Chevrolet Trax
Registered from 2013 to 2027.
About this model
The Chevrolet Trax is a subcompact crossover SUV manufactured by General Motors and marketed under the Chevrolet brand since 2013, currently in its second generation.
From the Wikipedia article Chevrolet Trax, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it stands out against its peers
- Suspension: more complaints than 95% of 2019 cars — 14% of its 133 complaints, where an ordinary 2019 car has 3%.
- Wheels: more complaints than 91% of 2019 cars — 6% of its 133 complaints, where an ordinary 2019 car has 2%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
Crash test
| Frontal crash | ★★★★☆ |
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Standard |
| Lane departure warning | Standard |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 137 hp · 1392 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 8.1 L/100km (EPA) · 8.4 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2025 | 137 hp · 1392 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 8.1 L/100km (EPA) · 8.4 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2024 | 137 hp · 1392 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 7.8 L/100km (EPA) · 8.4 L/100km city · 7.4 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2023 | 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · Suv, 4-door |
| 2022 | 153 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2021 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2020 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 8.1 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2019 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 8.1 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2018 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 8.7 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2017 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 8.7 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2016 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 8.7 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
| 2015 | 138 hp · 1476 kg · 2560 mm wheelbase · 8.7 L/100km (EPA) · 9.8 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Suv, 4-door |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
54% of 2019 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.
15V146000
The circuit board wear may cause a sudden loss of electric power steering assist, increasing the risk of a crash.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the steering column assembly, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began April 24, 2015. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 15168.
15V162000
If the label is missing front and rear rim size information, the owner may replace the rims with ones that are an incorrect size, increasing the risk of crash.
GM will notify owners, and will send owners a corrected label, free of charge. The recall April 29, 2015. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, and Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 15166.
16V257000
Without audible indicators, the driver may leave the key in the ignition, increasing the risk of theft.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will update the radio software, free of charge. The manufacturer has not yet provided a notification schedule. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 17130.
16V422000
Without audible indicators, the driver may not fasten their seatbelt, increasing the risk of injury during a crash.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will update the radio software, free of charge. The recall began on July 22, 2016. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 45340.
16V651000
A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on October 13, 2016. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 16007.
17V437000
A failure of the front air bags or seat belt pretensioners to deploy in the event of a crash necessitating deployment increases the risk of injury to the driver and front passenger.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reflash the SDM software. Vehicles that have had a previous air bag deployment will have the SDM replaced. These repairs will be performed free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2017. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, Cadillac customer service at 1-800-458-8006, Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, or GMC customer service at 1-800-462-8782. GM's number for this recall is 17287.
18V774000
If the air bags do not deploy in the event of a crash, it can increase the risk of injury.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the SDM module to the correct mode, free of charge. The recall began November 6, 2018. Owners may contact Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300 and Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is 18365.
19V312000
A partial separation of the lower-control arm from the vehicle could cause the attached front wheel to toe outward, impacting the vehicle's handling and steering and increasing the risk of crash.
GM will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the left and right front lower-control arms, replacing them as necessary, free of charge. The recall began June 14, 2019. Owners may contact GM customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is A182202370.
1 more campaigns have been filed against this model. A dealer can check by VIN which apply to one car.
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
Engineering analysis, opened September 2021, still open.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Chevrolet filed 84 bulletins about the 2026 Trax.
- Electrical system: 5
- Fuel/propulsion system: 5
- Engine: 2
- Forward collision avoidance: 1
- Wheels: 1
- Other: 70
- This Preliminary information communicates to the technician the repairs direction for addressing a customer concern of no airflow from dash vents when using air conditioning after an extended drive… · August 2026
- This Preliminary information communicates to dealer to perform a MEC reset for wireless projection issues · August 2026
- This Preliminary information communicates to the technician and customer the location and function of each lamp inside the headlamps assembly based on trim levels. · August 2026
- This document assists GM Dealer technician's with diagnosing turbocharger concerns to ensure turbocharger replacement is necessary. The turbocharger part number will be placed on order restriction… · August 2026
- This Preliminary information communicates to the technician the direction needed when encountering an issue with switching between adaptive cruise control and regular cruise control or an issue with… · July 2026
- PI to help diagnose A/C concern · July 2026
- This Preliminary information communicates an issue with an OTA pending message still displayed after an OTA event and how to reset/clear the message. · July 2026
- This document is a technical bulletin regarding CarPlay issues in certain Buick and Chevrolet models. It details the problem, cause, and current status of the software anomaly affecting CarPlay… · June 2026
76 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.