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Chevrolet Trax

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V652000·2019-09-12

    GM Recalls 2015-2018 Chevrolet Trax for Front Suspension Weld Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2015-2018 Chevrolet Trax vehicles because a front lower control arm joint may be improperly welded, posing a crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET TRAX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·19V312000·2019-04-18

    GM Recalls 2017-2019 Chevrolet Trax for Front Suspension Weld Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2017-2019 Chevrolet Trax vehicles because improperly welded front lower-control arm joints may break, causing partial separation and increased crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET TRAX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·18V774000·2018-11-01

    GM Recalls 2019 Vehicles Due to Air Bag Module Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2019 Buick Encore, Chevrolet Spark, Traverse, and Trax vehicles because the air bag module may not be programmed correctly, preventing deployment in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK SPARK, TRAX, TRAVERSE, ENCORE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V437000·2017-07-10

    GM Recalls 40,683 Vehicles for Air Bag and Seat Belt Software Defect

    General Motors is recalling 40,683 vehicles from 2014-2017 because a software error may prevent front air bags and seat belt pretensioners from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC, BUICK CORVETTE, SILVERADO 1500, SIERRA 1500, LACROSSE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V146000·2015-03-13

    GM Recalls 2015 Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax for Steering Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2015 Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax vehicles because steering column wear may cause sudden loss of power steering assist, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK TRAX, ENCORE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·23V744000·2023-11-06

    2024 Buick Envista Software Update: Instrument Panel Display Blanking Issue

    General Motors recalls certain 2024 Buick Envista vehicles for a software defect that may cause the instrument panel display to go blank, preventing visibility of critical safety information like vehicle speed and warning lights.

    Product
    BUICK — BUICK, CHEVROLET ENCORE GX, TRAX, ENVISTA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V651000·2016-09-08

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Frontal Air Bag Software Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2014-2017 Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick vehicles because a software defect may prevent frontal air bags and seat belt pretensioners from deploying in a crash.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, GMC, BUICK SILVERADO 1500, SIERRA 1500, LACROSSE, ENCORE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V422000·2016-06-10

    GM Recalls 2013-2016 Chevrolet Vehicles for Missing Seatbelt Warning Chime

    General Motors is recalling specific Chevrolet Spark, Sonic, and Trax vehicles because the radio software may fail to provide audible seatbelt or key-in-ignition warnings.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET SPARK, SONIC, TRAX
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·15V162000·2015-03-20

    GM Recalls 2015 Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax for Tire Label Defect

    General Motors is recalling 2015 Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax vehicles because tire placards lack rim size information, which may lead to incorrect rim replacement and increased crash risk.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET, BUICK TRAX, ENCORE
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V257000·2016-04-28

    GM Recalls 2013-2016 Chevrolet Vehicles for Theft Protection Software Defect

    General Motors is recalling certain 2013-2016 Chevrolet Sonic, Trax, and Spark vehicles because the radio software may fail to provide an audible warning chime, increasing the risk of vehicle theft.

    Product
    CHEVROLET — CHEVROLET TRAX, SPARK, SONIC
    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.

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

  • 2024 · engine 35 complaints
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2025 · electrical 28 complaints
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2019 · electrical 22 complaints
  • 2017 · engine 21 complaints
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2016 · engine 21 complaints, median 77,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

1,048 manufacturer service bulletins across 14 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.4/5 · 13 complaints
  • 2025: 3.9/5 · 82 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 3.7/5 · 169 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 4.5/5 · 9 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2021: 4.2/5 · 24 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

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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