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2021 Chevrolet Traverse problems

Owners have filed 112 complaints about the 2021 Chevrolet Traverse with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 19.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of power train at 11.6%. A further 17.0% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints112

Crashes8

Fires0

Injuries12

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Electrical system 19.6% · 22

Unknown or other 17.0% · 19

Power train 11.6% · 13

Engine 9.8% · 11

Engine and engine cooling 8.0% · 9

Service brakes 8.0% · 9

Forward collision avoidance 4.5% · 5

Steering 3.6% · 4

Severity

Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash and 12 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 17 model years of the Chevrolet Traverse in this data, 2021 draws comparatively few complaints; 2011 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising — 79 in the last three years against 33 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 61,000 miles.

In owners' own words

3 times in 5 days, 2021Traverse completely shut off. 2 of those times were in a busy intersection. I couldnât even turn my flashers on and had to manually unlock my door to get out. Fortunately the third time was in my driveway. I called AAA to tow it to dealer. This is a severe safety issue and hopefully will be covered under my warranty and the extended bumper to bumper warranty. Electrical system

Display Instrument Center on the instrument cluster goes out for a couple of drive cycles and comes back on. I took it in to the dealer at the end of March and had the vehicle updated. There's a history with this issue with the Traverses and the Cadillac XT6. I don't know if it's a glitch when these parts were produced for GM or not but it needs to be investigated Electrical system

Warning on dash to check charging system. Driving on highway, all lights on dash started lighting up and going crazy and then everything on dash completely shut off while I was driving. Car eventually stalled. Car has less than 40k miles and only 3 years old. Brought it to dealership and they said it needs new alternator and battery. Electrical system

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Chevrolet Traverse years

2018 674 complaints · 28.3% power train 2019 571 complaints · 28.7% power train 2020 294 complaints · 23.1% engine 2022 136 complaints · 30.1% power train 2023 117 complaints · 23.1% power train 2024 206 complaints · 24.8% service brakes

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