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Chevrolet Traverse 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.35 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 35 complaints filed in the first three years, of 669 ever. 95% lower bound 0.24.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2009	0.34	31
2010	0.35	35
2011	0.61	65
2012	0.33	32
2013	0.33	30
2014	0.71	71
2015	0.33	37
2016	0.41	49
2017	0.38	45
2018	1.03	139
2019	0.51	75
2020	0.24	33
2021	0.19	23
2022	0.41	44
2023	0.54	60

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Steering 331 complaints

low	89	27%
pump	88	26%
parking	84	25%
steering pump	77	23%
low speeds	59	18%
chevy	51	15%

Engine 178 complaints

timing	97	54%
chain	86	48%
timing chain	85	48%
chevy	37	21%
stretched	21	12%
timing chains	17	10%

Power Train 66 complaints

timing	25	37%
timing chain	22	33%
chain	22	33%
chevy	14	21%
power steering	13	20%

When it breaks

8% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 75,827 miles, from 576 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Outboard Front Seat Belt Anchor Cable Failure

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.