2003 Chevrolet Tracker problems
Owners have filed 98 complaints with NHTSA about the 2003 Chevrolet Tracker. Suspension is the most reported problem area, at 21% of complaints. After that come engine (9%) and body & structure (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 98 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 26 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 50,000 miles 77 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 11 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 77 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 50,000 miles. For suspension specifically, the median reported mileage is about 127,000 miles (14 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 26 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 28 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2003 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 5 model years of the Chevrolet Tracker with enough data (44 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Geo tracker, one a 1993 and the other a 2003 model, caught fire after an accident. The consumer lost control of the vehicle and flipped over. Reference second odi #10115135 (lawyer on behalf of client)
Consumer stated that on monday may 11, 2004 while sitting at a light vehicle was hit from the rear at approximately 30-35 MPH. Consumer's vehicle was pushed into another vehicle. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Consumer sustained chest, head ,abdomen, and back injuries. Also, consumer's wife who was a passenger in vehicle sustained head, neck and leg injuries.
My wife was driving. She slowed to approximately 10-15 MPH for a dip in the road that contained water. After going through the dip/water she started to accelerate but began fish-tailing. She immediately took her foot off the accelerator and pumped the brake and tried to correct the fish-tailing. However, the car continued out-of-control. She then slammed on the brake and held in down, but could not stop the vehicle.
I was at a complete stop and was rearended by a vehicle who did not see me and did not attempt to stop hitting me going 35-50 MPH and pushing my car into the vehicle in front of me and impact that vehicle. My frontal airbag did not deploy and my seatbelt did not restrain me. I believe both of these were faulty and did not work properly based on the speed I was hit. My car was totalled by the insurance company. I was seriously injured with permanent facial damage.
While driving the car the wheel started pulling to the right.after that the steering wheel began to go back and forth a bit and felt shaking..we have owned this car since it was new.there was no previous warning of a problem.I looked under the car and the cross member was rotted out.