NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Chevrolet Trax Recalls
The 2017 Chevrolet Trax has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 12, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Chevrolet Trax. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 114
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Chevrolet Trax, 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 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 2015–2016, 2018 Trax
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 19V312000
- Reported
- April 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 112,958
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 Trax
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 2015–2016 Trax, 15 other models
2017 Chevrolet Trax complaints by year
NHTSA has received 114 owner complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Trax, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (9%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Trax, the component group named most often is the engine (39%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the steering (17%).
None of the 2017 Chevrolet Trax's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Chevrolet Trax owners gave the mileage (52 complaints), the median was 25,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine44
- Electrical System25
- Unknown Or Other22
- Steering19
- Power Train10
- Suspension10
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Trax peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 22. 46% 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 Trax drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Trax year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 114 complaints about the 2017 Chevrolet Trax are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Trax by model year
Other 2017 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted