2017 Chevrolet Trax problems
NHTSA has received 189 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Trax, and 25% of them involve engine. After that come electrical system (14%) and steering (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 189 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 24,000 miles 94 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 | 44 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 94 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 24,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 44,000 miles (18 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 6 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Chevrolet Trax with enough data (129 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2017 chevrolet trax. While the contact's daughter was making a left turn, another vehicle ran the red light. As a result, the front end of the contact's vehicle crashed into the other vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the neck and head that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot where it was deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and opened case number: 8-302-0913391.
I purchased my vehicle on november 22, 2017. I was in an accident on december 14, 2017 where I hit a dog and my car caught fire. The fire department and police didn't believe that I hit a dog and it caused this damage. I contacted GM to see if they would investigate but they told me they would not investigate unless my insurance contacted them and they also told me to read my manual on seatbelts when I let them know the airbags did not deploy.
Cold weather caused turbo system to freeze and the vehicle go into limp mode. Unable to accelerate. Parts on national backorder for 2 months. I purchased this vehicle used with just under 19,000 miles on in december 2017. On december 30th the check engine light came on and the vehicle went into limp mode while accelerating on the highway (previous had let the vehicle go through 2 start up cycles and went about 5 miles down the road before I had an issue). The weather was around -20 f.
Car just lost power then service light came on telling me about power steering..car wont crank or do nothing...towed to dealership ordered so ething electrcal ckst 8lo.oo dollars..now power s steering not working again car was moving everything shut down