes for the new model year with special editions as well as changes to the Colorado engine tuning and a standard 11-inch infotainment screen. This should make starting production easier, but that’s not been the case.
2024 GMC Canyon, Chevy Colorado delayed
The real problem is getting everything up and running again after the UAW strike closed the factory. GM had said production would start on October 30, 2023, and it looks like that date was wishful thinking.
“GM said its Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri, which builds the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups, will be shut down the week of Dec. 18 because of a parts shortage,” according to an Automotive News article. “The automaker declined to reveal which part is affected but said the plant was expected to resume production Jan. 2.”
The parts shortage along with GM’s planned annual holiday shutdown pushes production into January.
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You have to remember when plant closed down, so did suppliers who laid off people due to the strike. It just takes time to get that supply chain moving again.
This means if you ordered a truck today, you are looking at an even longer wait. In addition to waiting for production to begin, you’ll have to wait for the plant to work through a backlog of orders. Then, it takes days to weeks for the new truck to be transported to a dealer.
The bottom line
The delays are really unfortunate for GM since it had a head start on rival Toyota for midsize truck sales, and now it looks like the 2024 Tacoma will be in dealers’ hands before the 2024 Colorado and Canyon can get production going. GM had been selling 2023 model year Colorado and Canyon trucks for a few months before the strike hit, and it was ready to capitalize on its early success with new customers as well as being named the MotorTrend Truck of the Year. Now much of that momentum seems lost.
