Model years Chevrolet Traverse
2020 Chevrolet Traverse
This year drew an ordinary 218 complaints for a Chevrolet Traverse — the model's median is 313. What they were about is the unusual part: 38.5% of them mention exhaust, against 14.7% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Chevrolet Traverse, which began in 2018 and ran to 2023. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 218 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 313 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 20.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- exhaust — 38.5% of this year's complaints, against 14.7% across the other years of this generation (2.6×).
- weld — 6.9% of this year's complaints, against 1.3% across the other years of this generation (5.5×).
- models — 10.1% of this year's complaints, against 4% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: models, exact same, 2021 models.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
I took my vehicle to the shop for noise while driving. It was diagnosed as a cracked flex pipe. Upon research, the 2019 and 2021 models had recalls for the same issue, but not 2020. I did find a bulletin from gm including all models of traverse stating the cau…
This is a know issue on 2021 models. The exhaust bracket is breaking away from the muffler/catalytic converter. The weld is breaking causing the exhaust to break away and both pipes must be replaced resulting in a 1500 repair. Why if it bad in later years is t…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V115000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 21V817000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 20V639000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 20V684000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 20V446000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 20V668000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 19V643000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 22V210000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Traverse was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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