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Chevrolet Traverse 2012

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

0.33 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 32 complaints filed in the first three years, of 354 ever. 95% lower bound 0.22.

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.

Engine 115 complaints

traction	43	38%
traction control	40	35%
timing	32	28%
timing chain	27	24%
chain	27	24%
chevy	20	18%

Electronic Stability Control (Esc) 84 complaints

traction	59	70%
traction control	57	68%
engine power	27	32%
stabilitrak	25	30%
control off	20	24%
service stabilitrak	15	18%

Steering 62 complaints

pump	19	31%
steering pump	18	29%
chevy	14	23%
leaking	10	17%
fluid	10	17%

When it breaks

10% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 85,000 miles, from 285 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:

10445377 · 10467219 · 10476363 · 10519954 · 10548122 · 10548407

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.