NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Chevrolet Traverse Recalls
The 2021 Chevrolet Traverse has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 31, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2021 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
- 92
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 Chevrolet Traverse
Air bags: side/window: curtain
- Campaign
- 22V210000
- Reported
- March 31, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 89
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2022 Traverse, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 21V817000
- Reported
- October 18, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 639
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Traverse
Air bags: sensor: frontal impact
- Campaign
- 21V472000
- Reported
- June 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2021 Chevrolet Traverse complaints by year
NHTSA has received 92 owner complaints about the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse, the component group named most often is the electrical system (24%), followed by the power train (17%) and the engine (12%).
1 of the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2021 Chevrolet Traverse owners gave the mileage (16 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System22
- Unknown Or Other19
- Power Train16
- Engine11
- Service Brakes9
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 18 | |
| 2025 | 29 | |
| 2026 | 22 |
Complaints about the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 29. 45% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Traverse year in the same window: 13th highest of the 14 ranked years.
That makes 2021 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Traverse years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 92 complaints about the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Traverse by model year
Other 2021 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted