Chevrolet Tracker Complaints

412 consumer complaints on file.

#10089202September 14, 2004
SUSPENSION
THE TIRES WERE REPLACED FOUR TIMES IN ORDER TO STOP THE VIBRATION. VEHICLE VIBRATED WHEN GOING 65-70 MPH . DEALER STATED NO DEFECTS WERE FOUND ON THE VEHICLE. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089527August 24, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
FOR LAST TWO YEARS CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER ODOR PROBLEM. IT SMELLED LIKE GRASS. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY FOUND A MOLD, AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086805August 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
1) NORMAL DRIVING IN TRAFFIC 2)TIMING CHAIN AND AND/OR TENSIONER BREAKAGE, RESULTING IN IMMEDIATE POWER AND STEERING LOSS, WITH SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO VALVES. 3) TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONER, TIMING GEARS AND VALVES ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087816August 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE ROTATED. THE MECHANIC ROTATED THE ROTORS AND THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086636August 11, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
DRIVER STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR, ACCELERATOR STUCK, VEHICLE STRUCK A PARKED VEHICLE, DRIVER PASSED OUT. WHEN DRIVER AWOKE, SHE FOUND SHE HAD STRUCK EIGHT PARKED VEHICLES AND A PEDESTRIAN. NO CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, NO DRUGS/ALCOHOL, FOUL PLAY OR NEGLIGENCE WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SUZUKI VITARA (#03V51200) WHICH IS THE SISTER VEHICLE TO THE TRACKER (SAME ASSEMBLY LINE/PARTS.) I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE TRACKER - THIS FAILURE OCCURRED EXACTLY AS THE RECALL INFORMATION DESCRIBED UNDER "CONSEQUENCE." NHTSA PERSONNEL TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW WHY CHEVROLET HAS NOT RECALLED THE TRACKERS, AND SUGGESTED I CALL CHEVROLET AND ASK. I URGE ANYONE ELSE WITH A TRACKER (1999-2003) WHO HAS HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL STICKING TO FILE A COMPLAINT...NHTSA SAID ONE COMPLAINT WILL NOT GENERATE AN INVESTIGATION, BUT THAT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS MIGHT. SO FAR, ONLY ONE TRACKER OWNER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT (#10056284) THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN FAR WORSE THAN 9 WRECKED VEHICLES (THE TRACKER WILL LIKELY BE TOTALED), AN INJURED PEDESTRIAN AND AN INJURED DRIVER!!!!!! *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10086298August 6, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE RESONATOR CANISTER ON THE TAIL PIPE, CORRODED THROUGH FORMING A HOLE. THIS ALLOWED EXHAUST GASSES TO EXIT UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE EXHAUST LEAK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CARBON MONOXIDE ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND CAUSING ILLNESS, INJURY OR DEATH. THE CORROSION RESULTS FROM A DESIGN DEFECT THAT ALLOWS EXHAUST CONDENSATE TO POOL IN THE RESONATOR AND CORRODE THE METAL. THIS IS THE SECOND NEW EXHAUST SYSTEM REPLACED WITHIN 14 MONTHS AND 10,000 MILES. THIS DEFECT WAS OBSERVED ON EVERY SINGLE CHEVY TRACKER AND SUZUKI VITARA MODEL YEARS 1999 TO 2003. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087343August 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE KEY STICKING IN THE IGNITION AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. WHEN THIS OCCURRED CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEYS BY JIGGLING IT IN THE IGNITION. PROBLEM PROGRESSED, AND THE KEY WAS CURRENTLY STUCK IN THE IGNITION, AND WOULDN'T COME OUT. DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED, AND INDICATED THAT THE IGNITION HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087309August 5, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE LEFT SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE RUNNING A STOP SIGN. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER AND A PASSENGER SUSTAINED VARIOUS BONE FRACTURES AND BRUISES. THE POLICE AND AN AMBULANCE DID ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10082404July 21, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I HAVE ONLY 27,100 MILES AND MY IGNITION KEY WAS GETTING STUCK . I COULD NOT GET IT OUT. MY AUTO NATION GOLD EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THIS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080370July 5, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
KEY IS STUCK IN IGNITION. WILL NOT TURN TO LOCK POSITION SO KEY CAN BE PULLED OUT. ALSO, INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN OFF OF PASSENGER SIDE DOOR RENDERING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO OPEN FROM INSIDE. DRIVER SIDE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FRAME BROKEN OFF, CAN STILL OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078985June 29, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY THE RESONATOR CANISTER ON THE TAIL PIPE, CORRODED THROUGH FORMING A HOLE. THIS ALLOWED EXHAUST GASSES TO EXIT UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE EXHAUST LEAK COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CO ENTERING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, AND CAUSING ILLNESS, INJURY OR DEATH. THE CORROSION RESULTS FROM A DESIGN DEFECT THAT ALLOWS EXHAUST CONDENSATE TO POOL IN THE RESONATOR AND CORRODE THE METAL. THIS DEFECT WAS OBSERVED ON EVERY SINGLE CHEVY TRACKER AND SUZUKI VITARA MODEL YEARS 1999 TO 2003. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079686June 22, 2004
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE FELL OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10078549June 21, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL
ENGINE OIL DOWN 2.5 QUARTS AT 20,000 CUMULATIVE MILES AND WITHIN 3,000 MILES OF RECENT OIL CHANGE. DEALERSHIP DOING DYE TEST ON SECOND INSTANCE OF BEING DOWN 1.5-2 QTS ON SUBSEQUENT 2800 MILES. DEALER AND CHEVROLET INDICATE THIS IS NORMAL*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072786May 17, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT, POWER TRAIN
PROBLEMS PERSIST IN FRONT END ALIGNMENT STRONG VIBRATION IN FRONT END REQUIRING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ALSO THERE IS A LOSE OF ACCELERATION PRESSING GAS PEDEL DOES NOTHING THE SPEED GRADUALLY DROPS. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND THERE IS NO CLEAR PATTERN OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE THE PROBLEM. AM IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING IT TO 2ND DEALERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG. THE FIRST ONE DID FIND OUT THE REASON MY FRONT END KEEPS PULLING IS BECAUSE THE RIMS ARE BENT. MY CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN TWICE IN ONE YEAR LESS THAN 3 MONTHS APART. THIS IS THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED AND ITS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10073612May 13, 2004
AIR BAGS
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. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10065880April 10, 2004
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
I PURCHASED A NEW 2004 CHEVY TRACKER. I HAD PUT 260 MILES ON IT IN SHORT TRIPS. ON MARCH 26, 2004 I WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP AND TURN LEFT TO LEAVE A LARGE PARKING LOT IN A RURAL AREA. MY ATTEMPTS TO TURN THE WHEELS FAILED. WHILE TURNING THE STERRING WHEEL THE TIRES MOVED ON AN INCH OR SO. THE STERRING WHEEL "CHEVY LOGO" WAS UPSIDE DOWN. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS FINALLY TOLD THAT "FOUR PINS HAD FALLEN OUT OF THE STERRING MECHANISM." I WAS LIVID. I HAD BEEN DRIVING ALL OVER THE PLACE WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN ALONG AND IF I HAD BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE BESIDE THIS RURAL LOCATION WE COULD HAVE ALL BEEN KILLED. I REFUSED TO LEAVE WITH THE CAR AND INSISTED ON A NEW ONE. AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF DEBATE A SALES MANAGER TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS AND TOLD ME THAT GM WOULD BUY THE CAR BACK. IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET ALL OF THE PAPERWORK COMPLETE BUT THE NEW ONE IS MINE. I HOPE THIS WAS A FLUKE AND I AM GLAD TO BE ALIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10064466April 3, 2004
STEERING
I HAVE RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE MY STEERING SHAFT ON MY 2000 CHEVY TRACKER. THIS EXACT SAME PART HAS BEEN RECALLED IN THE 1999 TRACKER. WHY IS IT NOT RECALLED IN THE 2000 WHEN IT IS THE EXACT SAME PART??THIS HAS COST ME OVER $500.00. I WAS DRIVING IN MY VEHICLE WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD AND 5 YEAR OLD WHEN IT WENT OUT. HOW UPSET I WAS WHEN I LEARNED THROUGH CHEVY THAT IT IS THE SAME PART BUT SINCE IT WAS A DIFFERENT YEAR THEY WOULD DO NOTHING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10059532March 23, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WHEN TURNING VEHICLE TO THE LEFT A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR BOX TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALL THE WINDOWS HAD SPOTS THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT REMOVE BY CLEANING. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061549March 5, 2004
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN
CONSUMER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT STEERING UNIVERSAL SHAFT ASSEMBLY PROBLEM. WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T RETURN TO THE FIXED POSITION. INSTEAD, DRIVER MUST PULL THE WHEEL MANUALLY IN ORDER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058747February 23, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ONLY AFTER 3 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP AND 53,000 MILES I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL 26 LIFTERS IN THE ENGINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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