NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Chevrolet Traverse Recalls
The 2018 Chevrolet Traverse has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 8, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Chevrolet Traverse. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 464
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Chevrolet Traverse, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse
Air bags: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 21V246000
- Reported
- April 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 108
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2017, 2019 Traverse, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V668000
- Reported
- October 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 194,105
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 Traverse, 11 other models
2018 Chevrolet Traverse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 464 owner complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse, the component group named most often is the power train (42%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the engine (18%).
1 of the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse's 2 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2018 Chevrolet Traverse owners gave the mileage (186 complaints), the median was 32,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train196
- Unknown Or Other105
- Electrical System102
- Engine85
- Service Brakes37
- Fuel/Propulsion System30
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 58 | |
| 2020 | 48 | |
| 2021 | 37 | |
| 2022 | 32 | |
| 2023 | 50 | |
| 2024 | 67 | |
| 2025 | 85 | |
| 2026 | 54 |
Complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 85. 38% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Traverse year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the Chevrolet Traverse years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 464 complaints about the 2018 Chevrolet Traverse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Traverse by model year
Other 2018 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted