NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Traverse Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Traverse has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Traverse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 292
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 23V334000
- Reported
- May 10, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 995,085
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015, 2017 Traverse, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V782000
- Reported
- October 7, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 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 2010–2015, 2017–2019 Traverse, 2 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 15V833000
- Reported
- December 11, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,633
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 15V609000
- Reported
- September 29, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,295
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Chevrolet Traverse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 292 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, the newest on September 21, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse, the component group named most often is the air bags (56%), followed by the power train (13%) and the engine (11%).
3 of the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Traverse owners gave the mileage (89 complaints), the median was 48,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags163
- Power Train37
- Engine31
- Electrical System26
- Steering24
- Vehicle Speed Control19
Complaints received, by year
| 2015 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 19 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 70 | |
| 2024 | 93 | |
| 2025 | 13 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 93. 24% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Traverse year in the same window: 10th highest of the 14 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 292 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Traverse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Traverse by model year
Other 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted