1997 Chevrolet Tracker

Routine

Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the air bags › frontal. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports	Crashes	Injuries
Tires › Tread/Belt	1	1	0
Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly	1	0	0
Air Bags › Frontal	1	1	0
Air Bags	1	1	1

What owners reported

Newest filings

Air BagsCrash1 injured

Filed Jul 8, 2014120,000 milesFL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN THE STOP SIGN AND REAR ENDED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FLIP THREE TIMES. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERAL LACERATIONS, FRACTURED HER LEFT ARM AND INJURED HER BACK. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 8/28/14*CN

Tires › Tread/BeltCrash

Filed Oct 29, 200870,000 milesFL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET TRACKER. THE VEHICLE HAD COOPER TIRES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE CONTACT HAS A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES OF THE FAILED INCIDENT. A POLICE OFFICER CONCLUDED THAT THE CRASH RESULTED FROM TIRE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 11/25/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/25/08. *JB

Steering › Linkages › Tie Rod Assembly

Filed Nov 14, 2002PA

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TIE ROD FAIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

Air Bags › FrontalCrash

Filed Jul 26, 2000NY

CONUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 35 MPH COLLISION IN WHICH VEHICLE VERY EASILY ROLLED OVER, ALSO DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

4 of 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Fires	Assessment
2004	15	0	Routine
2003	69	1	Routine
2002	59	3	Routine
2001	83	1	Routine
2000	109	0	Routine
1999	49	0	Routine
1998	10	0	Routine
1997 — this page	4	0	Routine
1996	7	0	Routine
1995	3	0	Routine
1993	1	0	Routine
1992	1	0	Routine
1990	1	1	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.