1998 Chevrolet Tracker

Routine

Owners filed 10 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System3
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline2
000
Tires1
000
Seat Belts1
000
Power Train › Clutch Assembly1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch1
000
Electronic Stability Control › Automatic (asc)1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electronic Stability Control › Automatic (asc)
Filed Feb 6, 2004LA

POOR STABILITY WHILE DRIVING UNDER WINDY CONDITIONS. FEELS AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS BEING BLOWN OFF THE ROAD AND THAT A CORRECTION COULD LEAD TO AN "OVER-CORRECTION". EVEN A LIGHT WIND (10 KPH) CAUSES THIS FEELING.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 23, 2002AZ

MY VEHICLE WAS RUINED BY A CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. I TOOK IT FOR A SMALL OIL GASKET LEAK AND NOW THE CAR HAS NO POWER AND ANOTHER DEALERSHIP SAID THE GAS WAS IN THE OIL AND THAT MY VEHICLE BELONGS IN A JUNKYARD. I HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED UPON REQUEST. NLM

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Jul 9, 2002MI

THE TRANSMISSION, TORQUE CONVERTER, LOCK-UP SOLENOID HAS FAILED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FIRST UNDER WARRANTY. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS AN EMISSIONS/DRIVEABILITY/ECONOMY RELATED COMPONENT. I AM NOW EXPERIENCING VERY POOR MILEAGE AND THE ENGINE SEEMS TO BE RUNNING INCREASINGLY POOR AS WELL. DRIVEABILITY SEEMS TO BE SUFFERING. THE DEALER STATES "NOTHING CAN BE DONE." - IS THIS TRUE?*AK

Power Train › Clutch Assembly
Filed Jul 3, 2002NJ

FAILURE OCCURRED OUT OF WARRANTY TIME PERIOD BUT WELL WITHIN MILAGE WARRANTY. 3/36 MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

Electrical System
Filed Jun 21, 2002VA

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LIKE A FLICKERING DOME LIGHT AND BLOWN OUT MARKER LIGHT, TURN SIGNAL ALSO FAILED. *YH

Seat Belts
Filed Feb 14, 2002WV

FABRIC OF BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS IS TEARING, SEAT BELTS NEED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 13, 2001NJ

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND LOST ALL POWER.*AK *JB

Electrical System
Filed Apr 5, 2000GA

BLINKERS/HAZARD LIGHTS AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. *MJS

Electrical System
Filed Nov 24, 1999GA

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED THE TURN SIGNAL AND HAZARD LIGHTS TO FAIL. YH

Tires
Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

TIRES AND BRAKES EXPERIENCE POOR PERFORMANCE, SEVERAL TIMES CONSUMER HAS FELT OUT OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO SLIPPAGE. YH

10 of 10 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200415000Routine
200369010Routine
200259030Routine
200183010Routine
2000109000Routine
199949000Routine
1998 — this page10000Routine
19974000Routine
19967000Routine
19953000Routine
19931000Routine
19921000Routine
19901010Routine

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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.