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2017 Chevrolet Trax

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2017 Trax as about the typical Trax year. Among the 6 Trax years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2020 (0.22 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2019 (0.54).

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

0.49 per 1,000

1.1 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 39 complaints filed in the first three years, of 114 ever. 95% lower bound 0.34.

Every Trax model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.44

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20150.4931
20160.3726
20170.4939
20180.4437
20190.5456
20200.2225
20210.097

Issues owners of the 2017 Trax report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

54% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 28,000 miles, from 52 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

No NHTSA investigation covers this model year.

That is not a clean bill of health, and not a criticism of the agency: investigations open for many reasons and complaint volume is only one of them.

Questions buyers ask about the 2017 Chevrolet Trax

Is 2017 a good year or a bad year for the Trax?

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2017 Trax as about the typical Trax year. Among the 6 Trax years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2020 (0.22 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2019 (0.54). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2017 Trax have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Engine (44), Electrical System (25), Unknown Or Other (22).

Is the 2017 Trax reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Trax years: for every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2017 Trax as about the typical Trax year.

Which Trax year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2020, at 0.22 per 1,000 sold. Every Trax year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Trax.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

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 checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.