FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Trax

Owners have filed 1,446 complaints about the Chevrolet Trax with NHTSA across model years 2015 to 2026. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2024 Chevrolet Trax

230 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2022 Chevrolet Trax

13 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Trax 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
2026 C 22 4 0 1,700 Brakes
2025 D 129 18 8 5,500 Electrical System
2024 F 230 10 11 14,200 Electrical System
2022 B 13 1 0 39,500 Engine & Cooling
2021 C 39 8 2 68,000 Electrical System
2020 D 155 9 4 21,780 Electrical System
2019 D 191 12 4 6,509 Engine & Cooling
2018 C 152 3 3 36,228 Suspension
2017 D 183 13 5 23,650 Engine & Cooling
2016 D 186 12 2 46,893 Engine & Cooling
2015 D 146 19 2 39,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Chevrolet Trax

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

Engine & Cooling 283 19.6%

Worst in 2024

Electrical System 244 16.9%

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2015

Suspension 88 6.1%

Worst in 2018

Brakes 87 6.0%

Worst in 2019

Steering 82 5.7%

Worst in 2017

Airbags 65 4.5%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2025

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2016

Lights 30 2.1%

Worst in 2024

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Trax

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

Body 32 37.2%
Warnings 9 10.5%
Assist 8 9.3%
Adaptive Cruise Control 8 9.3%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 8 9.3%
Automatic Emergency Braking 6 7.0%
Blind Spot Detection 4 4.7%
Pressure Monitoring AND Regulating Systems 4 4.7%
Turbo/Supercharger 4 4.7%
Infotainment 3 3.5%

Complaints filed over time

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

Jul 2015 peak 52 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Trax 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 Trax

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