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Chevrolet Traverse · 2018

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V246000·2021-04-08

    GM Recalls Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC SUVs for Air Bag Defect

    General Motors is recalling specific Buick, Chevrolet, and GMC SUVs because side curtain air bags may not be properly attached, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK, CHEVROLET, GMC ENCLAVE, TRAVERSE, ACADIA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V668000·2020-10-29

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Missing Start-Stop Accumulator Bolts

    General Motors is recalling specific 2018-2020 vehicles because missing bolts on the start/stop accumulator may cause transmission leaks, loss of propulsion, or fire.

    Product
    GMC — GMC, CHEVROLET, CADILLAC TERRAIN, CRUZE, EQUINOX, XT4
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20185/5

    2 trims tested for 2018; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2010 · steering 331 complaints, median 69,500 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2009 · steering 231 complaints, median 76,000 mi
  • 2018 · powertrain 190 complaints, median 36,700 mi
  • 2011 · steering 165 complaints, median 67,000 mi
  • 2019 · powertrain 161 complaints, median 57,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

1,463 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 3.8/5 · 173 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2024: 3.8/5 · 133 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2023: 3.7/5 · 87 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2022: 3.8/5 · 95 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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