Chevrolet Trax Complaints

1,001 consumer complaints on file.

#11153448November 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
VEHICLE WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN SYSTEMS BEGAN TO FAIL AND VEHICLE ABRUPTLY LOST ACCELERATION. WARNING LIGHTS AND MESSAGES BEGAN TO APPEAR ABRUPTLY WITHOUT WARNING. RPM, AND MPH DIGITAL DIAL/ NUMBER JUMPED TO 0 AND BACK UP TO A RANDOM SPEED AND THEN BACK DOWN TO 0. ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT HAVE ANY BEARING ON SPEED CONTROL. UNCONTROLLED STALLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN OFF ACTIVE ROADWAY AT NEXT AVAILABLE EXIT AND PARKED. VEHICLE MAINTAINED ERROR CODES. DEALER CONTACTED FOR TOW. AFTER WAITING FOR TOW AND ENGINE OFF, ALL ERROR CODES CLEARED. DRIVEN TO DEALER AND CURRENTLY IN SERVICE. VEHICLE FAIRLY NEW AND REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM UNCERTAIN BUT TECHNICIAN POINTED TO A GROUNDING PROBLEM. ERROR LIGHTS DURING INCIDENT: POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT (STEADY ON), TCS/STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHT (STEADY ON) AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (STEADY ON). PLUS, VEHICLE SERVICE MESSAGES: SERVICE POWER STEERING AND SERVICE STABILITRAK. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. CLUSTER ERRORS BEGAN AROUND 13:42 EST AND CLEARED AROUND 15:42 EST AFTER PARKING AND CUTTING ENGINE OFF FOR SOME TIME (MAYBE 20 MINUTES) THEN RESTARTING. ALSO, '.' IN PLACE OF 'P' IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER NEXT TO ODOMETER READING. ALSO, AFTER INITIALLY PARKING AND THE FIRST RESTART, POWER STEERING SEEMED COMPLETELY INACTIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153315November 23, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAD A BAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAD THIS CAR TO NOT STOP ON ME ON TWO OCCASIONS . ONCE IN A PARKING SPOT, AND ONCE WHEN I APPROACHED A BUSY INTERSECTION ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. IT MADE A GRIND G NOISE, SKIED AND JUST WOULD NOT STOP. I HAD TO THROW THE CAR OUT OF DRIVE TO GET IT TO STOP. THE DEALERSHIP PLILIPS CHEVROLET IS SAYING THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS DID NOT DETECT A PROBLEM. S I JUST IMAGINED THE TERRIFYING ORDEALS THAT I ENCOUNTERED. I NOW HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET THIS CAR AND DRIVE IT BRILL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THE WEATHER IS ABOUT TO GET BAD SO WHAT IF IT HAPPENS AND PUTTING THE CAR IN DRIVE DOES NOT STOP IT. I'M TOTALLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11145247November 4, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS CAR IS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS SINCE MONTHS OF ME BUYING IT FRUSTRATED JUST BEACAUSE HAVE TO BE ALOT IN THE DEALER AND LONG HOURS WAITING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142797October 26, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, STEERING
THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME IN 6 MONTHS THAT THE CAR HAS HAD TO BE TAKEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT DISPLAYS POWER STEERING ERROR, ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AND CAR WITH DROP SPEED WITH NO WARNING. IT ALSO LOSSES THE POWER STEERING. IT WILL THEN START UP FINE AND RUN, BUT THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT IS REMAINING ON. HAS HAPPENED IN THE WARM AND COLD WEATHER AND AFTER A LONG DRIVE AND A SHORT DRIVE. NOT SURE WHY THERE ARE NO OTHER REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING AT 45 MILES AND THIS LAST TIME WHEN TRYING TO START IT TO LEAVE MY HOUSE. VERY SCARY TO HAVE YOUR CHILD DRIVING THIS TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142478October 24, 2018
STEERING
UPON GETTING IN THE VEHICLE AND TURNING IT ON, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN . IT WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT ALL OW ME TO STEER IT. I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN MY YARD, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ALLOWING ME TO TURN IT. I HAVE RED OTHER OWNERS HAVE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. AND COULD CAUSE A CAR WRECK . THIS VEHICLE CAME FROM THE MANUFACTURER THIS WAY. THIS IS INTERMITTENT AND WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING THE STEERING WHEEL LIGHT WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT LIT UP IN THE DASHBOARD..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142462October 24, 2018
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 CHEVROLET TRAX. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND WAS UNABLE TO BE TURNED. THE DEALER (HEADQUARTER NISSAN, 1725 WHITTLESEY RD, COLUMBUS, GA 31904, (706) 225-8100) STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE TOOLS TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE AND SUGGESTED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSE OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141935October 22, 2018
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, THE ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON. LATER I LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ON THREE CYLINDERS. THE VEHICLE HAD UNDER 40,000 MILES. DIAGNOSTIC P0300 COIL PACK FAILURE CAUSING SPARK PLUG TO MISFIRE AND CAR BECAME A SAFETY ISSUE ON THE ROAD. THIS IS NOT A RECALL PART, ADDITIONALLY GMC IS CHARGING OWNERS TO REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11139410October 10, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE RADIO DOES NOT DISPLAY THE OUTSIDE TEMP. THE BUTTONS ON THE STEARING WHEEL DOES NOT WORK TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11131047September 24, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 CHEVROLET TRAX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED TO DISPLAY, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RESPOND, AND THE STEERING SEIZED. IN ADDITION, THE POWER STEERING, CHECK ENGINE, AND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SERRA CHEVROLET OF SOUTHFIELD (28111 TELEGRAPH RD, SOUTHFIELD, MI), BUT THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO FELDMAN CHEVROLET OF LIVONIA (32570 PLYMOUTH RD, LIVONIA, MI), BUT THE FAILURES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11128910September 13, 2018
AIR BAGS
2018 CHEVROLET TRAX. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH PASSENGER AIRBAG SENSOR. *LD *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11121933August 23, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 40 MILES THE 2016 CHEVY TRAX LOSS POWER TO 5-10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL GOT STIFF, THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE GOT IDLE. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER. FOR FORTUNE I WAS NOT DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY. I AM VERY CONCERN AS I DON'T FEEL THIS CAR IS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE CAR HAS CURRENTLY 38K MILES, I BOUGHT IT USED WITH LITTLE UNDER 36K MILES. I NOTICED ABOUT 7-8 SIMILAR COMPLAINS IS DIFFERENT WEBSITES. I THINK SOMEBODY FROM NHTSA SHOULD LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. DRIVING A CAR WITH THESE PROBLEMS CAN RESULT IN MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND POTENTIALLY DEATH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11119588August 13, 2018
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I HAD JUST PURCHASED MY CHEVY TRAX ON JULY 10, 2018. IT HAD 14,600 MILES ON IT. I WENT OUT TO MY GARAGE ON JULY 31, GOT INTO MY VEHICLE AND SHUT MY DRIVER'S DOOR AT WHICH TIME THE WINDOW GLASS BEHIND ME SHATTERED INTO A THOUSAND PIECES. GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE, INSIDE AND OUT. THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONERY AND NOT RUNNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110764July 11, 2018
AIR BAGS
WHEN I BOUGT IT MY VEHICLE WAS JUST LIKE THAT....
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104812June 29, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO A RED LIGHT AND THE BRAKE FROZE, IT WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO PRESS DOWN, I ENDED UP HITTING ANOTHER CAR. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE BRAKE WAS STILL STUCK.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11104535June 28, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
POWER STEERING, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. AND STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. AFTER 20 MINUTES THE POWER STEERING AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WENT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS READ AND P069E CODE WAS READ BACK. AFTER 4 DAYS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF ON ITS OWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11102588June 19, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
EVEN AFTER REMOVING THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION, THE CAR WILL CHIME LIKE THE KEY IS STILL IN IT. AFTER THE ALLOTTED 10 MINS, THE RADIO WILL NOT AUTOMATICALLY TURN OFF WHICH IN TURN IS KILLING THE BATTERY. THE KEY FOBS WILL NO LONGER WORK DUE TO THE CAR THINKING THE KEY IS STILL IN THE IGNITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11097620May 23, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THIS BRAND NEW CAR, THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEALING WHEN STOPPING. I TOKE IN TO LAWRENCE HALL CHEVROLET ABILENE, TEXAS, THEY COULDN'T RECREATE THE NOISE. SO I MADE SEVERAL VIDEOS OF THIS AND SHOWED AND EMAILED TO LHC. THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEMS. 4 SERVICE CALLS LATER , THEY SAID THEY WILL REGREASE THE BRAKES. THAT HELPED A LITTLE. NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS DOWN TO THE METAL WHEN I STOP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11097288May 22, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING . WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE, EXITED, AND NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE ENGINE AND FRONT TIRES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED BY A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 930. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11096586May 17, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THEY DESIGNED A PRESSURE VALVE UNDERNEATH THE REAR BUMPER FASCIA WITH A HOLE LARGE ENOUGH FOR RODENTS AND SMALL ANIMALS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE CABIN OF THE CAR WITHOUT DESTROYING ANY PART OF THE CAR TO GAIN ACCESS. IT IS ESSENTIALLY AN OPEN DOOR FOR SQUIRRELS, MICE, RATS TO USE THEN NEST IN THE CAR UNBEKNOWNST TO THE OWNER. IT COMES WITH THE DANGER OF A RODENT POPPING OUT WHILE DRIVING OR SPREADING DIEASE THROUGHOUT THE CABIN OF THE CAR VIA THE AIR DUCTS. I FEEL THE CABIN OF THE CAR SHOULD BE A SEALED UNIT. THE ONLY WAY I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE DEEMED AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE IS IN THE CASE OF AN ANIMAL DESTROYING A PART IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE CABIN OF THE CAR. IN THIS INSTANCE THERE IS NO DAMAGE IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS THE CABIN AND IT IS THE SAME AS LEAVING A CAR DOOR OPEN 24/7 HOPING NOTHING BAD HAPPENS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO GENERAL MOTORS AND NO ONE SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION I AM HAVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11088749April 17, 2018
ENGINE
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. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND A SOLENOID WAS REPLACED FOR THE TURBO SYSTEM. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK OF HAVING THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD BUT NOT AS COLD AS THE FIRST TIME THE ISSUE OCCURRED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE. I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AND HAD RAN THE VEHICLE THROUGH A REMOTE START CYCLE. I WAS ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN FOR ANOTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 MONTHS AS THE PART I NEEDED FOR TSB # 16-NA-405 (DATED 12/23/16) WAS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER. THE WEATHER WARMED UP, SO THE DEALERSHIP LET ME HAVE THE VEHICLE BACK UNTIL THE PART CAME IN. SHORTLY AFTER THE PART I NEEDED CAME IN, SO THE TSB WAS COMPLETED. CHEVY HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE TURBO SYSTEM FREEZING FOR OVER A YEAR, YET THEY SELL VEHICLES WITH THIS ISSUE IN COLD WEATHER STATES. CHEVY DID NOT SEEM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ISSUE, SO I AM HOPING TO WARN OTHERS AND GET THE WORD OUT. I SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS A TRAX AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE. THEY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR VEHICLE START SMOKING AFTER THE REPAIR, AND THE REPAIR HAD TO ME MADE OVER. CHEVY NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS FIXED IN ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS TURBO SYSTEM, SO SOMEONE DOES GET STRANDED OR IN AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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