FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Tracker

Owners have filed 587 complaints about the Chevrolet Tracker with NHTSA across model years 1989 to 2004. More of them are about the suspension than anything else.

Avoid

2000 Chevrolet Tracker

160 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly suspension.

Cleanest on record

1998 Chevrolet Tracker

15 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Tracker year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2004 C 22 6 0 41,000 Suspension
2003 D 98 26 1 50,000 Suspension
2002 D 82 14 5 85,000 Suspension
2001 D 105 17 1 68,000 Engine & Cooling
2000 F 160 19 0 89,000 Suspension
1999 C 82 7 0 113,000 Body & Structure
1998 A 15 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1997 4 3 0 Airbags
1996 C 12 1 0 Steering
1995 3 1 0 Body & Structure
1993 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1992 1 0 0 Tires
1990 1 0 1 Electrical System
1989 1 0 0 Seat Belts

What breaks on a Chevrolet Tracker

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Suspension 102 17.4%

Worst in 2000

Body & Structure 86 14.7%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2001

Brakes 49 8.3%

Worst in 2000

Airbags 47 8.0%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 2000

Steering 36 6.1%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 1999

Worst in 2000

Seat Belts 19 3.2%

Worst in 2003

Equipment & Accessories 16 2.7%

Worst in 2000

Tires 15 2.6%

Worst in 2000

Acceleration & Cruise Control 11 1.9%

Worst in 2003

Lights 9 1.5%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Tracker

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Frame AND Members 34 19.9%
Underbody Shields 26 15.2%
Front 23 13.5%
Frontal 22 12.9%
Switch 14 8.2%
Gasoline 13 7.6%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 11 6.4%
Automatic Transmission 10 5.8%
AIR Conditioner 9 5.3%
Body 9 5.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Tracker, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 1999 peak 12 Sep 2024

Chevrolet Tracker problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Tracker

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.