33 of the
587 complaints filed about the Chevrolet Tracker
are about the glass, mirrors and wipers —
6% of everything owners reported.
The worst model year for it is 2000.
33
Complaints
6%
Share of all complaints
0
Crashes
0
Fires
Windows, Mirrors & Wipers complaints by model year
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.
NHTSA complaint #10418405 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
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
NHTSA complaint #10394928 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHILE DRIVING WITHIN THE CITY IN WINTER, THE WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY BECAME FOGGED OVER AND THE SMELL OF COOLANT WAS NOTICED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD AND HAD TO PULL OVER. AFTER PARKING I NOTICED A SMALL DRIP OF COOLANT UNDER THE CENTER CONSOLE. A LOCAL INDEPENDENT GARAGE FOUND THE HEATER CORE TO BE RUPTURED. THE HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10310439 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER'S SIDE QUIT WORKING. ROLLING THE WINDOW UP TAKES BOTH HANDS. MUST USE ONE HAND ON POWER WINDOW BUTTON AND THE OTHER TO PUT THE WINDOW BACK ON THE TRACKS WHEN IT FALLS OFF.
NHTSA complaint #10291874 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT CAR(USED) DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP ALL THE WAY. DEALER FIXED. NOW 3 YEARS LATER, SAME PROBLEM CAME BACK, SOMETHING WRONG W/MOLDING CAUSING WINDOW TO SHIFT OFF TRACK AND NOT GO ROLL UP STRAIGHT W/OUT GUIDANCE OF MY HANDS. USUALLY IF MY HUSBAND SPRAYS INTO THE TRACK/MOLDING IT WILL GO UP A COUPLE TIMES ON IT'S OWN.
NHTSA complaint #10265244 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
THE DEFROSTER FAILED WHEN NEEDED. THIS CONDITION RESULTED IN A COMPLETELY OBSTRUCTED WINDSHIELD WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. THE LOST VISIBILITY COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DEATH. THE A/C ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS WERE FOUND TO HAVE A BLOWN FUSE. A TSB WAS FOUND BY THE DEALER, AND THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT BY GM. THE FUSE WAS REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10230910 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
3/17/08 TO: GENERAL MOTORS, CHEVROLET (CUSTOMER COMPLAINT ? RECALL), NHTSA *MY CUSTOMER COMPLAINT (CHEVROLET TRACKER):* -LATE LAST YEAR, MY WIFE HAD RECEIVED THE GM LETTER. -I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, IN DEC. 2007 TO RAGSDALE CHEVROLET IN SPENCER, MA. -RAGSDALE?S TECHNICIAN PUT THE CAR ON THE LIFT AND INSPECTED THE CAR. -THEY SAID THAT THE CROSSMEMBER WAS OK, THAT THE CROSSMEMBER WOULD NOT BE REPLACED BY CHEVROLET UNTIL THERE WERE ACTUAL HOLES IN THE CROSSMEMBER (WHY??). -ON 3/12/08, I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE CAR WAS PULLING SEVERELY TO ONE SIDE. -THAT EVENING, I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THE PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION ATTACHMENT (?A? ARM) TO THE CROSSMEMBER WAS ONLY PARTIALLY ATTACHED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION (SEVERAL LARGE RUSTED-THROUGH HOLES) AT THAT AREA OF THE CROSSMEMBER. -I CALLED RAGSDALE AND RETURNED THE CAR TO THEIR SERVICE DEPT. MGR. (GLENN) ON 3/13/08. ON THE TRIP TO RAGSDALE, THE CAR?S BODY FLEXED SO MUCH WHEN BRAKING, THAT THE WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK. -I TOLD GLENN ABOUT THE WINDSHIELD CRACK AND HE SAID THAT RAGSDALE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME ON THE WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT, TO TAKE IT UP WITH CHEVROLET, AND MY AUTO INSURANCE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT (BASICALLY, LACKING ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS). -I ASKED GLENN HOW RAGSDALE?S INSPECTION _ONLY THREE MONTHS PRIOR_ DID NOT SHOW A PROBLEM, YET THERE WAS MAJOR CORROSION NOW. GLENN SAID THAT RAGSDALE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OF ANOTHER TRACKER THAT WAS INSPECTED BY THEM IN OCTOBER 2007. -GLENN OFFERED _NO_ APOLOGY FOR RAGSDALE SERVICE PERSONNEL NOT ADEQUATELY PERFORMING THE DECEMBER INSPECTION. I AM VERY DISPLEASED BY RAGSDALE?S POOR SERVICE LAST DECEMBER; THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT DUE TO RAGSDALE?S INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF THE CROSSMEMBER. THERE APPEARS TO BE _NO_ OVERSIGHT OF THIS SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERFORMING SERIOUS SAFETY INSPECTIONS THAT WERE MANDATED BY CHEVY..
NHTSA complaint #10221488 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
DEFROSTER BECAME INOPERABLE DURING COLD WEATHER. THIS CONDITION RESULTED IN WATER CONDENSATE FORMING ON THE INNER WINDSHIELD, SIDE WINDOWS AND BACK WINDOW AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. POOR VISIBILITY COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DEATH. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE A/C ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS TO BE DEFECTIVE AND A FUSE BLOWN. THIS IS KNOW CONDITION FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND A TSB WAS FOUND ON THIS PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER THE REPAIR WAS REFUSED TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.
NHTSA complaint #10203347 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLES DRIVER SIDE ELECTRIC WINDOW TOOK TWO HANDS TO ROLL UP OR DOWN, WITH ONE HAND ON THE WINDOW BUTTON AND THE OTHER HAND PRESSING WEIGHT AGAINST THE WINDOW. THE SERVICE DEALER DETERMINED THERE WAS ONLY ONE SCREW THAT HELD THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS FOR THIS ISSUE.
NHTSA complaint #10165175 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH SMOKE WAS OBSERVED COMING FROM THE DASH AND ANTIFREEZE LEAKED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE HEATER CORE. THREE MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.
NHTSA complaint #10160227 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
DT: THE CONTACT STATED LAST WEEK HE NOTICED A SMALL CRACK ON THE LEFT HAND ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK STARTED TO BET BIGGER. IT WAS ABOUT NINE INCHES IN LENGTH. THE WINDSHIELD HAS NOT BEEN CHIPPED. HE STATED THAT NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT.
NHTSA complaint #10141143 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2003 CHEVROLET TRACKER HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE BATTERY, THE TRANSMITTER FOR THE DOOR, THE AIR CONDITIONER, AND THE DEFROSTER. *MR THE WINDOWS WOULD FREEZE IN THE WINTER IN SEVERE COLD WEATHER. THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO SCRAPE THE INTERIOR WINDOWS. THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR IN ALL OF THE WINDOWS OF THE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE REAR WINDOWS, THE A/C HAD GONE OUT, THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED AT 14000 MILES AND THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE HEATING VENTS TO BE DIRECTED TO THE FLOOR AS THE VENTING ONLY BLEW INTO THE INTERIOR DASH. *SC THE STARTER WAS REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10117404 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FOR LAST TWO YEARS CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN AIR CONDITIONER AND HEATER ODOR PROBLEM. IT SMELLED LIKE GRASS. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY FOUND A MOLD, AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.
NHTSA complaint #10089527 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
I BOUGHT THE CHEVROLET TRACKER AS A USED CAR FROM FREEMAN TOYOTA THE CAR HAD 33817 MILES WE HAD TILL 36000 AN THE WARRANTY WOULD BE UP THAT WENT REALLY FAST, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT SEEMS RIGHT AFTER THAT I HAVE ACQUIRED A HIGH SQUEAL COMING FROM IT SEEMS THE BELTS OR MAYBE THE PULLEYS WE HAVE USE A CYCLON SPAY THAT WAS SUGGESTED IT GOES AWAY FRO A FEW DAYS AN COMES BACK AGAIN I HAVE DRIVEN MY CAR NOW HAS THE MILES OF 47082, A CAR OF LESS THAN 50000 SHOULD STILL RUN QUIETLY AND HAVE NO LOUD SQUEALS AS YOU DRIVE. AS TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM, THE LITTLE BLACK WASHER NOLDS ON THE HOOD YOU CANNOT CLEAN THEM, HOURS OF TAKING APART FROM THE HOOD INSIDE BLOWING AND SOAKING THEM AND 2 WEEKS LATER PLUGGED AGAIN, SINCE I DONOT HAVE A WARRANTY THE CHEVROLET PLACES IN THIS AREA WANT $70.00,JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR , I FEEL THIS IS VERY UNFAIR AND THE BOOK BY [XXX] SAYS YOU MIGHT CAN FIND A SECRET WARRANTY THAT COVERS THE PULLEY'S FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER OR THE BELT SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT JUST ABOUT IS WANT HELPS THE CAR GO IF ONE BREAKS IT WILL NOT WORK. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY ACCIDENTS WITH THIS CAR BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ANY BOLTS HOLDING THE BACK BUMPERS AND FRONT BUMPER AND FRONT OUTSIDE PANEL ONTO THE MAIN PART OF THE CAR THE CAR COMPANY SAID THEY RATTLED OUT, NEEDLESS TO SAY ON THAT ONE I FUSSED TELL THEY PLACED AT LEAST 5 BOLTS IN BACK AND ON THE SHIRT OF THE CAR AT LEAST 6, ( 3 ON EACH SIDE AN ON THE FRONT AREA AT LEAST 6 ACROSS THE TOP, THAT IS A REALLY NOT VERY GOOD IN MY ESTIMATION, IT A BAD JOB OF THE 200, SOMETHING CHECK POINTS THAT THEY GO THRU ON YOUR NEW-USED CAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, I HOPE THERE IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT CAN HELP ME OUT WITH, AGAIN THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
NHTSA complaint #10071193 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
MY COMPLAINT ISN'T THE FAILURE OF THE ITEMS ON THE TRUCK. WE PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM SANDS ON BROADWAY. THE TRUCK WAS LIFTED WHEN WE PURCHASED IT, WE ASKED THE FINANCE PERSON WHO WAS SELLING US THE WARRANTY IF THE WARRANTY COVERED EVERYTHING SINCE THE TRUCK WAS LIFTED. HE SAID YES AND WENT AS FAR AS ASSURING US THAT IT WOULD EVEN COVER THE OVER SIZED TIRES. WE MADE IT CLEAR SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE DID NOT WANT THE TRUCK IF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER A LIFTED TRUCK. WE WERE ASSURED THAT IT WOULD COVER THE TRUCK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LIFTED. SO WE PURCHASED THE TRUCK ON 1/25/03. IT IS NOW 6/24/03 AND WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO TAKE THE TRUCK IN. THERE IS OVER 1K OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE TRUCKS SUSPENSION AND THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO COVER IT BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS LIFTED. AN INSPECTOR CAME OUT AND VIEWED THE TRUCK AND TOLD US THAT THEY WOULD COVER NOTHING THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE SUSPENSION OR THE DOOR BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS LIFTED. MY BOYFRIEND AND I HAVE BOTH CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE GOTTENT THE RUN AROUND. ACCORDING TO THE DEALRSHIP THE PERSON THAT SOLD US THE WARRANTY NO LONGER WORKS IN THEIR OFFICE AND THEY ARE BASICALLY TELLING US TO BAD. I HAVE A PHONE CALL INTO THE GM OF THE DEALERSHIP. THEY MISREPRESENTED TO US WHAT THIS WARRANTY WAS SUPPOSE TO COVER, THOSE TIRES THAT HE SAID WOULD BE COVERED ARE NOT, IT CLEARLY SAYS IN THE WARRANTY THAT THEY WILL ONLY COVER FACTORY TIRES, ANOTHER LIE.
NHTSA complaint #10070462 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
OUR CHEVY TRACKER WAS PURCHASED NEW IN OCT 02. THE FIRST TIME THE OIL WAS CHANGED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BACK UP IMEDIATLY. AFTER SPINNING THE MOTOR OVER FOR SEVERAL MINUTES IT DID START BUT SMOKED SEVERLEY. THIS PROBLEM HAS PERSISTED SINCE THAT DATE. THE REPAIR TECH. AT CHEVROLET AGREES THAT THE VALVES IN THE CYLINDER HEAD ARE STICKING OPEN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT HAVE THE COMPRESSION TO START. BUT AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THEY HAVE FAILED AND CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM WHAT DO I DO?????????????
NHTSA complaint #10069881 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEN TURNING VEHICLE TO THE LEFT A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD. DEALER REPLACED THE STEERING GEAR BOX TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, ALL THE WINDOWS HAD SPOTS THAT THE DEALER COULD NOT REMOVE BY CLEANING. *AK
NHTSA complaint #10059532 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
NEW 2003 CHEVROLET TRACKER 4DR 4WD WITH THE FOLLOWING SAFETY RELATED DEFECTS; 1. TWO OF THE TIRE VALVES LEAK FOR VARYING LENGTHS OF TIME AFTER CHECKING PRESSURE OR FILLING TIRE WITH AIR, 2. WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID FROM FACTORY FROZE, 3. THERE ARE STAMPED OPENINGS IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR FENDER PANNELS UNDER THE TAIL LIGHTS ABOUT 3 X 4 INCHES IN SIZE. ONE OF THEM IS JUST OVER WHERE THE TAIL PIPE EXHAUSTS ON THE LEFT SIDE. THEY ARE COVERED BY WHAT SEEMS TO BE A GENERIC "SCOTCH TAPE." WHILE REMOVING THE LEFT TAIL LENS (OVER THE EXHAUST) FOR INSTALATION OF A TRAILER LIGHTING HARNESS, I SAW THE ABOVE AND DISCOVERD THAT THE TAPE WAS LOOSE EFFECTIVELY LEAVING A RATHER LARGE COMMUNICATION INTO THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. GM WAS NOTIFIED BY ME VIA TELEPHONE ONE WEEK AGO. I CONSIDER THE ABOVE SERIOUS SAFETY HAZZARDS WITH RATHER CHEAP FIXES. SINCE THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN BACK TO ME, I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT.
NHTSA complaint #10056167 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.