NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Chevrolet Traverse Recalls
The 2013 Chevrolet Traverse has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 7, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Chevrolet Traverse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Chevrolet Traverse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V782000
- Reported
- October 7, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2017 Traverse, 1 other model
Air bags: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 21V246000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012, 2014–2019 Traverse, 2 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 14V266000
- Reported
- May 20, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,339,355
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2012, 2014 Traverse, 3 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 14V118000
- Reported
- March 17, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,176,407
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2009–2012 Traverse, 3 other models
2013 Chevrolet Traverse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse, the newest on August 20, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse, the component group named most often is the electrical system (33%), followed by the engine (28%) and the electronic stability control (esc) (27%).
None of the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2013 Chevrolet Traverse owners gave the mileage (129 complaints), the median was 71,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System53
- Engine45
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)43
- Power Train28
- Air Bags27
- Vehicle Speed Control19
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 35 | |
| 2020 | 23 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 35. 22% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Traverse year in the same window: 14th highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Traverse years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 162 complaints about the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Traverse by model year
Other 2013 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted