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1996 Chevrolet Tracker problems

Owners have filed 12 complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Tracker with NHTSA between 2000 and 2011. The largest single group is the steering. Across this model's run it ranks 7 of 8 worst.

Read the complaints What breaks Worst years for the Chevrolet Tracker All 1996 cars
C

FaultScore 43/100

Higher is worse. Measured against the other years of the Chevrolet Tracker.

How this is worked out

The numbers

12

Complaints

1

Crashes reported

0

Fires reported

2

Injuries reported

What kind of bad

The letter says how bad. This says what kind — whether this year drew an unusual number of complaints, unusually dangerous ones, or failures that arrived unusually early.

Complaint volume 8 vs 50 Severity 100 vs 50 Early failure not reported
The dashed ring is 50 — the national norm. Further out is worse.
Complaint volume — 8
Against the median year of the Chevrolet Tracker. 50 means typical for this model; 100 means roughly double.
Severity — 100
25% of these complaints involved a crash, fire, injury or death, against a national rate of 9.7%.
Early failure — not reported
Too few complaints recorded a mileage to measure this.

How 1996 compares with every other Chevrolet Tracker

Click any bar 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

What breaks on a 1996 Chevrolet Tracker

Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.

Steering 3 25.0%
Brakes 2 16.7%
Engine & Cooling 2 16.7%
Seats 1 8.3%
Wheels 1 8.3%
Tires 1 8.3%
Fuel & Propulsion 1 8.3%
Airbags 1 8.3%

1 crashes, 0 fires

When owners complained

A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.

Sep 2000 peak 4 Jan 2011

Complaints that involved harm

Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.

Boligee, AL Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WATING TO TURN WHILE IT WA SRAININ, APPLIED BRAKES, AND SKIDDED INTO VEHICLE FROM REAR. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY.

NHTSA complaint #893898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Rosemont, PA 1 injured

STEERING:LINKAGES

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM IS NOT STABILITY CONTROLLABLE, WHILE MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO STEERING AND KEPT MOVING TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIT A POLE, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, DURING THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE WAS OUT OF POSITION, THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BECAME WINDING AND THE FRONT KNUCKLE WAS BENDED.

NHTSA complaint #560974 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Rosemont, PA 1 injured

STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM IS NOT STABILITY CONTROLLABLE, WHILE MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO STEERING AND KEPT MOVING TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIT A POLE, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, DURING THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE WAS OUT OF POSITION, THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BECAME WINDING AND THE FRONT KNUCKLE WAS BENDED.

NHTSA complaint #560974 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

The most recent complaints

In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.

Sardis, TN

WHEELS

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.

NHTSA complaint #10377611 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Sardis, TN

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

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.

NHTSA complaint #10377611 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Sardis, TN

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.

NHTSA complaint #10377611 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Pompanoe Beach, FL

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AT 5 MPH AND DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND THE VEHICLE WAS SKIDDING A BIT.

NHTSA complaint #898536 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Boligee, AL Crash

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP LIGHT WATING TO TURN WHILE IT WA SRAININ, APPLIED BRAKES, AND SKIDDED INTO VEHICLE FROM REAR. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY.

NHTSA complaint #893898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Rosemont, PA 1 injured

STEERING:LINKAGES

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM IS NOT STABILITY CONTROLLABLE, WHILE MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO STEERING AND KEPT MOVING TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIT A POLE, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, DURING THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE WAS OUT OF POSITION, THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BECAME WINDING AND THE FRONT KNUCKLE WAS BENDED.

NHTSA complaint #560974 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Rosemont, PA 1 injured

STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM IS NOT STABILITY CONTROLLABLE, WHILE MAKING A TURN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO STEERING AND KEPT MOVING TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIT A POLE, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, DURING THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE WAS OUT OF POSITION, THE FRONT CONTROL ARM BECAME WINDING AND THE FRONT KNUCKLE WAS BENDED.

NHTSA complaint #560974 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

RED Bluff, CA

SEATS

BACK SEAT WILL NOT PROPERLY INSTALL A CONVERTABLE REAR FACING CAR SEAT, THE CONSUMER HAS EVEN HAD A TRAINED TECHNICIAN INSTALL THE SEAT WITH NO LUCK. NLM

NHTSA complaint #560297 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Piedmont, MO

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

TIRE HAD SPLIT FROM THE TREAD TO THE FIREWALL ON THE OUTSIDE, AND HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE. WE HAD REPLACED THE TIRE ON 6/17/2000 WITH A MICHELIN BRAND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAD DISCONTINUED THIS TIRE, THE REMAINING THREE TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF SEPARATION. THE TIRES IN QUESTION HAD A THREE YEAR ,75,000 MILE WARRANTY WHICH WAS NOT HONORED. AS TO THE ISSUE OF THE ENGINE STALLING OUT AND CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING AND KICKING OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMUROUS OCCASIONS, WITH THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMING NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WITH THIS IN MIND THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE 7/28/2000 DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, FROM ANY SPEED WHEN DECELERATION BEGINS, THE VEHICLE HAS CUT OUT CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP. AFTER THE SPEED OF 50 MPH THE GEAR KICKS OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDP21570R TIRE SIZE: 21570R15 )

NHTSA complaint #731428 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Piedmont, MO

TIRES:TREAD/BELT

TIRE HAD SPLIT FROM THE TREAD TO THE FIREWALL ON THE OUTSIDE, AND HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE. WE HAD REPLACED THE TIRE ON 6/17/2000 WITH A MICHELIN BRAND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAD DISCONTINUED THIS TIRE, THE REMAINING THREE TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF SEPARATION. THE TIRES IN QUESTION HAD A THREE YEAR ,75,000 MILE WARRANTY WHICH WAS NOT HONORED. AS TO THE ISSUE OF THE ENGINE STALLING OUT AND CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING AND KICKING OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMUROUS OCCASIONS, WITH THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMING NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WITH THIS IN MIND THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE 7/28/2000 DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, FROM ANY SPEED WHEN DECELERATION BEGINS, THE VEHICLE HAS CUT OUT CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP. AFTER THE SPEED OF 50 MPH THE GEAR KICKS OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDP21570R TIRE SIZE: 21570R15 )

NHTSA complaint #731428 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Piedmont, MO

STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM

TIRE HAD SPLIT FROM THE TREAD TO THE FIREWALL ON THE OUTSIDE, AND HAD STARTED TO SEPARATE. WE HAD REPLACED THE TIRE ON 6/17/2000 WITH A MICHELIN BRAND BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT FIRESTONE HAD DISCONTINUED THIS TIRE, THE REMAINING THREE TIRES SHOW SIGNS OF SEPARATION. THE TIRES IN QUESTION HAD A THREE YEAR ,75,000 MILE WARRANTY WHICH WAS NOT HONORED. AS TO THE ISSUE OF THE ENGINE STALLING OUT AND CLUTCH NOT ENGAGING AND KICKING OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMUROUS OCCASIONS, WITH THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMING NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WITH THIS IN MIND THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE 7/28/2000 DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AND THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, FROM ANY SPEED WHEN DECELERATION BEGINS, THE VEHICLE HAS CUT OUT CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP. AFTER THE SPEED OF 50 MPH THE GEAR KICKS OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VDP21570R TIRE SIZE: 21570R15 )

NHTSA complaint #731428 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.

Fort Wayne, IN

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)

EGR SENSOR IS COMING LOOSE TIME AFTER TIME. CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL AT LIGHTS.

NHTSA complaint #728898 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.