NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Chevrolet Trax Recalls
The 2016 Chevrolet Trax has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Chevrolet Trax. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 120
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Chevrolet Trax, 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 Trax
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 19V652000
- Reported
- September 12, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 93,722
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Trax
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 17V437000
- Reported
- July 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 40,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Trax, 15 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V651000
- Reported
- September 8, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,640,162
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Trax, 15 other models
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 16V422000
- Reported
- June 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 18,780
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Trax, 2 other models
Equipment: electrical: radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Campaign
- 16V257000
- Reported
- April 28, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 317,572
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Trax, 2 other models
2016 Chevrolet Trax complaints by year
NHTSA has received 120 owner complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Trax, the newest on September 26, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (8%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Trax, the component group named most often is the engine (38%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the air bags (16%).
1 of the 2016 Chevrolet Trax's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Chevrolet Trax owners gave the mileage (64 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine46
- Electrical System24
- Air Bags19
- Unknown Or Other15
- Steering14
- Power Train13
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 9 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Trax peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 22. 40% 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 Trax drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Trax year in the same window: 4th highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 120 complaints about the 2016 Chevrolet Trax are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Trax by model year
Other 2016 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: September 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted