Chevrolet TraxYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 1,013 NHTSA owner complaints across 13 model years, the Chevrolet Trax years to avoid are 2024, and the strongest years are 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2021. The Trax has 11 safety recalls on record.

Years to avoid'24Use caution: 2019 Best years'15 '16 '18 '21Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints1,013Top: Engine Safety recalls112013–2026 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Cutlass, CC0.

Best & worst years

Chevrolet Trax years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Trax median. Tap a year for its full report.

0 0 96 12011410213698 26 9 18410820

'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'24'25'26

Avoid
Caution
Solid
Best
Not rated

2026Too new–/10020 complaints · 0 recalls 2025Too new–/100108 complaints · 1 recall 2024Avoid16/100184 complaints · 1 recall 2022Not rated–/1009 complaints · 0 recalls 2021Best67/10026 complaints · 0 recalls 2020Solid47/10098 complaints · 0 recalls 2019Caution41/100136 complaints · 2 recalls 2018Solid54/100102 complaints · 2 recalls 2017Solid50/100114 complaints · 3 recalls 2016Solid50/100120 complaints · 5 recalls 2015Solid52/10096 complaints · 7 recalls 2014Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls 2013Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall

Complaints by system

Most common Chevrolet Trax problems

All model years combined: 1,013 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

283Engine23 crash/fire/injury

263Electrical system14 crash/fire/injury

105Power train5 crash/fire/injury

89Suspension9 crash/fire/injury

88Steering5 crash/fire/injury

83Service brakes14 crash/fire/injury

71Air bags

67Fuel/propulsion system

45Vehicle speed control

28721 other systems32 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Engine	283	23
Electrical system	263	14
Power train	105	5
Suspension	89	9
Steering	88	5
Service brakes	83	14
Air bags	71	43
Fuel/propulsion system	67	2
Vehicle speed control	45	5
21 other systems	287	32

11 recalls

Chevrolet Trax recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Sensing system: camera26V-539 · 2025 · Aug 20, 2026 · 306,511 vehicles Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel23V-744 · 2024 · Nov 6, 2023 · 60,154 vehicles Control arm: lower ball joint19V-652 · 2015–2018 · Sep 12, 2019 · 93,722 vehicles Control arm: lower ball joint19V-312 · 2017–2019 · Apr 18, 2019 · 112,958 vehicles Air bags18V-774 · 2019 · Nov 1, 2018 · 12 vehicles Air bags: frontal17V-437 · 2015–2016 · Jul 10, 2017 · 40,683 vehicles Air bags: frontal16V-651 · 2014–2017 · Sep 8, 2016 · 3,640,162 vehicles Electrical system: software16V-422 · 2015–2016 · Jun 10, 2016 · 18,780 vehicles Electrical system: software16V-257 · 2013–2016 · Apr 28, 2016 · 317,572 vehicles Other: labels15V-162 · 2015 · Mar 20, 2015 · 19,831 vehicles Steering: electric power assist system15V-146 · 2015 · Mar 13, 2015 · 2,295 vehicles

1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the Trax

Sep 17, 2021
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator RuptureEA21002 · 2013 · still open
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