MODELYEARINDEX

Chevrolet Trax

929 complaints across 7 scored model years and 10 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Chevrolet Trax Full report
C
Grade 2015–2021
2019 vs model median 1.6×
Model median3× median
Suspension 19
Engine 17
Electrical 17
Weakest

2016 · 2019

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2015
1.00× 66 C
2016
1.29× 96 C
2017
1.44× 109 C
2018
0.95× 81 B
2019
1.60× 132 C
2020
0.89× 70 B
2021
0.51× 25 A
2022 P
0.14× 13 A
2024 P
2.76× 214 F
2025 P
2.03× 123 D

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG29.5
City / Highway28 / 31.5
Engine1.2L, 3 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,075

Recalls

10 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V651000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2015–2017 3,640,162
16V257000 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. 2015, 2016 317,572
19V312000 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT 2017–2019 112,958
19V652000 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT 2015–2018 93,722
23V744000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2024 60,154
17V437000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2015, 2016 40,683
15V162000 EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS 2015 19,831
16V422000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE 2015, 2016 18,780

+ 2 further campaigns

Others in Subcompact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Alfa Romeo Stelvio
2018
C
Audi E-Tron
none flagged
C
Audi Q3
20202021
C
BMW X1
2014
C
Buick Encore
2015
C
Buick Encore GX
none flagged
B
Cadillac XT4
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Captiva
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2019 Trax
Complaints in window
132
Severity-weighted
182.5
Model median (weighted)
114
vs model median
1.60×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
2
Open investigations
0
Score 55 C