Chevrolet Traverse
Owners filed 5,515 complaints across 19 model years of the Chevrolet Traverse. The 2010 drew the most (669).
Which Chevrolet Traverse years should you avoid?
Going by 5,515 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Traverse years to avoid are 2010.
- 2010669 complaints, 2.0× a typical Traverse year, most often about the steering.
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2022 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Traverse model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 1 | 0 | — | — | Fuel/Propulsion System | Routine | |
| 2026Too new | 27 | 2 | — | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 185 | 0 | — | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2024 | 144 | 0 | 1 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2023 | 95 | 2 | — | 5 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2022 | 101 | 1 | — | 3 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2021 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2020 | 235 | 8 | 1 | 11 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2019 | 412 | 3 | 2 | 15 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 2018 | 465 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Power Train | Above average | |
| 2017 | 361 | 3 | 2 | 13 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2016 | 292 | 5 | 1 | 8 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2015 | 314 | 5 | 3 | 11 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2014 | 548 | 7 | 1 | 8 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2013 | 162 | 4 | 2 | 7 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2012 | 354 | 5 | 2 | 10 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2011 | 608 | 5 | 4 | 16 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2010Avoid | 669 | 5 | 6 | 17 | Steering | Above average | |
| 2009 | 448 | 8 | 2 | 17 | Steering | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.