NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Chevrolet Traverse Recalls
The 2017 Chevrolet Traverse has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 10, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Chevrolet Traverse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 361
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Chevrolet Traverse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 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 2014–2016 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 2013–2016 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 2010–2016, 2018–2019 Traverse, 2 other models
2017 Chevrolet Traverse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 361 owner complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Traverse, the newest on August 29, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Traverse, the component group named most often is the air bags (73%), followed by the engine (7%) and the electrical system (6%).
3 of the 2017 Chevrolet Traverse's 3 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2017 Chevrolet Traverse owners gave the mileage (65 complaints), the median was 38,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags263
- Engine25
- Electrical System22
- Power Train18
- Unknown Or Other18
- Service Brakes12
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 101 | |
| 2024 | 153 | |
| 2025 | 17 | |
| 2026 | 17 |
Complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Traverse peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 153. 16% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Chevrolet Traverse drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Traverse year in the same window: 12th highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Traverse years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 361 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Traverse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Traverse by model year
Other 2017 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted