Chevrolet Tracker Complaints

412 consumer complaints on file.

#10461324June 12, 2012
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, SUSPENSION, STEERING
FRONT SUSPENSION CROSS-MEMBER OF MY 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER HAS CORRODED THROUGH THE HEAVY GAUGE METAL ADJACENT TO A SUPPORT BOLT AND RISKS AFFECTING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A HEAVY GAUGE STRUCTURAL MEMBER THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. SEVERE RUST-THROUGH IS THE RESULT OF IMPROPER METAL SURFACE TREATMENT BY THE MANUFACTURER AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. PLEASE FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO ADDRESS THIS SAFETY-OF-LIFE ISSUE ON THESE VEHICLES AS A CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE OF THIS COMPONENT, IF IT OCCURS DURING DRIVING, RESULTS IN WHEEL COLLAPSE BECAUSE THIS MEMBER SUPPORTS THE WHEELS A-FRAME. I ESTIMATE THIS RUSTING HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 2009 EVEN THOUGH I JUST SAW IT IN 2012. I BASE THIS ON THE FACT THAT IN 2012 THERE WAS A HOLE RUSTED THROUGH THE CROSS MEMBER THAT I COULD FIT MY THUMB THROUGH HOWEVER, HOLES OF THIS SIZE USUALLY TAKE A FEW YEARS TO DEVELOP AND I NEVER NOTICED IT PREVIOUSLY. THIS MEANS THAT SUB-SURFACE RUSTING WAS OCCURRING FOR A FEW YEARS WITH SURFACE RUST OBSCURING THIS, WHICH EXPLAINS WHY THE HOLE WAS NOT VISIBLE UNTIL JUST RECENTLY (WHEN THE SURFACE RUST COLLAPSED, IT EXPOSED THE HOLE BENEATH IT). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10452981March 26, 2012
SUSPENSION
FRONT SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH ON PASSENGER SIDE. SUSPENSION A ARM COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM CROSS MEMBER. HANDLING SEVERELY DEGRADED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10451010March 9, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR KEEPS HAVING ITS BATTERY DRAINED AFTER REPAIRS. REPLACED TWO ALTERNATORS AND A CAR COMPUTER. SEEMS TO WORK FOR A FEW WEEKS AFTER GETTING FIXED AND THEN BURNS UP AN ALTERNATOR. THREE TIMES TO THE MECHANIC; CURRENTLY SHOP. PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER NEW BATTERY WAS INSERTED. CAR HAS WORKED GREAT FOR 10 YEARS AND THEN THIS REQUIRING ELECTRICAL PROBLEM; BATTERY IS DEAD (THIS WITH A NEW BATTERY). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10448633February 21, 2012
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND WOBBLE FROM SIDE TO SIDE WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTOMOTIVE SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER WAS RUSTED COMPLETELY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE FAILURE DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH A NEW SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER AND CONTROL BUSHING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,925.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10445291January 19, 2012
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FROM SENATOR GRASSLEY ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE PROBLEMS WITH HIS 2003 CHEVY TRACKER *TGW THE CONSUMER SATED WHILE DRIVING, HE NOTICED A PECULIAR PROBLEM, THAT BECAME WORSE ON TURNS, BRAKING AND PULLING THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED HIM OF A RECALL. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED GM CORPORATE, HE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF MILEAGE AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. THE CONSUMER REFERENCED AN ISSUE OF FRONT SUSPENSION CORROSION OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE FRONT SUSPENSION CROSS MEMBER MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED ADEQUATE CORROSION PROTECTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10443492January 11, 2012
SUSPENSION
FRONT SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER CORROSION SERVICE BULLETIN #06186 10/17/2007 NOT BEING HONORED BY GM. STATES OUT OF AGE PARAMETERS. PURCHASED NEW STILL OWNED BY ORIGINAL OWNER. BARNES CHEVROLET WHERE PURCHASED, WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN 2007 - OWNER NEVER NOTIFIED OF CROSSBAR ISSUE. GARAGE KEPT SINCE NEW. NOW BEING USED BY 19 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT WORKING HER WAY THROUGH COLLEGE. GM CASE NUMBER 71-1021471764. OSCAR AT GM STATES THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ONE OF THE VIN NUMBERS INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL BULLETIN (NOT A RECALL). ESCALATED TO [XXX], HIS SUPERVISOR. SHE STATED NOT INCLUDED BUT OFFERED A $1000. VOUCHER TO BUY A NEW CAR (DUH - A COLLEGE STUDENT CANNOT AFFORD A NEW CAR IF SHE CANNOT AFFORD THE $2000. REPAIR BILL - MOM & DAD CANNOT HELP) TRIED TO GO ABOVE [XXX] BUT HER DISTRICT MANAGER DOES NOT SPEAK TO REGULAR CUSTOMERS. (???). ALL I WANT OF GOT GM TO PAY THE REPAIR BILL AND FOR NEW BRAKES THAT WERE REPLACED 1 YEAR AGO BUT RUINED BY THIS FAULT. GOOD MECHANIC FOUND THE ISSUE BEFORE SHE WAS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10442661January 6, 2012
SUSPENSION, STEERING
CAME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND HEART A POP. TRACKER WOULD THEN PULL ROUGHLY TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CROSSMEMBER BROKE WHERE THE INNER SUSPENSION ATTACHES. CALLED SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT COVERED ON A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR VEHICLE. FOUND SEVERAL FORUMS THAT COMPLAIN OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON VARIOUS YEARS FOR THE CHEVY TRACKER. THIS IS VERY UNFORTUNATE SINCE I AM QUITE FOND OF MY TRACKER AND RELY ON IT FOR WORK AND TRAVEL WITH MY CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY IN WINTER MONTHS. I AM GLAD THIS WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE IT CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10427783September 28, 2011
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2003 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, SHE NOTICED THAT HER SEAT BELT WAS JAMMED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE SEAT BELT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A SERIOUS INJURY AND AS A RESULT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN INSURANCE LOT. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10424911September 13, 2011
SEAT BELTS
2003 CHEVROLET TRACKER. LETTER SENT FROM AN ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT REGARDING CLIENT FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING A COLLISION SEAT BELT PRODUCT LIABILITY *TGW NOT ONLY WAS THE SEAT BELT IN QUESTION, IT ALSO INCLUDED THE RETRACTOR, RETRACTOR HOUSING AND LOCKING MECHANISM. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10418405August 10, 2011
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO SCREENS COVERING THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. AS A RESULT, A MOUSE ENTERED THE VENTS, CONTAMINATED THE AREA AND CAUSED THE BLOWER MOTOR TO BLOW OUT. THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED FUNCTIONING IN RESPONSE TO THE BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO RAN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND STATED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10416640August 2, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION FOUND ON THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BRACKET AND CROSS MEMBER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXTENDED FOR THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND CROSS MEMBER CORROSION BUT THE CONTACTS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,554.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10414742July 22, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
I BOUGHT A 2000 CHEVY TRACKER OFF A USE CAR LOT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WE TEST DROVE IT AND IT DONE FINE UNTILL ABOUT A MONTH AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING MY GRAND DAUGHTER TO HER PRACTICE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE STARTED A VOILENT WOBBLE SO I LOOKED UNDER THE FRONT END AND DESCOVERED THAT THE SUB FRAME CROSS MEMBER ON THE LEFT SIDE HAD RUSTED AND COLLAPSED INSIDE ITS SELF AND IT HAS DONE IT A FEW TIMES AFTER THAT AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO PUT ON THE BRAKES AND GO UNDER 30 MPH AND THATS DANGEROUS WHEN CARS ARE RIGHT BEHIND YOU I JUST WAITING FOR A WRECK SO I STARTED RESEARCHING ABOUT THE TRACKER AND IT APPEARS THAT THE CROSS MEMBER RUSTING IS A DEFECT PROBLEM AND IVE TRIED TO FIND ONE TO DO THE REPAIRS MYSELF IF I COULD I THINK CHEVY COMPANY SOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEING IT WAS A DEFECT NO MATTER WHEN YOU PURCHASED THE VEHICAL OR MISSED THE RECALL IF ANY BECAUSE ITS STILL A ON GOING HAZZARD THAT COULD GET SOMEONE KILLED OR INJURED THE USED CAR LOT WAS PROBLEY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT ANY HOW I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE EXCEPT THE OBVIOUS FIX MYSELF. THANK YOU. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10401886May 18, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A RECALL FOR RUSTED SUB FRAME *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THE RSUTED FRAME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397155April 22, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
REFER TO SPECIAL EXTENDED COVERAGE 06186 FOR 2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER, FRONT CROSSMEMBER RUSTING OUT CAUSING WHEELS TO SHAKE AND MAKE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395231April 8, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE FRAME EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANT RUST AND CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY WELDED THE DAMAGED FRAME FOR A TEMPORARY REPAIR AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. UPDATED 07/08/11
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394928April 4, 2011
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
2000 CHEVROLET TRACKER, UNIT 1 WAS EASTBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED. UNIT 1 CONTINUED ON TO EXIT 151 TO REPORT. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0183-90) *JB UPDATED 04/22/11 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10393898March 31, 2011
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRONT FRAME CROSSMEMBER RUSTED THROUGH IN MULTIPLE AREAS AND HAS MADE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE PULLS VIOLENTLY TO THE LEFT WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT HIGH SPEEDS OR TURNING SHARPLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10383338February 19, 2011
AIR BAGS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
JUNE, 2004. AIR BAG LIGHT ON. DEALER INDICATES NEED TO REPLACE COIL/CLOCK SPRING. JULY, 2004, THE HORN WAS INOPERABLE AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON. WIRES UNDER HORN PAD WERE "CUT." REPLACED SIR COIL AND REPAIRED HORN WIRE. APRIL 2005, AIR BAG LIGHT ON AGAIN. STEERING COLUMN LOOSE. REPLACED AIR BAG CLOCK ASSEMBLY. MARCH, 2008. AIR BAG LIGHT ON AND HORN BEEPING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN HITTING BUMPS OR POTHOLES. DEALER FOUND BROKEN WIRES FOR HORN CONTACT AND CLOCK SPRING. REPLACED COMPLETE STEERING COLUMN. FEBRUARY, 2011. AFTER THE DASHBOARD WAS TAKEN OUT TO HAVE HEATER COIL REPAIRED, MECHANIC INDICATED THAT AIR BAG CLOCK ASSEMBLY NEEDED WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACING. FOUR SIMILAR INCIDENTS BEGINNING IN 2004 UP TO PRESENT TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10377611January 17, 2011
WHEELS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKE AND FUEL LINES LEAKING DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST. WHEEL LUG NUTS HAD TO BE CUT-OFF DUE TO RUST. DASH PANEL COVERING SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER AND GAUGES WAS REMOVED AND SPEEDOMETER WAS NON-FUNCTIONAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375586January 11, 2011
STEERING, SUSPENSION:FRONT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE, WHEN HE LOST POWER STEERING MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. A PRIVATE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CROSS MEMBER OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD BE REPAIR THE CROSS MEMBER; HOWEVER, THE UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS CORRODED AND THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE PROCEDURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,004.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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